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I tend to re-read novels when I feel I haven't fully understood or have missed something, I find it gives me greater understanding, but I do agree, there are so many books out there I want to read and haven't yet done so!

To try and live better and healthier - less chocolate and booze, more early nights and soft drinks! And to read more. As always :)

Today I'm irritated by the mice in my room, and their ability to keep me awake for hours on end with their persistent scrabbling and food hunting.

Haha, fair enough, was just curious :) Well done on reading the letters and journals... heavy duty stuff! I own the journals but have yet to make my way through them. My interest in Plath has been greatly aided by having an expert lecturer who can throw light on even the most complicated Plath...

Out of interest, which biography did you read? I agree, reading a biography beforehand really helps you get the full grasp of the autobiographical nature of the novel. I read Bitter Fame by Anne Stevenson, a notoriously anti-Plath biography, but despite this I still think Plath is wonderful!

Oooh dear, I shall never do any work ever again...

Dear Ms. Wilde, I'm glad you enjoyed reading them! I can assure you that although The Great BAR Blog Software Meltdown of 2008 did put me off posting I am bound to resume sooner or later :) I am also holding back as I'm writing essays about books and I don't want to risk plagiarising...

I'm glad to have found this thread as I have just finished reading Cat's Eye for the first time, and it hasn't left me for days. I agree that the narrative shifts in style as Elaine grows up - part of me feels that this is representative of how we feel about things as children and how we...

Ahhh I really want to read this! I might try and get to it over Christmas, the blurb sounds really good!

Today I'm irritated by my complete and utter inability to write a single sentence of any essay without changing it at least five times and even then not feeling satisfied.

I hated Clarissa by Samuel Richardson. I read it for my degree and it was not only one of the most expensive novels I've bought but also one of the most tedious and boring.

I am in Toronto, on the patio of the Park Plaza Hotel Roof Garden sipping a Manhattan with a strangely attractive, somewhat older Hungarian art teacher....

Because I've just realised I'll be home for Christmas in less than a month :)

Thanks! I'll take a look and let you know :)

I'd really like to read something by Mikhail Bulgakov. I have a copy of Master and Margarita that I've tried to get into several times and failed - not because it's not interesting, the language and descriptions are fantastic but possibly a little dense (maybe the translation I'm reading?). One...

That was truly beautiful, and I thank you. :)

I realise that the original post of this thread is quite old now, but I found Daisy Goodwin's anthologies to be an excellent way in to poetry. I have 101 Poems to Get You Through the Day (and Night) which was a gift from my parents before my second year at university. Goodwin splits the poems...

Murder in the Dark and Negociating with the Dead by Margaret Atwood

I'm happy because I've got a big teapot next to me full of rose tea which nearly makes up for the 3000 word Atwood essay I'm writing.... Nearly.