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2014 Challenge: Log a book you finished
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaallby Edgar Allan Poe
first published 1835
Kindle edition, 79 pages
Washington State.
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925, Kindle edition, 880 pages.I have a love/hate relationship with this book. I don't even know how to begin to review it.
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The Haunted House: A True Ghost Story by Walter Hubbell
first published 1879
Kindle edition, 42 pages
Washington State.
Crystal wrote: "An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925, Kindle edition, 880 pages.I have a love/hate relationship with this book. I don't even know how to begin to review it.
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I want to read this one, too, but just can't face the size and small font at this time. I have an old paperback copy.
I want to read this one, too, but just can't face the size and small font at this time. I have an old paperback copy."I couldn't read it all at once. I needed to take a break a couple times. It's broken into three parts so I read something else in between each part.
I always read more than one book at a time. I think it's my ADD ... if I get a little bored I'll switch books. I never get them confused b/c I read different genres. I think the story is fascinating. Did you know that the Elizabeth Taylor/Montgomery Clift movie 'A Place in the Sun' is based on this? I love them, but don't like the movie. I have it on DVR and cannot watch it straight through so I watch about 20 minutes at a time. I guess the story really bothers me.
The Age of Reasonby Thomas Paine
first published 1794
Kindle edition, 188 pages
Washington State.
The Beast in the Cave by H.P. Lovecraft
first published 1918
Kindle edition, 10 pages
Washington State.
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The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
first published 1897
Kindle Edition, 180 pages
Washington State.
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. 1907, 269 pages, paperback.Great story, rather applicable to today I would say.
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I will post my commentary for this one in the group reads section for April.
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The Martian Chroniclesby Ray Bradbury
first published 1950
Kindle Edition, 298 pages
Washington State.
UtopiaBy Sir Saint Thomas More
first published 1516
Kindle Edition, 120 pages
Washington State.
The Island of Dr. Moreauby H.G. Wells
first published 1896
Kindle Edition, 136 pages
Washington State.
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This one was nearly in the can a week ago, but I've been swept up in other activities. I've always thought of Animal Farm as for the kids and 1984 for the adults, and therefore 1984 was the better of the two books, but I may have to stand corrected after this most recent reading of Animal Farm. Like I've said a million times before, it's crazy to teach the classics out of context. No book stands out of time and the greatest books are often the product of their times. The brilliant slow reversal of the thrill of Animalism to the return of business as usual at the farm should be a lesson for all of us to be more aware of the world around us, especially those we call our leaders, willingly or not.
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House of DollsBy Ka tzetnik 135633
First published 1955
Kindle Edition for online source, 245 pages
Washington State.
Intense book about a Joy Division (German Doll House) in concentration camps. Not an easy read. It's free book online.
The Holy Bible (ASV)Published 1901
Kindle edition July 11, 2011
Pages 2,487
Hope this is ok to list. I'm starting the KJV next.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther.Published in 1531, in Latin than translated into German.
Kindle edition 10/02/2012.
Pages 224.
This was one of the 3 books that John Bunyan owned.
Beowulf by Anonymous.Kindle edition 09/12/13.
Pages 106.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.Published 1911.
Kindle edition.
Pages 288.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London.Published 1903.
Kindle edition May 16, 2012.
Pages 111.
The Book of Snobs by William Thackeray.Published 1848.
Kindle edition May 17, 2012.
Pages 143.
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol20 pages
kindle edition
published 1836.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals by Henry Brodribb Irving.Published 1918.
Kindle edition.
Pages 155.
The Scarlet Plague by Jack London.Published 1911.
Kindle edition May 16, 2012.
Pages 128.
The Matsuyama Mirror by Null.Japanese.
Kindle edition October 4, 2009.
Pages 4
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, First published as The Silver Locusts in 1951Read on Kindle, 240 pages
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The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick.Published 1953, English.
Kindle edition.
Pages 59.
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom #1)by Edgar Rice Burroughs
first published 1912
Kindle Edition, 84 pages
Washington State.
The Three Muskateers by Alexandre Dumas.Published 1844, French.
Kindle edition.
Pages 784.
The Haunting of Hill Houseby Shirley Jackson
first published 1959
Kindle Edition, 246 pages
Washington State.
The Cave Girl and The Cave Man by Edgar Rice Burroughs.Kindle edition published 2011.
Pages 248.
White Fang by Jack London.Published 1906.
Kindle edition 1997.
Pages 249.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.Published 1883, United Kingdom.
Kindle edition May 17, 2012.
Pages 183.
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.Published 1678, United Kingdom.
Kindle edition December 18, 2012.
Pages 248.
The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright.Published 1916.
Kindle edition July 9, 2011.
Pages 108.
The Body-Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson.Published 1884, English.
Kindle edition March 15, 2012.
Pages 48.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner #1)by Philip K. Dick
first published 1966
Kindle Edition, 244 pages
Washington State.
The Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz. Published 1892, French.
Kindle edition October 4, 2009.
Pages 211.
Aesop's Fables, 356pgs, not sure of original publication date.Read on Kindle.
I think I've had enough fables for a while.
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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne.Published 1874.
Kindle edition.
Pages 516.
The Valley of Vision A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions by Arthur Bennett.First published 1975, and March 1, 2003 by Banner of Truth.
Pages 405.
The War Of The Worlds by H. G. Wells.Published 1898.
Pages 208.
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilmanfirst published 1892,1996
epub 21pgs.
The God Who Is There by Francis A. Schaeffer.Published 1968 by L'Abri Fellowship/USA.
Pages 226.
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin, published 1971, 146 pages, paperback.
An Unpublished Essay on the Trinity by Jonathan Edwards.Kindle edition January 9, 2010
Pages 18.
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.Published 1922.
Kindle edition March 1, 2004.
Pages 40.
The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury
1950
182 pages
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by Hamilton Wright Mabie
first published 1905
Kindle edition, 292 pages
Washington State.