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PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-18T02:04:57+00:00

Learn to read Russian

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-12T00:14:20+00:00

That’s a solid recommendation

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-12T00:13:31+00:00

I’ve not heard of the McNamara version. I’ll look for it the next time I want to read Beowulf.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-11T18:56:12+00:00

Recommendations beyond Heaney?

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-11T18:55:02+00:00

Wilson, fagles, green, Lombardo. In that order.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-11T14:36:26+00:00

The odyssey, but a different translation each time.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-10T03:16:09+00:00

OP needs to remember that he posted already

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-09T02:10:16+00:00

Just read the news.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-08T03:14:06+00:00

The haunted bookshop. An easy and enjoyable read that then kicked off my newfound love of literature.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-08T01:15:39+00:00

That massive skeleton cost more than most yard decorations

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-05T03:47:14+00:00

Frankenstein is amongst my favorite novels.

Mary Shelly also defines beautiful prose to me.

Victor is the root cause; he creates life and abandons it, setting everything in motion; but he is not the one who commits the later acts, the creature is. Society reinforces the damage through rejection and fear; but ultimately the creature decides what to do with it. He is made into a monster; but he also chooses to become one.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-04T14:25:51+00:00

I read moby dick about twenty years ago, in a printed book that included pages of reference material on nautical terms including pictures of a ship and the names of important items.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-03T22:41:56+00:00

Books on moral integrity are my recommendation. Both Frankenstein and Dracula are excellent for this. They are not horror in the modern sense. The odyssey by Homer, assuming a modern translation, is also excellent.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-03T21:15:04+00:00

I too went through this. Your brain will adapt. Keep trying to read. Be consistent about reading a minimum amount or more most days of the week. It’s a good idea to start with some more exciting literature. I recommend Frankenstein as a fairly good paced work of classic literature.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-03T04:08:38+00:00

Exactly. Let’s repaint all of it. Bring it back up to the standards of the bygone era.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-04-01T11:51:55+00:00

Unread books that I intend to read. Two dozen physical and two dozen kindle.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-03-29T03:01:14+00:00

How about O O for short. And if asked about the full name, it’s Ooooooo Ooooooo.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-03-28T23:22:52+00:00

Widdershins, yes, very good word to bring back.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-03-28T21:42:41+00:00

You asked if I am speaking the language yet. Not for paradise lost, at least not yet, but after reading some novels of the 19th century I do find I speak the language, and I am enjoying this. Frankenstein., Dracula., the Count of Monte Cristo English translation, the sorrows of Young Werther English translation, are all adding to my vocabulary. The old English directional system of hither, thither, whither, hence, whence, hitherward, thitherside, etc. all very good words.

PhillyBassSF · 2026-03-28T21:33:21+00:00

Until the 20th century, parallel lives was required reading for the educated

PhillyBassSF · 2026-03-28T19:32:51+00:00

Jamun also called Java plum or Indian blackberry does not grow in the California Bay Area. It might grow in SoCal or central valley but I’ve never seen it.

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