Taking this parameter of the top 100 books from Hapa Love. She suggests using the Modern Library list. So, here goes: 1) Bold: I have read. 2) Italics: Those I intend to read. 3) Underline: Books I love. 4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read at school...
The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. This is going around my neighborhood, and I really like the idea of encouraging people (including myself) to read the classics. However, I'm changing the game, because I prefer the Modern Library's...
I saw this on Hapalove's blog and decided to play along just to see how many I'd read. I'm also going to add another category: "Never heard of it" By my count I've read 26 of them. 1. 1922 Ulysses James Joyce (got about 20 pages in, did not have the endurance for more) 2. 1925 The Great Gatsby F....
While on our trip to Portland, Oregon last week we stopped in at Powell's four out of five days. We took advantage of their handy-dandy mailing service. So what if I haven't read all the books I bought there a year and a half ago. Here's what I found on sale and now have added to my long list of...
"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 found a book at the elibrary titled Love; quotes and passages from the heart by B. C. Aronson. Here are a few of my favorite favorites. "A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems to short" - Andre Maurois "We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is...
Given the paucity of recent posting, I haven't been updating my online reading record. No gold star for me. here's what I've read in the past few months The Minotaur - Barbara Vine: Unthrilling thriller. Completely predictable and not particularly engaging - generally disappointing The Razor's Edge...
199 Love Quotes Collection - Collection of romantic love quotes from famous authors, & other romantic sources. These love quotes are simply for showing your love. Scroll down to see the romantic love quotes. Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense....
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...
I'm done doing feedback at TC for the foreseeable future. I spend too much time doing it (and no one else does). Then I get shit from the writers for not praising their junk. God forbid I'd do exactly what our site was made for: constructive critique. I have my own stuff to do so screw 'em. ETA: A...
