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You might find the Cooper to be turgid Larry Send a noteboard - 10/01/2010 05:28:55 PM
You could always please the wife and the linguist in you by starting (adding to?) a collection of translations of the Bible and then read through a few of them and comment on translation errors. That might be interesting.

I'm thinking about teaching myself Koine sometime in the next few years. Already have an edition of the NT, plus two commentaries on how to approach learning Koine based off of the NT alone. While I don't care too much for Evangelical shadings of meaning, I figure it shouldn't take too long to learn the basics of the dialect.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Planned reads for 2010. - 10/01/2010 05:10:08 PM 1044 Views
I'd ditch Cooper - 10/01/2010 05:16:12 PM 671 Views
You might find the Cooper to be turgid - 10/01/2010 05:28:55 PM 562 Views
Interestingly random list. - 10/01/2010 05:55:51 PM 712 Views
It's mostly things I've bought and not read yet. Other than that, there's no coherent theme. - 10/01/2010 06:16:01 PM 680 Views
Okay, colour me shocked. - 10/01/2010 07:16:23 PM 639 Views
Re: Okay, colour me shocked. - 10/01/2010 09:57:26 PM 663 Views
Re: Okay, colour me shocked. - 11/01/2010 03:48:47 PM 632 Views
I'm actually the same as Tim. Haven't read them since I did it in 5th grade. - 10/01/2010 11:17:23 PM 449 Views
It does look that way, doesn't it? - 11/01/2010 05:06:41 PM 561 Views
Oh. - 11/01/2010 10:44:06 PM 588 Views
I just read it this past year for the first time. - 11/01/2010 11:36:21 PM 578 Views
Okay, I misread Tim's response and thought he was thinking about a year of Russian literature. - 14/01/2010 07:18:53 PM 698 Views
I wondered about that. - 14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM 639 Views
A couple of thoughts - 15/01/2010 01:46:25 AM 593 Views
Huh. You're the second person I've ever seen refer to that book as Demons. - 15/01/2010 05:35:19 AM 657 Views
That is the correct name. - 15/01/2010 01:14:54 PM 448 Views
Ditch Márquez. He sucks. - 10/01/2010 09:29:03 PM 553 Views
I'm sticking with "The List." - 10/01/2010 09:43:13 PM 591 Views
And to add input on your list... - 11/01/2010 02:17:20 AM 565 Views
Don't read the Achebe. - 11/01/2010 01:09:06 AM 570 Views
I'll be reading less serious stuff too. - 11/01/2010 08:52:14 AM 615 Views
Well, I figured that too - 11/01/2010 03:21:11 PM 588 Views
That is one seriously disturbing book. - 11/01/2010 03:31:12 PM 588 Views
It's under "weird" in my librarything catalog. - 15/01/2010 08:12:42 PM 574 Views
Things Fall Apart has an outstanding ending. *NM* - 12/01/2010 04:11:53 AM 276 Views
Must not be that outstanding if I can't remember it. *NM* - 15/01/2010 08:13:08 PM 267 Views
Of those? - 11/01/2010 01:33:33 AM 612 Views
Are Mohicans and 100 Years worth reading? Folks seem to be dissin' 'em. *NM* - 11/01/2010 08:49:55 AM 236 Views
I disagree with Tom that Marquez sucks... - 11/01/2010 04:09:54 PM 599 Views
Ditch Erlend Loe - 11/01/2010 11:40:37 AM 444 Views
However, good for someone who needs a simple book to help with learning the language. - 11/01/2010 12:06:55 PM 477 Views
I feel for you *NM* - 11/01/2010 09:02:51 PM 288 Views
Re: Planned reads for 2010. - 11/01/2010 11:41:28 AM 565 Views
You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 12:22:56 PM 683 Views
Re: You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 03:21:37 PM 716 Views
heh, good luck with the first one. - 11/01/2010 01:12:41 PM 644 Views
I suppose if you're interested in the development of the thriller/adventure novel, Cooper is okay. - 11/01/2010 02:04:29 PM 541 Views
Because I already bought it as number 3 of a 3-for-2 . *NM* - 11/01/2010 02:06:38 PM 199 Views
Have fun, buddy. *NM* - 12/01/2010 03:38:55 AM 236 Views
Hrm. - 11/01/2010 11:46:52 PM 621 Views
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe - 12/01/2010 04:10:20 AM 471 Views

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