What are you reading now?

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Monday, January 31st 2011, 5:42pm

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trying to figure out on what point exactly I want to write my thesis.

Still at the same point as in August? haha

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Monday, January 31st 2011, 5:50pm

yeah

well got two points now.. one related to disappearing English identity.. which is kind of hard to measure.. and the other: does devolution make it possible for Scotland (or Wales) to be independent countries within the EU? In the future...

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 12:28pm

"Paradise Lost" by John Milton

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 12:38pm

@Gregor: that's a nice one!

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 12:49pm

@Arianne: I can't but agree with you.

Milton was a truly extraordinary poet - and a very unconventional one indeed - though it should be mentioned here that most of his works are rather difficult to read (especially in the original

), analyse and discuss.

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 12:51pm

@Gregor: a challenge you could call it ;-)

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 1:00pm

@Arianne: and what a challenge it could have possibly been!

Have you read "King Arthur's Death" by Thomas Malory? As a matter of fact, the original title of this compilation is written in French - "Le Morte d'Arthur".

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 1:01pm

Of course I read it ;-) it's a part of English literature courses. So I read it during my studies.

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 1:10pm

Hehe, alright.

Me too. I just find this literary work no way easier than those written by John Milton. I might be mistaken however...

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 1:11pm

practice could help. I found it difficult at first, until I read those things regularly

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 1:25pm

Right you are.

If a man keeps on reading only easy and primitive books, he'll never get to the complicated and "above-his-head" ones.

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 8:54pm

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"Paradise Lost" by John Milton

That's a classic that still awaits to be read

At the moment 2 books have joined the 'must read for my thesis' list, being both about "Vertebrate Taphonomy", not your everyday subject

. Besides that, in my little spare time I'm reading Shield of Thunder, the sequel to Lord of the Silver Bow. Sometimes you just need some fiction to be able to relax

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Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 10:55pm

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Is it still interesting?

Yes, it really is. I imagined that this kind of book (purely theoretical, academical) is boring, but I was wrong, fortunately.

Paradise Lost is a book which I haven't read yet as well.... my list is getting bigger and bigger... I haven't even managed to read "War and Peace" yet because a few other books were more important to go through (for studies, discussions, etc). :rolleyes:

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Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 10:47pm

I started in the Iliad some days ago. Apart from that I'm reading a book about Belmont Castle in Israel, about which I have to write an essay before friday :rolleyes:

, but after that I'd be happy to forget the subject

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Thursday, April 7th 2011, 9:07pm

Right now I'm reading 'Democracy and Education' by John Dewey. I started reading it because of a recommendation in a lecture... so far it is actually quite interesting.

It's just lovely that you can get this book for kindle for free... hehe.

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Friday, April 8th 2011, 12:37pm

I'm reading "Byakuyako" atm. I once saw the drama series, and know i try to read in original... which means, it is in Japanese (and it has about 800 pages...). The good thing is i know the story already, so it's quite easy, even if i don't understand every single word!

i hope i can read it till the end (i try to read 10 pages every day).

声が枯れるまで。。。歌おう。

Let's sing until our voices die out...

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Wednesday, April 27th 2011, 1:32pm

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I started in the Iliad some days ago.

Still not finished... it's a bit tougher to read than anticipated. A bit too much text on the appearance and thoughts of people etc, but it's still in the planning to finish

In the meanwhile read Congo by Michael Crichton and Korona by Thomas Thiemeyer. Both nice books, though I'd recommend not to read them both at the same time, as the basic plot shares some similarities, so that'll get you confused while switching from one story to another

Now (re)reading: Medusa by Thiemeyer

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