Comments on: The Reading List http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/ Dictating the Internet since 1996 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:07:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kristine http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-187213 Kristine Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:49:58 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-187213 Are you talking about Marius Carlos? I never knew he went to grad school but I'm not surprised, given his academic leanings. We lost touch after college. Smart man. Certainly not someone who will mince words for the true blue petit bourgeois *coughmecough*. I know what you mean about not having enough time to read books and to keep up with the intellectual rigor of reading Marxists--I'm living proof of that too.:( But I resolve to change that this 2012. Lovely post. I've been reading your fashion blog. More power to you!;) Are you talking about Marius Carlos? I never knew he went to grad school but I’m not surprised, given his academic leanings. We lost touch after college. Smart man. Certainly not someone who will mince words for the true blue petit bourgeois *coughmecough*. I know what you mean about not having enough time to read books and to keep up with the intellectual rigor of reading Marxists–I’m living proof of that too.:( But I resolve to change that this 2012. Lovely post. I’ve been reading your fashion blog. More power to you!;)

]]> By: Jen http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186985 Jen Sat, 22 May 2010 14:12:57 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186985 Dearest Lauren, How are you? I do hope you're well. Don't feel too guilty about not getting to read enough books, when I left UP to work full time for the organization, I became so tired after everyday that I barely had time to eat. Hence, sabi ng mga tao pumayat daw ako. :) I try to catch up on my reading during weekends but I must admit that its been months since I last read Zizek, Althusser or Adorno. Mostly fiction lang, pampatulog. Ginawa kong checklist yung mga dati kong syllabus, mga nobelang ni-require pero hindi ko binasa. Hehe. I hope to hear from you soon! I'm sorry about Marius by the way. :( Dearest Lauren,

How are you? I do hope you’re well. Don’t feel too guilty about not getting to read enough books, when I left UP to work full time for the organization, I became so tired after everyday that I barely had time to eat. Hence, sabi ng mga tao pumayat daw ako. :) I try to catch up on my reading during weekends but I must admit that its been months since I last read Zizek, Althusser or Adorno. Mostly fiction lang, pampatulog. Ginawa kong checklist yung mga dati kong syllabus, mga nobelang ni-require pero hindi ko binasa. Hehe.

I hope to hear from you soon! I’m sorry about Marius by the way. :(

]]> By: Maying http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186940 Maying Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:26:34 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186940 Hi lauren, This is my first tym commenting on your blog but this is not my first tym to visit it. I've actually posted a question in blog catalog to help you find must read novels by non american writers. Someone suggested the following: Solzhenitysn -- One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich Guntner Grass-- The Tin Drum The Brothers Karamazov Jules Verne-- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea Strugatski-- The Snail On The Slope (Russian Science Fiction) The Tale of the Genji The Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ngugi Wa Thiongo -- The Wizard of the Crow Maryse Conde-- Who Slashed Celanire's Throat Anything by Jorge Luis Borges Everything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Isabel Allende Hope you consider them.. happy reading!!! .-= Maying´s last blog ..<a href="http://tameymey.blogspot.com/2010/04/post-haste.html" rel="nofollow">Post-Haste</a> =-. Hi lauren,

This is my first tym commenting on your blog but this is not my first tym to visit it. I’ve actually posted a question in blog catalog to help you find must read novels by non american writers. Someone suggested the following:

Solzhenitysn — One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich
Guntner Grass– The Tin Drum
The Brothers Karamazov
Jules Verne– Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
Strugatski– The Snail On The Slope (Russian Science Fiction)
The Tale of the Genji
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Ngugi Wa Thiongo — The Wizard of the Crow
Maryse Conde– Who Slashed Celanire’s Throat
Anything by Jorge Luis Borges
Everything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Isabel Allende

Hope you consider them.. happy reading!!!
.-= Maying´s last blog ..Post-Haste =-.

]]> By: Pinky http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186939 Pinky Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:53:00 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186939 I would recommend "Such A Long Journey" by Rohinton Mistry. I would recommend “Such A Long Journey” by Rohinton Mistry.

]]> By: Danae http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186938 Danae Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:13:08 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186938 Hi Lauren, you probably get this all the time, but I just wanted to write and say how cool it is to rediscover your blog. Your protagonist.com blog was the first online journal I ever read! I was just a young girl in country Australia, and it was so amazing to discover someone that lived so far away, yet went through the same kind of things I did. Then of course there was that big boom of journals popping up everywhere! I went on to follow livejournals and such, and while that lasted a few years, as we grow we find less time to do such things and everything just slows down. Yesterday I was sitting and thinking about how good it used to be to sit with a cup of coffee and read some really great blogs, when I suddenly remembered yours! I remembered your name and protagonist, and when I googled them I found you! As I said, you probably get this all the time but it's really exciting for me. Back then I was 15 years old, now I am about to turn 26, and it's just nice to know one of my favourite writers at the time is still going!! Hope you are happy and well :). Hi Lauren, you probably get this all the time, but I just wanted to write and say how cool it is to rediscover your blog.

