Really Stupid Question, Need Some Feedback

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

Keep busy doing something else. Do you like to read? War and Peace will keep you occupied, get it at the library and save some cash. Like to build models? Or have another time-consuming interest? How about doing some summer cleaning? Move all the furniture, vaccuum everywhere, even curtains. Wash the walls. Empty every drawer and closet; sort through everything and get rid of stuff you don't need. Go for walks, explore your neighborhood. Getting up and away from the temptation of the computer will be a big help.

i just read war and peace while on vacation. excellent book, i highly recommend it! don't let the books reputation scare you off...yeah, it's huge. but it's good--unlike, say james joyce's ulysses for example.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

i just read war and peace while on vacation. excellent book, i highly recommend it! don't let the books reputation scare you off...yeah, it's huge. but it's good--unlike, say james joyce's ulysses for example.

Deb...did you read War and Peace, really? I bought it a couple years ago and started it, but I swear, Russian Lit is tough for me to get into.

On the other hand, I just started the book "A People's History of The United States. 1492-present" by Howard Zinn. Interesting stuff thus far.

[Danzig]

yeah, i really did read it...read over 3k pages total on that trip. a new bio of lincoln, war and peace, history of scotland, and the rebels of ireland by rutherferd...i enjoy his stuff, so i bought up all his others. now, i just need another vacation so i can get caught up on those! and this book i just got on robespierre....

war and peace was better than anna karenina, that's for sure. i also have several by dostoevsky...the idiot, crime and punishment, and the brothers karamazov--i like the brothers best.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

yeah, i really did read it...read over 3k pages total on that trip. a new bio of lincoln, war and peace, history of scotland, and the rebels of ireland by rutherferd...i enjoy his stuff, so i bought up all his others. now, i just need another vacation so i can get caught up on those! and this book i just got on robespierre....

war and peace was better than anna karenina, that's for sure. i also have several by dostoevsky...the idiot, crime and punishment, and the brothers karamazov--i like the brothers best.

I guess I really need to force myself into War and Peace then....at least give it a fair shake.

[Danzig]

i didn't have any trouble getting into it, it is really good. i can't stand trying to read a book that you really have to force yourself to read. but i've found that if i put it up, and try later, than maybe i'm in a different mood because it's usually easier the second time...except of course for that rotten bit of wasted tree and ink called ulysses..

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

i didn't have any trouble getting into it, it is really good. i can't stand trying to read a book that you really have to force yourself to read. but i've found that if i put it up, and try later, than maybe i'm in a different mood because it's usually easier the second time...except of course for that rotten bit of wasted tree and ink called ulysses..

LOL.....maybe I will be in the mood after I finish this Peoples History of the United States book....thats a pretty good segway into a Russian Lit classic, right??

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1776, any of ya read it?

I outta grab it up this week.

[Danzig]

sure!

now i just need to find a good bio of napolean...

i'm currently reading a trilogy by bernard cornwell (sharpe series author), i've read two of the grail books, now to start excalibur. i enjoy his books, you ought to try them if you like historical fiction...