Question of the Week
New Year's (Literary) Resolutions
Is there one book you've always wanted to tackle? Well, now's your chance. Call out your New Year's literary resolution here -- you'll be one step closer to actually reading it.
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Moby Dick...the brick intimidates me. I'm not an avid reader but I want to learn to be one...however, I often struggle to finish a book because I am unable to focus. I've been reading various book blogs and I picked up a tip that tells me to find my genre...I must find "various" genre to feed my moods on any given day and time. I'm not a moody person...but apparently, reading to some is subject to one's mood. And, I learned that it's ok to leave the book and come back to it later...much later and it's still ok. Well, I'll be darn...I thought I must finish once I've started. So, my NY resolution is to get into a rythym by reading my daily installments from Dailylit...a marathon training for Moby Dick.
Dec 14, 2010 12:26 pm
by elmerfudd -
I love reading! So much more now that I can read through email, online and an e-reader as well. The only problem with reading a lot of different kinds of things is that you start to believe you can do it too. With that thought in mind: My resolution is to try my hand at writing a short story. Not the dreaded 5-10 page assignment we had in school but a "real" work of fiction. Who knows? I might even surprise myself!
Dec 14, 2010 2:25 pm
by marshasnead -
(Emma) I vow to read Anna Karenina - it's a book I've vaguely thought of reading for a long time and one that I know people LOVE. I'm expecting great things...
Dec 14, 2010 4:38 pm
by BooksellersNZ -
Midnight Children–Salman Rushidie
by monga.neeraj -
I want to read War and Peace--but I don't know if I will this year. To the person who wants to read Moby Dick: Go ahead. The chapters are short. I read it once, and now I am going to read it again on my E-Reader. I love the descriptions.
Dec 15, 2010 9:19 am
by skz30 -
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
by Bookbinge -
I can't seem to be interested in fiction anymore; had too much of it I suppose; the POV and styles of writing seem to turn me off. I have dabbled in non-ficiton now, and if you like physics, I recommend The Lightness of Being by Frank Wilczek- read almost half of it while flying between states, and learned of the recent breakthroughs of sub-atomic science. Interesting stuff; I was taught mass is conserved, but apparently that isn't true these days. It is put into as simple terms as the author can contrive.
If you want to start from the beginning, of understanding physics though, read the Evolution of Physics by the man himself, Albert Einstein, and Leopold Infeld. It starts with the theories of old masters like Aristotle and Gallileo, and then delves in the mechanics of physics, which is comprehendable and understandable.
Of course this stuff isn't for quick consummation, but if you want a challenge and content that makes you think and ask WHY, then challenge yourself!Dec 17, 2010 5:08 pm
by a565371 -
I have often thought about reading Ulysses by J Joyce so i will give it a go by installments. I've heard a lot about this book and seen it on a lot of best book lists but it has never appealed to me. I'm going to read it just to satisfy my curiosity.
Dec 19, 2010 12:21 pm
by Daneel -
And me I'm trying have The Confession of John Grisham's book, I'm enthusiast to read it,
by abirforever -
I will keep plodding through Prouse(Swann's Way)
Jan 28, 2011 7:03 am
by nomad