What book are you currently reading?

[Sunday16]

Lucky by Alice Sebold, who wrote the Lovely Bones

 

[Flying Fox]

Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke

 

[Witty_Sarcasm]

Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver. I have seen the movie but never read the book. It takes place in Upper Michigan, and the guy who wrote it was also from up here.

 

[Onion_soup]

Lakatos: An Introduction by Brendan Larvor.

 

[gypsylee]

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[Freyja]

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (in English this time, I read it in my native language some years ago)

 

[Onion_soup]

@gypsylee I heavily dislike War and Peace, even just the idea of it, patrially because it's being shoved down our throats at schools and I myself was forced to study it back in high school. I remember not enjoying it at all aside from some inner jokes Russians have about War and Peace, but I hope your experience will be much more pleasant than mine.

Science in a Free Society by Paul Feyerabend

 

[gypsylee]

@gypsylee I heavily dislike War and Peace, even just the idea of it, patrially because it's being shoved down our throats at schools and I myself was forced to study it back in high school. I remember not enjoying it at all aside from some inner jokes Russians have about War and Peace, but I hope your experience will be much more pleasant than mine.

Science in a Free Society by Paul Feyerabend

They’re making kids read War & Peace? It’s a waste of f’in time. We got to do Cuckoo’s Nest amongst our books in Year 12 English.. Now that’s worth reading.

 

[Onion_soup]

They’re making kids read War & Peace? It’s a waste of f’in time. We got to do Cuckoo’s Nest amongst our books in Year 12 English.. Now that’s worth reading.

They do and it really is. Russian literature comes first, so kids here read boring novels instead of anything at least remotely entertaining. It's not that bad, though, and I enjoyed Crime and Punishment a lot, but I still don't think it's a read any 15-year-old can grasp. I just think it ruins those books and makes those kids hate them.

 

[gypsylee]

They do and it really is. Russian literature comes first, so kids here read boring novels instead of anything at least remotely entertaining. It's not that bad, though, and I enjoyed Crime and Punishment a lot, but I still don't think it's a read any 15-year-old can grasp. I just think it ruins those books and makes those kids hate them.

Are you in Russia? I wonder how many kids actually read the thing. No way in hell we would’ve, at least not my group of friends.

That reminds me.. We did The Crucible and various kids had to read different characters. My friend was one and she just did her’s in this bored voice. The teacher told her off and asked why she wasn’t putting in any effort. She said “Because I need a character with substance.” LOL.

 

[Onion_soup]

Are you in Russia? I wonder how many kids actually read the thing. No way in hell we would’ve, at least not my group of friends.

That reminds me.. We did The Crucible and various kids had to read different characters. My friend was one and she just did her’s in this bored voice. The teacher told her off and asked why she wasn’t putting in any effort. She said “Because I need a character with substance.” LOL.

Currently I am not, but I am Russian and graduated high school there more than a year ago. I am used to referring to it as "here", even though technically I am in another country.

That a pretty bold thing to say, LOL.

 

[gypsylee]

Currently I am not, but I am Russian and graduated high school there more than a year ago. I am used to referring to it as "here", even though technically I am in another country.

That a pretty bold thing to say, LOL.

Someone said to me the other day Russia’s a good place to live. Last time I read about it, it wasn’t, but I could be wrong.

Hehe, I had friends who traumatised teachers. This was at a fairly exclusive all-girls private school too. That was the cause of my demise

 

[Onion_soup]

Someone said to me the other day Russia’s a good place to live. Last time I read about it, it wasn’t, but I could be wrong.

Hehe, I had friends who traumatised teachers. This was at a fairly exclusive all-girls private school too. That was the cause of my demise

I'd rather not live in Russia, and it seems as if whenever Russia goes through some trobles there's a writer who can describe it, offer moral guidance and become a famous classic (Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Bulgakov...), LOL. But, alas, there's a ton of writers to offer moral guidance and no people to fix the mess. :cool:

 

[MrHypo]

Been reading Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment recently.

Also trying to get back into Hew Strachan's The First World War. TBH, I have a huge backlog of books to get through.

 

[Anne Charlotte]

Been reading Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment recently.

Also trying to get back into Hew Strachan's The First World War. TBH, I have a huge backlog of books to get through.

Just started "Brothers Karamazov", guess, I will never finish it. It is so confusing with the names but so nicely written. Getting so much content concentrated in one sentence...it is a pleasure to read it. But concentration is missing for such "heavy food".
Switched to one book of Elisabeth George meanwhile. Easier to read but not as wordy as Dostoevsky. Will not finish it for I am not really interested in it.

 

[MrHypo]

Just started "Brothers Karamazov", guess, I will never finish it. It is so confusing with the names but so nicely written. Getting so much content concentrated in one sentence...it is a pleasure to read it. But concentration is missing for such "heavy food".
Switched to one book of Elisabeth George meanwhile. Easier to read but not as wordy as Dostoevsky. Will not finish it for I am not really interested in it.

Karamazov's also on my list, and it's a lot longer than Crime and Punishment. I have some knowledge of Russian culture, but the glossary at the back of my copy is pretty much essential with some of the untranslated words/concepts.

 

[WildCherry]

The Girl With No Name, Diney Costiloe

 

[DarkStarr*]

Just finished The Girl in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. An excellent read. I didn't guess at the solution, which is always nice. When I return this to the library I'm going to get her next book,
In a Dark Dark Wood.

 

[Singularity Platy]

I'm reading All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven for the 3rd time. This time in German because I'm still trying to learn the language. Also because I'm a Young Adult junkie and this book just resonates with me so much.

 

[Freyja]

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