Michelle's comments
(member since Feb 02, 2009)
Michelle's comments from the 50 Books A Year group.
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50. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis - December 2nd
49. Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History - Sandra Benjamin - November 29th
47. The Return of the King - Tolkien - November 22nd
48. The Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys - November 23rd
45. The Day of Battle - Rick Atkinson - October 9th
46. The Day of the Owl - Leonardo Sciascia - October 14th
44. 1984 - George Orwell - September 28th
43. In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan - September 19th
I had a really difficult time at first and was quite frustrated! I read Benjy's portion knowing that I wasn't quite getting it; I finished it then consulted a Norton edition that helped clear up some of the confusion.
After reading Quentin's and Jason's sections, I went back and read Benjy's with a fresh eye. And that made all the difference.
So, although I didn't love it, I greatly appreciate it and think it's a book that I will re-read in the future and grow to love. The stream of consciousness style didn't make me insane, but it did keep me on my toes! I'd like to read about Faulkner's experience writing in stream of consciousness. I've never written like that so I'm curious about both his creative and technical process.
Just a few off the top of my head:
Matt Wagner's Grendel Devil By The Deed
Battle Angel Alita, Volume 1 Rusty Angel series by Yukito Kishiro
Frank Miller's Batman/ Batman The Dark Knight Returns work and 300
Bone The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume by Jeff Smith is great fun
Usagi Yojimbo, Book 1 The Ronin by Stan Sakai
Palestine by Joe Sacco
As already mentioned: Neil Gaiman's Death, Persepolis, Watchmen, Maus, Kingdom Come
And Blankets is one of my favorite books of all time.
Really want to read Alan's War The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope by Guibert.
Thanks for posting the question!
42. The Sound and the Fury - Faulkner - September 14th
41. The Bible - September 13th
40. Notes from Underground - Dostoevsky - September 8th
39. Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers - Cardella - September 6th
38. Shame - Salman Rushdie - August 26th
37. Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams - August 21st
36. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School - Kathleen Flinn - August 17th
34. The Odyssey - Homer - August 13th
35. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - August 14th
33. In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson - August 2nd
32. Walking the Bible - Bruce Feiler - August 1st
31. Words Are Stones - Carlo Levi - July 14th
30. The Shape of Water - Andrea Camilleri - July 11th
