Recently I’ve taken up reading at a cafe for a few hours every weekend. While typically I’ve only ever had one non fiction and one fiction book going at once, I decided to read Crime and Punishment exclusively at the cafe.
And while that turned out to be a very good choice, it did take me a hell of a lot of time to read, since it was my cafe book.
I’d like to stick to my sort of “penguin classic” theme I set for myself with my first book, so does anyone have a good one? Some vaunted book, something truly considered to be *literature*.
To those who are looking to do something similar, I’d recommend short stories. If I hadn’t just completed a read through of Poe and Lovecraft for Halloween the past two years, I’d recommend reading their works. Nice short stories, and reading Poe is genuinely rather rewarding. One of my all time faves.
I’d also recommend getting a nice thick Sherlock Holmes book, I think there are a few different imprints that do collections to Sherlock Holmes books. Agatha Christie gets an honorable mention here (although tbh I think her books shouldn’t be set aside for a leisurely weekend read, I typically can’t put those down!)
Let me know what you all think makes for a good “cafe book”! I’m interested to see what you guys would pick.
by BlackFlagFlying