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Post by B. on Jan 16, 2022 14:07:25 GMT -5
What's on your reading list for 2022?
I own so many unread books. I keep buying new ones and not getting through them fast enough.
Off the top of my head some stuff I want to read this year:
A little life by Hanya Yanagihara Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata The Secret History by Donna Taratt Verity Coleen Hoover Things Have Gotten Worse Since we last Spoke Eric LaRocca
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Jan 16, 2022 14:56:12 GMT -5
I want to finally get into Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie. I have a whole theory involving the order of stories that someone who wants to read Agatha should read her books and some that they should avoid. (And I think if you want to read Sherlock Holmes too, I think it would be interesting to read some of Sherlock first before reading some of Agatha. It's an interesting contrast in the way the stories are developed as well as the author's purpose. Agatha's cases allow the attentive reader to discover who the culprit is before the end. You can go on making theories based on the data presented. As for Sherlock, although you can make theories they will not be based on all the detective's observations, because some information he'll keep to himself.) I think the English lost a lot of the fun potential that the Agatha books have because of the sheer amount of adaptations that there are of these stories. I mean, if you've ever seen someone play a character, or seen the development of a story on TV or in the theater, when you go to read the book, all the effect it could have had may fade away.) I personally just bought a research book for children and teenagers called O Caso da Borboleta Atíria ("The Case of the Atirian Butterfly") de Lúcia Machado de Almeida. I hope this makes me feel similar to how I felt reading ATWQ.
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Post by Mr. Sharpe on Jan 16, 2022 15:35:33 GMT -5
I would like to finally read The Basic Eight this year.
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Post by Violent BUN Fortuna on Jan 16, 2022 20:07:58 GMT -5
Ooh I want to read A Little Life, too!
I have an awful lot of books on the go at the moment, including several gorgeous books on animation & illustration which I’m excited to get stuck into.
Novel wise, I’ve just finished one today & I’m not sure which book to prioritise next, but probably The Master and Margarita.
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Post by tk on Jan 16, 2022 21:50:00 GMT -5
been trying to find used copies of 'his dark materials' trilogy -- new ones are too expensive here (RM100++).
also 'piranesi' -- preferably a used copy as well.
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Post by B. on Jan 17, 2022 2:15:37 GMT -5
I would like to finally read The Basic Eight this year. Highly recommend! It's easily Daniel Handler's best non-snicket novel and still one of my favourite books.
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Post by Reba on Jan 17, 2022 18:11:37 GMT -5
Watch Your Mouth is better.
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Post by Violent BUN Fortuna on Jan 17, 2022 19:06:07 GMT -5
The Basic Eight and Why We Broke Up are my favourite non-Snicket DH books.
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Post by B. on Jan 18, 2022 2:10:32 GMT -5
Watch Your Mouth is better. I read Watch Your Mouth when I was far too young to do so (maybe 15/16), but I've been thinking of re-reading lately.
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Post by HAL 10,000 on Mar 23, 2022 19:26:15 GMT -5
I want to get into Sherlock Holmes and get back into the Magyk series(I read the first book when I was like 12, never got around to any of the others for some reason). Edit: How could I have forgotten this one, I also want to read the Silmarillion.
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Post by B. on Mar 24, 2022 10:02:59 GMT -5
What's on your reading list for 2022? I own so many unread books. I keep buying new ones and not getting through them fast enough. Off the top of my head some stuff I want to read this year: A little life by Hanya Yanagihara Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata The Secret History by Donna Taratt Verity Coleen Hoover Things Have Gotten Worse Since we last Spoke Eric LaRocca Okay so I read Verity, it was admittedly absolute trash but I read it very quickly and overall enjoyed it, definitely a light read tho I have a copy of A little life now, just trying to find the motivation to invest in all 600 pages
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Post by twigz on Mar 25, 2022 8:09:18 GMT -5
i have sooo many on my to-read list, even more on my to buy list i get lots of art books from my work so getting through the coffee table type ones definitely seems like less of a chore. maybe on my uni holidays in april i'll get a chance to read a proper novel instead of multitasking with audiobooks...
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Mar 26, 2022 14:58:24 GMT -5
i get lots of art books from my work so getting through the coffee table type ones definitely seems like less of a chore. where do you work and can i work there too? good art books are $$ af. taschen recently had a flash sale, and i managed to get a few sweet deals.
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Post by Reba on Mar 26, 2022 20:28:59 GMT -5
if there’s a university in your town, they should have a gazillion pricey art books in their library. even if you can’t check them out, you can look through them at one sitting anyway.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Mar 27, 2022 0:43:22 GMT -5
art books seem to be neglected in lots of university libraries, but yes, obviously i can find some art books that way (hardly a gazillion). owning and borrowing a book of art you like are two very different things, however. borrowing is great for getting to know the work of one artist (or a time period/ movement/ other category); owning allows you to be surrounded by the work of artists that inspire you, and reference at a moment's notice. having them next to each other also allows for a dialogue to unfold between the art, and shape your own creative ideas.
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