Carmelo's comments
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Carmelo's comments from the The Book Challenge group.
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Also from my post up there, I've finished so far:Read one book by a living author.
Crying Lot of 49 -- Thomas Pynchon
Read one book which was originally written in a language other than English. (Translated or not, your choice)
The Loser -- Thomas Bernhard (translated from German)
Read a short story collection or anthology.
Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges
and I'm going to start this next week:
Read one book by deceased author.
Infinite Jest -- David Foster Wallace
Read one genre book. (Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Western, Romance, Horror)Venus in Furs -- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
I gave up on this after 20 pages, I could tell it wasn't something I'd like.
Instead I'm going to read: The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson.
Odd I didn't realize Harry Potter was that challenged. I guess it does sort of make sense.
Good idea. Here are my planned reads (which may change, but probably won't).
Read one book by an author of the opposite gender.
The Waves - Virginia Woolf
Read one book by a living author.
Crying Lot of 49 -- Thomas Pynchon
Read one book by deceased author.
Infinite Jest -- David Foster Wallace
Read one book which was originally written in a language other than English. (Translated or not, your choice)
The Loser -- Thomas Bernhard (translated from German)
Read one book which is non-fiction.
Edie: Girl on Fire -- David Weisman and Melissa Painter
Read one genre book. (Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Western, Romance, Horror)
Venus in Furs -- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Read one work of literary fiction.
The Sound and the Fury -- William Faulkner (I'm not sure which books fall into this category, does this count?)
Read one book classified as "Young Adult"
The Princess Bride -- William Goldman
Read a short story collection or anthology.
Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges
Read a poetry collection, poetry anthology, or an epic poem.
Odyssey -- Homer
Read a graphic novel.
Watchmen -- Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (this will be my first graphic novel).
Read a banned book.
Ulysses -- Joyce
Harry Potter was banned?
