
On a related note, I bought a book on Tolkien the other day. Very interesting so far.
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DiGoRyKiRkE wrote:Okay, I've heard so many great things about this "Attolia" series. What's the name of the first book, and who's the author?
sweeetlilgurlie wrote:I'm either a fan of minimalist description, painting in quick even strokes (as Lewis did), or of medium description. Less description just makes the whole work seem more light and breathable, somehow.
I've read A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Hard Times, Bleak House, and Little Dorrit, some for school and some for pleasure, but I've liked all of them. I read your post right after going to the library and kicked myself for not getting Our Mutual Friend. Happily (or unhappily) it hadn't been there anyway. I'd checked out Nicholas Nickleby instead, and started it, but didn't think I'll be able to finish it before the school year started, so I haven't made much progress at all. Now I know I won't be able to finish it. I'll keep an eye out for OMF at my library! I trust your literary opinion, and reading the less well-known Dickens appeals to me for some odd reason.absolute page and pages ago, Fanny wrote:What Dickens have you read? I would suggest Our Mutual Friend as one, if you haven't read it yet.
MissAdventure wrote:Murder and food apparently pairs quite nicely. How else to explain all the books titled Death Du Jour, The Carrotcake Murder, and Fatally Fudge?
MissAdventure wrote:The standard romance novel fare scares me. The titles are alarming. The covers are worse. Also, dukes are popular.
Liberty Hoffman wrote:I love LOTR! I read the first one (FotR) when i was 12 years old and I read it in a week. I then went on to read TTT in two weeks and RotK in two weeks as well. before all that, I read The Hobbit in two days. you could say that I fell in love right away
A clarification for any who might have been confused--the cats are not murdered. The cats solve murders. (I think. Anyway, someone solves the murders and the cats are there...)DiGs wrote:(Lillian Jackson Braun's cat murders just confuse me)
Mel wrote:A clarification for any who might have been confused--the cats are not murdered. The cats solve murders.
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