I just read two totally different, totally wonderful books:
Beloved by Toni Morrison (which won the Pulizer Prize) and
84, Charing Cross Road combined with
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff.
The first is a book of suspense involving a ghost. It deals with the issue of slavery. This book was unforgettable.
The second book is nonfiction. This first part is a series of letters between the author in NY and a bookshop in London. The letters are heartwarming and hilarious. The second part is a diary of the trip to London that the author finally gets to make.
But you already have lots of great books on your list. Good luck with your challenge and happy reading!
--BJ
Done with the
Iliad, I looked up
Beloved and I'll see if I'm able to find it. Thanks for the tip:)
Done with Imagining the Tenth Dimension by Rob Bryanton. It was really very interesting and presented a neat view on how our universe might be.
Read
Dune, it was better than expected. I'll have to get the other five books now.
"Read Dune, it was better than expected. I'll have to get the other five books now."
Only the other five? But there are prequels and sequels. ;)
Have fun reading!
Great list! I highly recommend
Catch-22 if you haven't read it before. Just don't go in expecting a plot - it won't really come together until the last 1/3rd or so. But it's great!
Heheh I suppose I'll end up reading them too, when I began reading Dune I wasn't really aware there were 6 books^^
Done with
Art Of Deception by
Kevin Mitnick>9 spacepotatoes I had the same reaction to
Catch 22. While reading it I was thinking "where the heck is this going?". And then at the end: "Whoa, genius!" :)
Freakonomics by S D Levitt. It was rather different than I had expected but I really liked it.
Haven't personally read any of them, only repeating rumors & slander, mind, but I've read from Hebert afficionadoes that with the best of intentions and with a reams of his Dad's notes, Brian Herbert's works are disappointment.
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If you can handle Homer & a dash of Dante(am I a poet & don't know it :)), what on Earth's keeping you away from
Virgils's "
Aeneid" or
Spenser's "
Faerie Queen"?
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Haven't read all that much poetry, but now that you have mentioned them I'll have to take a look at them:)
Done with
Dead Witch Walking.
The Selfish Gene, a really interesting and thought provoking book, really happy I read it.
Hi, Famine!
I am reading my first Neil Gaiman book now. It's Good Omens which he wrote with Terry Pratchett. It is laugh out loud funny. :) My daugher reads lots of Gaiman's books, but that one is her favorite. Have a great day!
--BJ
Good Omens were the first Neil Gaiman book I read too.:)
18.
Farmer of Giles Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien
25.
The Last Hero - Terry Pratchett
26.
Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett
27.
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
I have to say that I think Brave New World ought to be a mandatory read for everyone, I liked it a great deal. It's hard to say why thought as it's a quite disgusting books at times.
28.
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
29. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
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Neuromancer - William Gibson
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36. Fermat's Last Theorem - Simon Singh
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