Help me pick my next four books

ddgryphon · May 10, 2006

From my available selections I've narrowed it down to the following list:

Anna Karenina
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The City of Falling Angels
The Cossacks
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Master and Man
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Kreutzer Sonata and Family Happiness
The Mothman Prophecies
War and Peace

I get two this month and two next -- which ones and in what order?

Thanks.

Gillhoughly · May 10, 2006

Aren't they all free at the library?

Just wondering.

ddgryphon · May 10, 2006

I didn't want to turn it into a commercial for audible.com, but I get unabridged editions I can burn to CD and listen to in the car on my 55-75 minute commute each way. I'm trying to fill in my perceived educational gaps with this time.

So, I get these unabridged audio files that run $20+ each 2 at a shot for about 20 bucks a month (and an iPod shuffle).

It was a deal. What can I say?

Shwebb · May 10, 2006

"One Flew Over" is great.

jst5150 · May 10, 2006

"Lonely Hunter" is brilliant.

alleycat · May 11, 2006

Read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, and then watch the movie with Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke (who used to live near me, by the way).

ac

KTC · May 11, 2006

Without reading the responses, I'm going to pick...
THIS MONTH:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

NEXT MONTH:

The Mothman Prophecies
Anna Karenina

KTC · May 11, 2006

alleycat said:
Read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, and then watch the movie with Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke (who used to live near me, by the way).

ac

Both the book and the movie are BRILLIANT! Clock Without Hands and Ballad of the Sad Cafe are also must reads. McCullers was brilliant.

ChaosTitan · May 11, 2006

Hopefully The Mothman Prophecies is better as a book, because the movie bored me to tears.

And if you go with War and Peace, that might be one book for the entire month... I'm just sayin'.

I suggest:

Cuckoo's Nest
Anna Karenina

then:

The City of Falling Angels
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Dan A Lewis · Jul 15, 2006

Anna Karenina is a personal favorite of mine, one of the few books I've assaulted with pens. I came back to it again recently and I was struck by how fresh it was compared to the (pretty good) stuff I'd been reading.

Cabinscribe · Jul 15, 2006

I wasn't too crazy about Mothman, if that helps.

I really enjoyed Cuckoo's Nest & The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.

Help me pick my next four books

ddgryphon

King of Sloth Town

Gillhoughly

Grumpy writer and editor

ddgryphon

King of Sloth Town

Shwebb

She's the creepy-looking dude

jst5150

Vorpal Comics. Weekly Podcast. Twitch Artist. Vet

alleycat

Still around

KTC

Stand in the Place Where You Live

KTC

Stand in the Place Where You Live

ChaosTitan

Around

Dan A Lewis

Cabinscribe

Often ignored by muses