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I wondered about that. Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM
If you're interested in Russian literature I can give YOU suggestions.


I don't really intend to read all that many books (I think I read like fifteen or twenty books a year on average these days, and I don't think all of those are going to be big classics ), but I intend to finish Anna Karenina, possibly reread War and Peace, then at least one Dostoyevsky, probably Crime and Punishment. And The Master and Margarita, odds are that one'll be Book Club at some point... Other than that, feel free to give me suggestions, and hopefully I'll get around to reading a few of them. A history book or two is welcome, as well, particularly if you know of any that go into some detail about the Russian conquest of the Muslim states of Central Asia. I know far too little about that.
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Planned reads for 2010. - 10/01/2010 05:10:08 PM 1015 Views
I'd ditch Cooper - 10/01/2010 05:16:12 PM 639 Views
You might find the Cooper to be turgid - 10/01/2010 05:28:55 PM 544 Views
Interestingly random list. - 10/01/2010 05:55:51 PM 687 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 657 Views
Okay, colour me shocked. - 10/01/2010 07:16:23 PM 622 Views
Re: Okay, colour me shocked. - 10/01/2010 09:57:26 PM 646 Views
Re: Okay, colour me shocked. - 11/01/2010 03:48:47 PM 613 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 432 Views
It does look that way, doesn't it? - 11/01/2010 05:06:41 PM 546 Views
Oh. - 11/01/2010 10:44:06 PM 574 Views
I just read it this past year for the first time. - 11/01/2010 11:36:21 PM 565 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 687 Views
I wondered about that. - 14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM 624 Views
A couple of thoughts - 15/01/2010 01:46:25 AM 575 Views
Huh. You're the second person I've ever seen refer to that book as Demons. - 15/01/2010 05:35:19 AM 640 Views
That is the correct name. - 15/01/2010 01:14:54 PM 434 Views
Ditch Márquez. He sucks. - 10/01/2010 09:29:03 PM 540 Views
I'm sticking with "The List." - 10/01/2010 09:43:13 PM 579 Views
And to add input on your list... - 11/01/2010 02:17:20 AM 545 Views
Don't read the Achebe. - 11/01/2010 01:09:06 AM 556 Views
I'll be reading less serious stuff too. - 11/01/2010 08:52:14 AM 598 Views
Well, I figured that too - 11/01/2010 03:21:11 PM 573 Views
That is one seriously disturbing book. - 11/01/2010 03:31:12 PM 576 Views
It's under "weird" in my librarything catalog. - 15/01/2010 08:12:42 PM 559 Views
Things Fall Apart has an outstanding ending. *NM* - 12/01/2010 04:11:53 AM 271 Views
Must not be that outstanding if I can't remember it. *NM* - 15/01/2010 08:13:08 PM 262 Views
Of those? - 11/01/2010 01:33:33 AM 600 Views
Are Mohicans and 100 Years worth reading? Folks seem to be dissin' 'em. *NM* - 11/01/2010 08:49:55 AM 229 Views
I disagree with Tom that Marquez sucks... - 11/01/2010 04:09:54 PM 582 Views
Ditch Erlend Loe - 11/01/2010 11:40:37 AM 430 Views
However, good for someone who needs a simple book to help with learning the language. - 11/01/2010 12:06:55 PM 462 Views
I feel for you *NM* - 11/01/2010 09:02:51 PM 278 Views
Re: Planned reads for 2010. - 11/01/2010 11:41:28 AM 550 Views
You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 12:22:56 PM 666 Views
Re: You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 03:21:37 PM 703 Views
heh, good luck with the first one. - 11/01/2010 01:12:41 PM 628 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 528 Views
Because I already bought it as number 3 of a 3-for-2 . *NM* - 11/01/2010 02:06:38 PM 194 Views
Have fun, buddy. *NM* - 12/01/2010 03:38:55 AM 228 Views
Hrm. - 11/01/2010 11:46:52 PM 609 Views
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe - 12/01/2010 04:10:20 AM 455 Views

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