Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
A book a week doesn't sound too challenging  . |
Well, let me give my situation some context. I'm currently reading two books, one at close to 1,000 pages that I'm in the middle of (Bleak House, which will count for an English classic), and the other at close to 500 pages that I'm closer to the beginning of (a book club selection which won't count for my subgoals). I will also probably be reading at least one if not two book club winning selections in December that won't count towards my subgoals either (my book club subgoal is to read nominees that didn't win). So I have to read six more books for my subgoals in addition to that and I'm not the fastest reader. I know it will be tight for me but hope springs eternal!
Quote:
|
You could always choose shortish books, such as James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", for example (which is also the most "accessible" of Joyce's works, to my mind).
|
Thanks, Harry. I read Ulysses last year and really enjoyed it. I haven't read that one though and will consider it. I've already chosen two books to read for my subgoals - Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles for an English classic and Flann O'Brien's At-Swim-Two-Birds for an Irish book, which will leave me needing one more for each of those two subgoals. I know Tess is a bit longer but I wanted to read a Hardy for my English classic subgoal, wanted one of his most famous and didn't want to start with the shorter but more challenging Jude the Obscure.