Posted August 26, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Top Ten Tuesday / 6 Comments
It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Books I Really Want To Read But Don’t Own Yet. I’m looking forward to going through my wishlist and picking ten books. So here we go;
- Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
- Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
- The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin
- The Librarian by Mikhail Elizarov
- A Meal in Winter by Hubert Mingarelli
- Candide by Voltaire
- The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith
- Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine
- & Sons by David Gilbert
- The Parrots by Filippo Bologna
Posted August 19, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Top Ten Tuesday / 17 Comments
It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Books People Have Been Telling You That You MUST Read. I went through my Goodreads recommendations and picked ten books from there.
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Life: A User’s Manual by Georges Perec
- The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (mean people)
- The Swan Book by Alexis Wright
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin
- On Literature by Umberto Eco
- My Beautiful Enemy by Cory Taylor
- Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Posted August 12, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments
It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Books I’m Not Sure I Want To Read. These are ten books that are on my shelf but I’m lacking motivation to read them. I think I need to be convinced to one way or another.
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville
- Tinkers by Paul Harding
- Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
- The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
- Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Posted August 5, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Top Ten Tuesday / 10 Comments
It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Books I’d Give To Readers Who Have Never Read Graphic Novels. I wrote a post recently for Boomergang Books and have also done a First Steps post on the topic but lets revisit the topic.
Posted July 31, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Monthly Reading / 0 Comments
This month we looked at the gothic and surprisingly satirical novel The Monk by Matthew Lewis. This was a lot of fun for me; I’m becoming a big fan of Juvenalian satire and was surprised to see what this gothic classic did with its social critique. While it might have been a little difficult for others, it is always great to leave our comfort zones and read something great. Next month we are dipping into some non-fiction when we read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, which is considered one of the best books in the true crime genre.
As most might know, I’m currently on vacation so I have scheduled a whole lot of posts. This means, I’m not entirely sure what the next book will be but the theme was Thriller. At the point of scheduling it looked like a race between Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith. I have had a good reading month but I as this was written half way through the month I won’t share what I read this month. However I did enjoy The Monk and Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. What have you been reading this month and what were the highlights?
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Posted July 29, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Top Ten Tuesday / 8 Comments
It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Ten Authors I Own The Most Books From. I don’t catalogue all the books I own very well so here are the authors I’ve read the most books from.
- Edgar Allan Poe
- James Ellroy
- Bryan Lee O’Malley
- Jeff Lindsay
- Raymond Chandler
- Stephen King
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Lawrence Block
- Philip K. Dick
- James M. Cain
Wow, that’s surprising and revealing
Posted July 15, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments
It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: other types of stories; so either favourite Movies or TV Shows! I’ve decided to pick some TV shows that I think tell great stories with well developed characters.
- The Wire
- Suits
- Veronica Mars
- Mad Men
- The Sopranos
- Orphan Black
- Firefly
- Spartacus
- Orange is the New Black
- Rake (The Australian show)
Posted July 8, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Top Ten Tuesday / 24 Comments
It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Top Ten Blogging Confessions. I have already done a post of the classics I haven’t read recently so I’m going to confess to authors I’ve never read.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Alexandre Dumas
- Anton Chekhov
- Charlotte Brontë
- Homer
- J.K. Rowling
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Mark Twain
- Mikhail Lermontov
Posted July 1, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments
It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Top Ten Favourite Classic Books or Top Ten Classics I Want To Read. I thought I would take the opportunity to mention ten books I really need to read. I feel so much shame for not having read these books.
- Candide by Voltaire
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- The Monk by Matthew Lewis
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Posted June 30, 2014 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Monthly Reading / 2 Comments
As we close out the first half of 2014, I thought I might give a quick update on what’s been happening with the Literary Exploration Reading Challenge. I’m really impressed with the book club’s efforts so far, with over thousand books being read by 106 participants with a 39% completion rate so far. This means we have a lot to catch up on; personally I’ve managed to complete 23 of my 36 books and almost tempted to go for another round. It’s been a lot of fun and I’m pleased to see how many people have enjoyed reading out of their comfort zones.
This month’s book club book Divergent had some really interesting reactions; not many liked it but I really enjoyed the discussions. I don’t want to say too much about the book but it was fun live tweeting this book and I was very pleased with my review. Next month we return to book that will probably get a better reaction when we read a gothic classic, The Monk by Matthew Lewis.
I had a very interesting reading month and I think I have to blame two amazing books for this, The Fictional Woman by Tara Moss and Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith. Both books have altered the way I view books, especially The Fictional Woman; I tend to pick up on the feminist ideals in most books now and you will notice this will come across in all future reviews. Also you might have noticed that thanks to my book blogging manifesto that I’m writing more non-review posts too. I hope this is a positive change in my blogging and my reviews as well.
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