Book 100

[novin_ha]

12) Wolves of Calla by Stephen King, which is, so far, my favourite, I think. Vampires were tacky, but then again, there are two instances of un-tacky vampires I've encountered so far, and one in which they were tacky but it didn't bother me. It sort of had zombies, too XD But the story was engaging and I've grown to like Roland, actually. Looking forward to the next two, that I am.

13) Robber Bride - so far definitely my favourite Atwood novel. The narration was so pleasant! I was amazed how easily Ms Atwood managed to turn my sympathy from one character to another, how mosaic-like it made the story. I loved it, I enjoyed it so much.

14) Anthologies tend to disappoint me. Unless they're anthologies of Angela Carter's short stories, in which case the more I read, the more I enjoy. Some of her stories were a bit too difficult for me - she uses words in English to which I probably wouldn't know equivalents in Polish! - but most were just so unbelievably enjoyable. The title "Fireworks" makes so much sense. I've especially enjoyed "John Ford's Tis a Pity She's w Whore". Also, these stories were just perfect when read accompanied by Patrick Wolf's music, and not just because he sings of wolves, like she writes about them. Burning Your Boats was amazing.

15) Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood wasn't as enjoyable as Robber Bride to me - but it was a very good read, nevertheless. And the Defoe reference! There was also one in Angela Carter's short story "Master". I need to read Coetzee's Foe now. (Especially as Robinson is the only mandatory reading I neglected last year, I hang my head in shame.)

16) Case Histories by Kate Atkinson - so I still can read detective stories, just not any one. It was engaging and interesting, even if I was a bit frutrated with some plotlines and vastly prefered other. I might read something else of hers, during the summer or some such.

17) Wuthering Heights - although admittedly sometimes I just skimmed passages. It seems I remembered it quite well from my last reading, some four years ago. I liked it better this time - but I still prefer Gone with the Wind, and even Jane Austen. Maybe it's just that "romantic love" was more of a monomania than anything else there ;) It was very interesting, though, and strong. I'll enjoy discussing it in class.

18) Murakami's South of the Border, West of the Sun was good, but did not really make an impact. I might give some other book of his a chance, though, because why not ;)

I gave up on two books I started - Dante Club or whatever the title is, by Matthew Pearl - I was told it's great, but just couldn't get into the story, gave up after a hundred pages. Similarly with Susan Waters' Affinity - I skimmed a bit, decided it wasn't worth my time, even though I was interested in finding out how the Polish translation dealt with femmeslash-y bits. Fingersmith was enjoyable. This one didn't appear to be.

Now on the agenda? Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, A Passage to India. Ysabel and Coetzee's In the Heart of the Country. It looks like I'm in for a very busy time ;)

This is, sort of, the reason why I'm so behind on reading my beloved f-list's ffs. I'll get to it, eventually, or so I hope...

Comments

[akzseinga.livejournal.com]

DUDE!
Ty jesteś Rakieta, srsly. W ile czytasz jedną książkę? *podziwia*

[novin-ha.livejournal.com]

Po polsku, na spokojnie, mogę zrobić 100 stron w godzinę, po angielsku koło 60. Zależy od czcionki, czasu, koncentracji. Więc książka co drugi dzień, albo co trzeci, gdy mam czas nie jest takim wyzwaniem :) A miałam dużo czasu - bez netu i w autobusach/pociągach XD

[magdalith.livejournal.com]

Imponująca prędkość, rzeczywiście. Zazdroszczę i podziwiam (ja ostatnimi czasy czytam najwyżej 2 książki na miesiąc...). Ale z drugiej strony... Nie umyka Ci coś, przy takim tempie? Nie tracisz czegoś przy takim pochłanianiu na czas?

[novin-ha.livejournal.com]

A wiesz, może i tak - ale to nie bez przyczyny teraz tak dużo. Spędziłam w autobusach i pociągach w ostatnim czasie pewnie ze dwie doby, a rzadko udaje mi się zasnąć :D

[novin-ha.livejournal.com]

a! I pochlanianie na czas brzmi, jakbym nie doceniała tego, co czytam. Tylko czytała dla odkreślenia. A tak nie jest, choć sprawia mi przyznaję przyjemność możliwość powiedzenia "przeczytałam to, to i to" :)

[ajat.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeathcliffe ! *Demented grin*

[fishity.livejournal.com]

18? Eighteen??? EIGHTEEN?!?!?!

I feel like the most pathetically pathetic thing ever to be pathetic compared to you. I'm STILL reading "London". Granted, it has 1.100 pages, but still...if I keep going at this rate, I'll be lucky to read 20 books this year, let alone 100.

[novin-ha.livejournal.com]

Well, some of these I've started last year. And besides, with nothing else to do and one hell of a lot of travelling, one does tend to read a lot ;)

Don't worry, this pace will slow down soon, I bet ;)