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Do you read more classics, or contemporary? (Sally wore pants in 1992, Cheri was in heels, Laurin was in Huggies)
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Aug 13, 2012 03:43PM
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Definitely more contemporary, but I want to start reading more classics.
I read a lot more contemporary a the moment, but that could change with the wind.
Riona wrote: "Definitely more contemporary, but I want to start reading more classics."Same here.
I tend to read more contemporary but I enjoy a classic every now and then. I definitely have quite the stack of classics to catch up on - maybe that should be my next read.
This year it's been mostly contemporary reads, with a total of seven books older than 50. Around the same last year, I think. If you included books older than 25 instead of fifty, I'd have a more even ratio. As for why, I guess since I'm trying to write more I'm trying to read what my contemporaries are writing.
I read more contemporary. However, now that I have a Kindle I'll probably read more classics. That's because the old classic books are free on the Kindle.
I wish the dots for publication year would show the title of the book when you moused over them. I definitely read more contemporary and should branch out. I certainly thought I'd read more classics when I got my Kindle three years ago....
More contemporary, because when I got my degrees in English Lit, I read many of the classics then. If re-reading counts, then it gets a bit more balanced.
I would say that my tastes are fairly balanced. I am reading all of the Sherlock Holmes, Poirot and Marple books in order. I also read a lot of contemporary books.
I may have to try that Laurin. Thw all in order thing I mean.
I'm to The Valley of Fear for sherlock, Murder on the Links for poirot, and 4:50 to.Paddington for marple.
It's funny. I would have said that I've been reading a lot of classics lately, but then I realized most of that has been my classic SF project, which skews a lot newer than traditional classic novels.
Jim wrote: "Keep up the good work Laurin."I haven't touched the Marple book in a while, I should pick it back up again. The copy I have is difficult to read. It is quite old and has small print. My copy of Murder on the Links is old too, and a small chunk of pages fell out, which makes reading that one difficult. I'm reading e-copies of Sherlock, so I tend to read more of that.
I tend to prefer classics to contemporary, especially Victorian novels.
Pretty much all contemporary although my boyfriend keeps trying to get me into obscure russian literature...
If I start on a classic author, I'll read everything in the order it was published. For example, I'll read everything that Lawrence Durrell wrote. Then I'll read his brother, Gerald. Then I'll be done with them. If I start Tolstoy, I'd read all of them, even the early crappy stuff. Then his biography. I got this habit (compulsion) when I started on Marguerite Henry books when I was 8 years old. I had to read them all.
This works best for the classics because when I'm finished with an author, I don't have to be concerned about a new book coming out. There some contemporary authors that I'll never read another. But usually, if I like an author, I'll read whatever get published.
Jane wrote: "Pretty much all contemporary although my boyfriend keeps trying to get me into obscure russian literature..."Jane - Id be interested to know what he's recommending. I may want to look into reading some of these obscure books.
On the whole, I have read far more classics. However, recently I've been reading more contemporary authors.
Two of my favorite books are the Diary of Anne Frank and 1984. Both I would consider classics.
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I was a bit hesitant about 1984 at first, since it was required school reading, but I ended up really enjoying it.
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2. It was okay.
3. It was okay, don't remember a lot of it.
4. Meh.
I've only read animal farm. I didn't care for it as much as 1984.
I was disappointed when 1984 (the year) actually came around.
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Right here. Or there. Can't you see where I'm pointing?
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I'm really a reader that will pick up anything ans read it, I prefer historical fiction, but I read as much as possible.
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We waited with great anticipation. My reader friends and I did. But not really.
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Abuzz. Did that happen in '92? I was working in Philadelphia in '92. Hale-Bopp was that comet, right?
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Hale-Bopp
I had to wear a suit to work every day in 1992.
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