Your protagonist.com blog was the first online journal I ever read! I was just a young girl in country Australia, and it was so amazing to discover someone that lived so far away, yet went through the same kind of things I did. Then of course there was that big boom of journals popping up everywhere! I went on to follow livejournals and such, and while that lasted a few years, as we grow we find less time to do such things and everything just slows down.

Yesterday I was sitting and thinking about how good it used to be to sit with a cup of coffee and read some really great blogs, when I suddenly remembered yours! I remembered your name and protagonist, and when I googled them I found you!

As I said, you probably get this all the time but it’s really exciting for me. Back then I was 15 years old, now I am about to turn 26, and it’s just nice to know one of my favourite writers at the time is still going!!

Hope you are happy and well :).

]]> By: Tim http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186935 Tim Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:27:38 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186935 Suggestions: First Love, Last Rites - Ian McEwan Enduring Love - Ian McEwan Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series - Douglas Adams .-= Tim´s last blog ..<a href="http://iamstorm.com/?p=238" rel="nofollow">Weekend Shoot: Angono Wawa</a> =-. Suggestions:
First Love, Last Rites – Ian McEwan
Enduring Love – Ian McEwan
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series – Douglas Adams
.-= Tim´s last blog ..Weekend Shoot: Angono Wawa =-.

]]> By: Nightdreamer http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186934 Nightdreamer Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:09:37 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186934 I've been meaning to read Roald Dahl's novels myself, but there are so many of them I dunno where to start (and I'm too lazy to do proper research. Shame me!). Any suggestions as to which books are good jumping points? .-= Nightdreamer´s last blog ..<a href="http://twitter.com/nightdreamer/statuses/11297709290" rel="nofollow">nightdreamer: @darthlaurian slaughterhouse-five? That book could be finished in one day because of its style, but it will take time to absorb its message.</a> =-. I’ve been meaning to read Roald Dahl’s novels myself, but there are so many of them I dunno where to start (and I’m too lazy to do proper research. Shame me!). Any suggestions as to which books are good jumping points?
.-= Nightdreamer´s last blog ..nightdreamer: @darthlaurian slaughterhouse-five? That book could be finished in one day because of its style, but it will take time to absorb its message. =-.

]]> By: lauren http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186933 lauren Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:15:46 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186933 Have you read Roald Dahl's collection of short stories? If you haven't and would like to take a break from the novel, he has a great collection of shorts. :) [Until last year I didn't know Roald Dahl wrote for big kids too! Pfft. I haven't been reading much either.] .-= lauren´s last blog ..<a href="http://laurenvillarama.blogspot.com/2010/03/earth-hour-2010.html" rel="nofollow">earth hour 2010</a> =-. Have you read Roald Dahl’s collection of short stories? If you haven’t and would like to take a break from the novel, he has a great collection of shorts. :)

[Until last year I didn't know Roald Dahl wrote for big kids too! Pfft. I haven't been reading much either.]
.-= lauren´s last blog ..earth hour 2010 =-.

]]> By: Nightdreamer http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186932 Nightdreamer Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:08:34 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186932 Can I just say, I feel like you're writing for me in that first paragraph. Maybe we're the same person! Though, I don't know of anyone that goes by the name of Marius. Mario, siguro. The plumber that is. Books, hmmm, I really haven't read a good one by non-American authors for the longest time, and I'm pretty sure you've exhausted all the Garcia-Marquezes and the Nabokovs. Why not try Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu? It's one of the most well-known Chinese novels out there, and is about a man thrust into a world of pretentious pseudo-intellectuals because he's got a bogus degree (like, totally Recto-printed diploma) from overseas. Really funny stuff, and surprisingly readable, for a classic. .-= Nightdreamer´s last blog ..<a href="http://twitter.com/nightdreamer/statuses/11297709290" rel="nofollow">nightdreamer: @darthlaurian slaughterhouse-five? That book could be finished in one day because of its style, but it will take time to absorb its message.</a> =-. Can I just say, I feel like you’re writing for me in that first paragraph. Maybe we’re the same person! Though, I don’t know of anyone that goes by the name of Marius. Mario, siguro. The plumber that is.

Books, hmmm, I really haven’t read a good one by non-American authors for the longest time, and I’m pretty sure you’ve exhausted all the Garcia-Marquezes and the Nabokovs. Why not try Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu? It’s one of the most well-known Chinese novels out there, and is about a man thrust into a world of pretentious pseudo-intellectuals because he’s got a bogus degree (like, totally Recto-printed diploma) from overseas. Really funny stuff, and surprisingly readable, for a classic.
.-= Nightdreamer´s last blog ..nightdreamer: @darthlaurian slaughterhouse-five? That book could be finished in one day because of its style, but it will take time to absorb its message. =-.

]]> By: Drakulita http://laurganism.com/2010/02/11/the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-186931 Drakulita Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:01:15 +0000 http://laurganism.com/?p=731#comment-186931 Post-college, I actually miss my lit readings. :s I love Calvino but it's a struggle to read him alone. .-= Drakulita´s last blog ..<a href="http://jeisa-chiminazzo.com/drakulita/?p=521" rel="nofollow">Brothers</a> =-. Post-college, I actually miss my lit readings. :s I love Calvino but it’s a struggle to read him alone.
.-= Drakulita´s last blog ..Brothers =-.

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