What book(s) are you putting off reading? (beehaw.org)

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Anyone else have a book (or books) that they want to read but just never seem to actually get around to reading? Any books you feel like you ought to read but never do?

Probably unpopular, but for me it’s classic Russian literature- War and Peace, Crime and Punishment and the like. I know they’re supposed to be amazing, but I just can’t work up the energy to read them. I think Anna Karenina soured me on Russian literature; the middle portion of that book with Levin on the farm was such a drag that I’m hesitant about the other books.

What about you?

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[-] kingmongoose7877@lemmy.film 2 points 2 years ago

but for me it’s classic Russian literature- War and Peace, Crime and Punishment and the like.

Same here! And I'll bet we're not the only ones.

Joyce's Ulysses is one. I'd started Finnegan's Wake years ago but unfortunately never got past the first 20ish pages. Not that I couldn't go forward, like you with Anna Karenina or me with Moby Dick ("Sorry, your honor, I just couldn't finish it!"). I think I was distracted by something else at that point in my life.

Camus' The Plague is another. There're certainly hundreds of others that just don't come to mind at the moment.

Wow...this post is making feel like a philistine!

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