Another one...

[aussiemozzie]

bold = read it, loved it

* Pride and Prejudice

* Jane Eyre
* Emma

* Sense and Sensibility (read it, saw the movie, saw the masterpiece series, read it again, read it again, own about four copies, need to see the keira version)

* Persuasion
* Northanger Abbey

Danielle’s addition: Definitely on my list to read:

*The Picture of Dorian Gray
* Mansfield Park

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Books <3

[e_witness]

Hee. Where's the meme from? I'm currently half-heartedly trying to get through 1985 so I can get cracking on Lolita, of which I've read ten pages only and already love to pieces. I read most of Northanger Abbey three years ago but never finished for a reason I can no longer remember. It -was- good.

And YES, Grapes of Wrath was such a good book to do a paper on! But I enjoyed reading it actually. I cried a few times, and a book that can make me cry (not to mention how much it made me think!) is automatically on my read-again list.

The ones I'd urge you to give a try:

Memoirs of a Geisha (One of my favorites, hands down. But the writing is a little different from that of usual Western novels, less action-oriented, more whimsical and descriptive. I cried.)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (A very unusual book, a mystery novel written from the perspective of an autistic teenage boy. It's FANTASTIC and hilarious and sharp. And bizarrely enough, I cried here too. It makes the reader feel.)
The Silmarillion (Okay, I

Re: Books <3

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I got it from someone on my flist... you're supposed to format all the books but I just loose track of which is which when I read so I put them in categories instead.

I liked Northanger- it's probably the easiest of hers to read.

Oo, I'm glad you like Lolita. I've been dying to read it, and then of course I want to listen to Jeremy Iron's audia tape, and then see his movie. Ha ha.

I like the title of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the Bros. intrigues me.

However, I have to stop reading light chick lit and force myself to read 'proper' books. Ha ha. And then of course there's all the fanfic calling my name this summer... *sigh*

Re: Books <3

[e_witness]

Oh, I know what you mean. Ever since I got into fanfiction, the number of books I read per year dropped drastically. 90% even. But then, I've tried weaning myself off of fanfiction, both the reading and writing of it (consumption and production? XD), but it was pretty difficult. Part of the attraction isn't even the reading/writing itself but the interaction with fellow fans.

What's a little intimidating is how much MORE fanfiction there is in the HP fandom all of a sudden, post-DH. Especially fanfiction involving Snape, and even more specifically, Snape and Lily. It does sometimes scare me enough that I turn to the books lining my bookshelf, but it doesn't happen as often as I'd wish either.