Melodious Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Hello all. I'm Dave from north west England and since I don't really have any reader friends I thought i'd sign up here. It will be nice to talk to people about literature and get some recommendations (not that my 'to read list' is big enough already) and some general chit chat. In terms of what I like to read I guess I've been reading a lot of classics lately as well as some non fiction about the environment, space that kind of thing. Some examples of what I've read this year can be found on my Goodreads page (feel free to add me if you like) https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3084339?shelf=currently-reading Thanks and happy reading. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) Hey Dave, welcome here ! I've send you a friend request on GoodReads, hope that's okay. I hope you enjoy your time here . What are some of your favourite classics? I don't read them often myself because I have trouble with the oldy woldy language (my first language is Dutch), so I only read one now and then (they intimidate me!). I have a lot of them on my TBR though (as well as a lot of other books). I recently read Animal Farm by George Orwell which I really enjoyed. I also really enjoyed Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. There are also quite a few Dutch literary books that I like, though most I own were written after 1880 (my secondary school's cut off date for older / newer literary works). I read Truman Capote - Breakfast with Tiffany's a while ago which I thought was okay, but I read some short stories by Charles Dickens and only really liked A Christmas Carol, I found the other ones I read very confusing. I aim to read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy some day, as well as some of Jane Austen's works, and others. Again, welcome to the forum, I hope you'll find we're a friendly bunch of people and I'm sure you'll receive plenty of recommendations . EDIT: Feel free to make your own Reading Blog too if you want to. Edited October 9, 2014 by Athena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melodious Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thanks Athena. Favourite 'classics' would be 1984 - Orwell, East of Eden - Steinbeck, Time Machine - H.G Wells, All Quite on the Western Front - Remarque and MacBeth - Shakespere. I guess I tend to be more toward modern classics than ye olde ones for the same reasons as you Athena. War and Peace is certainly on my TBR. I have a friend who has read a lot of Russian literature so I aim to pick her brain about a couple of novels. I do tend to like novels that have a philosophical slant or about society in general. I like my brain to be engaged while reading so 'light' or reading for pure entertainment purposes are few and far between. That's not to say I don't though as I still love to read the Asterix comics and I've had the itch to re-read Matilda by Roald Dahl again. Request accepted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Hello Dave and welcome to the forum! I hope you like it here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Hi Dave! Welcome to the forum. I look forward to seeing your reading blog if/when you set one up! Macbeth is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melodious Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thanks Frankie and Signor I will get around to setting up a reading blog in the next few days once I've got further with Mrs Dalloway. I checked out your blog and it's really good. I may visit again when I need some suggestions for fantasy. I struggle sometimes with that genre as it can be too much about the dragons and wizards than a good plot with decent characters. I love LOtR though and I aim to re-read it at the end of the year as it's probably been about 8 years since I last did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Hi Dave Welcome! Hope you find you like it here. You have come to exactly the right place to find reader friends. I love tea too so I'm sure we'll get along swimmingly How are you getting on with Mrs Dalloway? .. I do love Virginia but she does boggle my head a bit. Have you read Crime and Punishment? .. really worthwhile but like with most Russian novels you have to invest a lot of time. Anyway .. ask your friend .. I hope she'll be of the same opinion Have fun having a good look about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melodious Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thanks Kay (Who doesn't love tea?) I've only just dipped into the first pages of Dalloway so can't say too much at the minute. It's my first book by Virginia so I'll see how I get on. Waiting on the wings is The Bell Jar by Slyvia Plath. Crime and Punishment is another on the TBR along with The Brothers Karamazov. So MANY books, to short a life span Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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poppyshake Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thanks Kay (Who doesn't love tea?) I've only just dipped into the first pages of Dalloway so can't say too much at the minute. It's my first book by Virginia so I'll see how I get on. Waiting on the wings is The Bell Jar by Slyvia Plath. Crime and Punishment is another on the TBR along with The Brothers Karamazov. So MANY books, to short a life span It's a problem we all know only too well Hope you get on okay with Mrs Dalloway .. hang on tight I read The Bell Jar last year and loved it .. melancholy though. I am absolutely sure you will love Crime and Punishment .. I did and we both love tea so it's a given isn't it? Look forward to reading your book blog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 ^ Yeah, we like reading logs the best, so hurry up and set yours up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melodious Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Ha ha ha thanks Karsa All in good time Frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 No pressure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hi Dave, and a belated welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melodious Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Thanks bobblybear I've had some laptop troubles this past week so I haven't been on lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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