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What are you reading these days?

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I am currently reading "The Door Through Space" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It is one of her earlier works, written in 1961. I am reading it, as I needed a break from "serius" works (non-fiction, biography, etc.)
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A while back I saw that T.S. Eliot considered Shakespeare's Coriolanus to be superior to Hamlet. So I read Coriolanus. Then I read some Eliot and I remembered how much I like his FOUR QUARTETS. That link goes to a pdf I put together. On the first page there's a link that goes to Eliot reading the poem. You can right click that and open the recording in a separate window, then scroll down and follow the words. The piece meanders and sounds like word salad most of the time, but it's a great one.
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I'm reading my new poetry book! Check it out here.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/16454 ... M8DMDGH131
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Just finished Where the Crawdads sing - very good.
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Please read the rules and then help us select our next non-fiction book. But read the rules first. 8)
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Hello All!

I am fairly new here, but I wanted to contribute to the discussion. I am currently reading "1984," a book that I have never read but (obviously) a classic dystopian novel. I am taking time to try and catch up reading classic books that I did not have time to read in my younger years, so I am definitely open to suggestions.

This community looks like a great place to "hang out" online, so I'll be back.


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Welcome to BookTalk.org Emily. :-)

1984 is on my reading list. Let us know what you think of it.
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upontheshelf wrote:I am taking time to try and catch up reading classic books that I did not have time to read in my younger years, so I am definitely open to suggestions.
I have an in-person book club that is reading the classics, we're tackling Don Quixote next
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I found a copy of The Things They Carried at a yard sale last weekend, so I'm re-reading it. Excellent book. It and Dubliners are my two favorite collections of short stories, ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_They_Carried

Also reading a collection of Jeeves stories by Wodehouse. Funny, funny stuff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeeves
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I finished the secret of moon castle and now Im reading The land of roar. :shock:
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