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Absolutely. I still read but I just have less time to sit down for hours. With audiobooks I can listen while driving, cutting the grass, cooking, in the shower, etc. And some audiobooks with full casts, sound effects, have such a high production value that listening is the superior format. Then also can add some of the really old stories (such as The Iliad and The Odyssey) were originally listened to and you are able immerse yourself in an authentic way.
I know some like to poo-poo audiobooks but I am a huge fan.
Amen. I've missed a few on that list but I've read everything ever written by Hemingway and Faulkner. Couldn't be more different in style, but I love both.
Sequitur: if you enjoy parody, and you owned an FM radio in 1981, you'll appreciate this.
Good call on Faulkner. 'The Sound of Fury', 'Intruder in the Dust', and 'The Hamlet' should also be on the OP. Also, no list of classics would be complete without Joyce's 'Ulysses'.
My bad, Joyce is most decidedly not American. That said, he's a brilliant Irish writer that everyone should read.
I'm 1/2 through chapter 6
Hemingway is my favorite. I was in Paris this past January and hit a few of the Hemingway landmarks.
Did you go to Harry's Bar in Paris? I was there in 2017 and had a blast.
absolutely. That was my favorite place to drink while there. Did Hemingway's in the Ritz, a Michelin spot, the restaurant at the top of Montprnasse , a couple other nice/fancy places, and a couple dives. But Henry's NY Bar was my favorite. And I got a hot dog too.
Not Sure if I remember. I do remember and I was surprised How much my wife liked the movie
Unless reading a comic book or Cliff Notes counts (so I could pass HS English), none.
Better to have lived it than read about it.
Takes a real man to admit it. Half the poll responses are lies anyway. 😄
so you've really only read 5??
I KNEW IT!!!!
I hope that isn't true considering 60% voted 6 books or less. Why lie about hitting the halfway mark?
Exactly! 😅
I need to reread Grapes of Wrath one day, but I loved East of Eden. Grapes of Wrath was probably my favorite of all I read in high school.
About to tackle Infinite Jest here in the next week or so. Trying to psych myself up.
If you want to set a 10/1 deadline/start date on Infinite Jest I'll join you.
works for me...its 1,079 pages and i've read we are gonna have to hang in there until page 200. But I just love DFW so much I feel like I owe it to myself.
Ditto, and you'd be doing me a favor. Like running a marathon with a friend.
You guys go for it!!!
I'll just hang out here on DawgNation with a cold one and wait for yah.🍺