Sean’s Comments (group member since Jan 30, 2019)

Sean’s comments from the Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.

Completed! I used a little over more than half from my original plan. The others were replaced with readings I didn't know I was going to do back in Dec/Jan

Update - Complete!

F - Franz - The Unbearable Lightness of Being - 3/19/22

Z - Zimmerman - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 3/20/22

Zimmerman was one of Hunter's very briefly used aliases.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. A lot of good stuff in this book.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. One wild and crazy ride... Don't do drugs, kids!

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Anybody read this month's group read?

2022 is the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture

Update

Y - Yanko - A Hero of Our Time - 3/18/22

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov.

It had a little bit of an Alumut feel to it.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Jasmin wrote: "Thank you, Sean =) Friends ? =)"

You will find us all on the plus side of friendly =)

Jennifer wrote: "I’m still reading, but this guy, Axel… what a piece of work!"

Oh yes. I was thinking the same thing....

This was not my favorite book. I never felt compelled to keep reading it except:
a.) it's a list book and
b.) I wanted to write in the group read thread.

But it wasn't horrible either. Never liked Axel Borg much and I'm not convinced he was meant to be unlikeable. There's definitely some misogamy in there. But is that just Borg, or does anybody think that's Strindberg too?

I did enjoy the descriptions of nature and geology, however. I can't deny his ability to describe a scene and provide an image.

One diction note: talks about the "savages." But in that area he must have been talking about "natives." They would have been white natives of those northern regions most likely? Perhaps his use of "savages" just meant that they were less educated? The masses of non-educated fisherfolk?

Maybe it's not wrong any more than using "savages" today is right. It's just not what I've ever heard in a novel from that part of the world.

Hello Jasmin and welcome to the group. Our favorite little list of 1318 books has a something from every genre, fantasy included. Check out the bookshelf where there are some divisions by genre/topic/country. I am sure that you will find stuff in there for you. And you will find the people too. We like to discuss the books we are reading. Individually and in the group read every month. Hope to see your posts and very nice to meet you.

Time to discuss.

Rosemary wrote: "I read Harriet Hume by Rebecca West and then realised that
harriethumerebeccawest = 22 letters :)"

Nice One!

Ellinor wrote: "Ian wrote: "Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen was published after the suicide of the author, H. Beam Piper.

Among other issues, he thought it was his best work, and was depressed over its fai...

It's not a LIST book so unfortunately it doesn't count....."

But interesting, nonetheless 🤣

Ultimately, it's your challenge so it's your rules....

Here's how I read it. The challenge is to read a list book mentioned in another list book you also read this year. Meaning that the book doing the mentioning can be used for another challenge but the book being mentioned cannot. So in your case.... I'd say that it is allowable to use History of Love for task #4 as well.

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

The Waves by Virginia Woolf. Not sure I can put into words why I liked this book so much. Beautiful descriptions of everything from the physical to the metaphysical. Perfect organization and a unique style.

Dina wrote: "Update

B - Axel Borg - On The Seaboard by August Strindberg 3/11/22"

Same... only my title was translated as By the Open Sea

By the Open Sea by August Strindberg.

More in a couple days on the group read thread.

On the Edge of Reason by Miroslav Krleža.