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Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
In this bizarre and irrational world, Cincinnatus has been convicted and condemned to death by beheading for gnostical turpitude, an imaginary crime with no definition. Cincinnatus spends his remaining days in prison where he is visited by the chimer...more
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The Yearning
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The Monsters by Dorothy Hoobler
It was a dark and stormy night on the shores of Lake Geneva, 1816. You’ve heard the story before; Lord Byron challenges his friends to see who can come up with the best ghost story. Among the people include Percy Bysshe Shelley, his lover Mary Wollst...more
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Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Nick Carraway moves in next door to the young and mysterious millionaire,Jay Gatsby. Nick is soon following the dramas of Gatsby’s quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. Often hailed as the “Great American Novel”, F Scott Fitzgerald’s magnum opusis a p...more
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Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
The Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night is a secret organisation that plans to overthrow the Patrician and install a king of their choosing; a puppet under the control of the Supreme Grand Master. Using a stolen magi...more
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Groucho Marx
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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“The best way out is always through.”
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Thomas Mann
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
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2013 Reading Challenge
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Michael has read 76 books toward his goal of 150 books.
 
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