Waiting list
Arranged according to the chronological order of their time of purchase, the waiting list of titles to be understood grows, expands in one direction with each visit to a bookshop.
- Enrico IV - Luigi Pirandello
- War And Peace - Leo Tolstoy
- A Passage to India - E. M. Forster
- Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
- Krondor Fear of The Gods - Fiest
- Orientalism - Edward Said
- The Republic - Plato
- Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
The past few months have been quite hazy and disorderly for my book reading fashion. Rules were broken, time was not properly managed to best benefit the books and my head, and I paid several visits to bookshops. In those months I managed to take in a poetry collection for Nizar Qabbani, the complete works of Al Tayyeb Saleh, The Three Theban Plays of Sophocles, Fictions of Jorge Luis Borges, a Heart of Darkness for Conrad, “Awlad Haretna” for Najib Mahfuz, a story for Taha Hussein, some plays for Wilde in my spare minutes at work, and some random internet readings.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.
- Oscar Wilde
There was one book only that I shunned: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
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April 29th, 2006 at 7:23 pm
<p>My favourite subject, BOOKS! Let me assist you my friend…</p>
<p>Start with the Dan Brown and get it out of the way. This is a really quick and easy read, light, and to tell you the truth, not half as well written as Da Vince Code - it features the same character, but I think it’s before Brown got so god at incorporating rich details in his fiction. You’ll finish it quickly.</p>
<p>Mansfield Park is gorgeous. Not as well known as her other work, and her last novel before the one she never got to finish (coz she died, poor thing) but I love it. You’ll enjoy this one, I’m guessing. A great all-day-Friday read!</p>
<p>Orientalism is not something you can read at one go - it’s something you need breaks from, and you need concentration to digest. Wonderful book though, Said at his best. I loved it.</p>
<p>The Republic, GOD, reminds me of college days. I can’t believe you’d read that when you don’t even have to! I’m impressed! See Orientalism note above - same applies here. Intense stuff, great rhetoric, you’ll see the English language in an entirely different light.</p>
<p>I’m reading A Passage to India right now, and I love it so far. Poetic descriptions. If you haven’t already, read his A Room with a View also, I loved it, that’s why I went and go Passage. Can’t believe I’d never read it before.</p>
<p>WAR AND PEACE! Stresses me out. Tolstoy rambles a lot (look who’s talking). But you cannot deny his greatness. Also a book not to be taken lightly, and a book that requires breaks. I think you will enjoy it though. Read Anna Karenina too if you haven’t already!</p>
<p>The other 2 books I ain’t never heard of. But enjoy them, lucky you, so much to look forward to! (I’m such a nerd…)</p>
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April 30th, 2006 at 1:21 am
WHAT!!!!??? No "Dante Club"? Young lady, don’t *make* me send you this book!
April 30th, 2006 at 1:23 am
Also, why Tolstoy and no Checkhov? If you read plays, then you must read "Uncle Vanya."
April 30th, 2006 at 2:41 am
<p>"Heart of Darkness"</p>
<p>Read Orientalism straight after…Said dissects it in many of his passages. You probably know that already, but worth shouting my wisdom out.</p>
April 30th, 2006 at 10:08 am
<p>Hala, you are amazing! I salute you time and again, amazing!</p>
<p>Peter S., I did not get Dante Club (yet). Only the books I actually have in my room were listed and trust me on this one, it is very very hard not to go out and buy other books. Self-restraint is one difficult task but I am pulling it off. I actually did read something by Chekov, "The Bear"; a one act comedy. It was pleasant, I should read some of his other plays and I will keep your advice in mind. Thank you for that :)</p>
<p>Gafgafa, welcome back! I did not know that but I am thankful you brought it to my attention, I will keep it in mind - have no worries.</p>
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April 30th, 2006 at 11:30 pm
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">hummm, this might be controversial , I disagree with Hala, I say Republic, War and Peace, Orientalism (with a pinch of salt), or you can buy The Prince instead, the rest lend them long term to friends <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">J</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Ok maybe I am a freak!</p>