I started reading Les Liaisons Dangereuses this morning, as part of the French February event hosted by O from Délaissé. So far it’s going good. I had forgotten how much I love reading in French. Sometimes I read out loud because French is so goddamned beautiful.
I decided to follow O’s example and read one part each week (the book has four parts). I will write my thoughts on the first part as soon as I finish it and will take part in any conversation, debate, etc., regarding this book.
I published my post about A Moveable Feast yesterday. Hemingway has left a mark in me with this book. Then I found out that Allie from A Literary Odyssey is hosting "A Modern March" for The Classics Club so I’m obviously going to join and read more Hemingway. My Modernist March reading list would be:
The Sun Also Rises - E. Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms - E. Hemingway
To the Lighthouse - V. Woolf (I started reading this one last year and left it in the middle for some reason. Probably work.)
I’m very happy I joined The Classics Club. I've gotten to discover really wonderful blogs and bloggers who are an inspiration to me with my reading. It’s a great motivation and I love to be a part of it.
Have a great weekend!
8 comments:
Awesome plans! Yet more Hemingway, huh? I can't wait to get to one of his books.
I know what you mean about the heat. It's getting ridiculous. And the worst part is that I can't even properly wish for rain, because when it does, the river gets dirty and the water is brown for a week.
Have a nice month!
Yep, more Hemingway! Let's see what happens there!
I guess the same thing would happen here with the water if it ever rained haha. Being in the middle of the desert, there's really no rain and the few times a very weak drizzle falls, the next day the heat gets even worse!
Have a nice month you too! :)
I can't imagine heat when I'm in chilly, rainy England!
I need to give Hemingway another chance - I couldn't help comparing A Farewell to Arms to bad translations that I've read, even if it is supposed to be that way.
However, although I couldn't get into To The Lighthouse I adored Mrs Dalloway and The Waves. It just shows that you shouldn't give up on an author after one book!
Lucy, you are right! I hated The Old Man and The Sea and loved A Moveable Feast, that's why I'm giving Hemingway another chance.
I've heard many people say they had a hard time with To The Lighthouse. I actually started reading it last year and had a little trouble too, but I thought it was because I was reading a translation. I'm going to give it another try in English.
I actually wish I was in chilly, rainy England! I've always wanted to go, hope I get to do that some day.
I should give Hemingway another chance too! I always thought that he would be an author I'd like.
As I said before, I would recommend Mrs Dalloway if you struggle with To The Lighthouse again - I found it a lot more readable. Though I agree that reading a translation can really affect your perception of a text.
I hope that you manage to visit England some day! Peru does sound far more interesting to me, however...
I loved Mrs Dalloway and Orlando. I still have to read The Waves, though...
It's actually a dream of mine to go to study to England. If I could move to anywhere in the world, it would probably be England. I love English literature and history so much.
You should definitely come to Peru, specially if you are a student of Spanish!
You way you're conquering Hemingway is impressive! I wasn't enamored with The Sun Also Rises as a silly undergraduate, and I've never given him another chance. I should overcome my juvenile prejudice and dig in.
Thank you Diana! I'm looking forward to reading The Sum Also Rises but at the same time I'm a little bit afraid, I hope I'll like it!
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