Book Meme

[selenak]

A book I love no matter what anyone says: The Star of the Guardians trilogy by Margaret Weis. Yes, I know.

A book I loathe no matter what anyone says: Die Angst des Tormans vorm Elfmeter, by Peter Handke. Was tortured with it at university.

An undeservedly obscure book: Armadale by Wilkie Collins.

An undeservedly famous book: Corrections by Jonathan Franzen.

A book I ought to read: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi. I've been meaning to since eons.

A book I think others ought to read: Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes.

And speaking of authors deserving to be read, I just came across an article I missed back in May by none other than Kurt Vonnegut, he who wrote Slaughterhouse Five and as an American GI in WWII ending up in German captivity, witnessing the bombing of Dresden, has had, to put it euphemistically, a first-hand experience of war. Read his comments on the goings-on in Iraq here.

Comments

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

I enjoyed the start, mainly the send-up of the academic, but then I rapidly lost interest.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Same here. The characters and the actions were so crushingly dull, you know?

[bimo.livejournal.com]

Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes

A terrific choice :-)

My own, however, was somewhat more prosaic, since I picked Im Westen nichts Neues and Max Webers Protestantische Ethik.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

You're the only person besides Bill Clinton I've met who brings up Max Weber in casual conversation, so I'm impressed.*g*

And go you with the Remarque! He deserves to be read again.

[anneth.livejournal.com]

Completely agree about The Corrections. Put me in a foul mood for a week, 'til I was finally able to close it for good.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Hail, fellow sufferer! I kept hearing all these raves and tried and was overwhelmed by my complete lack of interest in either characters or plot. And I was on an airplane to Brazil at the time, hungering for something to read...

[natoth.livejournal.com]

The Star of the Guardians trilogy by Margaret Weis.
WOW!!!! Et tu?!!!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

What can I say - Margery and Derek Sagan satisfy the addict for tragic love stories in immensely, not to mention the fan of friends turned enemies turned friends...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

War and Peace is wonderful; I'm not sure why people find the idea of it so daunting. Most fantasy novels these days are much longer. I've read it twice and love the characters and the often very dry wit.

Sorry, posted as Vila before ...

[selenak.livejournal.com]

It's not that I find the idea too daunting - I just never got around to it. But I will, I will - it's a definite plan.

I noticed.*g*