BooksWe love books. Tell us about your favourite books and authors, and why they are so good. And while you're at it - having dined out for years on the time I threw Dan Brown out of a train window - tell us who to avoid.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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I've not read my copy of Ulysseswhich has been sat on the shelf for several year, looking daunting.
But I'm honestly shocked by the anti-Moby Dick sentiment on this qotw. Moby Dick is a long but easy read. The digressions are all part of it - by the end of the book, you feel like a crew member, because you learn so much about the time period and whale hunting and the characters. Ishmael is one of the best narrators ever, he's witty and interesting and his curiosity carries you through the novel. It's one of my favourite books, and I'm very surprised that anyone found it boring.
If I could possibly convince you to give it another go I would.
(OK, so the chapter about different types of rigging is a bit much, but, you know, everything is interesting.)
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