Jim T's (in case I'm not the only Jim) Old and & New Classics Challenge

[Jim]

I am not sure what I need to read, so I'll just put some down, I guess. Heavy on the classics.

The top dozen:

1. *The Iliad*, attributed to Homer
2. *The Odyssey*, attributed to Homer
3. That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
4. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (originally published 1862)
5. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (originally published 1985).
6. Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie
7. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
8. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (originally published 1957)
9. A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffett
10. Two Wrongs Make A Vice by Nick Orsini
11. Who Is Killing Doah's Deer? by Jeff Markowitz
12. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (originally published 1908)

The Alternates:

1. Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball—and America—Forever by Tim Wendel (GR author)
2. Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

Jim

[Pink]

Your list looks good, though quite a few titles are new to me! If there's anything you're unsure about just ask :)

[Melanti]

I've been meaning to read Fuzzy Nation for a while now.

Looks like an interesting list.

[Jim]

Good evening!

A few of these books have been on my GR TBR since 19 August, 2009, the day I joined Goodreads.

Jim

[Jim]

Good morning!

I finished, on 1/27/2017, the 1883 Andrew Lang/Walter Leaf/Ernest Myers prose translation, from the original Greek into 1611 King James Bible English, of The Iliad of Homer, attributed to Homer, the first of the author's two epic poems (the other being *The Odyssey*) contained in a 1950 Modern Library, jacketless hardcover omnibus. Originally written around 800 BCE, and arguably the oldest Western books extant, I believe these meet the group definition of "old school" classics. ;)

Jim

[Pink]

Definitely meets the 'old school' definition! Did you enjoy it? I read The Odyssey for the first time last year and plan on reading The Iliad for the first time this summer and I'm very much looking forward to it.

[Melanti]

Oh, very definitely "Old School" for that one!

[Jim]

I enjoyed the story; but if the book had been written in an English translation more modern than that of the 1611 King James Bible, I think I would have finished it in fewer than 27 days. I gave it a 4 rating out of 5.

Jim

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

FAST FOOD NATION is incredible. The movie based on it was an embarrassment in comparison. Let me know what YOU think of it! - Jen from Quebec :0)

[Jim]

Good afternoon!

I finished Fast Food Nation in February, 2017 and Summer of '68 in late May or early June, 2017. Fast Food Nation was a scary, scathing look at the fast food chains and their business practices. From deliberately limiting employee work hours to avoid paying overtime to allowing food processors to leave feces in the meat, their worship of mammon (money) is despicable.

Jim