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1prophetandmistress
Since I devour 2-3 books a week I've upped my challenge to 75 books. My list for January includes:
1. Bunnicula meets Edgar Allen Crow by James Howe (it's my fav childhood author, okay?) pp160
2. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon pp192
3. The Divine Comedy by Dante Aligheri tranlated by John Cardi pp928
4. If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways by Daniel Quinn pp 208
5. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie pp240
6. ooh la la! contemporary French Erotica by Women by various pp288
7. Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality by Ronald Mallett pp280
8. Outlaw Nation by Jamie Delano & Gordan Sudzuka (a nice wholesome piece of graphica) pp456
My to read list is ambitious as it contains Her Privates We, by Frederic Manning, Windup Bird Cage Chronicles, Rant Chuck Palahniuk's new proof (hardcover out in May) rereading of A Season in Hell, by Rimbaud, Ulysses by Joyce and anything gory and squalled that I can get my grubby little mitts on.
Happy reading!! And good luck to everyone else!
-The Mistress
9 / 75
(12.0%)
Can I read 1,000,000 pages in a year?
2,752 pages read for January
2,752 / 1,000,000
(0.3%)
1. Bunnicula meets Edgar Allen Crow by James Howe (it's my fav childhood author, okay?) pp160
2. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon pp192
3. The Divine Comedy by Dante Aligheri tranlated by John Cardi pp928
4. If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways by Daniel Quinn pp 208
5. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie pp240
6. ooh la la! contemporary French Erotica by Women by various pp288
7. Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality by Ronald Mallett pp280
8. Outlaw Nation by Jamie Delano & Gordan Sudzuka (a nice wholesome piece of graphica) pp456
My to read list is ambitious as it contains Her Privates We, by Frederic Manning, Windup Bird Cage Chronicles, Rant Chuck Palahniuk's new proof (hardcover out in May) rereading of A Season in Hell, by Rimbaud, Ulysses by Joyce and anything gory and squalled that I can get my grubby little mitts on.
Happy reading!! And good luck to everyone else!
-The Mistress
9 / 75(12.0%)
Can I read 1,000,000 pages in a year?
2,752 pages read for January
2,752 / 1,000,000(0.3%)
2prophetandmistress
February
9. Almanac of the Dead:a Novel by Leslie Marmon Silko pp 768
10. Rant by Chuck Palaniuk pp 336
11. Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the fatted calf and arming the aware in the cornbelt by Tristen Egolf pp 432
12. Her Privates We by Frederic Manning pp 288
12 / 75
(16.0%)
Pages for Feburary 1,824
4,576 / 1,000,000
(0.5%)
9. Almanac of the Dead:a Novel by Leslie Marmon Silko pp 768
10. Rant by Chuck Palaniuk pp 336
11. Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the fatted calf and arming the aware in the cornbelt by Tristen Egolf pp 432
12. Her Privates We by Frederic Manning pp 288
12 / 75(16.0%)
Pages for Feburary 1,824
4,576 / 1,000,000(0.5%)
3punkypower
Heh. Nothing wrong with James Howe, prophetandmistress! I still love The Celery Stalks at Midnight! ;)
So did you like the newest one? I wasn't aware Howe was still writing them!
So did you like the newest one? I wasn't aware Howe was still writing them!
4prophetandmistress
Yeah it's his last book before he retires. Still pretty funny. You gotta love Harold and Chester!
(My fav scene when I was little was when Chester tries to put the porter house steak through Bunnicula's heart.)
(My fav scene when I was little was when Chester tries to put the porter house steak through Bunnicula's heart.)
5prophetandmistress
13. The World without us by Alan Weisman
pp 304
This book will be out in July and the central theme is that the world is better off without humans and their destructive nature. (And it makes me want to avoid by plastics at all costs. It's true they really are the future or at least the next 10,000 years of it!)
