Daniel Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Tetsujin said: Crime & Punishment I'm a very slow reader because I wanna make sure I absorb everything. I don't think Crime and Punishment (or anything else by Dostoyevsky) can be read in any other way. Russians write dense *** prose, and they write a lot of it. I still haven't gotten to Tolstoy yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Tetsujin said: Crime & Punishment I'm a very slow reader because I wanna make sure I absorb everything. This is my favorite book of all time. I have a soft spot for Russian literature so I am biased but this book has it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 18 minutes ago, Daniel said: I still haven't gotten to Tolstoy yet. Highly recommend to get you started https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Stories-Tolstoy-Global-Classics-ebook/dp/B01K8NYUD6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Deadpulse said: Highly recommend to get you started https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Stories-Tolstoy-Global-Classics-ebook/dp/B01K8NYUD6 Anna Karenina is on my list. War and Peace will probably have to wait until second shutdown. Dostoyevsky is good, what I've read of him, at least, but I much prefer Nabokov. Lolita is one of my all time favorites, Pale Fire is a very, very weird book in a good way, and The Gift is great so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 I like Russian literature a lot. I really liked Tolstoy's What Is Art? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, Daniel said: Anna Karenina is on my list. War and Peace will probably have to wait until second shutdown. Dostoyevsky is good, what I've read of him, at least, but I much prefer Nabokov. Lolita is one of my all time favorites, Pale Fire is a very, very weird book in a good way, and The Gift is great so far. My favorite Nabokov is Invitation to a Beheading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Deadpulse said: My favorite Nabokov is Invitation to a Beheading Haven't read it, but I'll check it out. I've only scratched the surface of Russian writers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Fresh Prince said: Might give this a shot next. About half way through the shinning. I could not get into The Shining. Haunted house type stories just don’t do it for me. I’m all about that existential dread when it comes to horror novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 11:37 AM, MikeT14 said: This was great. Shorter read, with a funny story behind someone going to Vietnam. Interesting perspective too. Based on a true story at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 12:52 PM, Daniel said: I don't think Crime and Punishment (or anything else by Dostoyevsky) can be read in any other way. Russians write dense *** prose, and they write a lot of it. Tbh I've always found C&P to be a quick and easy read by Dostoevsky standards Brothers K not so much tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 1:16 PM, Daniel said: War and Peace will probably have to wait until second shutdown. You should just start it tbh Its a very easy read, will just take a while, but you can put it down and pick back up again GOAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titansNvolsR#1 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 9:45 PM, MikeT14 said: I loved the first one. I don't know how much faith I have in this one. I'm halfway through it. First quarter was pure trash. Second quarter has been better and more in line with the first book, but he's shoehorning an agenda this time which is obnoxious. He's gone overboard with the references to the point that it's detracting from the story. I loved the first book, but if this is the best a sequel had to offer then it had no business getting a second book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 11 hours ago, titansNvolsR#1 said: I'm halfway through it. First quarter was pure trash. Second quarter has been better and more in line with the first book, but he's shoehorning an agenda this time which is obnoxious. He's gone overboard with the references to the point that it's detracting from the story. I loved the first book, but if this is the best a sequel had to offer then it had no business getting a second book. Reviews and reddit seem to mimic that. I was probably going to pass, and am def going to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Probably going to finish The Night Circus this week. Need to figure out where I am going next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan4life51 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Starting this next week, can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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