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message 44: by Alex (new)
Dec 17, 2009 10:30AM

1933514 Book 37:
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
A little snobbish and boring.


message 41: by Alex (new)
Nov 16, 2009 07:27AM

1933514 Book 34:
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Good postapocalyptic book.


message 40: by Alex (last edited Nov 11, 2009 11:53AM) (new)
Nov 09, 2009 06:29AM

1933514 Book 33:
La Symphonie Pastorale and Isabelle by André Gide
The first novella had some interesting ideas presented in the corniest possible way. I really liked Isabelle though.


message 39: by Alex (new)
Nov 07, 2009 01:10PM

1933514 Book 32:
Sombras del Pasado by Ha Jin
Interesting and rather depressing.


message 38: by Alex (new)
Nov 02, 2009 06:49AM

1933514 Book 31:
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
I can't believe how dull and obvious these stories were.


message 37: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 06:47AM) (new)
Nov 01, 2009 03:15PM

1933514 Book 30:
Album de Familia by Renate Dorrestein
Devastating.


message 36: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 06:46AM) (new)
Oct 30, 2009 08:00PM

1933514 Book 29:
Annie John A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid
Hmmm. Not that bad. Not that good either.


message 35: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 06:46AM) (new)
Oct 27, 2009 03:52PM

1933514 Book 28:
La hora entre el perro y el lobo by Silke Scheuermann
Beatiful, poetic and poignant




message 34: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 05:18AM) (new)
Oct 26, 2009 08:11AM

1933514 I forgot I read this for my Shakespeare class!

Book 27:
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Wonderful! It's a shame that Marc Antony is such an ass in Antony and Cleopatra


message 33: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 05:17AM) (new)
Oct 26, 2009 08:04AM

1933514 Now, second half. Just like me. Had an entire year to read 50 books, but I like reading half of them in just a couple of months.
Book 26:
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Gory, violent book. Yet, the character I liked the least was Oliver Twist. He's such a pansy.


message 32: by Alex (new)
Oct 17, 2009 09:18AM

1933514 Ok, only 25 more books to go... Will I be able to make it??


message 31: by Alex (new)
Oct 13, 2009 07:23PM

1933514 Wow, You know better than me, Tiffany, thank you!!!


message 30: by Tiffany (new)
Oct 13, 2009 07:19PM

150648 Hi, Alex.

Your book 11 was The Pleasure of the Text by Roland Barthes, posted 3/7/09.

:)


message 29: by Alex (new)
Oct 11, 2009 05:36PM

1933514 I accidentally deleted Book 11, and now I've forgotten which one it was... Well, never mind,


message 28: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 05:15AM) (new)
Oct 11, 2009 05:33PM

1933514 Book 25:
Drown by Junot Díaz
Very similar to How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, but a little bit cruder.


message 27: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 05:15AM) (new)
Oct 10, 2009 05:19PM

1933514 Book 24:
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
You see, one day I read a beautiful, poignant novel, and the next I read just crap. I think I've really had enough of the king of crap now, and I've got him out of my system. Now I feel ashamed I've wasted so much time reading this trash.


message 26: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 05:14AM) (new)
Oct 09, 2009 03:41PM

1933514 Book 23:
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Wonderful.


message 25: by Alex (last edited Nov 02, 2009 05:14AM) (new)
Aug 31, 2009 03:24PM

1933514 Long time since I posted. Well, I've not been in a reading mood. Just finished (again) When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro. Is it number 22?


message 23: by Alex (new)
Jun 19, 2009 07:46AM

1933514 Book 20:
Tambien Berlin Se Olvida by Fabio Morabito
Beautiful book


message 22: by Alex (new)
May 30, 2009 05:41PM

1933514 Book 19:
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann


message 21: by Alex (new)
May 19, 2009 10:52AM

1933514 Book 18:
King Lear by William Shakespeare


message 20: by Alex (new)
May 09, 2009 09:08AM

1933514 Book 17:
Sula by Toni Morrison


message 19: by Alex (new)
May 07, 2009 06:54AM

1933514 Book 16:
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
I loved this play in my first reading, but now I hated it!


message 18: by Alex (new)
May 05, 2009 05:51PM

1933514 Book 15:
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Now I'm ready to start writing my dissertation on this book!


message 17: by Alex (new)
May 02, 2009 01:55PM

1933514 Book 14:
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Probably the best book I will read this year.


message 15: by Alex (new)
Mar 23, 2009 07:35AM

1933514 Book 12:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
One of the bleakest and most depressing books I've ever read. Just thinking about the last pages makes me cry my heart out.


message 14: by Mary Todd (new)
Mar 02, 2009 06:38AM

1230903 congrats on your first ten! Wasn't Daisy Miller a movie with Warren Beaty in the 70's?


message 13: by Tiffany (new)
Mar 01, 2009 12:19PM

150648 Hey, Alex. On a Henry James kick?

How'd you like Daisy Miller? It's one of those books that most people either LOVE (!!!!) or HATE (!!!!!). What side of the fence did you fall on?


message 12: by Alex (last edited Feb 28, 2009 01:23PM) (new)
Feb 28, 2009 01:23PM

1933514 Book 10:
Daisy Miller by Henry James


message 11: by Aprile (new)
Feb 23, 2009 03:29PM

1900151 Oh Turn of the Screw. What a wonderfully odd book.


message 9: by Alex (new)
Feb 23, 2009 12:30PM

1933514 Book 8:
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys


message 8: by Alex (new)
Feb 22, 2009 07:56PM

1933514 Book 7:
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton


message 7: by Aprile (new)
Feb 15, 2009 03:53PM

1900151 Great book choices!
"Slaughterhouse-Five" is really interesting and your Peter Pan comment made me laugh. It's funny when we are so used to the commerical Disney versions of things and then see how they are "truly" supposed to be.



message 5: by Alex (last edited Feb 14, 2009 12:37PM) (new)
Feb 06, 2009 06:14AM

1933514 Book 5:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë


message 4: by Alex (last edited Feb 14, 2009 12:38PM) (new)
Jan 27, 2009 10:28AM

1933514 Book 4:
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
All I can say is Peter Pan is a disturbing character.


message 3: by Alex (last edited Feb 14, 2009 12:38PM) (new)
Jan 27, 2009 10:27AM

1933514 Book 3:
Wild at Heart The Story of Sailor and Lula by Barry Gifford
Finally! Something I am not ashamed of having read.


message 2: by Alex (new)
Jan 23, 2009 02:48PM

1933514 Book 2:
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Not the best book I've ever read but, well, at least it was much better than the previous one.


message 1: by Alex (last edited Jan 22, 2009 12:16PM) (new)
Jan 22, 2009 06:38AM

1933514 Book 1:
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
I'm a little bit embarrassed that this is the first book I finish this year, but hey, I wanted something light and fun (things which I didn't get, however). Now, there lies ahead a year full of more meaty lit.


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