Seeing how the author frequents NPR its no surprise that this book reads like "Science Friday."
pp 304
This book will be out in July and the central theme is that the world is better off without humans and their destructive nature. (And it makes me want to avoid by plastics at all costs. It's true they really are the future or at least the next 10,000 years of it!)
Seeing how the author frequents NPR its no surprise that this book reads like "Science Friday."
9prophetandmistress
17. Buddha, Volume 5: Deer Park by Osamu Tezuka pp 256
17 / 75
(22.7%)
Pages for March 1,904
6,480 / 1,000,000
(0.6%)
17 / 75(22.7%)
Pages for March 1,904
6,480 / 1,000,000(0.6%)
10prophetandmistress
First book of April!
18. Ten Little Indians: Stories Sherman Alexie
pp 243
Also started Infinite Jest by David Foster WAllace this week. all told it's 1104 pages. This may take awhile.....
18 / 75
(24.0%)
18. Ten Little Indians: Stories Sherman Alexie
pp 243
Also started Infinite Jest by David Foster WAllace this week. all told it's 1104 pages. This may take awhile.....
18 / 75(24.0%)
11prophetandmistress
19. Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey
Sandman spinoff. The plot is an average horror read with excellent mythological references but what really makes it is the fine detail of the watercolor-esque art.
19 / 75
(25.3%)
Sandman spinoff. The plot is an average horror read with excellent mythological references but what really makes it is the fine detail of the watercolor-esque art.
19 / 75(25.3%)
13prophetandmistress
21. Epitaph for a Tramp by David Markson
An extremely well written pulp with plenty of skirts, dames and gumshoes. Ending is a little disapointing.
Still reading Infinite Jest and picked up My family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell after seeing it on Masterpiece Theatre the other night.
21 / 75
(28.0%)
An extremely well written pulp with plenty of skirts, dames and gumshoes. Ending is a little disapointing.
Still reading Infinite Jest and picked up My family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell after seeing it on Masterpiece Theatre the other night.
21 / 75(28.0%)
14prophetandmistress
22. My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
23. Re-read "The Geriatric Fart and the Ocean"...errr...The Old Man and the Sea
Which, unlike when I read it in high school, I could see the complex weaving of the story through the tiny once mentioned details, (like the fact that Santiago may have had a heart attack or even a stroke halfway through the epic battle with the fish), and Hemingway's reactionary style to the Romantics and Modernists.
However, I still don't like it.
Only 600 pages left in Inifite Jest!!
-the mistress
7,700 / 100,000
(7.7%)
23 / 75
(30.7%)
23. Re-read "The Geriatric Fart and the Ocean"...errr...The Old Man and the Sea
Which, unlike when I read it in high school, I could see the complex weaving of the story through the tiny once mentioned details, (like the fact that Santiago may have had a heart attack or even a stroke halfway through the epic battle with the fish), and Hemingway's reactionary style to the Romantics and Modernists.
However, I still don't like it.
Only 600 pages left in Inifite Jest!!
-the mistress
7,700 / 100,000(7.7%)
23 / 75(30.7%)
17prophetandmistress
26. The nasty bits : collected varietal cuts, usable trim, scraps, and bones By Anthony Bourdain
pp304
pp304
18prophetandmistress
27. The Things They Carried: a work of Fiction by Tim o'Brien
pp 272
27 / 75
(36.0%)
8,592 / 1,000,000
(0.9%)
pp 272
27 / 75(36.0%)
8,592 / 1,000,000(0.9%)
19prophetandmistress
28. Infinite Jest David Foster WAllace pp 1104
Man, this book should have been longer! When I finished reading it I felt like I had been dumped!
29. Buddha: Volume 6 Anada Osamu Tezuka pp 353
30. Buddha: Volume 7 Prince Ajatasattu Osamu Tezuka pp 414
10,447 / 1,000,000
(1.0%)
30 / 75
(40.0%)
Man, this book should have been longer! When I finished reading it I felt like I had been dumped!
