Re: bookworms unite!
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:33 am
I have always loved sci fi/fantasy. I started re-reading Isaac Asimov's foundation trilogy this past summer. It has now grown to 6 books. I likewise love books set in the 18th and 19th centuries, esp. if set in England. My favorite authors as an adolescent were Jane Austen, JRR Tolkien, and Isaac Asimov. I have always been a bit eclectic in my tastes. I'm still a pretty big Jane Austen fan, though I am finding her a bit cliche-ish at this point in my life. I discovered Elizabeth Gaskell this past year and have enjoyed a couple of her books. Through my book club, I also discovered Chaim Potok, a Jewish intellectual who wrote in the late 60s/early 70s, whose books I really like. I think his most well known book is The Chosen and/or The Promise. And Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose is a favorite of mine too; it is a mystery set in a Medieval monastery. We read that for book club a couple years ago. I had wanted to read A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde this summer, but didn't get to it. Maybe later this fall. It may lead me to Goethe's version of the Faustian tale. . .we'll see how much time I have for reading. LOL!
Currently, I am reading Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry. It was my book club book last month. Our book this month is Life is So Good, about a man who learns to read at the age of 98!
Thank you for all the recommendations. Thank you for reviving this thread, Harmony. I hope to come back here when I need a good book recommendation. My mom might enjoy Effie Leland Wilder, Harmony. Light and funny sounds good for her. The Gideon Trilogy sounds intriguing, Harriet, for some of my kids. Not all my kids are HP fans. I just might have to read it myself, too. I wish I knew what my kids were reading; dd15 just gave me a birthday list that includes 17 books recommended to her by an older friend who used to work in a library. Ds has been re-reading The Wheel of Time series (fantasy) by Robert Jordan. I tried it once, but couldn't take it. The plot was too meandering and convoluted for me. Not sure what dd13 has been reading.
Currently, I am reading Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry. It was my book club book last month. Our book this month is Life is So Good, about a man who learns to read at the age of 98!
Thank you for all the recommendations. Thank you for reviving this thread, Harmony. I hope to come back here when I need a good book recommendation. My mom might enjoy Effie Leland Wilder, Harmony. Light and funny sounds good for her. The Gideon Trilogy sounds intriguing, Harriet, for some of my kids. Not all my kids are HP fans. I just might have to read it myself, too. I wish I knew what my kids were reading; dd15 just gave me a birthday list that includes 17 books recommended to her by an older friend who used to work in a library. Ds has been re-reading The Wheel of Time series (fantasy) by Robert Jordan. I tried it once, but couldn't take it. The plot was too meandering and convoluted for me. Not sure what dd13 has been reading.