Intimidated by the to-read pile

[fivemack]

[Poll #1422973]

Comments

[carbonel]

You have The Jagged Orbit in the Oxfam list twice.

[simont]

I couldn't work out whether that was done on purpose for comic effect.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I actually don't know those books, although hope you continue to provide recommendations :)

I was tempted to respond "[X] Getting things done, Dave Allen" to both questions :)

[darcydodo]

You mean livredor hasn't shoved Possession under your nose yet?

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Apparently not! Should I make the effort?

[fivemack.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I think it's probably worth it; the problem is that I have been told that Possession is full of subtle interrelatednesses, and so feel I have to read with great care and fine-toothed comb through what feels like fifty pages of sub-Swinburne poetry, which makes it seem much more work than I'm generally willing to do after midnight on a sweat-soaked summer night.

[lnr]

I know nothing about the rest, but enjoyed The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles so would recommend finishing it before you give it away.

[lnr]

PS, I am currently reading "Niccolo Rising" which I think I borrowed from you something in the region of 3-4 years ago. Um. Would you like it back soon?

[ceb.livejournal.com]

The only one I'm qualified to comment on is the Murakami, to which I will say: I like him very much but he's an acquired taste and TWUBC is a particularly long book of his, so if you're having to force yourself through it then I'd give up and try a shorter one.

[lnr]

Actually that's a good point.

[addedentry.livejournal.com]

You have to read loans from other people first, not to clear a debt but because you already know someone to enthuse/rage with (delete as appropriate).

I hear many excellent things about "Microcosm" and wish you to read it on my behalf.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Gawd, I don't know. I had made a resolution to get through my own To Read pile (I knew things were bad when I had to buy my To Read pile its own small bookcase); I reduced the resolution to 'get pile down to ten books' and I'm still failing.

[fivemack.livejournal.com]

My to-read pile has its own bookcase, and not small; this is the started-but-unfinished pile that has accumulated by my bed ...

[lnr]

I have two piles, neither of which quite need their own bookcase yet although they'd fill a whole shelf, of to-read and to-read+borrowed. I'm trying to make the latter a priority.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

:)

[longounox.livejournal.com]

Ну вообще-то, многое из того, что Вы пишете не совсем так… Ну да ладно, не важно :) (http://zimnyayaobuv.ru/) (http://zimnyaya-obuv.ru/)

[feltdidu.livejournal.com]

Пишите почаще, еще непременно зайду почитать что-то новенькое. (http://zimnyayaobuv.ru/) (http://zimnyaya-obuv.ru/)