29. Buddha: Volume 6 Anada Osamu Tezuka pp 353
30. Buddha: Volume 7 Prince Ajatasattu Osamu Tezuka pp 414
10,447 / 1,000,000(1.0%)
30 / 75(40.0%)
20prophetandmistress
31. Trickster makes this World: Mischief Mayham and Art by Lewis Hyde pp 432
31 / 75
(41.3%)
10,879 / 1,000,000
(1.1%)
31 / 75(41.3%)
10,879 / 1,000,000(1.1%)
23prophetandmistress
33. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez pp464
Finished it just in time for his return home!
Finished it just in time for his return home!
24prophetandmistress
34. I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You pp234
Cool book about the funniest and most entertaining movie ever made.
The Dude abides.
Cool book about the funniest and most entertaining movie ever made.
The Dude abides.
25lauralkeet
I never thought there'd be a book about that movie! I haven't read the book but I agree with your assessment of the movie ... the dude abides, all right.
27prophetandmistress
36. In The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco pp550
37. The science of Leonardo : inside the mind of the great genius of the renaissance by Fritjof Capra pp301
37. The science of Leonardo : inside the mind of the great genius of the renaissance by Fritjof Capra pp301
28prophetandmistress
Got a little behind after going on a two week va-cay abroad. Managed to squeeze in:
38. If you Liked School you'll Love Work by Irvine Welsh (Comes out in September) p320
39. Buddha, Vol. 8 by Osamu Tezuka p362
And I'm currently in book 6 in the best cock and bull story of all time The Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Stern
38. If you Liked School you'll Love Work by Irvine Welsh (Comes out in September) p320
39. Buddha, Vol. 8 by Osamu Tezuka p362
And I'm currently in book 6 in the best cock and bull story of all time The Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Stern
30prophetandmistress
41. The absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie p232
42. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows p759
Now with that later bit of disappointing bit of pop reading out of the way, I'm off to read Ulysses.
15,297 / 1,000,000
(1.5%)
42 / 75
(56.0%)
42. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows p759
Now with that later bit of disappointing bit of pop reading out of the way, I'm off to read Ulysses.
15,297 / 1,000,000(1.5%)
42 / 75(56.0%)
32prophetandmistress
I've been slacking on posting. (mostly cos it took me so long to get through the next 2)
44. Ulysses by James Joyce
45.The Bloomsday book : a guide through Ulysses by Harry Blamires
46. Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
47. Bitchfest : ten years of cultural criticism from the pages of Bitch magazine
44. Ulysses by James Joyce
45.The Bloomsday book : a guide through Ulysses by Harry Blamires
46. Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
47. Bitchfest : ten years of cultural criticism from the pages of Bitch magazine
34kiwiflowa
I'm impressed that you got through Ulysses. When I tried to read that book I didn't get very far; I remember a bit about the narrator being excited that he could have Christmas dinner with the grown-ups - and that's it lol.
Would you recommend the book to others? Does it get better? Did you like it?
Would you recommend the book to others? Does it get better? Did you like it?
35prophetandmistress
Kiwiflowa-- I actually did like the book although i did realize two very important things.
1. I will not be able to get every reference, name drop, event, etc. in one read. In fact scholars can spend their whole life on this book and not extract everything. Therefore, I should read it with the Bloomsday book, essentially long cliff notes. (Once I figured this out it was quite a comfort and I felt like I could enjoy the language of the difficult passages rather then concentrate on the plot.)
2. This book is very hard to read on the subway and I should only read it at home, in total silence, with no distractions.
My personal theory is that the point of Ulysses is saying "Yes" to life through literature. That's why the first bit is so boring and everyday and that's why the character's revelations are so amazing.
I do highly recommend it. In fact it might be the best book ever written in English. I know it’s hard and there were times I went back and reread whole chapters because I was so fucken’ lost. But in the end, the Molly Bloom soliloquy makes it completely worth it.
