Comments on: The Pre-Printing Press Challenge http://bibliofreakblog.com/challenges/preprinting-press-challenge/ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:23:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elena http://bibliofreakblog.com/challenges/preprinting-press-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Elena Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:31:45 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=903#comment-309 I've never done a reading challenge before either, maybe I should start with this one! I mean, I do share the same name as the host of the challenge :P Looks very challenging, good luck! I’ve never done a reading challenge before either, maybe I should start with this one!

I mean, I do share the same name as the host of the challenge :P

Looks very challenging, good luck!

]]> By: admin http://bibliofreakblog.com/challenges/preprinting-press-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-308 admin Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:22:55 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=903#comment-308 Thanks Jackie! I think it's probably easier now with the internet...there's so many free study guides! Thanks Jackie!

I think it’s probably easier now with the internet…there’s so many free study guides!

]]> By: Jackie (Farm Lane Books) http://bibliofreakblog.com/challenges/preprinting-press-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Jackie (Farm Lane Books) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:20:51 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=903#comment-307 I've got a degree in chemistry - so that isn't much use when trying to read the older classics! It is really hard to read these things by myself, so I try to ensure i find at least one other person to read along with. I often still need a study guidde though. That is an impressive list of books - good luck with your challenge. I’ve got a degree in chemistry – so that isn’t much use when trying to read the older classics! It is really hard to read these things by myself, so I try to ensure i find at least one other person to read along with. I often still need a study guidde though. That is an impressive list of books – good luck with your challenge.

]]> By: admin http://bibliofreakblog.com/challenges/preprinting-press-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-301 admin Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:11:34 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=903#comment-301 I read the Bhagava Gita (did I spell that right? I'm too lazy to go to my bookshelf to see), Upanishads, and Chaucer on my own, and I listened to the Beowulf on CD, but just about everything else I read in school: The Odyssey, the Illiad, the Aeniad, (most of) the Bible, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Sophocles... I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of right now. The point is, majoring in both English and Comparative Religion, I've gotten a lot in there. Definitely more hard on one's own than with someone who knows the material guiding you, though. I read the Bhagava Gita (did I spell that right? I’m too lazy to go to my bookshelf to see), Upanishads, and Chaucer on my own, and I listened to the Beowulf on CD, but just about everything else I read in school: The Odyssey, the Illiad, the Aeniad, (most of) the Bible, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Sophocles… I’m sure there’s more but that’s all I can think of right now. The point is, majoring in both English and Comparative Religion, I’ve gotten a lot in there. Definitely more hard on one’s own than with someone who knows the material guiding you, though.

]]> By: Jackie (Farm Lane Books) http://bibliofreakblog.com/challenges/preprinting-press-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Jackie (Farm Lane Books) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:29:41 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=903#comment-299 I had never read a pre-priniting press book until the weekend. I have just started to read 'The Tale of Genji' and it is hard work. I hope you find your choices a bit easier to read. I look forward to hearing all about them. Good luck! I had never read a pre-priniting press book until the weekend. I have just started to read ‘The Tale of Genji’ and it is hard work. I hope you find your choices a bit easier to read. I look forward to hearing all about them.

Good luck!

]]> By: admin http://bibliofreakblog.com/challenges/preprinting-press-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-295 admin Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:11:54 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=903#comment-295 eh...I just picked ones I already had in the house that I've been meaning to get to... eh…I just picked ones I already had in the house that I’ve been meaning to get to…

]]> By: Elena Gwynne http://bibliofreakblog.com/challenges/preprinting-press-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Elena Gwynne Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:50:26 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=903#comment-294 Thanks for the link. You're somewhat more ambitious than I am I think (you've chosen somewhat harder books at any rate). Thanks for the link. You’re somewhat more ambitious than I am I think (you’ve chosen somewhat harder books at any rate).

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