A few months ago I was in a library book sale and snagged a copy of The Moon and Sixpence by W Somerset Maugham. It's based on Gauguin, and follows a London stockbroker called Strickland who one day decides to ditch his family and become a starving artist, eventually dying of leprosy in Tahiti. I enjoyed the book although I think it was a bit ( Read more... )

I'm currently reading the fictional biography of Sir John Falstaff - Shakespeare's wonderfully degenerate knight who liked to play robbers and drink with Prince Hal and hide in womens' laundry baskets.

I might be biased because Henry IV (Falstaff's debut) remains my favorite Shakespeare play, but really, this book is quite delicious. Observe:
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Your Score: Hamlet

You scored 54% = Tragic, 35% = Comic, 24% = Romantic, 32% = Historic


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You scored as Catherine Morland
You're Catherine Morland of Northanger Abbey! Innocent and good-hearted, you love to read gothic novels, the elements of which find their way into your daydreams.

Catherine Morland

85%
Elinor Dashwood

75%
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Been meaning to post this for a while...This year I decided to keep track of all the books I read, mostly out of curiosity for how many I would read in a year. List is from Jan 2005 to Dec 2005.

Underlined = I recommend/really liked it

1. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - Helen Fielding2. Beneath the Wheel - Herman Hesse ( Read more... )

I thought this was a great article. I just had to save a copy in my lj:

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I think it's time to question my translation of Aristophanes' The Clouds when the word "gigilos" appears in the play....