tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post2113155483307608663..comments2023-06-13T10:12:19.364-04:00Comments on WORMBOOK: 49. D.H. Lawrence, WOMEN IN LOVEEllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621027650985696321noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-69376643401670472222010-07-15T18:21:32.300-04:002010-07-15T18:21:32.300-04:00The Madwoman, we DO have similar tastes: I would d...The Madwoman, we DO have similar tastes: I would definitely consider POSSESSION and THE BLIND ASSASSIN for a revised list. (ATONEMENT we can debate about later.) I believe I have a copy of PALE FIRE around and your description of THE MAGUS is tantalizing, so thanks! <br /><br />Marjorie, I have been following your reviews with interest. I actually read the first volume of DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME back in... 2003? but didn't follow up. I do think it's a cheater cheaterpants move to include a 10-book series as <i>a single entry</i>, buuuut that is a discussion for another time. And TO THE LIGHTHOUSE is another started-but-didn't-finish; maybe I should just go through and finish all of those.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621027650985696321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-10239595300210731042010-07-15T15:28:02.301-04:002010-07-15T15:28:02.301-04:00(Late post is late because I am just not caught up...(Late post is late because I am just not caught up on the Internet right now...)<br /><br />I just checked out the list--hadn't realized Powell's <i>Dance</i> series was on there (in its entirety!). I've been enthusing a lot about those books over at GoodReads but there's no denying that they take a LOT of time, and they're not suited to DailyLit...<br /><br /><i>To The Lighthouse</i> is gorgeous, even if I haven't reread it and thus don't really understand it very well.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15251988631633673844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-76270752241209996382010-07-13T11:47:54.508-04:002010-07-13T11:47:54.508-04:00It seems we share similar literary tastes so I wil...It seems we share similar literary tastes so I will go ahead and de-lurk to weigh in on your next ML read. (To wit, I too love The House of Mirth but am far less keen on the collected works of Ole Josef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski.) Now then...<br /><br />The Magus is a phenomenal, engrossing novel and really a perfect summer read: a thick tomb with a fast-paced plot that will keep you turning those pages. I read it over three days and nights on a beach holiday, and I could not sleep for three nights after that. It will definitely pull you in so is not something you'd want to read on DailyLit.<br /><br />I also recommend Pale Fire, although a big chunk of it is a narrative poem which makes it more time-consuming to read and appreciate fully. As in Byatt's Possession, another of my favorites, the embedded text ultimately has a pretty terrific narrative payoff. (Sidenote: personally I would put Possession in the top 100 novels of the C20. McEwan's Atonement too. And Atwood's Blind Assassin. But I digress.)<br /><br />The Magus and Pale Fire share some similar themes and I will be interested to read your reviews of these at times maddeningly ambiguous works. Unfortunately, other than those two, it looks like you're getting down to the "dregs" of the list... Not much else excites me except for the Henry James, and as much as I appreciate him, he must be taken in relatively small doses.the madwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119123194461316523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-23066964525920020692010-07-12T21:29:57.149-04:002010-07-12T21:29:57.149-04:00Pour of Tor, I own both of those, so excellent. I ...Pour of Tor, I own both of those, so excellent. I enjoyed the other Forsters on the list, so especially looking forward to A PASSAGE TO INDIA. <br /><br />W.G., I have started both of them before, but not finished. Uh... Are we not friends anymore?Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621027650985696321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-67355795201187322162010-07-12T19:57:11.524-04:002010-07-12T19:57:11.524-04:00P.S. AND I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVEN'T READ...P.S. AND I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVEN'T READ THEM!Wade Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427231454565149921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-79567677017863266372010-07-12T09:56:38.667-04:002010-07-12T09:56:38.667-04:00Most entertaining of the remaining books? I, Claud...Most entertaining of the remaining books? I, Claudius and Passage to India.Sycorax Pinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07734754573631273474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-7347007722482080192010-07-12T08:16:58.586-04:002010-07-12T08:16:58.586-04:00I loved both Catch-22 and Midnight's Children....I loved both Catch-22 and Midnight's Children. Loved. As in, top 20 or so favorite books I've ever read.Wade Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427231454565149921noreply@blogger.com