wagonlips is currently reading Ulysses.
I’m 46 years old, male, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since March 15, 2008.
Books
- Ulysses 42% complete
- Tao Te Ching finished
- Bulfinch's Mythology finished
- Madame Bovary finished
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The Count of Monte Cristo finished
- Jabberwocky finished
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The Moon and Sixpence finished
- Dubliners finished
- Cabbages and Kings finished
- Pan finished
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finished
- The Federalist Papers finished
- Theory of the Leisure Class finished
- On War - Volume 1 finished
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Moby Dick finished
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner finished
- Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz suspended
- Gargantua and Pantagruel suspended
- Thus Spake Zarathustra suspended
- A Modest Proposal suspended
- Sylvie and Bruno suspended
- On the Origin of Species suspended
- Common Sense suspended
- Gulliver's Travels suspended
- Siddhartha suspended
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres suspended
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The Jungle Book suspended
Posts
The Moon and Sixpence - A tale of a fictional artist
Starts off strong, loses a bit of steam about halfway through, but still a clever read. Some misogyny and racism (which seems to have been part of the social fabric of the day) may put sensitive readers off.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres - Great book for vicarious travel
If I had the time and the resources, I would take this book to France, buy a train pass, and follow where it leads. I've only read the first few chunks, but so far it is very readable and full of detail which I would expect even people who have never traveled to Mont Saint Michel, Caen, or Bayeux will find fascinating. If you've been there, it's an extra treat.
The Jungle Book - Jungle Book/White Seal
The Jungle Book is good fun by itself and fun to contrast with the (considerably different) 1967 Disney animated feature. Also, it's apparently a very quick read. I say apparently because I just completed the 30th DailyLit chunk (of which 36 remain) and it seems I am now reading The White Seal, also by Kipling. A hidden bonus?