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A couple of thoughts Tom Send a noteboard - 15/01/2010 01:46:25 AM
If you're going to read Dostoevsky I think Brothers Karamazov is THE book to read. If you've read that, the second book (in terms of quality) is probably The Idiot. After that, I'd read The Demons, and only after that would I go to Crime and Punishment (even then, I might pick The Humiliated and Insulted or whatever it translates as in English these days before C&P).

As for a history book, Hopkirk's The Great Game is probably the seminal work on the struggle between Great Britain and the Russian Empire to seize empire in the heart of Asia. His Setting the East Ablaze talks about the way the Bolsheviks had to reconquer it.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Planned reads for 2010. - 10/01/2010 05:10:08 PM 1019 Views
I'd ditch Cooper - 10/01/2010 05:16:12 PM 642 Views
You might find the Cooper to be turgid - 10/01/2010 05:28:55 PM 549 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 659 Views
Okay, colour me shocked. - 10/01/2010 07:16:23 PM 623 Views
Re: Okay, colour me shocked. - 10/01/2010 09:57:26 PM 648 Views
Re: Okay, colour me shocked. - 11/01/2010 03:48:47 PM 614 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 435 Views
It does look that way, doesn't it? - 11/01/2010 05:06:41 PM 547 Views
Oh. - 11/01/2010 10:44:06 PM 576 Views
I just read it this past year for the first time. - 11/01/2010 11:36:21 PM 567 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 689 Views
I wondered about that. - 14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM 627 Views
A couple of thoughts - 15/01/2010 01:46:25 AM 578 Views
Huh. You're the second person I've ever seen refer to that book as Demons. - 15/01/2010 05:35:19 AM 644 Views
That is the correct name. - 15/01/2010 01:14:54 PM 436 Views
Ditch Márquez. He sucks. - 10/01/2010 09:29:03 PM 541 Views
I'm sticking with "The List." - 10/01/2010 09:43:13 PM 580 Views
And to add input on your list... - 11/01/2010 02:17:20 AM 548 Views
Don't read the Achebe. - 11/01/2010 01:09:06 AM 557 Views
I'll be reading less serious stuff too. - 11/01/2010 08:52:14 AM 601 Views
Well, I figured that too - 11/01/2010 03:21:11 PM 574 Views
That is one seriously disturbing book. - 11/01/2010 03:31:12 PM 577 Views
It's under "weird" in my librarything catalog. - 15/01/2010 08:12:42 PM 560 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 263 Views
Of those? - 11/01/2010 01:33:33 AM 601 Views
Are Mohicans and 100 Years worth reading? Folks seem to be dissin' 'em. *NM* - 11/01/2010 08:49:55 AM 230 Views
I disagree with Tom that Marquez sucks... - 11/01/2010 04:09:54 PM 584 Views
Ditch Erlend Loe - 11/01/2010 11:40:37 AM 432 Views
However, good for someone who needs a simple book to help with learning the language. - 11/01/2010 12:06:55 PM 464 Views
I feel for you *NM* - 11/01/2010 09:02:51 PM 279 Views
Re: Planned reads for 2010. - 11/01/2010 11:41:28 AM 552 Views
You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 12:22:56 PM 667 Views
Re: You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 03:21:37 PM 705 Views
heh, good luck with the first one. - 11/01/2010 01:12:41 PM 630 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 529 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 229 Views
Hrm. - 11/01/2010 11:46:52 PM 611 Views
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe - 12/01/2010 04:10:20 AM 458 Views

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