I'm starting Blaze tonight. So far I have only read the intro.
I'm starting Blaze tonight. So far I have only read the intro.
My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saint, Dawn Eden
I am not sure. One of my favorite books of all times is Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis, and I am not sure it has any story at all. Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop is as lousy a story as can be, but the book is absolutely awesome (the same goes for Nicholas Nickleby). Most Huxley or Waugh novels don't really have stories, and Dostoyevsky novel's are so sloppy, story-wise, they can match Dickens's storytelling. I absolutely adore all of the above.Originally Posted by jhanic
well, there must be some difference between bears and brices?
so far it has been excruciating: very, very fantasy. I will persevere, because feverish and brice promised it would be good, - then it must be, eventually.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honestly, your criticism of Dickens's stories bears but praise of his writing has really grabbed my interest: Dickens has never been an author who has interested me much, or at least, the number of BBC and film adaptations of his work that seem to crop up on a regular basis, although the one story I have read, The Signalman, was one I really enjoyed. I just didn't like the idea of reading something a lot longer than that, tbh, especially as none of the stories have interested me at all. But if you think his writing is that good, I'm gonna need to check it out.
How far into A Game of Thrones are you, btw? Again wondering if it's one of those things like Lost that bears will disagree with feev, Brice and me on, really.
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
Try Martin Cuzzlewit first! If it doesn't work, nothing will.
2% in - reading it on my Kindle. Maybe it will get better.How far into A Game of Thrones are you, btw? Again wondering if it's one of those things like Lost that bears will disagree with feev, Brice and me on, really.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let us know when you're more into it. If you continue to find yourself put off by it, look on the bright side: you've got another LoM analysis by me to read!
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
oh! at last!!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's awesome I was not the only one to draw that connection!
I just finished Pale Gray For Guilt- really liked it but kind of a let down after the previous McGee book- and started Wind Through the Keyhole this morning.
"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you will never change the outcome" -Michael Jordan
Finishing the last 100 pages of Human Action.
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The first Dickens I read was Great Expectations, which is very good. Oliver Twist is also good. Janis correct that the stories are not amazing, but his writing is very good. The one that sticks out to me is The Pickwick Papers. It's more like a biography of his adventure not much point to it, but very well written.
Affirmative Action Around The World: An Empirical Study, by Thomas Sowell
Everything I've read by Sowell is very good.
To quote a famous movie, "We'll always have Children of the Corn."I'm not sure we can be friends anymore.
I may have paraphrased a bit.
A NEW GAME BEGINS
Have you read "Drood" by Dan Simmons? This is connected...
no, I haven't!
: interested :
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Give it a shot, I suggest! Mr. Simmons' historical fiction is usually quite interesting, and "Drood" is all about the last years of Charles Dickins from (friend-and-fellow-author) Wilkie Collins' point of view. With some fantastic elements thrown in. And it was wrapped up in, I thought, a very satisfying manner. I thought of it cos Collins says, as you said, that Dickins' writing style is what makes him so worthwhile (although he's a bit miffed by that, cos he believes himself to be the superior crafter of plots and characters, if not as good a writer).
I am trying to download it now
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Incredibly, I haven't read a single page in a few days. I ran out of books on vacation and haven't had the motivation to pick anything up.
Last night I read a few more pages of Skeletons in the Closet. I've really slowed my reading lately.
I change my mind: Tom Piccirilli - Every Shallow Cut
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