tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post6003316722354283122..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: You Really Don't have to Read Everything!bibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-19431431005623584802009-02-01T23:27:00.000+08:002009-02-01T23:27:00.000+08:00I went through period where people told me that I ...I went through period where people told me that I should read more "appropriate literature" when I took up literature for my A-Levels. Was traumatised by Sylvia Plath, bored stiff with Virginia Woolf but fell in love with Shakespeare and F. Scott Fitzgerald (and Su Tong, and Kate Mansfield).<BR/><BR/>I do like the morbid streak of the Russian authors though, but gave up on modern lit "greats" like Salman Rushdie. (Snoozeville for me).<BR/><BR/>What Lit you like is such a personal thing; one many not suit the other. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-66503135218394846542009-02-01T19:56:00.000+08:002009-02-01T19:56:00.000+08:00very offtopic but may be up your alley: need to kn...very offtopic but may be up your alley: need to know where i can get info and borrow books on may 13. i have one or two but can't keep buying as these books are expensive! any leads? this is for a paper im doing. thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-31508093472062531752009-02-01T13:59:00.000+08:002009-02-01T13:59:00.000+08:00Agreed. You have to read all the Russians before y...Agreed. You have to read all the Russians before you're old and know better, otherwise you'll realize it's all boring and draggy and you don't have enough time in your life to read it lol :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-51096698574255977352009-02-01T13:04:00.000+08:002009-02-01T13:04:00.000+08:00hey...don't you bang on crime and punishment. one ...hey...don't you bang on crime and punishment. one of the books that influenced me (in a bad way) is this one. that raskolnikov fellow fucked my head up.<BR/><BR/>and if any of you don't pick up the russians by twenty five...forget it. <BR/><BR/>ah pongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-59162342135265413262009-02-01T10:55:00.000+08:002009-02-01T10:55:00.000+08:00I know, right? Crime and Punishment is barely read...I know, right? Crime and Punishment is barely readable :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-46467613938930155362009-02-01T08:07:00.000+08:002009-02-01T08:07:00.000+08:00whew. i had a complex because an ex boyfriend kept...whew. i had a complex because an ex boyfriend kept harping on the russians. tried and fell asleep.<BR/><BR/>now to read new weekly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-62685092887202890682009-01-31T23:41:00.000+08:002009-01-31T23:41:00.000+08:00Fantastically liberating viewpoint, isn't it? I ha...Fantastically liberating viewpoint, isn't it? I have had my share of 'appropriate' book reading. And i know lots of ppl who keep their eyes glued to the choices spelt out by critics and awards...There's nothing wrong with being guided by critics and awards some of the time, but to do so at the expense of developing your own individual likes and dislikes is quite scary, i think... Can't help feeling that those who rely predominantly on the judgments of others (especially when it comes to something as subjective as writing, and reading) have wasted the short life they're given reading books that OTHER people like, disliking books that OTHER people dislike, and never finding out what they actually do enjoy, and by extension who they really are. <BR/><BR/>Life to me is a lot like book reading that way; it can be difficult to respect and stand up for your own choices, but whether it works or it doesn't, it's nice to live my life and my tastes and not someone else's. <BR/><BR/>WhitearrowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-69389981277354343892009-01-31T17:26:00.000+08:002009-01-31T17:26:00.000+08:00"you should never again read a book.. out of duty"..."you should never again read a book.. out of duty"<BR/><BR/>Quite so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com