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TarquinDelouche

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  1. If you haven't already read any Oscar Wilde, I'd suggest Dorian Gray as a fantastic introduction. You'll soon find yourself picking up some of his others.
  2. Self-help books are there to help the author, more than the reader. The clue is in the name.
  3. Shakespeare is no longer contemporary. Dickens is no longer contemporary. His novels were considered contemporary at the time, but I wasn't there when he wrote them. The books are contemporary of his age, but not of this. When I said "Anything recommended to me by anybody", what I meant was when people hear I like reading say "Oh but you must SIMPLY read...." or "You would LOVE...". No I wouldn't. I love the books I read (classic literature) and am always disappointed by the instantly forgettable books that people have insisted I'd love. I joined a book forum not to find out what I should read next - I have a list of books as long as the 19th Century - but to discuss those books.
  4. The Naked And The Dead - Norman Mailer (I first read this on holiday and every time I reread it I'm reminded of the beach hut. The Master And Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov (I've been trying to reread this but always get sidetracked. I feel I need a holiday with no distractions to get through it again.
  5. I have a book from 1928 ironically titled Poems of Today.
  6. 1. Contemporary fiction, of all genres. 2. Autobiographies. 3. Anything recommended to me by anybody.
  7. My TBR pile is usually no more than 5-6, and that's because I've gone out and bought 5-6 books. I don't buy more books without having read the ones I have. Why would I?
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