and sometimes a little of this:
and then the whole thing sort of sounds like this:
I'm loving it, is what I'm saying, and I am VERY EXCITED to talk to you guys about it when I'm done.
Monday, September 17, 2012
I Am Reading The Monk
It is an 18th century gothic do-dad written by a 19 year old (for serious). So far, it is full of STERN MONKS WITH SECRET LUSTFUL SECRETY SECRETS and PREGNANT NUNS (not due to aforementioned stern monk, but due to LATE NIGHT GARDEN TRYSTS), and VIRGINAL VIRGINS WITH SKIN AS WHITE AS SNOW. It is ridiculous, and I can't stop making this face at it:
and then the whole thing sort of sounds like this:
and then the whole thing sort of sounds like this:
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I LOVE The Monk!
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting and obsessive book.
Ahhhh! We were going to do a RAL of this and then got distracted by The Moonstone. I can't WAIT to hear what you have to say!
ReplyDeleteI have this one on my shelf! I want to read it -- but I want to read MANY OTHER BOOKS also. Eventually. :D
ReplyDeleteNever even heard of it, but I'm interested. Pregnant nuns? Someone isn't following the religion all too closely!
ReplyDeleteThe Monk is such a fun read. I'm curious what you'll write about it when finished.
ReplyDeleteThe Monk is amazeballs, great choice to get you out of your fail to finish slump! It's goth-tastic, makes Frankenstein look like a jolly tale for kiddies, and has rape, murder and demons a plenty. What more can you ask for?
ReplyDeleteWHAT TIKA SAID. Because I was all "LET'S READ THE MONK, BECAUSE AMAZING" and then people were all "Ehhhhhhh I haven't heard of that" and I was all *scowls* and then we were all "MORE WILKIE."
ReplyDelete...so I am glad you're enjoying its amazingness. Because it has EVERYTHING.
Yeah, like a SUDDEN and UNEXPECTED BOOB.
DeleteAlso a bunch of other stuff.
ZOMGS the unexpected boob. Tra lalala, garden, tralala, disguised ladies, tralala BOOBIES! Wut.
DeleteI had never heard of that one and just read the goodreads description ... Holy epic! I'm looking forwards to your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI have this one on my Classics Club list because Alice was raving about it at one point. I still don't quite understand what it's about, but now that I know you like it, too, I'll bump it up the list.
ReplyDeleteI'm totally looking forward to hearing what you think of it! It's one I haven't managed to pick up yet and you're making me want to immediately. Ahhh, all the books, so many books!
ReplyDeleteI saw this book in my library's ebook database when I was making my classics list and I passed on it because I assumed that it would be boring. I am kicking myself so hard right now. I feel like I'm missing out on some great amusement.
ReplyDeleteI loved The Monk, too! I'm a bit afraid that this love is only because I read it during my adolescence, when I was like "I love classics solely for being classics - yay old books!," so I'm glad I'm not the only one who's greatly enjoyed it. Maybe my current classics reading slump is just dependent upon which ones I've read recently...
ReplyDeleteOh this book has everything. It's so completely over the top, so excessive, and just so so great. There are scenes that are making you cry, scenes that are making you go wtf - and you just stay glued to the book. I kind of want to reread it now... Looking forward to reading your thoughts on it.
ReplyDeleteThe Monk is one of the weirdest books I've ever read. It was awesome in so many ways, very excessive as others say, but it's very strange considering the period.
ReplyDeleteI like to think of it as the British response to De Sade, but it's not quite an exact comparison. It's just... strange.
Looking forward to your thoughts!
I read it a few years back - crazily over the top but more entertainment in it than you can shake a stick at! A bit different to Ann Radcliffe's take on the gothic...
ReplyDeleteI read The Monk in college as an example of a "gothic novel," a thousand years ago. Loved it then. I think it would be fun to reread now.
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