/lit/ - Literature

>>1141570
I think I see what's going on here.

"One who has just come from reading perhaps one of the best English books will find how many with whom he can converse about it? Or suppose he comes from reading a Greek or Latin classic in the original, whose praises are familiar even to the so called illiterate; he will find nobody at all to speak to, but must keep quiet." - Henry David Thoreau

I was flipping through my copy of works by Thoreau and reading some of the parts I'd underlined. This quote caught my eye.

Age: 18
Sex: Female
Location: U.S.A.
Currently reading: The Man Who Was Thursday
Last read: The Brothers Karamazov
Favorite Book: Perfume / Lord of the Flies
People you're interested in: Fellow nerds.

I'm thinking of re-reading Keep the Aspidistra Flying by Orwell for the fifth time after I'm done with The Death of Ivan Ilyich. That is, unless someone can recommend something else that strikes my fancy more.
I'm reading quick, short books this summer. Just trying to bang through as many as possible. (Long books are for fall and winter.) I broke my rule with The Mill on the Floss before Ivan Ilyich, but I'd like to stick to it from now till September. So, two hundred pages on average or just something easy.
I also thought about Howarth's 1066, so there's that to consider, I guess. Thanks for any recommendations.