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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 1015 Views
I'd ditch Cooper - 10/01/2010 05:16:12 PM 638 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 686 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 621 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 612 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 431 Views
It does look that way, doesn't it? - 11/01/2010 05:06:41 PM 545 Views
Oh. - 11/01/2010 10:44:06 PM 573 Views
I just read it this past year for the first time. - 11/01/2010 11:36:21 PM 564 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 686 Views
I wondered about that. - 14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM 623 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 539 Views
I'm sticking with "The List." - 10/01/2010 09:43:13 PM 578 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 554 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 572 Views
That is one seriously disturbing book. - 11/01/2010 03:31:12 PM 575 Views
It's under "weird" in my librarything catalog. - 15/01/2010 08:12:42 PM 558 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 599 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 549 Views
You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 12:22:56 PM 665 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 627 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 527 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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