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Books 2008 / II.

Mar 15, 2008 08:58

( #11: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. )

author: woolf-virginia, author: mcgrew-chandler, author: patterson-james, author: satterthwait-walter, author: kellerman-jonathan, author: hill-susan, author: crichton-michael, author: bronte-charlotte, author: kostova-elizabeth

Comments 9

duowolf March 15 2008, 08:43:47 UTC

I really enjoyed Prey as well it was a fun book about what can go wrong when people go to far with science.

literative March 15 2008, 10:35:20 UTC

Especially the beginning was great, wasn't it? I really enjoyed the role-reversal with the stay-at-home-husband. To my mind it was a nice touch.

duowolf March 15 2008, 10:41:52 UTC

Yep it was great. It isn't very often that you see a stay at home dad in novels so it was a pretty nice change to see that.

fade_out March 15 2008, 09:36:27 UTC

I am currently reading Mrs Dalloway and I agree with you.At first I was a bit lost but now I really like it.The way she expresses the inner thoughts of everyone is just so unique.

literative March 15 2008, 10:36:53 UTC

Incredible, isn't it? Initially, I read it as a preparation for Cunningham's 'The Hours' but then I was fascinated by the book itself. I've never quite read anything like it before.

fade_out March 15 2008, 12:13:07 UTC

I really wanted to read something by Virginia Woolf and I thought I´d start with this but I really want to read more by her.To tell you the truth I tried to watch The Hours but I was so tired that day I fell asleep.The movie was great but I was exhausted.You seem like you really love books if you want you can join my community and write reviews and stuff bookss.;)

tiireads March 15 2008, 13:28:35 UTC

I saw your post on bookish, followed the link and here I am.

I have read Jane Eyre twice: once in my first language (Finnish) and once in English, and I could not agree with you more. Despite the language, the sentence structure is something of a killer (in the negative sense of the word), and the style in the end really does take some joy out of reading the book. It is still one of my all-time favourites. :D

ab_absurdum March 15 2008, 23:13:55 UTC

I love when I see people reading Woolf... She's what made me want to become a professor of modernist lit.

elizabeth_rose0 April 10 2008, 00:11:14 UTC

The first time I read Jane Eyre, I was like "someone, please kill me." It was looong. But you have to remember that this was written in the era before television, or interesting things to do, so a five page description of Jane walking through the garden or something was considered normal. The second time I read it, I skimmed alot of the scenery desciptions, and I actually enjoyed it alot more. I think the greatest part of the book is when she decides to leave Rochester and she argues with herself: "'Who in the world cares for you? or will be injured by what you do?' But still indomitable was the reply, 'I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.'"
Ahh, classic.