"1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" by ukaunz 2000s Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro Saturday – Ian McEwan On Beauty – Zadie Smith Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson The Sea – John Banville The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble The Plot Against America –...
I'm a sucker for lists and memes and organized systems, so yeah, I bought into this one. I haven't posted lately because I've been trying to get this list done. But I can't think of 101 tasks yet, so I'm going to post it to the public and start it today! Start date: August 1, 2007 Last possible day...
I made this list a while ago, but have gotten around to posting/editing it. I'm giving myself until May 2010(when I graduate college) to finish it. Please leave a comment telling me any books you recommend. Thanks =) Start: January 5th, 2007 Books: Alphabetical by Author ( [R] are the books I'm...
When I first picked up this book I figured it might be something I could relate too. All I knew at the time was that is was about 5 teenage girls. The title probably could have clued me in a little more, or so one would think. Yes, the book is called The Virgin Suicides but 2 pages in to the book...
On Ernest Hemingway Amanda Partlow wants to know what it is about Ernest Hemingway that people find "pleasurable to any degree." Are you a fan? Let her know why... Looking for a Good Book to Read? Kelly breaks down her favorites by genre. Of Course, Rules ARE Made to Be Broken. Steven shares...
Last week, I volunteered for a day at the PEN World Voices Literary festival, and as a thank you from the organization, got an invitation to the closing party on Saturday night at the Hungarian Cultural Institute on Broadway. Several of the authors made cameos at the party, and being as big a fan of...
I'm still stuck in The Savage Detectives, berating myself for choosing French over Spanish in the sixth grade. But I have been thinking about other books, at least. Two weeks ago I went to a great reading at the 92nd Street Y by Meg Wolitzer and Andrew Sean Greer. I'm not sure what the link was...
Holy crap, we've got another amazing narrator on our hands: "Part Tristam Shandy, part Ishmael, part Holden Caulfield, Cal is a wonderfully engaging narrator..." Middlesex is the story of 3 generations of Greeks from Desdemona and Lefty's escape to America to the Americanization of Calliope...
1. Julia Child, you taught me how to hard-boil eggs and make soufflés! You give me hope. When I was about eight, I used to do an imitation of you misting water into the oven for your baguettes, crying “Water! Water! Water!” On Friday I read in the newspaper that you and your husband Paul sent...
Ugh. My internet's giving me problems so I'm writing this in Word. *looks at firefox browser in disgust* I'm on the slow train again because I've just only started watching lonelygirl15. I always was a year slower than everyone else. A lot of people in the comments section of the lonelygirl15...
This month two new books came out that benefit two branches of 826 National, a non-profit organization that helps school age children develop expository and creative writing skills. My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro, edited by Jeffrey Eugenides, benefits 826...
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