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Live Reading Group + Patreon Q&A Show Information (Patreon)

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2021-04-12 09:09:04
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I hope you've all had a lovely weekend, and managed to get some good reading in!

A quick bit of Book Club housekeeping.

1) Shakespeare Tier Live Reading Group

  • Date: 24th April 4:30 GMT 
  • RSVP: Shakespeare Patrons, please feel free to message me at your leisure. I'll also send you a link to the live reading group a little closer to the time.
  • Agenda: The last few parts of Anna Karenina. I think everyone is close to finishing (or has finished). But let us know where you are so we know what secrets to keep. We'll also talk about the opening of Crime and Punishment, and the transition between novels.
  • Bring: A delicious drink and one of your favourite passages from AK.

2) Patreon Q&A Ask-Me-Anything Show - Episode II

The first episode went really well, with discussion ranging from reading fiction like non-fiction, biographies of Tolstoy (and his spiritual crisis), practicalities of reading big books, learning a language from literature, and much more.

I will record Episode II this week, so please let me know your questions. You can put them in this post's comments section, message me personally here, or send me an email at ben@benjaminmcevoy.com

Happy reading, everybody!

Comments

Bill Freeman

Patreon Q&A Ask-Me-Anything Show - Episode II First, what do you think of the Harry Potter series? Have you read it? Second, following up on a previous question, how do you suggest managing multiple simultaneous book reads? After that discussion, I am starting to rethink my reading of ~ four books at a time. Research on the value of multitasking is terrible. Does that apply to multiple simultaneous readings? Should I limit my non-work-related reading to one book at a time? Third, as we begin our dive into poetry, can a poem really be understood when it is read as part of a talk or presentation? I’m frequently lost, and based on your presentation, you recommend multiple reads before a poem can be understood. Thoughts?

hardcoreliterature
>>57579268

These questions are amazing!! Ha... That first one will make for an interesting conversation. Great questions all - thank you, Bill!

Alice

One reason I want to become a better reader is to become a better writer. How can reading deeply help with that goal? What observations about literature will be helpful? What questions should I be asking myself about how a book was composed as I’m making my way through?

Fiona Wang

(1) How has your experience with reading Anna Karenina in Russian been? This is meant to be a general question, so feel free to discuss anything that comes to mind. I am interested to hear any new insights or comments/thoughts you might have. (2) Do you know of any film adaptation of C&P that is worth watching? I am half way through the 8-part Russian adaptation of Anna Karenina, the one you recommended, and I am quite satisfied with its faithfulness to the book. The characters literally read out the lines from the book -- this is exactly what I was looking for. As for C&P, there seems to be a number of adaptations. Would you recommend any? Looking forward to episode two of AMA!

hardcoreliterature
>>57710081

Amazing questions as always. Thank you, Fiona :) This is going to be a great show. I've had a few readers PM me some great questions too, so really can't wait!!