Monday, January 06, 2003
I meant to do this a couple of weeks ago:
Name three classics mouldering on your shelves:
1. Well, they're not literally mouldering on my shelf, but they might as well be: most of Jane Austen. I've read Pride and Prejudice. And I liked it. But I've never picked up any Austen since, for no apparent reason. I meant to, really.
2. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. I loved Ethan Frome and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie version of House of Mirth, but the book's been rotting on my shelf for a while now.
3. Not really a "classic" per se, but all the same, I've meant to read more Graham Greene ever since CK assigned The Power and the Glory my sophomore year of high school. A copy of Brighton Rock is currently getting dusty on my bookshelf.
Name three works of modern literature you managed to avoid:
1. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. I was never required to read this, so I never did.
2. Ayn Rand. I had to read Anthem my junior year of high school but mercifully I never saw any more of her work on my reading lists.
3. Not modern, but oh well: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. I was actually assigned this book in my US history class last year -- it had a chance of being the subject of one of the essays on the final exam. It wasn't, which was fortunate for me, since I hadn't read that book... or any of the other yawn-worthy books on the reading list. Still made an A in the class, though. :)
Name three novels you read but wish you hadn't:
1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. This remains quite possibly the only book I've ever had the desire to burn. All that rambling babble about ghosts and quality... By the end of it I was about as crazy as Phaedrus.
2. The Stranger by Albert Camus. I still don't understand what people think is so brilliant about this book. I found it utterly boring. I think we can safely say that I am not an existentialist.
3. The Last Resort: A Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Supermystery by Carolyn Keene. This book showed so much promise, all the way up to the point where Nancy and Frank got snowed in at a deserted cabin and finally kissed. But then Nancy had to go and spoil it all by professing love for Ned. I never understood that. I mean, didn't Nancy realize that Ned was just a dork, especially compared to Frank Hardy? After that disappointment, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys supermysteries were just not the same. ;)
Name three books you skimmed your way through or never finished:
1. Beowulf. Yeah, it was cool, but I skimmed it entirely.
2. In a similar vein as above, Grendel by John Gardener, which was actually a really intriguing look at the Beowulf tale from Grendel's point of view. I'm not sure why I didn't finish it. Possibly because it was a library book.
3. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. I should probably really read this at least once, just because.
Name three famous fanfics you've always meant to read:
1. Hermione, Queen of Witches by Arabella. I like most of Arabella's stuff, and I'd probably like this... but ehh. Never got to it.
2. ...and I can't think of any other famous fanfiction that I've meant to read. Kind of sad for someone who likes having readership as much as I do, but there you are.
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