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I'll try. At least Dahl will be new to me.

I had a ghastly vision the other evening, as I looked up from my Kindle Fire and at my beautiful walls of books surrounding me. I could see the rows upon rows of books and shelves all gradually dissolving and sliding down the walls to the floor, where they evaporated into thin air in faint...

With Valentine's day upon us, I thought I'd post this beautiful poem by e.e.cummings -- quite unlike anything I ever expected. I hope you all enjoy it, and its originality. i carry your heart with me(i carry it in i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without...

Sorry. Didn't realize I was infringing. I have a reader Kindle also, if I feel Luddish. You don't? o_O

I've heard it said here that diversity is what makes the world go round. So please don't take it amiss that I have totally the opposite feelings about my Kindle Fire. In addition to having (cheap) books It is a wonderful source of diversion. I spend countless hours playing chess against an...

Dollars to donuts the ethnic and religious hatred have not gone away. :(

Unfortunately, the number of slurs I have seen in this forum through the years directed against Americans, as Americans, suggests to me that there is yet another reason at work for opposing the inclusion of American writing. :( PS Wasn't this just a recent issue also?

Of the major books being discussed today, this one (Magic Mountain) I have at least read. :) Many, many years ago, maybe even as an older teenager, I read and enjoyed the whole thing. I probably missed many of the deeper parts of the philosophical discussion, but I stuck with the leisurely pace...

Not just you Dmitri. I always call English my second language. I learned American first. :D

Aha! I thought we were having an atmospheric disturbance. ("Frequency" I think)

Whaaa? I'm not in that game either. :confused:

I guess that fantasy is just not a large enough part of my reading for me to know what to expect.

Hi Sparhawk. I found the considerations you raise distracting and annoying at times. First, the story was told in modern-day, quite literate English, together with some truly elegant vocabulary (a "burgeoning" library for one example I can remember). So I wondered just what the time frame...

Oh, I don't mind the occasional romances I have read. And I have been pleasantly surprised, as with Anita Shreve and Wedding in December, or Jane Eyre, or Marguerite Duras' The Lover, and so on. Although they all offer more than plain swooning romance.

Zaky, that was very interesting. Much more interesting than most lists of facts. Especially interesting were Shakespeare's new words. English is a dynamic language and it was wonderful to see his contributions to its growth. The numerical data on books was also interesting and informative in...

All done and medium disappointed. Snyder crafted an intricate and largely unpredictable plot line but she seemed very challenged in terms of describing setting and characters, and two scenes where Yelena is "attacked" were so abysmally written, IMO, that they were embarrassing to read. Their...

I'm probably in the minority, but I would suggest that at least it was reading. However, relevant to the discussion here, perhaps reading books is just not as appealing to non-readers as their alternative entertainments. Perhaps Ivanhoe and Tale of Two Cities just don't hack it anymore compared...

About 2/3 done and I'll agree with you. As the plot intricacy grows, the suspense grows too and the story becomes much more interesting. I should wrap it up in the next day or two. :)

Indeed! So, Cristina, how about a response? It might even turn into a lively discussion about reading.

On the flip side, I hope it wasn't DE-motivating for those who did respond. I thought our responses were pretty good in variety and quantity. It looked like a maximal and thoughtful effort to me to not even get a "thank you.". Something should have clicked.