Showing posts with label British Lit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Lit. Show all posts

Monday, June 11, 2012

too many options...

aah! So much to read... and I don't know where to begin.


Current rundown:
The Complete Fairytales by Oscar Wilde*
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury*
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens*
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by the Countess of Carnarvon
haha... that should be Moments of Being [not Mrs. Dalloway] by Virginia Woolf*
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie*
Sherlock Holmes, Volume I by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle*

*started

Some random notes on this particular list... 
- a lot of 1890's-1910's... coincidence? not sure yet.
- short stories? at least 3 of those comprise of short stories--I totally expected myself to get sucked into a novel when I finished school. This is a pleasant surprise.
- Barrie and Doyle were friends and played on a cricket team together =) I happen to be fond of cricket, but am a bad observer--I was way too American in my tendency to clap and cheer throughout the match.
- this is why I should always finish a book before starting a new one =/
- all of these are British except Bradbury (because he was is a genius who transcends being an "American Author")

Well, if there's one you think I should dive (back) into, let me know. Go figure, but Sherlock is definitely the one I feel most drawn to right now...:)