I just ordered How To Read a Book - and its next in my lineup. I’m finally 8 pages away from finishing War and Peace and I’ve got a strategy now for reading 1 heavy book at a time and working through lighter books along and along. My next heavy book is Man Economy and the State by Murry Rothbard. Before I pick up another heavy book though this summer I’m going to finish Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood on Crunchyroll and Final Fantasy 4 on my SNES. After Man, Economy, and the State I’ve finally picked up Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion. May want to check out another Marlyn Vos Savant book sometime as well.
Reading Rebecca was such a bittersweet experience because you immediately want something like it and it's just in a class of its own!! The Thirteenth Tale is a pretty good modern gothic - came out in the late 2000s IIRC... you might like Carlos Ruiz Zafon's novels and Silvia Morena Garcia's Mexican Gothic too.
For some older fiction I've read recently that I found very hard to put down - The Go-Between by LJ Hartley and Angel by Elizabeth Taylor.
ALSO IF YOU HAVEN'T READ MIDDLEMARCH JUST DO IT. I put it off for so long but finally read it last month and lo it's as life changing as everyone says.
I'm currently reading John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga which is very long but faster going than I was expecting because on top of being very compelling, is pretty funny.
I enjoyed reading your books of the month. I think we read with the same values and I’ve not found a reviewer who does that before. Thank you.
I’m so glad! Thanks for reading my Substack and I’d love to hear what you’re reading!
I just ordered How To Read a Book - and its next in my lineup. I’m finally 8 pages away from finishing War and Peace and I’ve got a strategy now for reading 1 heavy book at a time and working through lighter books along and along. My next heavy book is Man Economy and the State by Murry Rothbard. Before I pick up another heavy book though this summer I’m going to finish Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood on Crunchyroll and Final Fantasy 4 on my SNES. After Man, Economy, and the State I’ve finally picked up Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion. May want to check out another Marlyn Vos Savant book sometime as well.
Sounds like a good reading plan!
Reading Rebecca was such a bittersweet experience because you immediately want something like it and it's just in a class of its own!! The Thirteenth Tale is a pretty good modern gothic - came out in the late 2000s IIRC... you might like Carlos Ruiz Zafon's novels and Silvia Morena Garcia's Mexican Gothic too.
For some older fiction I've read recently that I found very hard to put down - The Go-Between by LJ Hartley and Angel by Elizabeth Taylor.
ALSO IF YOU HAVEN'T READ MIDDLEMARCH JUST DO IT. I put it off for so long but finally read it last month and lo it's as life changing as everyone says.
I'm currently reading John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga which is very long but faster going than I was expecting because on top of being very compelling, is pretty funny.
OK, I’m adding all these to my list! Rebecca really was a TRIP.
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