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Sounds to me like you're doing far better with your reading than I am.  I typically only read at night and tend to fall asleep while doing so, and I wake up with light on and book on chest!  Right now I'm just re-reading The Hobbit.  Of course I prefer reading and writing fiction, but really I will read just about anything if it keeps me interested...Well, not romance novels.  Kill me.   

posted by Holy_Grail on February 1, 2007 at 8:08 PM | link to this | reply

Corbin - it does show the special challanges of the poor

posted by FreeManWalking on February 1, 2007 at 6:37 AM | link to this | reply

It's a great book......
What a struggle filled journey.........

posted by Corbin_Dallas on February 1, 2007 at 6:31 AM | link to this | reply

Strat - I read some of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men in high school
good pictures.  I'll look for the other book you recommend.  I read the Theodore Roosevelt book about his journey down the River of Doubt.  Excellent adventure history.

posted by FreeManWalking on February 1, 2007 at 6:23 AM | link to this | reply

It's funny -- in college, I couldn't stand Faulkner.
Now, I enjoy reading him -- he's still a bit pedantic, but I have a much clearer idea of what he was getting at, and far more empathy than I did for the characters.

Walker Percy is one you might like if you haven't read anything by him -- "Love Among The Ruins" is one of his best.

Did you read that biography of Churchill and Roosevelt?

posted by strat on February 1, 2007 at 6:14 AM | link to this | reply

Babe - if I'm going to read fiction its usually by someone who is dead and
their message had stood the test of time.  I'm not a fan of anything "pop culture"...except of course my favorite musical artists.  Thanks for stopping by.

posted by FreeManWalking on January 31, 2007 at 9:06 PM | link to this | reply

Dylan - I have no doubt the Waste Land is a microcosm of western
knowledge, at least of the humanities.  Thats why it is important.

posted by FreeManWalking on January 31, 2007 at 9:04 PM | link to this | reply

Glad to see someone else reads classics recreationally, not just for a class

posted by babe_rocks on January 31, 2007 at 8:28 PM | link to this | reply

Read "The Waste Land" in 10th grade.

Read it again -- and this time understood more of it -- on my own as a college student. Maybe in a few years I'll read it again and understand the whole poem.

"As I Lay Dying" is almost as difficult, so I'm glad I read that under the instruction of a college professor. 

posted by Dyl_Pickle on January 31, 2007 at 6:53 PM | link to this | reply