What book are you reading?

Who Princess

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

kw18

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

Wow ... twice? I've never read it ... I suppose that's what good only a single English dress will get for you.

F Me In The Brain

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

I was a double major in English and read it once in college. I enjoyed it and the discussion around it, would have been down to read it again.

kw18

F Me In The Brain said:

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

I was a double major in English and read it once in college. I enjoyed it and the discussion around it, would have been down to read it again.

OK, I'm clearly going to have to pick up a copy now.

I feel like a bad English major.

Newch91

kw18 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

I was a double major in English and read it once in college. I enjoyed it and the discussion around it, would have been down to read it again.

OK, I'm clearly going to have to pick up a copy now.

I feel like a bad English major.

As another English major, I have not read "Moby Dick" either. Do I plan to? Maybe some day.

afroannnie

kw18 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

I was a double major in English and read it once in college. I enjoyed it and the discussion around it, would have been down to read it again.

OK, I'm clearly going to have to pick up a copy now.

I feel like a bad English major.

Should I add it to our ongoing amazon book list? :fp:

kw18

afroannnie said:

kw18 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

I was a double major in English and read it once in college. I enjoyed it and the discussion around it, would have been down to read it again.

OK, I'm clearly going to have to pick up a copy now.

I feel like a bad English major.

Should I add it to our ongoing amazon book list? :fp:

Yes, probably ... :-S

F Me In The Brain

kw18 said:

afroannnie said:

kw18 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

I was a double major in English and read it once in college. I enjoyed it and the discussion around it, would have been down to read it again.

OK, I'm clearly going to have to pick up a copy now.

I feel like a bad English major.

Should I add it to our ongoing amazon book list? :fp:

Yes, probably ... :-S

It was one of the ebooks available for free on my Amazon Kindle App for Verizon/Droid. Not sure if that helps, I dont read much on my phone but I noticed this. Not sure if it would also be free for that App on a tablet or other system. (I read books not ebooks personally)

Enkidu

I did finish Moby Dick. But I didn't like it. Maybe because I was a drama major and not an english major.

afroannnie

F Me In The Brain said:

kw18 said:

afroannnie said:

kw18 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Who Princess said:

Enkidu said:

http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/

After checking your blog, I wasn't sure whether you were able to finish Moby-Dick.

I have read it twice, TWICE! That is what getting 2 degrees in English will do for you. 8-}

I was a double major in English and read it once in college. I enjoyed it and the discussion around it, would have been down to read it again.

OK, I'm clearly going to have to pick up a copy now.

I feel like a bad English major.

Should I add it to our ongoing amazon book list? :fp:

Yes, probably ... :-S

It was one of the ebooks available for free on my Amazon Kindle App for Verizon/Droid. Not sure if that helps, I dont read much on my phone but I noticed this. Not sure if it would also be free for that App on a tablet or other system. (I read books not ebooks personally)

Added to the list

Yeah, we've both tried e-books but we both suffer from this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A2N03lzbKs

(just happens to be a moby dick reference at the end )

F Me In The Brain

hahaha, nice.

Who Princess

When I read Moby Dick as an undergrad I thought it was pretty rough going. I later read it again in a graduate course, along with a lot of other Melville works. I enjoyed it that time.

But even for all us English majors out there, I'm not sure it's must-read. It was written for a different time and different readership. Parts of it are brilliant and parts of it are tedious. And it takes forever for that damn whale to show up.

If you feel like you have to read some Melville, I'd go with Billy Budd. I think it's his best novel. Many of his short stories are good, too.

afroannnie

afroannnie said:

F Me In The Brain said:

^^^ I remember reading that loooong ago when I was 14 or 15 and thinking what a crazy, wild, great little book it was. Had no idea it would become somewhat of a reality all of these years later.

Yeah..it's crazy that it was written back in the late 70's. I know that Stephen King has asked this book to no longer be printed due to the content and that over the past 15 years there has been an increase in school shootings, but to me this book could be used as a vehicle to get kids & teenagers talking. Charlie's actions in the book are not justified, but in his mind they are because of the things that have happened to him...I'm sure there's so many other kids & teenagers that have felt/feel the same way...maybe the book could be used to get those kids that identify with Charlie's character counseling or help..just my 2 cents.

Anyway, I finished Rage last night and just started this:

Finished Night Film over the weekend. Definitely worth the read...there were a few spots where it seemed to drag a bit, but I think that was done on purpose...I don't want to give too much away, but there were few fun twists and it was definitely a page turner at times.

I just started this last night:

F Me In The Brain

^^ Cool, thanks, look forward to Night Film.

Next up for me, by one of our own, LukinFan / Roger:

Newch91

For my English 18th Century/Restoration class:

F Me In The Brain

Newch91 said:

For my English 18th Century/Restoration class:

I love Swift.

A Modest Proposal is great.

Newch91

F Me In The Brain said:

Newch91 said:

For my English 18th Century/Restoration class:

I love Swift.

A Modest Proposal is great.

We were supposed to read A Modest Proposal but we've had like three or four classes cancelled because of bad weather that my professor had to take that off the syllabus. Reading the first chapter of Gulliver and I was wondering if Swift ever heard of paragraph breaks? He's got one paragraph that went on for 3.5 pages.

F Me In The Brain

Newch91 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Newch91 said:

For my English 18th Century/Restoration class:

I love Swift.

A Modest Proposal is great.

We were supposed to read A Modest Proposal but we've had like three or four classes cancelled because of bad weather that my professor had to take that off the syllabus. Reading the first chapter of Gulliver and I was wondering if Swift ever heard of paragraph breaks? He's got one paragraph that went on for 3.5 pages.

It is very short, I would suggest noting to go back and read it at some point, he is a funny bastard.

LongRoad1802

Bob Dylan: Chronicles

F Me In The Brain

Just got this in today. I have been waiting for it to come out and am jumping it ahead of the GASOB (giant ass stack o books) that I have queued up to read since I just finished Roger's (LukinFan) book The Big Hoot.