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Next meeting

I was thinking we should pick a time for our next meeting. Spring break or the week after work for me.

Lolita!

Wow. What a crazy mean ass mofo. Just wow.

Audio Books

This came up in conversation with my parents and was reminded of it as I went searching for Lolita and Steppenwolf at the TSCP library. The question is if you listen to an unabridged recording of a book does it count as having read the book?

Personally I see the value in both ways, however, is it something we would consider using under certain circumstances or altogether avoiding? Let me know what you think.

Next Two Books

Lolita by Nabakov
Steppenwolf by Hesse

Autumn's List

Ive already read 1,2, and 4 but it looks like a good list. I haven't read A Clockwork Orange since high school so I would be cool with reading it again. I love love Russian Lit and think we would be really proud of ourselves if we managed to tackle either of those books. I also like the reading challenge you posted. I hope you are both enjoying the Austen. I couldn't put it down. It was hilarious! The story is quite a bit different from her other books but it's still very very "Austeny." she usually tackles greater social issues than young women getting carried away with pulp literature... And she isn't usually as obvious in character depiction as she was with Isabella. All of her novels are almost completely character driven like this though.
Amy

Current Book- Northanger Abbey

I'm about 100 pages in and attempting to get past Austen's strong narrative voice. I'm not used to characters taking such a back seat in a novel, nor am I very used to this kind of fiction at this moment, given the books we've already read and the semester we had scrutinizing Beowulf and Milton. But alas, the book shows promise, and Austen's strong voice is drawing me in like a warm friend schooled in rhetoric. It's a good introduction to her work. You guys will have to let me know how different NA is compared to her more popular works.