What should I read from MR library? - Page 2

wayspooled · 10-05-2009, 02:23 PM

and I hadn't seen it before but there is a copy of Sir Walter Scott's "Quentin Durward" in Madam Broshkina's upload of "The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 08"

grimo1re · 10-05-2009, 10:11 PM

Thanks all, have downloaded most of your suggestions (if there were multiple books from one author, I started off with one).

If you don't see me around here for a few days, I'll be busy reading :P

pdurrant · 10-06-2009, 03:23 AM

Let us know which ones you loved, which you hated, and which you found dull!

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Originally Posted by grimo1re

Thanks all, have downloaded most of your suggestions (if there were multiple books from one author, I started off with one).

If you don't see me around here for a few days, I'll be busy reading :P

HarryT · 10-06-2009, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by wayspooled

and I hadn't seen it before but there is a copy of Sir Walter Scott's "Quentin Durward" in Madam Broshkina's upload of "The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 08"

Be warned: I think these are condensed books.

grimo1re · 10-13-2009, 05:07 AM

Well, the husband stole my reader. I guess it's my own fault, I was telling him how much I enjoyed reading 1632 by Eric Flint so as soon as I finished it and thought to get my teeth in some Sherlock Holmes, he appropriated my device. See, I really do need another device

doreenjoy · 10-13-2009, 10:36 PM

Clifton Adams and Dorothy Sayers

Bald Eagle · 10-14-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by grimo1re

Well, the husband stole my reader. I guess it's my own fault, I was telling him how much I enjoyed reading 1632 by Eric Flint so as soon as I finished it and thought to get my teeth in some Sherlock Holmes, he appropriated my device. See, I really do need another device

As soon as you have your second reader

you can follow up with 1633 and 1634* from http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/

rlparker · 10-14-2009, 01:03 PM

Hi grimo1re,

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'd recommend my combined volume of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped and Catriona, which I've entitled David Balfour.

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Originally Posted by wayspooled

Alexandre Dumas' - The D'Artagnon Romances Vol 1-4 of which includes The Three Musketeers and ends with The Man in the Iron Mask.

I second both suggestions. Especially if you long to immerse yourself in long stories. I enjoyed both very much.

Right now, I'm really enjoying Charlie Chan.

ficbot · 10-14-2009, 01:26 PM

I recommend the Jacques Futrelle omnibus. The Problem of Cell 13 is a great locked room story and the other ones feature the same detective character.

NormHart · 10-16-2009, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by grimo1re

Well, the husband stole my reader. I guess it's my own fault, I was telling him how much I enjoyed reading 1632 by Eric Flint so as soon as I finished it and thought to get my teeth in some Sherlock Holmes, he appropriated my device. See, I really do need another device

Or another husband, tough choice really.

I've read or attempted to read most of the selections mentioned on the first page and I heartily second all of them. Some of them are a bit more challenging than light reading, I am still working my way through the D'Artagnan series. I somehow missed the Raffles Omnibus so I'll be joining you with those, thanks dreams.

I'll suggest you pick some at random, read the blurb and try one or two that sound like they might be interesting. I do this regularly, sometimes with a pleasant surprise, sometimes with dismal results but always interesting.

Enjoy!

(Just to round out the whole Holmesian/Raffles thing you might enjoy R. Holmes & Co. by John Kendrick Bangs available here in LRF format or available at Project Gutenburg http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20559 in several other formats)

grimo1re · 01-20-2010, 05:16 PM

One moment you are looking for something to read, the next you're busy with other things and barely get around to reading. Also, I made friends with my local library and read a few paper books (gasp!).

Anyway, have now started on the MR books and picked Jane Austen's Emma first (no particular reason). I'm about a quarter of the way in and not sure I can finish it. Have you guys read it?

