I don't have enough good books.
Just yesterday, I dug through my entire storeroom. I found books, all right, but I've read them all so many times before. Well, except the one Harry Potter book I have. I remember trying to read the first two pages but t'was simply too boring, so I gave up on reading it forever.
I've finished E.M. Forster's "Maurice", and Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray". I can't bear to finish his book of dark fairy tales. People around me seem to be reading Jodi Picoult and the Twilight series but I can't seem to fathom why. Worse, some don't even read. Not to say I didn't try, I read the first book of Twilight, and the language seemed to me rather disappointing. The plot was, meh.
I find myself clamouring after more timeless classics or, at least, good fiction. I need good books. I've outgrown Jacqueline Wilson, I'm hungry for something more. I love Jostein Gaarder's work, and Roald Dahl is great, though I haven't gotten round to reading his more adult work yet, apart from "Skin". I want to read more of Stephen Fry's books, they intrigue me. Right now I've just picked up my sister's new copy of "The Life of Pi", and soon I hope to buy some John Steinbeck and the novel "Perfume".
God, why didn't Oscar Wilde write more books?!
Just yesterday, I dug through my entire storeroom. I found books, all right, but I've read them all so many times before. Well, except the one Harry Potter book I have. I remember trying to read the first two pages but t'was simply too boring, so I gave up on reading it forever.
I've finished E.M. Forster's "Maurice", and Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray". I can't bear to finish his book of dark fairy tales. People around me seem to be reading Jodi Picoult and the Twilight series but I can't seem to fathom why. Worse, some don't even read. Not to say I didn't try, I read the first book of Twilight, and the language seemed to me rather disappointing. The plot was, meh.
I find myself clamouring after more timeless classics or, at least, good fiction. I need good books. I've outgrown Jacqueline Wilson, I'm hungry for something more. I love Jostein Gaarder's work, and Roald Dahl is great, though I haven't gotten round to reading his more adult work yet, apart from "Skin". I want to read more of Stephen Fry's books, they intrigue me. Right now I've just picked up my sister's new copy of "The Life of Pi", and soon I hope to buy some John Steinbeck and the novel "Perfume".
God, why didn't Oscar Wilde write more books?!
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