Kyloe on 9/11/2006 at 06:59
You have my vote although it's a very long novel and I might not be able to finish it in a month.
I used to be a great fan of Katherine Mansfield and I have read all of her books and a couple of biographies. The two couples in Women in Love are based on the Lawrences and Katherine Mansfield and her husband John Middleton Murray.
Aja on 9/11/2006 at 15:05
My edition is a little over 500 pages. If you read about an hour a day, you'll finish with time to spare.
I'm fairly new to this "literature" thing, and so I've never read Mansfield. What novels of hers would you recommend?
ignatios on 9/11/2006 at 15:37
Often I simply can't spare an hour a day, but I'll do what I can if it wins.
Kyloe on 9/11/2006 at 19:29
There are no novels by Katherine Mansfield. She tried to write them, but always felt she had failed. Her longest piece is Prelude, which is sort of autobiographical, depicting her childhood as the daughter of the president of the Bank of New Zealand at the end of the 19th century. She is reknown for her short stories.
Scots Taffer on 9/11/2006 at 23:31
Quote Posted by ignatios
Often I simply can't spare an hour a day, but I'll do what I can if it wins.
Shit, I'm lucky if I get an hour a week at the moment. :(
but that's all going to change tomorrow
Jennie&Tim on 10/11/2006 at 02:37
Take the book everywhere with you Scots, take that five minutes reading in line at the bank, another in the grocery check-out, and a doctor's visit is a lodestone--usually good for fifteen minutes or more!
BEAR on 10/11/2006 at 02:57
What is the point of life if you cant spare a hour to read a book. I guess you have a kid though, and that makes things more difficult.
Scots Taffer on 10/11/2006 at 04:24
I've got a kid, yep, I'm roughly out of the house for around 10 hours every day when I'm at work (including toing and froing), I get back, I usually spend around an hour in the kitchen preparing a nice meal then usually enjoy said meal and spend time with the baby for another hour or two and by that time, there's very little time left between prepping for the next day (ironing work shirts, baby's food and so on) and if you've been busy like I have for the past two months (buying a house and organising the move), there's very little pleasure time left.
And then I need to split that between my wife and Shug, or he gets jealous... :erg:
Clearly, you see my quandry.
Aja on 10/11/2006 at 05:32
I can't imagine not having a spare hour or two every day... then again I'm not married and I have no children.
But still, an hour? If it really comes down to it, I'd take J&T's suggestion. I have a stack of required reading this term, so I read it on the bus, while eating, in the bathroom (great place for concentrating on difficult books), and in place of watching tv. I've been away from books too long, it's great to be back into them.
Scots Taffer on 10/11/2006 at 05:47
Not to derail the thread but just to respond to this lastly, because yeah, really, not even an hour every day. As to your points:
- No bus, I drive.
- I eat with my wife and we chat over dinner, I don't like trying to eat and read anyway, which is what makes me reading at the office at lunchtime difficult too.
- I'm a drop and plop, like LMF and Stitch. In and out like a black ops maneuvre.
- As for TV, I've only watched season 3 of Deadwood recently (before that, shit, it's been ages since I watched anything) and apart from the fact that the characterisations and plots in HBO shows are often nearly as rich as a lot of novels, I find they are a good, easy substitute that my wife can also enjoy with me.
- An additional factor, I'm on computers all day and I'm very mindful of eyestrain.
