I don't know how many here like reading as a pastime, but I love it. Unfortunately, I don't read as often as I once did or as often as I'd like to, but I'd enjoy seeing a list of what others would recommend.
I must confess that I've always had a predilection towards the classics. Sometimes I'll hear or read a reference made about a famous book everyone's heard of, like War and Peace, and I kinda like the fact that I've read the book and can understand what the hell they're saying about it.
The first book I ever outside of the classroom as a lad was George Orwell's 1984, and it remains a fav of mine to this day... I've read it several times. I also am a huge fan of Charles Dickens, (could explain my love for wordy postings, lol!), and am extremely fond of Shakespeare, (I still can't believe JK Rowling has ****** him in sales in the UK... the bard must be rolling in his grave!) :2 cents:
Anyhow, I still try to read occasionally, and lately have developed an interest in Russian novelists... especially Tolstoy and Anna Karenina.
I hope others have some titles of their favorite books/plays/etc. they'd like to share. I also hope that I've not set some sort of precedent by listing the classics... any type of of reading material is fine by me.... even trashy erotic novels!
I must confess that I've always had a predilection towards the classics. Sometimes I'll hear or read a reference made about a famous book everyone's heard of, like War and Peace, and I kinda like the fact that I've read the book and can understand what the hell they're saying about it.
The first book I ever outside of the classroom as a lad was George Orwell's 1984, and it remains a fav of mine to this day... I've read it several times. I also am a huge fan of Charles Dickens, (could explain my love for wordy postings, lol!), and am extremely fond of Shakespeare, (I still can't believe JK Rowling has ****** him in sales in the UK... the bard must be rolling in his grave!) :2 cents:
Anyhow, I still try to read occasionally, and lately have developed an interest in Russian novelists... especially Tolstoy and Anna Karenina.
I hope others have some titles of their favorite books/plays/etc. they'd like to share. I also hope that I've not set some sort of precedent by listing the classics... any type of of reading material is fine by me.... even trashy erotic novels!
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