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Monday, March 19, 2012

Top Ten Tuesday: Ingrid's TBR for Spring

Posted by IngridLola at 11:47 PM

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We always take turns doing Top Ten Tuesday posts here, but I've always nabbed the Top Ten Tuesday TBR lists (Winter, Fall). I've found I'm more likely to actually make an effort to read the books I list when they're published out there on the world wide web. I'm not usually one to make lists and actually follow them, but a list of 10 books every season has proven to be doable. (I read 9 out of the ten on my Winter list!)

Alrighty, here we go: the ten books at the top of my to-be-read list for Spring.

Lectures on Literature by Vladimir Nabokov. My husband has been riding a little Nabokov wave recently, and when we looked through our Amazon wish lists for a book to buy that we knew we would both read, we decided on this baby. I ordered it and it should get here tomorrow. Woo hoo!

Dangerous Liaisons (Les Liasons Dangereuses)by Choderlos de Laclos. I've heard interesting things about this book, plus Ben said I would like it. This book is also on my classics club list.

Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Goethe is the man. I read several of his works in college and had a favorite professor who highly recommended Elective Affinities. Also for classics club.

French Ways and Their Meaning by Edith Wharton. I've read three books by the wonderful Edith Wharton this year, and I want more. Plus, you can't resist that title. Someone please tell me the meaning of french ways. Aaand it's for classics club.

A Room With a View by E. M. Forster. To tell you the truth, I'm not thrilled about this one. But I have a copy sitting in the pile next to my bed, it's also on my classics club list, and I haven't read anything by Forster and I just need to so I can feel like a decent human being who has read lots of different authors. That's all.

A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard. I can't help but be curious about this. My library has a copy that is now on hold. :)

The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton. My snooty BA-in-Philosophy-holding husband says he hates Alain de Botton, but I still want to read this one, so I'm gonna. (Hi Derik.)

A Reader on Reading by Alberto Manguel. @parrishlantern recommended this one to me on twitter a few months ago. I looked it up and I know I will love it. Can't wait for this one.

Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Leslie Marmon Silko. Another book I've been meaning to read for a long time. I took a Native American Literature class in college and the professor strongly recommended this book. Classics club.

So there it is: my list. I can't wait for a wonderful few months of reading! Any suggestions for where I should start?

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jeanlp 36p · 680 weeks ago

I want the Nabokov book, now!

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1girl2manybooks 43p · 680 weeks ago

I really have to read Dangerous Liaisons. I may go back and make that #51 on my Classics List!

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Kimberly · 680 weeks ago

Great picks, I read A Stolen Life a couple months back and was surprised by how articulate she was in her writing. It's a difficult read due to the subject matter but she wrote it very well.
Here's my Top Ten Tuesday

-Kimberly @ Turning The Pages

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Jussy Who · 680 weeks ago

Hi there, just popping in... Some great books.

:) Here is my choice...

Top Ten Tuesday

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Jussy Who · 680 weeks ago

Hi there, just popping in... Oh some great books here for me to add to my TBR pile, thanks.

I’m also your newest follower!

:) Here is my choice...

Top Ten Tuesday

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parrish · 680 weeks ago

Glad you've chosen Reader on Reading, it's one of those books that without meaning to explains why one reads & even why some people blog about that love of reading, as to Alain de botton, it's great to read books such as kants Critique of pure reason or Sartre's Being & Nothingness, but there's nothing wrong with also reading other stuff if it just opens a window on a subject, because by doing so you're more likely to explore further, I recently found an entertaining one called I think Breakfast with Socrates

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ConnieGirl 69p · 680 weeks ago

Sounds really interesting! I may have to check that one out.

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anne · 680 weeks ago

I just read A Room With a View recently and I thought it was a good read. I hope you like it as much as I did!

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April Books & Wine · 680 weeks ago

I think you should start with Dangerous Liaisons, although my entire knowledge of that book is based on the movie Cruel Intentions which was an adaptation of the book.

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tarynwanderer 4p · 680 weeks ago

Your list is excellent! I love the Wharton books I've read so far, and I hadn't even heard of the one you included on your list. I've also heard that Silko is wonderful and have had her books on my TBR list for ages. Thanks for sharing your selections!

Check out my list at Bookwanderer!

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barefootmeds 36p · 680 weeks ago

Wow, these are some really intelligent choices! Hope you remember to read a few light-hearted books every once in a while :)

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Melissa · 680 weeks ago

I hope you enjoy A Room With a View more than you're expecting to. Forster is one of my favorite authors (Howards End is my fav) and I really enjoyed that one!

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stinavw 80p · 680 weeks ago

I love Howards End, too. You might like A Room with a View more than you expect to, Ingrid! But then, I haven't read it myself.
On a somewhat related note, Helena Bonham Carter is in the film adaptations of both aRwaV and HE and she is awesome.

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IngridLola14 79p · 680 weeks ago

agreed. i have a girl-crush on helena.

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ConnieGirl 69p · 680 weeks ago

Cool list! Let me know how Ceremony is. Though I'm not sure "trashy" would be a great way to describe the Jaycee Dugard memoir (I haven't read it but her story is not like Snookie or anything).

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IngridLola14 79p · 680 weeks ago

meh good point. i'll change it.�

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lwspotts 26p · 680 weeks ago

I've seen Jaycee Dugard's book, but have been sort of lukewarm on reading it. I'm glad to see some positive reviews.

Here's my list: http://bookishnerd.com/2012/03/20/its-spring-and-...

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Story Lover X · 680 weeks ago

I want to read Lectures on Literature. I should read more of these kinds of books.
My Top Ten Tuesday

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Laura · 680 weeks ago

The only one of these that I have read is Ceremony. I've liked the Forester that I have read- Passage to India was one of my favorite Brit lit reads when I was an undergraduate. I have two Alain de Botton books on the shelf that I have read. I think I'll probably go for Art of Travel first.

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Diana · 680 weeks ago

Great list, very eclectic. I've only read one on here myself: A Room With a View. For what it's worth, I really enjoyed it. I hope you find it bearable at least. :)

That Edith Wharton title is fabulous, by the way!

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