hypochondriac
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Brothers Karamazov
All quiet on the Western Front
Animal Farm
Brave New World
Les Miserables
All quiet on the Western Front
Animal Farm
Brave New World
Les Miserables
I'm with you, I don't read fiction.. altho' I have read all the classics in the past, I don't have a vivid enough imagination to enjoy them..I much prefer factual books, of which I always have at least 2 on the go at any one time..I'm not particularly into novels. They take too long and my attention span is limited. And I utterly despise Hemingway and Michener! Barbara Pym's quaint and understated English period pieces are charming.
Appropos of nothing, my son's girlfriend has a son she named "Siddhartha".My favorites:
Siddhartha
Tarzan of the Apes
Stranger in a Strange Land
On the Origin of Species
2001: A Space Odyssey
Important? Only if you are delighted, or fascinated or in any way happy and satisfied having read it.I figure my eyesight has got about a decade left. so im reading like mad.
bucket list books. always asking myself
is this an important read?
books dont have to cheer me up.Important? Only if you are delighted, or fascinated or in any way happy and satisfied having read it.
miceö and men was profound. need to revisit that themeYes....To Kill a Mocking Bird the sequel Go Set a Watchman was not near as good but it was interesting.
The Old Man and The Sea
Where the Red Fern Grows
Of Mice and Men
Gone With the Wind
Of all time? I can't. Just now I'm remembering some, but also so many others! I'll just name these
The Grapes of Wrath
Watership Down
The Stand
Kristin Lavernsdatter
The House of the Spirits
* can't leave out A Confederate General From Big Sur and Slaughter House 5
Speaking of weird/funny outcomes with language translations: When Coca Cola first appeared in China, the translation, taken literally from the phonetics, came out to: "Bite the wax tadpole!" Yeah, just what I would want to slam down after a hot day.Hos soo,, a true story
Steinbeck was in Japan...one day needing to kill time he wandered into a book store, asked if they had a copy of "The Grapes of Wrath?"
How soo, is fiction yes, maybe true book...
A language barrier conversation occurred, eventually the clerk returned with the correct novel; however, the title had changed :
"A Hard Raisin"
My son graduated with a English major. He loves all the above books. The denser and older the better. He makes his list of books he will read for the year every year. Do you have any suggestions for not popular but good classics?The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway
The Stand - Stephen King
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
1984 - George Orwell.
When I was younger I loved reading so much. In my young years I loved Murder Mysteries. I haven't read a book since I got started using the computer. My eyesight is much better on here then reading a book.