By the way, I think it would be kind to set out a disclaimer. Being away from college makes my brain atrophy when it comes to writing, so this might be pretty rough and tedious. Maybe it will get better--we shall see. Also, I overuse dashes. But, I can promise you, I will never misuse apostrophes or use the word "myself" subjectively. These are my pet peeves, and I will not tolerate any misuse of these functions of speech and punctuation.
Ahem, anyway, that was not my point. This is where my disclaimer about tangents comes in. Consider yourself disclaimed.
I'll be adding books to the list as I think of them, and while it seems silly of me to address the nameless people who are not reading this blog, and know nothing of its existence, I want to invite you to share book titles with me so that I can round out that skimpy list.
I am currently reading Les Miserables, and I am at the completely-sucked-in phase. Ahh, I love it.
Well, this isn't some 900-page classic or something, but if you haven't read Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie, you should. It's lots of fun. Oh, and I don't know if you've already read this book or not, but I've been reading Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens. It's awesome. Actually, I watched the movie adaptation first and loved it. I never thought that Dickens had actually written something good!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestions, Ariel! I would love to check those out. I've never heard of that Dickens book, so I'm going to see if I can find it at the library or something.
ReplyDeleteI think the two hardest books I ever read outside of school and finished were Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scot; and The Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Silmarillion was hard to start, but once I got to a good start it was a lot easier.
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