Okay, okay, so mine didn't come with the pink cover OR the daffodils.... But Whitney and I are the proud owners of nooks! Finally something that combines my love of technology and my love of books in one great little unit! Now I can still use technology WHILE using a book, get a download of The New Yorker or my favorite newspaper downloaded every morning, or just read great books!
The great advantage to this little nook as that you automatically have access to everything in google books' library for free!! I am falling in love with the classics again, and increasingly fascinated with writers like Dickens (currently reading A Tale of Two Cities; the book I was SUPPOSED to read in High School for Mr. Palagi's senior literature course....finally getting around to it) and their ability to vividly describe situations, landscapes, characters, moods with an incredible vocabulary that buries me deeper into the pages (or digital images...).
So...question for the day....which classics should I read? What are your favorites? Remember, we're shooting for the free ones, since we're saving up every last penny for the trip to Wisconsin!
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Oh, don't get me started on classics! I will make you lists if you like! I LOVED Tale of Two Cities, but not until I was half-way through. I struggled getting into it. But at one point it just starts going fast and you've realized this is one of the best books ever. But I think my favorite is The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. It's a long one but really good. I love how he can get into the minds of people. Really good. And I'm going to throw this out there, but I think you should read Pride and Prejudice. When I took History of Literature all the guys in the class complained that we had to read some of this book, but once they got into it, each one of them said they really wanted to finish this book. They really liked how well she wrote her characters. This summer I am going to read Anna Karinina. That's another long one, but I'm excited to tackle it. Oh, I'm really jealous for you to have this awesome new toy.
congrats on your new gagets!
I don't have many recommendations seeing how I--like you--was "supposed" to read many, but somehow wiggled my way out of many of them in school. Oh well. To Kill a Mockingbird, the Great Gatsby, Cry The Beloved Country, and Their Eyes were Watching God are the titles that come to mind (though not "classics" by definition) But they are the ones I can successfully check off my HS reading list...over 10 years ago. An inspiring quick read? Check out Mitch Albom's stuff
Les Mis is huge but really fantastic. I highly recommend it- plus it's one of those books that when you finish you feel like you've really accomplished something.
I totally agree with Becca about the Brothers Karamazov. It's not a novel, it's an emotional journey! Les Miserables. Hm, I'll to think of some more.
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