tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post6252232436092027660..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: 2013 Reading/Reviewing Resolutions and challenges for those reading thisLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-88359558757721132422013-01-01T14:34:40.658-06:002013-01-01T14:34:40.658-06:00Yes, it's a word and a dolorously-sounding one...Yes, it's a word and a dolorously-sounding one :P I prefer Spanish poetry to English as well, or at least I think the best Spanish-language poets appeal to me more. Yet Neruda is far from a favorite of mine, oddly enough. I like Rubén Darío much more, along with Roque Dalton. Those are two favorites of mine, although I like several others.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-79890349708171408072013-01-01T14:17:57.459-06:002013-01-01T14:17:57.459-06:00I'd like very much to read something about poe...I'd like very much to read something about poetry collections! I used to read a lot of Spanish poetry. Here's a mystery : I don't really like Spanish but I like Spanish poetry and I do love English but English poetry leaves me cold...<br />I'll try to reciprocate on your second point : I've got some Spanish books lugubriously (does this word exist?) waiting to be read. Unfortunately, last time I wanted to re-read Neruda, I had to pick up the dictionnary every two words it seemed. Thus, they are still waiting.Hélènehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536087828015387436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-47849060664766244412013-01-01T13:55:44.146-06:002013-01-01T13:55:44.146-06:00It's hard to explain, as it involves speed of ...It's hard to explain, as it involves speed of processing words into thoughts, so I often just joke and say it's really that I have a team of Serbian reading squirrels doing most of the reading for me :PLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-29749791315668930872013-01-01T07:34:22.884-06:002013-01-01T07:34:22.884-06:00I'm only taking you up on the women writers &q...I'm only taking you up on the women writers "challenge" because to be honest I had already decided to do it,but I want it to be at least 50% of my reading for 2013. I realized recently I have lots of books by women writers that I haven't read yet, over sixty in fact. I don't review though... I'm not always very articulate about my opinions and it takes a lot of time I'd rather spend reading. <br /><br />Another New Year resolution: not to read very thick books (like Erikson's or Peter Hamilton's) so I bump up my figures. 2012 I read 70 books of which about a dozen were around 1000 pages long. I just don't know how YOU do it Larry. I really don't.Juan Manuel Pazosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-36779700813216107252013-01-01T04:56:19.342-06:002013-01-01T04:56:19.342-06:00I may have to do something similar, but first I...I may have to do something similar, but first I'll have to focus on acquiring more books, as I try not to re-read a previous year's books as much as possible, so I can have more "fallow" time between reads (2-3 years is preferable, if not longer). I just don't have many (maybe a dozen or so?) unread books by women around here. But that's another issue for another time and place.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-55351220133901141702013-01-01T04:53:22.080-06:002013-01-01T04:53:22.080-06:00I have instituted a policy of alternating male and...I have instituted a policy of alternating male and female authors, which was surprisingly effective. I didn't do this until May, so my figures for the year are down overall, but since then have been adhered to. Although if KJ Parker turns out not to be female, that'll bring the figures down. I also didn't include graphic novels, which skews things a bit.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.com