What are you reading?

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Re: What are you reading?

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Knocked out D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Good book though a bit over focused on sex. Next up: Jane Eyre

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https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/ ... ey-s-lover


1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors
14. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
15. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
16. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
17. Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
18. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
19. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
20. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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Knocked out Huck Finn. Love that book - what an adventure!

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1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors
14. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
15. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
16. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
17. Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
18. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
19. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
20. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence
21. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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I just finished reading the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. Utterly fantastic book, but boy the ending left me bummed out. A great mystery novel, and a fascinating look at religion in the middle ages, but also kind of a tough recommendation. It is DENSE and full of long long passages of theology and arguments about schisms and politics in the 1300's Catholic church, and frankly can be a slog at times. Still, I'm very glad I read it
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Knocked out my first book of the year in Polgara the Sorceress. Gosh this was almost too much for me to get through after having read so much from this series. Made it though. Thoughts here:

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/ ... -sorceress

1. Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leah Eddings
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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I finally got around to reading Jane Eyre. I liked it even more than I expected to. Great book. More thoughts here:

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/jane-eyre

1. Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leigh Eddings
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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I knocked out yet another book in The Weekend that Changed the World. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned some stuff, too. Silmarillion is next!

Thoughts here:

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post ... -the-world

1. Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leigh Eddings
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte
3. The Weekend that Changed the World by Peter Walker
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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Finished the Silmarillion. Pretty fun book. Glad I gave it another chance while I was briefly in the mood for it. Next up: Friday and The Book of Five Rings!

Thoughts here:

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post ... lmarillion

1. Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leigh Eddings
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte
3. The Weekend that Changed the World by Peter Walker
4. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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Knocked out Five Rings. It was good. More about sword fighting with a theme of strategy than about strategy specifically. No problem though. I did see Eiji Yoshikawa wrote a Cushingura book which I’ve added to my wish list. For now I’ll keep reading Friday and Mars though.

Thoughts here:

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post ... five-rings

1. Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leigh Eddings
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte
3. The Weekend that Changed the World by Peter Walker
4. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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Just finished my second reading of Friday. Can’t believe I read this as a child. I’m not terribly surprised but it’s probably the most adult book I’d read as a child. Anyway great book. If you love strong protagonists, strongly consider reading it. Especially if you are fond of sci-fi at all.

Thoughts here:

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/friday

1. Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leigh Eddings
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte
3. The Weekend that Changed the World by Peter Walker
4. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto
6. Friday by Robert Heinlein
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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Knocked out a quick and fun book in And Then There Were None. Good times…good times….

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/ ... -were-none

1. Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leigh Eddings
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte
3. The Weekend that Changed the World by Peter Walker
4. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto
6. Friday by Robert Heinlein
7. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
I’ve been waiting for the sun to come up. Waiting for the showers to stop. Waiting for the penny to drop. One time. And I’ve been standing in a cloud of plans. Standing on the shifting sands. Hoping for an open hand. One time.
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