I like the classics (I'm not well-read anyway beyond my education.
I have a short attention span- and I"m pretty damn lazy too!! ):
The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad-- guys love this one, impressionistic and disturbing, hailed by many as the most intense reading experience.
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky- I feel Raskolnikov's pain! (Dostoyevsky is one dark and morbid fellow- a must read for intellectual death metallers imo)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens- truly imbibing literature full of ironies and twists and turns. I feel like Pip too sometimes you know.
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Twain is at once flippant and serious, virile and warm.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy- this is some pretty feminine shit (it's also like 1000 pages long). A good read for when you are feeling sensitive and in the sentimental mood.
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I've begun reading Tolkien's trilogy in preparation of the movie and because friends have recommended it-- seems boring so far- i'm at the part where foldo (?) -- can't even remember -- embarks upon his journey. Tolkien has an exacting imagination but there is a crude coldness about his style that I need when I read! We'll see.
And, btw, yes I am a Harry Potter freak too (my sister got me into them), but I definitely won't be in any rush to see the upcoming film. (hate books made into film!!)
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