Posted September 6, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in What are you Reading / 0 Comments
I’m back at university for another semester. This time I’m doing a course called Great Books part 1 (whatever that means). I’m actually very nervous and excited about this as I will be reading some very scary books. I’ve been doing an English Literature course part time and I feel like it will take me a very long time to finish this course. Studying online means I have a lot more flexible and that is hopeful for balancing my time between both work and study, however it also means it will take awhile. I thought I would share this list with you, not for sympathy but I’m hoping people might offer some advice (or encouragement) about getting through these books.
- The Odyssey by Homer (translated by Walter Shewring)
- Beowulf (translated by Michael Alexander)
- Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (translated by Nevill Coghill)
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
I think this is going to be hard, I don’t often read anything that was released before the 1800’s.
Posted July 29, 2013 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Literature / 14 Comments
Dear TBR Shelves,
Why do you insist on growing faster than I can read? You seem to have a way of collecting more and more books and I am never sure what to read next, is there a system? Or do I need to cull some of you? I’ve noticed that you get me reading new releases and classic but what happens to all the books in the middle? Sooner or later those new releases will just be lost in the void forever, I don’t know what kind of black magic this is but I need answers.
While I’m still talking to you can you tell me how I manage to be excited about books that I want to read but never get around to reading? You know those books, they get put onto your shelves with excitement and desire but you work some kind of voodoo and I never read them. It’s not like the desire to read them is just gone, you have me distracted with a shiny new book. You don’t believe me? Here is a quick list;
- Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
- Ask the Dust by John Fante
- Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
- The Book of Emmett by Deborah Forster
- The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne
- The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
You can’t claim you have nothing to do with me not reading these books; I do try really hard to fight your evil ways but you are just too powerful. Always adding more books and distracting me with the shiny new ones. You are just too powerful and I’m losing the battle but rest assured that I will keep looking for ways to defeat you, there must be a way and if there is I will find it.
With all my love
Michael @ Literary Exploration