1. I will not be able to get every reference, name drop, event, etc. in one read. In fact scholars can spend their whole life on this book and not extract everything. Therefore, I should read it with the Bloomsday book, essentially long cliff notes. (Once I figured this out it was quite a comfort and I felt like I could enjoy the language of the difficult passages rather then concentrate on the plot.)
2. This book is very hard to read on the subway and I should only read it at home, in total silence, with no distractions.
My personal theory is that the point of Ulysses is saying "Yes" to life through literature. That's why the first bit is so boring and everyday and that's why the character's revelations are so amazing.
I do highly recommend it. In fact it might be the best book ever written in English. I know it’s hard and there were times I went back and reread whole chapters because I was so fucken’ lost. But in the end, the Molly Bloom soliloquy makes it completely worth it.
36prophetandmistress
50. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov pp 402
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite satires.
Halfway through If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino which is an incredible read.
18,034 / 1,000,000
(1.8%)
50 / 75
(66.7%)
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite satires.
Halfway through If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino which is an incredible read.
18,034 / 1,000,000(1.8%)
50 / 75(66.7%)
38prophetandmistress
52. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
53. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My
Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
54. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
This book has Redeemed Hemingway for me. They should have assigned this in class instead of the Old Man and the Sea or his short stories. I still can't tell if Hemingway is sexist and clueless about women or if it's just a trait of Robert Jordan, but I can now see why he got the Nobel.
55. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Meh. The main character is a tool. It's as if you took Franny and Zooey, gave them the selfish personality of Holden Caulfield and outdated them and their references 50 years. It's very similar to the plight of the female protagonist in Une Vie with the same mocking tone in third person narration, only F. Scott's character is supposed to be smart and Guy's is definitely an idiot.
I just started House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski as part of my classic horror books near Halloween series and I am definately behind on my goal!
53. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My
Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
54. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
This book has Redeemed Hemingway for me. They should have assigned this in class instead of the Old Man and the Sea or his short stories. I still can't tell if Hemingway is sexist and clueless about women or if it's just a trait of Robert Jordan, but I can now see why he got the Nobel.
55. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Meh. The main character is a tool. It's as if you took Franny and Zooey, gave them the selfish personality of Holden Caulfield and outdated them and their references 50 years. It's very similar to the plight of the female protagonist in Une Vie with the same mocking tone in third person narration, only F. Scott's character is supposed to be smart and Guy's is definitely an idiot.
I just started House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski as part of my classic horror books near Halloween series and I am definately behind on my goal!
39prophetandmistress
56. House of leaves by Mark Danielewski
pp 709
100 years from now when university students have to take a class on literature of the 21st century, they are probably going to start with this book.
pp 709
100 years from now when university students have to take a class on literature of the 21st century, they are probably going to start with this book.
40prophetandmistress
57. Dracula by Bram Stoker
It started out strong, however, I think the action during the climax was dull and the way women are treated like delicate dolls is maddening!!
58. The Nightmare Factory Joe Harris
This is actually the graphic version of Thomas Ligotti's work. It was ok. I think a lot of the narrative thread was lost between the story and graphic form.
Started The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins while waiting for more horror books to come in.
It started out strong, however, I think the action during the climax was dull and the way women are treated like delicate dolls is maddening!!
58. The Nightmare Factory Joe Harris
This is actually the graphic version of Thomas Ligotti's work. It was ok. I think a lot of the narrative thread was lost between the story and graphic form.
Started The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins while waiting for more horror books to come in.
41prophetandmistress
59. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins pp 347
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has reasoned their way out of church on more then one occasion or started a fight about evolution in religious education.
So I got a little off track this month. Personally, I blame the Red Sox, 'cos even though I'm not a sports fan, my friends came over to hang out and watch every game.
Up next is The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and then onto a group read of Walden.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has reasoned their way out of church on more then one occasion or started a fight about evolution in religious education.
