Finished 1984 yesterday (thought-provoking in places, especially the concept of Newspeak). Will start to read 1985 next, and ideas about language in 1984 have made me want to read politics and the English language as well at some point.
Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon. Finding this surprisingly heartfelt by his standards, so far it's quite beautiful.
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin This book is so good! Once you sat treading you get stuck in the world of Westoros and there is so many things that happen that I can't put it down!
A hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, as well his Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Lourdes by Émile Zola, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
Shit, I'll have enough trouble reading two books at a time.... Kidding aside though, how're enjoying Marquez? I've wanted to read his work for a long time. ---------- Post added 7th May 2014 at 06:03 PM ---------- How far are you into it?
For the first time since I learned how to read: nothing this is really weird I feel like my days lack something, any recomendation?
Certainly some form of progress, I've been reading it for about a week and a half now which seems like ages to me, I usually go through books way faster than this. I always have to slow down with Pynchon though, one of the densest writers out there.
I've been reading the A House of Night series by P.C Cast and her daughter. It's a very wonderful series, it will soon have 12 books to the series along with 6 novella, I think. The best thing is they have a gay character in it!!!! And he is part of the main characters too.
OMG!!! IN LOVE WITH THIS SERIES!!!! Freaking love Damien!!! He's my favourite character!! *squeals* I was totally shipping Damien and Jack, they were the cutest!!
Indeed, though getting that far into it after a week and a half is better than I did, if remembered correctly.
Haha I LOVED that book! All the little geeky nods in it just warmed my heart ^_^ ~ I'm reading Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City now at my Mother's behest (I think she's getting more comfortably liberal as time moves on). I'm already in love with Anna Madrigal - she's such a lovable character. I kind of wish she was my auntie or something.
I'm having difficulty focusing on reading these days due to my anxiety but I'm currently reading: The Faults In Our Stars by John Green (which kind of annoys me because the teenagers in the book talk like middle-aged philosophers) The Road by Cormac McCarthy and Living With Anxiety
I'm reading Game of Thrones right now. I want to finish A Song of Ice and Fire Trilogy by the end of summer. I have all the books besides a Dance with Dragons rn, which I'm planning to pick up later on.