Project 2010/52

[DragonHeart]

My reading pace slowed down a bit last month, for obvious reasons. Still on track as long as I finish my current book soon, which I will. One of the hardest parts of this project is figuring out what to read next. If the book is part of a series it's not so bad, unless the series is still being released, as is the case with the last few books I've read.

~DragonHeart~

[Treize]

I think that I would like to join too because I really haven't been reading as much as I would like, and this might motivate me a little. 52 may be too many for me since I am starting a little late, so I'll go for 40, or maybe just start off with some shorter books. ^^

I almost always have reading to do for my literature class, so those are really the only books that I've read so far this year. Here are my first few.

1. Hamlet - William Shakespeare - Do plays count? Anyway, I thought that this was pretty good. It is better than some of the other plays I've read from Shakespeare.

2. The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - I liked this novella. The whole book is pretty weird, but it is interesting. The ending is pretty sad, though.

3. The Stranger - Albert Camus - I thought this book was okay. I liked the first half, but then the ending got a little out of hand.

4. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness is actually pretty good. I have to admit that the second half is more interesting than the first, but the whole novel was well written. The ending was actually good! =D

5. Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton - I really liked this book. It is significantly longer than the other works that I've been reading too. The novel was just amazing until part three. The ending was such a cliffhanger. Gertrude was awesome until the part where she abandoned her child.

6. Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton - This is the book that I'm going to start next. It sounds like it could be interesting with the protagonist having this passionate love for his sick wife's younger cousin. <_<

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Project 2010/52: Book List:
1. 1/? Hamlet - William Shakespeare - Play
2. 2/? The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Novella
3. 2/? The Stranger - Albert Camus - Short Novel
4. 3/? Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - Novel
5. 3/? Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton - Novel
6. 4/12 Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton - Novel
7. 4/29 Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller - Play
8. 5/18 The Sign of Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Novel

[Padraic]

[QUOTE=Treize;1261731] 1. Hamlet - William Shakespeare - Do plays count? Anyway, I thought that this was pretty good. It is better than some of the other plays I've read from Shakespeare.

If Plays count, I read Romeo and Juliet a while ago, same with another Warriors book

4. Romeo and Juliet/ William Shakespeare
5. Warriors Super Edition: Bluestar's Prophecy. (Very Good by the way )

52 books, I've only read 5... I'm almost a tenth of the way there...

[Treize]

I just finished reading Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton this morning. I thought it was okay, but the whole I love my wife/cousin's cousin thing got old after 50 or so pages. It had a good beginning and end, but the middle dragged on a little. Also, why do over half of the books that I read for my literature class have incest in them?

I'm not sure what book I'm going to read next. I think I'm going to stop by the library tomorrow to check out a book. I'm not reading the next piece for my literature class until next week, so I should have time to read something in the meantime. I'm thinking about a mystery novel because they tend to be on the short side, and I haven't read one in a long time.

EDIT: I just picked up The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I haven't read a Sherlock Holmes book in a few years, so I thought it might be a good read. It's looking to be pretty good, so far, but I'm not very far yet.