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Classico Interesto (CR) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Yes, I enjoyed the book throughout. Whether or not it alters your thinking, it does have you thinking. It's light-heartedness makes it that much better.To the Lighthouse is a good book, I've heard. It's long been on my TBR too but I've been meaning to try If on a Winter's Night by Italo Calvino or Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier for a while now.
Let's wait for others to give their votes and then decide :)
You guys go ahead and decide what to read. Next few days are going to be hectic for me. will join you guys later when I am free.
@Ishita: I'm open to any book to read. :-) @Utkarsh: Are you okay with any book like I?
@Rebecca: So waiting for your inputs. :-)
Okay then I suggest If on a Winter's Night by Italo Calvino. He's considered an amazing author and people don't seem to tire singing his praises. He's received 4.6/5 ratings on Amazon and Net Galley.Let's wait for Rebecca and then start :)
Utkarsh, next time or later is just as good :)
Sorry for the delay. It was thunderstorm and lightning here and I could not touch any electronic equipment. I am already on two classics The Count of Monte Cristo and The picture of Dorian Grey. I don't think I can take another chunkster with that. You both carry on...... If you like it I may take it on later .
I've been meaning to read Count but couldn't start this month. Do tell me how you like the two. Dorian Grey is a handful! Happy reading :)
Next time guys, next time. you people enjoy. :)
Ohhh !! Events are turning out to be unexpected. :-/ @Ishita: What do you suggest? Let's start with "winter's night" ?
Can we start tomorrow? I have externals in college tomorrow!
Sure. Tomorrow is fine. I have just got the mobi file and it is translated by William Weaver. :-) Write your externals well and text here.
And all the best. :-)
It's a viva and then a presentation. Thanks :)
Oh Viva ! I remember this well. Madam : What is a flipflop ? (It's a diode something)
Me: so confidently acted Which flips and flops madam. And gave a grin.
Madam : Ok you may leave now.
I came out smiling.
@ Ishita just saw in another thread that you planned to read G.K. Chesterton. Have you finished it? I'd like to join if you haven't.
I read that a long time back Rebecca. I won't be reading much till late in May, I just received my time table today and I have exams starting 22nd this month.We can do it after that if you like :)
OK. Will wait till your exams are over. Do remind me when you are starting with it. Has been long on my TBR. But want someone to read it with.
The man who knew too much isn't much of anything! More like a series of short stories. It's a quick read. We can read The Man Who Was Thursday- been long on my TBR. I'll let ya know :)Meanwhile, if you like mysteries and thrillers, try S. S. Van Dine. He's a very skillful writer- such admirably technical language! Also, Patrick Suskind is another good author.
Ishita wrote: "I read that a long time back Rebecca. I won't be reading much till late in May, I just received my time table today and I have exams starting 22nd this month.We can do it after that if you like :)"
All the best, Ishita.
@ Ishita thanks for the recommendations. Have just downloaded The man who was thursday and the Benson murder case.Though mysteries are my first love I suspect Patrick Suskind is too gruesome for me. Let me know when you want to start on the former. Meanwhile will read the latter. And all the best for your exams. And a big apology to Raeez for spamming on his thread.
PSmith- thank you :)Rebecca- no problem! And I will.
The Benson Murder is the first in the series, let's see if you'd wanna continue the series with me this year. Have you read The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith? It's really good! Lol yeah, Patrick Suskind could be a lot to take in for the weak stomaches. I suspect I shan't suggest Vladimir Nabokov to you then? :P
@Rebecca : No no. Live thread is much better than silence. :-)
Vladimir Nabokov. Came across this guy when I was preparing for CAT exam. :)
@ Ishita No I havent made the acquaintance of Mr. Ripley. And I dont think that sort of thing suits my mental make up. And remember reading Lolita back when I was a teenager Ugh...... . The bitter taste still prevails...There is nothing admirable about it but I prefer clean mysteries aka Agatha Christie or Louise Penny or feel good books like that of L M Montgomery or Debbie Macomber.
People often speak of Lolita with disgust but I just don't get why. I mean, the language is as unoffensive as can be. The book is so sensitivity written! I loved the book because of that very reason- the writing. Maybe it was the age that you found it disgusting!Agatha Christie is a classic! She's a light read but she never gives anything out. You keep guessing till the end!
Raeez- so what did you think of him?
Lolita is a masterpiece. The subject disgusted me the first time round, but on rereading I could well appreciate the beauty and lyricism of the debauchery.
It's subtle. True that, PSmith. I'm glad someone else liked it, apart from me, too!
I have started the Hercule Poirot series. It's awesome, the suspense, the thrill and the unexpected end.
I should start it too sometime. I always pick Agatha Christie in random order :P
PSmith wrote: "Lolita is a masterpiece. The subject disgusted me the first time round, but on rereading I could well appreciate the beauty and lyricism of the debauchery."On my TBR. Currently reading Lolita in Tehran
which contains a fair bit of commentary on the original. I'm shockingly under-read on Nabokov.
OK. I bow my head to you two stalwarts. Maybe it was my age but it will be a long time before I even think of rereading it.
Ishita wrote: "I should start it too sometime. I always pick Agatha Christie in random order :P"Me too :P
@all, apols for the arbitrary post...couldn't resist!
@Ishita & Rebecca: You guys can start with "The mysterious affair at styles", Hercule Poirot #1. It is a 2 day fast read because of it's suspense. And then we three can resume the series, What say ?
Zara- that sounds intriguing. Will try it sometime soon :)Rebecca- lol, yeah, it does that! I've been recommending this book to people and some of them ask me to read it with them but a reread is still decades away for me!
Raeez- I don't think I can. Exams, a wedding and I've still got to complete David Copperfield and A Tale of Two Cities that I've been reading for months now.
You guys can go ahead with your reads, I'll join in on whatever you're reading towards the end of May :)
@Ishita: Hmm okay. For a moment forgot that you have exams to give. (grins)
Rebecca wrote: "OK. I bow my head to you two stalwarts. Maybe it was my age but it will be a long time before I even think of rereading it."Rebecca, knowing you, I think you may not like it despite being more mature now. It is horrifying. After reading it, I used to see every man with a girl beside him with jaundiced eyes. I encountered a middle aged man who had seated a preteen girl on his lap during a train journey, and I was thinking - is he like Humbert... and feeling bad for suspecting the man... those few weeks post Lolita were difficult for me.
@ Raeez I am reading those Agatha Christies I havent read along with the others in another thread in this group. I've read The Mysterious affair at styles before so did not do a reread. I read the second one Murder on the links with them . Now I think thy are reading the third one The murder of Roger Ackroyd which I have read before. Am planning to join for the 4th The mystery of the blue train next month.@ PSmith. You have assessed me well.:P. Have read your review of the same.
True that. I used to suspect a lot of people too. I could not sleep well at nights while I was reading it. I couldn't read the book at night! And when I read it during the day, I could read more than a couple of pages- that's how sick it made me! Thank god for the writing, that I didn't give up on it and managed to complete it.
Raeez- I would've too if we hadn't got our dates today :P
When are you starting Nockingbird? Or you already finished it? :-o
Will start most probably tom... waiting for a friend to join. You wan 2 join ?
Amazing book! Pure classic! Aticus Fitch is one of the best literary father figures I've met so far and the book itself is better for the way it is.
@Raeez... Yeah, I want to... I will join when your friend comes... :-)... Will start together :)
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Books mentioned in this topic
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (other topics)To the Lighthouse (other topics)
Now for the next book, I suggest
To the Light house, by Virginia Woolf.
I don't know anything about this, a person recommended me long long ago.
What are your suggestions?