Disgrace – J. M. Coetzee
Intro I got this at regular price back in college. I bought it even if I found the cover unappealing: a stray dog on a barren…
Read articleQuarterly Rhapsody: Book Lists
There’s a list for almost everything. There are lists about the best movies, the best tourist destinations, the best of anything, general interests, eccentric interests, and…
Read articleTrue History Of The Kelly Gang – Peter Carey
Date Started: September 26, 2011. 11:10 PM. I am seriously reluctant to read this, but what the hey, I think I should start disciplining myself. I…
Read articleWhite Teeth – Zadie Smith
Who bought it: Me. What is it: The blurb doesn’t give much away. A family saga spanning three generations. Three themes: friendship, love, war. And three…
Read articleThe Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It’s about the breakdown of a talented woman. This seems like psychological drama at its finest. And I love…
Read articleThe Remains Of The Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
Date Started: September 22, 2011. 8:15 PM. Holy baloney! Yes, that was totally uncalled for, but I can’t help it. This book has just turned me…
Read articleThings Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
Intro When African literature is brought to mind, there is only one work that comes to my mind. I think this novel is the only true…
Read articleThe Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay – Michael Chabon
Who bought it: Me. What is it: Comic books! I used to collect comic books as a kid, so this should be something that would unearth…
Read articleThe Secret Agent – Joseph Conrad
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It is about a group of terrorists who are given the task of bombing an institution. I used to…
Read articleThe Moviegoer – Walker Percy
Date Started: September 19, 2011. 10:15 PM. I’m already on the last dozen of books that I must finish reading for this year. This twelfth to…
Read articleAppointment In Samarra – John O’Hara
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It seems that there is a similarity between this book and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. High society,…
Read articleHowards End – E. M. Forster
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It’s about class struggles in England. I think Forster wrote a lot about that. When: August 19, 2011 Where:…
Read articleDeliverance – James Dickey
Date Started: September 14, 2011. Around 11 PM. This is serendipity. The book has five chapters. The first one is entitled Before, the last one is…
Read articleThe Sound and the Fury – William Faulkner
Intro I got acquainted with Faulkner when I borrowed this anthology of short stories in our college library. A Rose for Emily, yes, that’s it. It’s…
Read articleO Pioneers! – Willa Cather
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It’s about this Swedish family immigrating to the US and tilling the soil, which is being abandoned by the…
Read articleBlood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy
Who bought it: Me. What is it: A market for Indian scalps? I really don’t know, but I think this should be a good one. My…
Read articleThis Blinding Absence Of Light – Tahar Ben Jelloun
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It’s something about the politics in Northern Africa, the prison camps, and the horrifying tales that the prisoners experienced…
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