Quarterly Rhapsody: Reading Plans
I love plans. Rather, I love plans but I am not crazy about executing them. But really, it depends on the plan that is being planned.…
Read articleShadow Country – Peter Matthiessen
Who bought it: Me. What is it: A rewriting of three works, this is a big book about a sugar farmer and an outlaw. And when…
Read articleA Personal Matter – Kenzaburo Oe
Who bought it: Me. What is it: I didn’t bother to know what this is about, but according to one of my bookish friends, it’s about…
Read articleThe Executioner’s Song – Norman Mailer
Who bought it: Me. What is it: What is the value of a single life? That is the question that the novel will attempt to answer.…
Read articlePlay It As It Lays – Joan Didion
Who bought it: Me. What is it: The words “ennui,” “emptiness,” and “arid soul” makes me think that it is a novel that speaks of a…
Read articleThe Forsyte Saga – John Galsworthy
Who bought it: Me. What is it: A family saga, a social satire, this is actually three novels with two interludes. So you can only imagine…
Read articleBack To The Classics Challenge 2012
I’m taking a break from the weekly book write-up to formally announce my intention to join the Back to the Classics Challenge 2012. I never joined…
Read articleThe Alexandria Quartet – Lawrence Durrell
Who bought it: Me. What is it: I seriously never bothered to know what this series is all about. All I know is that it’s a…
Read articleThe Eighth Day – Thornton Wilder
Who bought it: Me. What is it: Someone killed his best friend. This someone was sentenced to death. And this someone was helped by some guys…
Read articleMidnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
Date Started: December 19, 2011. 6 AM. Seriously. I started reading this the moment I woke up. Well, the rotten truth is that I started reading…
Read articleOut Stealing Horses – Per Petterson
Who bought it: Me. What is it: It looks like a protagonist looking back at his life, which is triggered when the protagonist, an old man,…
Read articleCold Mountain – Charles Frazier
Who bought it: Me. What is it: I always thought that this novel is all about farming and walking. And farming and walking. And more farming…
Read articleThe News From Paraguay – Lily Tuck
Who bought it: Me. What is it: A courtesan lives with a future Paraguayan dictator and sees the destruction, and probably the building, of Paraguay. When:…
Read articleThe Sea – John Banville
Intro I was compelled to read this immediately after finishing Never Let Me Go. Call me a rabid fan of the novel, yes. I admit it.…
Read articleKafka On The Shore – Haruki Murakami
Who bought it: Another one given by Van. What is it: Not about Kafka the writer, but it is about Kafka, a teenager who is both…
Read articleA Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Who bought it: Given by Van. What is it: An ultra-violent teenager rampaging the day for violent thrills. When: November 26, 2011 Where: The price tag…
Read articleAll The King’s Men – Robert Penn Warren
Date Started: December 11, 2011. 9:15 PM. Hurrah! I just finished my 50th book for this year, which is Invisible Man, and All the King’s Men…
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