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Angus wrote: "H: Baka mid-December pa siya. Will alert you kapag malapit na. :DDante: YW, but really, I haven't read that yet. :D"
I haven't read any Dickens lol...
Ah okaaayy... didn't know series pala yun? :)
Dante: Then I agree with Angus. Read THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. The recent movie adaptation is very loyal to the book too. The one starring Jim Carey. Kuhang-kuha nila ang original illustrations sa book.
Yes, I think I will buy a copy of the book on pay day, and DL a torrent of the movie hehe.
KD: I think we can start All the King's Men on December 9, Friday. 1 chapter a day, and each chapter is looong. Hopefully tapos na ako sa Invisible Man by that time.H, Aldrin: I think we can start Midnight's Children on December 19. 3 chapters a day. Holidays not included. And by the way, are we going to do this here or on our respective blogs?
H: I checked 2666 and it is not divided into chapters (it is divided into books!). I wonder how we can divide this? By pages?
Angus: Midnights' Chilren, Dec. 19...Ok! Maybe we can do it here...then, blogging optional. 2666....hmmm....puwede by pages. Tignan ko nga copy ko mamaya to see what we can do about that.
You'll be moderating both right? :D I've never done this before so, so we just discuss things in general after each assigned chapter or may guide questions ba....?
H: Check out some of the buddy reading threads. They are not strictly moderated because usually pairs naman sila. Mostly thought inputs, but you can also do some summaries, hehehe.
OK...3 chapters a day...hahaha..kaya ko kaya yon? :P2666 starts Jan 3?
H: I think okay naman ang 3 chapters a day for Midnight's Children, parang 50 pages a day. Or is that too fast for you?Jan. 3 is a Tuesday, well, okay na rin yun. At sunud-sunod ang mga buddy reads ko. Para namang hindi nakatambak ang trabaho ko, ano? @_@
Ok lang yung 3 chapters (about 50 pages) a day. Tingin ko, kaya naman.We don't have to do the 2666 on Jan.3...kala ko lang kasi yun yung original date that you proposed....? Anytime would be ok for me, just let me know.
I intend to start the year 2012 with a book as gigantic as 2666. Kaya pwede na rin sa akin ang January 3.By the way, this is my edition:
Pwede ring may guide questions. I'll hunt for those (both sa Midnight's Children at 2666).
OK! I have the same edition of '2666' I think.....I'll double check later, but I'm pretty sure it's the same.
I am also planning to read 2666 but maybe in February 2012. I need to read Ulysses first.
H and Aldrin (if he is still up to it) are planning to read Ulysses next year. No definite date though.
Ang mga makakapal na meron na ako o di kaya ay medyo makapal pero siguro magandang may ka-buddy ay ang mga sumusunod:1) Ulysses (Joyce)
2) Infinite Jest (Wallace)
3) 2666 (Bolano)
4) Savage Detectives (Bolano)
5) Executioner's Song (Mailer)
6) Atlas Shrugged (Rand)
7) Against the Day (Pynchon)
8) Canterbury Tales (Chaucher)
9) Our Mutual Friend (Dickens)
10) Middlemarch (Eliot)
11) Tom Jones (Fielding)
12) The Iliad (Homer)
13) Histories (Herodotus)
14) The Fatal Shore (Hughes)
15) Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence)
16) The Seven Storey Mountain (Merton)
17) Shikasta (Lessing)
18) Islandia (Wright)
19) The Confessions of Nat Turner (Styron)
20) The French Lieutenant's Woman (Fowles)
21) The Recognitions (Gaddis)
22) Catch-22 (Heller)
23) On the Road (Kerouac)
24) Remembrance of the Things Past (Proust)
25) An American Tragedy (Dreiser)
26) Silent Spring (Carson)
27) Goodbye to All That (Graves)
28) The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky)
29) Don Quixote (Cervantes)
30) The Tale of Genji (Shikibu)
31) Gangantua and Pantagruel (Rabelais)
32) Tirant Io Blanc (Martorelli) - tagalog translation
33) Evelina (Burney)
34) The Bethroted (Manzoni)
35) La Bete Humaine (Zola)
Paki-sabi lang po kung may gustong magbasa kasama ko.
