I found this blog meme at Book Journey and thought I would join in! Since I am pretty much ALWAYS reading something!
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
I was looking through books on my Nook last night to find something new to start reading. I have several Terry Pratchett Discworld novels on there I haven't read yet, but since I have read like 7 of those already this year, I kind of wanted something different. Neil Gaiman? Hunter S. Thompson? Chuck Palahniuk? While these great authors are certainly considered Classics in my mind, I decided I wanted something really classical. Something I should have read, because it's considered a Classic. So I browsed through my Classic book collection. Emily Bronte'? neh. I tried reading a few pages of Wuthering Heights, which I read in High school... but I just wasn't getting into it. Back to the Nook library. A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens. Hmm... maybe? I hang my head in shame when I say this; I have not read this novel before. So what the heck, I will give it a try.
The first chapter; pure magic. Dessert for my eyes, a magnificent treat for my brain. Yes, yes! Give me more! I am really going to enjoy reading this, I can tell already. And I've already chosen what book will be next on my reading list. Just in time for the Holidays... after A Tale Of Two Cities, I shall read A Christmas Carol!
I would love to know what my followers are reading! Leave me a comment and tell me what you are reading right now! And check out It's Monday! What Are You Reading? To see what other bloggers are reading right now too!
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I should actually be getting ready for work right now. But before I go, just a quick family update! We are all excited about our upcoming family vacation! We have never taken a family vacation before, and thanks to the generosity of my parents, we are finally able to do so! So, there might not be many blog posts this week, I just wanted to take the time to wish you all a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
That's a good reading tale itself about arriving at the Tale of Two Cities. I happened to read a modern adaption of A Christmas Carol last month, but your classic notes make me think of trying the original.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely reading week ~~ here are my reads: http://virtual-notes.blogspot.de/search/label/bookshelf
I set myself a goal to read a book amonth in 2012 and have succeeded by two. Yay! I read mostly non fiction. I am reading 'Stalingrad' and 'The Organised Student' at the moment. And I track my progress through 'goodreads'. I have never read Dickens either but I love the Muppet Version of A Christmas Carol...hehehe.
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