Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Literary Movement Reading Challenge 2015: April Romanticism Check-In



We have come to the first quarter of #LitMoveRC, April Romanticism! This month has been a hectic month for me, for I am also hosting Zoladdiction 2015. So far I have finished Ivanhoe; and still planned to read Dumas’ The Black Tulip if I can finish my Zola reading and Agatha Christie’s play. Oh…that is why you should not host more than one challenge at a time! *self note*

Anyway, here is a question for you…

We still have eight or nine more movements until December; which one is the most exciting for you? Why?

For me, it’s Naturalism in August, because I’ll be reading two of my most favorite classics authors: Émile Zola and Edith Wharton. But Victorian comes closer behind, when I’d be reading still another favorite: Charles Dickens!

What about you?

The linky for April Romanticism is now opened; you can submit your reviews/posts until May 15th.

12 comments:

  1. I'm nearly finished The Prelude by Wordsworth. I'm enjoying it but it's not easy and I'm not looking forward to writing about it! I'm afraid this is the month I've been dreading :) I've got lots going on this month too - this, Zola month, and Trollope month!

    Looking forward to Victorian Literature the most, and, like you, Naturalism for August. Favourite so far as been Medieval :)

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    1. I share the same hectic month of April with you... and it's not just my bookish life.
      Of course, Victorian, who can resist of the chance to read another Dickens? ;)

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  2. PS - Looking forward to Bloomsbury month too! :D

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    1. Hmm...actually, it's one of the most dreadful month for me. I don't know whether I'd enjoy it.

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  3. Fanda,

    I'm no fun - I think I like them all and look forward to them all the same.

    I will say that I am having difficulty connecting with my Romanticism choice. I wanted to love The Last of the Mohicans (which I know you enjoyed), but I am struggling to like it. I find it a little too wordy for me. And, I am also adding expectations from the movie to the book, and the two do not match up. But I'm hanging in there and hoping for a change of heart soon.

    But if I had to choose the one that I am really, REALLY looking forward to, maybe it would be Realism (Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi).

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    1. Yeah, Mohicans is a bit wordy. But once you can be familiar with it, the story itself is quite engaging. But that's the problem...to be familiar with it. Well, I hope you'll get through with it.

      Ah Realism, that would be my reunion with Henry James again. And my first Balzac too. Yeah...I'm quite excited too!

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  4. I've been reading Blake! And I've got some Wordsworth and...I forget who else...picked out.

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    1. Blake is pretty weird btw. Dude was a little odd.

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    2. Can't wait to read your thoughts on them, then... ;)

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  5. Hi Fanda!

    I finished so far Thomas De Qunicey's "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater", and I've started (minutes ago) to read Charlotte Bronte's "The Professor". I plan to read one of Jane Austen's novels (either Persuasion or Sense & Sensibility), and I also plan to read George Sand's "Indiana" and Alfred de Musset's play "Lorenzaccio". On the other hand, I read Pushkin's "Ruslaka", and Keats' "La Belle Dame Sans Merci".

    I wanted to read many romantic books, but, like you, I was reading Emile Zola too (I read The Kill, Captain Burle, and J'accuse). Two beautiful challenges.

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    1. As usual, you are the most entusiastic of us all! :D

      I'm curious about J'Accuse. I've planned to read it this year, but finally decided to tackle The Life first. There's never enough time for Zola in one month, is it? ;)

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  6. Here's a post on my Blake reading. Wordsworth next! http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2015/04/william-blake-selections.html

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