KD: Kelangan mo ba basahin yung Ulysses ng January? I-reading buddy na lang natin yon sometime in 2012 tapos sali ka na lang sa 2666 in Feb 3. The more the merrier :)
Ang totoo nyan, may promise ako sa sarili ko na babasahin ko ang "Ulysses" ng December 2011.Sisimulan ko mamayang gabi.
3rd attempt ko na kasi ito eh. Laging nawawalan ako ng interest.
Favorite reading buddy ko pa naman si Angus. Eh parang mas type nya na si Aldrin ha ha. Bang, kill ako dyan eh.
HAHAHA! Hindi naman sa mas type ko si Aldrin. Eh diba nga yung Cloud Atlas hindi niya tinapos, kaya nga lagi kong nilalagay "if he's still up to it." Eh kasi naman Kuya, nagmamaganda (or nagpapapogi) ka pa, heto nga mag 2666 at Ulysses na kami next year.Huwag kang mag-alala, favorite buddy pa rin kita, hehehe. Hindi naman siguro ako makikibuddy ulit kung nadala na ako ano? At saka yung ibang books nga wala sa reading schedule ko, pero pinalitan ko ang reading plan ko para lang makabuddy kita. At yung Goon Squad bumili pa talaga ako ng brand new nung magyaya ka kahit wala sa budget ko, hahaha.
Iyang si H naman ay favorite commenter ko sa blog ko, at ngayon ko pa lang makakabuddy. Pinilit ko pa nga siyang magjoin dito. Sana naman hindi siya nagsisisi?
Oh, heto ang mga books sa list mo na interesado ako:
1) Ulysses (Joyce) - maybe February 2012
2) Infinite Jest (Wallace) - no copy
3) 2666 (Bolano) - January 2012
5) Executioner's Song (Mailer) - no copy
6) Atlas Shrugged (Rand) - unahin muna ang The Fountainhead
10) Middlemarch (Eliot) - no copy
11) Tom Jones (Fielding) - no copy
19) The Confessions of Nat Turner (Styron) - nasa Baguio
20) The French Lieutenant's Woman (Fowles) - nasa Baguio
21) The Recognitions (Gaddis) - no copy
22) Catch-22 (Heller) - 2012
23) On the Road (Kerouac) - no copy
25) An American Tragedy (Dreiser) - 2012
28) The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky) - no copy
29) Don Quixote (Cervantes) - no copy
30) The Tale of Genji (Shikibu) - my copy is the abridged edition.
Angus: Hahaha...maybe you mean makulit na commenter :P Hindi pa naman ako nagsisisi, pero ka jo-join ko pa lang naman eh hehehe.KD: Actually gusto ko rin basahin yang Brothers Karamazov, so magsabi ka next year, baka maki reading buddy ako.
Angus wrote: "I intend to start the year 2012 with a book as gigantic as 2666. Kaya pwede na rin sa akin ang January 3.By the way, this is my edition:
Pwede ring may guide questions. ..."
I have the same edition. How about we read 50 pages a day and end at the big dot separating sections? 893 pages lang naman pala sya eh :P
H: At nila"lang" mo lang ang 893 pages? Hahaha. Sige, I will check my edition para madivide na natin siya. At hindi naman ba tayo excited? May Midnight's Children pa! :D
Angus: Na-train ako ni George R.R. Martin in reading long books :) Excited din naman ako sa Midnight's Children eh. Tinatapos ko na nga lahat ng mga binabasa ko eh in preparation for the 19th :P
H: Ah oo, pwede na nga yatang makapatay ng tao yung mga mass market editions na nakikita ko sa NBS. Hindi ako fan ng fantasy eh, so maghahanap ako ng ibang trainer. Pwede na rin si Bolano, LOL.
Angus: Tama...si Bolano, tapos Joyce, tapos pag makabili ka na...Infinite Jest naman haha. Pagmatapos natin lahat yon, wala na rin sa yo ang mga 800-page novels.
Nakapila rin si Theodore Dreiser for this year, his An American Tragedy. 800-pager din. At Andersonville ni MacKinlay Kantor, a Pulitzer winner. Parang isa yata siya sa favorite books ni Cormac McCarthy. A bit shy of the 800-page mark, pero ang font size naman ay 8 yata!