I can't find much to like in the book, I think Emma's a bitch, her father is a hypochondriac and a Nervous Nelly and everybody panders to him, and they seem to have nothing to talk about but do it for hours. I'm just about ready to tear my hair out. Please tell me Emma will get her comeuppance and there's a reason for me to keep reading!

pdurrant · 01-20-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by grimo1re

I can't find much to like in the book, I think Emma's a bitch, her father is a hypochondriac and a Nervous Nelly and everybody panders to him, and they seem to have nothing to talk about but do it for hours. I'm just about ready to tear my hair out. Please tell me Emma will get her comeuppance and there's a reason for me to keep reading!

Yes, her father is a hypochondriac. But he's also a gentleman -he has an income from land and doesn't work. i.e. he's rich.

Emma is certainly not necessarily likable at first. and she certainly gets her comeuppance from Mr Elton at the end of chapter 15 - which you should be getting near.

I like all Austen's novels, but they may be a little slow for you - the action is an action of words and manners, rather than of deeds.

I again urge my "David Balfour" on you. You should find action enough in that.

grimo1re · 01-20-2010, 05:37 PM

You mean when mr Elton declares his love for Emma rather than Harriet? Yeah, I just read that this morning. It's not the lack of action that bothers me, I rather like the change of pace, but the characters really annoy me. And I don't think Mr Woodhouse is a gentleman - he's rich and obnoxious in my book

lilac_jive · 01-20-2010, 05:42 PM

I'm not going to be downloading anything for a little while with my new rule (can only download one ebook for every two ebooks read - thanks for the idea pdurrant!), and I have a few books on smashwords up next. But when I do, I'm going for some Wilkie Collins. Any suggestions on which one I should read first?

grimo1re · 01-20-2010, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I'm not going to be downloading anything for a little while with my new rule (can only download one ebook for every two ebooks read - thanks for the idea pdurrant!)

That is an excellent rule! I think I'll adopt that too!

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10-05-2009, 02:23 PM	#16
wayspooled Crab In The Dark Posts: 486 Karma: 2328180 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Tablet PC until a 10" comes out that I like	and I hadn't seen it before but there is a copy of Sir Walter Scott's "Quentin Durward" in Madam Broshkina's upload of "The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 08"

10-05-2009, 10:11 PM	#17
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	Thanks all, have downloaded most of your suggestions (if there were multiple books from one author, I started off with one). If you don't see me around here for a few days, I'll be busy reading :P

10-13-2009, 05:07 AM	#20
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	Well, the husband stole my reader. I guess it's my own fault, I was telling him how much I enjoyed reading 1632 by Eric Flint so as soon as I finished it and thought to get my teeth in some Sherlock Holmes, he appropriated my device. See, I really do need another device

10-13-2009, 10:36 PM	#21
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	Clifton Adams and Dorothy Sayers

10-14-2009, 01:26 PM	#24
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I recommend the Jacques Futrelle omnibus. The Problem of Cell 13 is a great locked room story and the other ones feature the same detective character.

01-20-2010, 05:16 PM	#26
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	One moment you are looking for something to read, the next you're busy with other things and barely get around to reading. Also, I made friends with my local library and read a few paper books (gasp!). Anyway, have now started on the MR books and picked Jane Austen's Emma first (no particular reason). I'm about a quarter of the way in and not sure I can finish it. Have you guys read it? I can't find much to like in the book, I think Emma's a bitch, her father is a hypochondriac and a Nervous Nelly and everybody panders to him, and they seem to have nothing to talk about but do it for hours. I'm just about ready to tear my hair out. Please tell me Emma will get her comeuppance and there's a reason for me to keep reading!

01-20-2010, 05:37 PM	#28
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	You mean when mr Elton declares his love for Emma rather than Harriet? Yeah, I just read that this morning. It's not the lack of action that bothers me, I rather like the change of pace, but the characters really annoy me. And I don't think Mr Woodhouse is a gentleman - he's rich and obnoxious in my book

01-20-2010, 05:42 PM	#29
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I'm not going to be downloading anything for a little while with my new rule (can only download one ebook for every two ebooks read - thanks for the idea pdurrant!), and I have a few books on smashwords up next. But when I do, I'm going for some Wilkie Collins. Any suggestions on which one I should read first?