Just reiterating that I am not allowed to browse Amazon for random classical goodies.

Especially if I'm already getting the next four books in the SPQR series.

So a while ago, there was a meme asking about reading experiences. Not one of those "which books have you read" memes, but asking questions like, "what was the best reading experience you've ever had?"

To that particular question, I described the first time I read Les Miserables. I already loved the musical, but had never had a copy of the book. ( Read more... )

From tirerim:

The best reading experience you have ever had?
Tough question to start off with. I'd have to say it was the first time I read Les Miserables. It was my sixteenth birthday, I was on Spring Break, and every last one of my friends was out of town, as was my entire family, both immediate and extended (and oh, I was pissed at my parents for ( Read more... )

I am very picky about historical fiction. I am especially picky about historical fiction which takes place in ancient Rome ( Read more... )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well, let's see.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them.

( The List. )

After reading volume 2, my impressions were very strong, but I wanted to see if they would last through volume 3 before posting them. Which they did, so here they are.

New Impressions of Old Material:
I'd never read the issues in order before - I first read Sandman in the order it was first reprinted. Now I see why they were published in the order ( Read more... )

New impressions of the old material ( Read more... )

So Neil Gaiman's Sandman series has been my favorite comic for a very long time. I have very fond memories of it, though I haven't read it in a long time - somewhere in the neighborhood of ten to fifteen (definitely more than ten, definitely less than fifteen) years.

Now the fourth volume of the Absolute Sandman is out. I have been waiting for all ( Read more... )

And I want issue #244 right fucking now, kthxbai.

In which Andy Diggle has absolutely mastered the art of the Hellblazer cliffhanger ( Read more... )

Okay, so the new Hellblazer issue came out, and I picked it up today.

It's fine. It's not great, but it's good. The thing is about it, is that it's the absolutely typical Hellblazer story. If I wanted to pick a single issue to use to introduce someone to the series, saying "this is the premise of this series, and here's how it works," I'd use this ( Read more... )