LilburnDeac
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Just finished "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand. It was awesome.
Also, Kundera is another Czech writer worth looking into. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting and Unbearable Lightness of Being are both really good, though a bit existentially troubling.
Czech writers have their own weird sort of fantasy/magical realism probably closest to science fiction. Apparently they tell the best ghost stories in the world; at least that's what a Czech dude told me once.
Anybody read any Kafka? I'm going to Prague this summer so I figured I'd read something by him to see if I like it and if so, would give me something to look into when I'm there. Any recommendations?
After reviewing this thread, I clearly read garbage compared to the rest of you. Also read Grisham's "Last Juror" last week. First of his I'd read in years. An easy, beach type read.
Trying to get into the tipping point but not holding my interest.
buckets said:i'm reading life of pi right now... pretty good so far
LilburnDeac said:Ball State Deac wrote: After reviewing this thread, I clearly read garbage compared to the rest of you. Also read Grisham's "Last Juror" last week. First of his I'd read in years. An easy, beach type read.
Trying to get into the tipping point but not holding my interest.
Me, too. I read The Last Juror and I have no memory of what it is about. But most of Grisham's books are like that. Engaging reads with no lasting impact.
i'm reading life of pi right now... pretty good so far
And seriously, do you people really read all this old stuff? Sounds more like a task to me.
Just finished Slaughterhouse Five, Christine de Pizan, Julian of Norwich's Revelations, and now reading Confederacy of Dunces (nor)which is awesome.