Parang mas ok sa akin ang makapal na book basta mejo malalaki ang font...kesa sa book a mukhang hindi masyado makapal pero ang liit naman ng sulat...Baka pala mag Atlas Shrugged din ako this year...bahala na kung sipagin :)
Saka na ako mag Ayn Rand kapag na 3/4 ko na ang hoarded books ko. Pero unahin ko muna ang The Fountainhead, dahil sabi ng lola mo, dapat daw ay mauna talaga iyon.
haha Ok...may Fountainhead din naman ako. Napanood ko kasi recently yung new movie ng Atlas Shrugged kaya naisip ko lang na baka basahin ko na rin once and for all, pero alam ko na rin naman ang story ng both books.
Nabasa ko na ang "The Fountainhead" noong nasa college pa ako. Nabasa ko rin yong "We the Living" nya. Parang mas nagustuhan ko yon. Alin ba ang magkakaroon ng sine? "Atlas Shugged" ba? Gusto ko rin basahin yon "The Anthem" nya.
KD: May Atlas Shrugged na movie - released last April, 2011 pero part 1 lang. Sa 2012 pa daw ang part 2. May movie din ang The Fountainhead, pero luma na, black and white pa ata yon...maganda rin naman. Yung The Anthem maigsi lang.
Ay naku, kailangang mabasa ko na ang "Atlas Shrugged." Long overdue na sa akin yan. Thanks, H.
Uy H, tuloy pa ba sa Monday yung Midnight's Children?
Syempre! Tinatapos ko na nga ang A Passage to India eh. Gagawa ka ba ng thread ng Midnight's Children dito where we post stuff?
H: Yep! I'm going to create the thread later. :)
Omaygad, Kwesi. One of my favorite memoirs!!! I read this pre-GR but I think my feeling for it holds through even if I read hundreds of other memoirs. I think still have the VCD copy of the movie. I used to have bookmarks used in Singapore promo campaign also when they showed the movie. This is included in TFG100, BTW.Can't wait to read what you and your buddies think about the book. :)
Haha. Nabasa ko nga ang review mo and I can't wait to read it kasi nga most of you guys loved it. Anyway, hinahanap ko pa ang copy ko at di ko alam sa iba kung nagstart na sila. Di ko alam na may movie pala to.
Oo nga. Maraming may gusto nyan. Kuya ko (nag-recommend sa akin na recommended din sa kanya). Officemate ko. Pre-GR ko pa nabasa. Iniisip ko kung magugustuhan mo. Hmmm. Feeling ko, oo. Lalo na kung talagang mahilig ka sa mga kuwento ng bata na inosente pa sa kamunduhan ha ha.
Who likes to read "Son of a Witch"? I'll be reading it by Wednesday
@KRIZIA: I have that in my tbr. I even bought the 3rd book last week (on sale). But I am in the thick of reading the Booker 2011 shortlisted books.
Naghahanap ako ng copy nito kasi gusto ko ibigay sa kaibigan ko...pero lately, wala akong nakikita (kung kelan ko hinahanap) :(
Yong sa kin eh hardbound Booksale P45. Two years ago.Pero parang magkakaroon ng movie yan so few months ago, nakakita ako ng brand new edition. May picture ng lalaking actor na sya yata ang gaganap ng son ni Elphaba (yong green witch - parang pizza lang ha ha)
Sige. I'm excited to read it na kasi. May nabili kasi ako na "Out of Oz" na may signature ni Maguire.hehe Natuwa lang kaya I decided to make it my holiday read.
Sali na rin kayo sa 2666. So far, tatlo na kami (with Emir and H).
Hi, anyone interested in reading The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Lualhati Bautista's Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?? Hehe.
Kwesi 章英狮 wrote: "Hi, anyone interested in reading The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Lualhati Bautista's Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?? Hehe."Incidentally, I have a copy of The Phantom Tollbooth but that one's not scheduled to be read by me anywhere near this month or of the succeeding ones.
Anyway, let's just talk about it when the both of us has read it.
Happy reading, Kwesi! ;)
Who wants to read House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz or The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre? I'll be starting on Monday.
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Ok, thanks!