So I got a little off track this month. Personally, I blame the Red Sox, 'cos even though I'm not a sports fan, my friends came over to hang out and watch every game.
Up next is The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and then onto a group read of Walden.
42prophetandmistress
I am so far behind my goal, I it's gonna take me until February to reach it!! (It's from a combination of a fixed sewing machine and the perfect weather for knitting.)
60. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Could the last 70 pages of this book drag anymore??
Currently I'm reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau,(how can anyone consider this a environmental text?!?!), The Power of Art by Simon Schama, (a b-day present since I LOVED the series), and on suggestion of a housemate, The Road by Cormac McCarthy (yay squalor). .
60. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Could the last 70 pages of this book drag anymore??
Currently I'm reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau,(how can anyone consider this a environmental text?!?!), The Power of Art by Simon Schama, (a b-day present since I LOVED the series), and on suggestion of a housemate, The Road by Cormac McCarthy (yay squalor). .
43prophetandmistress
61. The Road by Cormas McCarthy
I'm really impressed by this book. It's been a long time since one has disturbed me so much that I had to buckle down and read it cover to cover.
I can't imagine what havoc this wrecked on Oprah's fan base.
I'm really impressed by this book. It's been a long time since one has disturbed me so much that I had to buckle down and read it cover to cover.
I can't imagine what havoc this wrecked on Oprah's fan base.
45prophetandmistress
63. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Never saw the movie so i thought i'd give it a shot. It's still very current except that the characters still use payphones and manages to be both highly depressing and disgustingly funny.
Still plugging away at Walden, The Power of Art and starting a big book of Samuel Beckett.
Never saw the movie so i thought i'd give it a shot. It's still very current except that the characters still use payphones and manages to be both highly depressing and disgustingly funny.
Still plugging away at Walden, The Power of Art and starting a big book of Samuel Beckett.
46prophetandmistress
I gave up on Samuel Beckett. My brain says its done reading hard stuff for the year.
64. Darkmans by Nicola Barker
Absolutely amazing! Smart, funny, absurd and nerdy!
65. Criminal Macabre-a Cal MacDonald Mystery: Two Red Eyes by Steve Niles
Honestly, the Cal MacDonald series looses something without Ben Templesmith's art, but its still pretty great.
Only Rothko left in Power of Art and I'll hopefully start War and Peace before Jan 1.
64. Darkmans by Nicola Barker
Absolutely amazing! Smart, funny, absurd and nerdy!
65. Criminal Macabre-a Cal MacDonald Mystery: Two Red Eyes by Steve Niles
Honestly, the Cal MacDonald series looses something without Ben Templesmith's art, but its still pretty great.
Only Rothko left in Power of Art and I'll hopefully start War and Peace before Jan 1.
47prophetandmistress
66. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
67. The Power of Art by Simon Schama
68. the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
69. Lucifer: Children and Monsters by Mike Carey
OK so obviously I didn't reach my goal. But I since I did read a few ridiculous long and hard books it all evens out in the end. Hell, I'm just proud I made it through Ulysses and Infinite Jest.
I had set my goal at 75 knowing that I read more then 50 books a year but not knowing how much more since I've never really kept track before. For 2008 I just need to decide whether its better to have a reasonable goal or come up short....
See you in the New Year with a new list.
-Mistress 'rissa
67. The Power of Art by Simon Schama
68. the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
69. Lucifer: Children and Monsters by Mike Carey
OK so obviously I didn't reach my goal. But I since I did read a few ridiculous long and hard books it all evens out in the end. Hell, I'm just proud I made it through Ulysses and Infinite Jest.
I had set my goal at 75 knowing that I read more then 50 books a year but not knowing how much more since I've never really kept track before. For 2008 I just need to decide whether its better to have a reasonable goal or come up short....
See you in the New Year with a new list.
-Mistress 'rissa
