In America – Susan Sontag
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It must be about European emigrants with last names that I could not pronounce. The author says that she…
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Day 21: 55, 56, 57, 58 Okay, so Scarlett is pregnant again. Rhett does not know it yet because he left as soon as he could…
Read articleDeath With Interruptions – José Saramago
Who bought it: Me. What is it: This is the other and arguably more popular edition of Death at Intervals. When: November 4, 2011 Where: Book…
Read articleVanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It’s about this woman who struggles so hard to climb the social ladder. And I read somewhere that everyone…
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Day 17: 42, 43, 44 The South is slowly rebuilding. A new beginning, so to speak, and with this comes baby Ella, who is a little…
Read articleGilead – Marilynne Robinson
Intro I think this is a largely overlooked novel. I overlooked it myself. I attempted to read it back in college, but I got a little…
Read articleThe God Of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
Who bought it: Me. What is it: Nothing in the blurb has anything about what the novel is. There are only praises. And more praises. I…
Read articleCatch-22 – Joseph Heller
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It is about this bombardier, a fancy name for someone who deals with uhm, bombs. There really isn’t much…
Read articleGerminal – Émile Zola
Who bought it: Me. What is it: Coal miners hold a strike against a company that is exploiting them. This should be filled with strife, squalor,…
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Day 13: 34, 35 These are laugh-out-loud chapters for me! I love the conversation that Scarlett and Rhett had when the former visited the latter in…
Read articleThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Díaz
Intro The geek and the literary reader has a common book in their shelves. I think I am both. Obviously, my reading leans toward the more…
Read articleThe Sea, The Sea – Iris Murdoch
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It sounds like John Banville’s The Sea, only that this was published earlier and it is longer in terms…
Read articleFor Whom The Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway
Who bought it: Me. What is it: Another Hemingway, and another war novel. But is this supposed to be better than say, A Farewell to Arms?…
Read articleThe Inheritance Of Loss – Kiran Desai
Date Started: November 13, 2011. 11:45 PM. I barely recovered from Julian Barnes and immediately, I cracked this book open. And it’s near midnight. Not a…
Read articleThe Heart Of The Matter – Graham Greene
Who bought it: Me. What is it: A police officer falls in love with a woman. Well, it’s that simple because the police officer is supposed…
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