Tag: literature
group name: whatchareadin
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October 09, 2008 03:33 PM EDT --
UPDATE : Rumor around The Swedish Academy is that the nomination of Le Clézio was (gasp!) leaked ahead of Thursday's planned announcement I read the Reuters article twice to try to figure out what . . . more
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December 24, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
I may regret announcing this resolution to my fellow Gatherers, but I have officially challenged myself to read 50 books in 2008. Quick math shows that I'm signed up to ingest a book about every . . . more
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October 15, 2007 04:54 PM EDT --
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
(5/5 stars)
I haven't seen more than a few minutes of the famous 1975 film version of this novel. But even for me, it's hard reading this . . . more
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June 26, 2007 01:55 PM EDT --
I'm writing a thesis in my Masters of Education in Reading Program. I think I've narrowed my topic to researching this new genre that seems to be popping up in the Adolescent/Young Adult . . . more
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May 20, 2008 01:26 PM EDT --
How many of the books on your shelves have you read? If you're at all like me, that answer is somewhere between "not many" and "I dunno." And like other self-proclaimed literary . . . more
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March 24, 2007 06:48 AM EDT --
My niece loves to read and she does very good in school. Her personal life is kind of different right now, with her parents divorcing. I want to encourage her while also providing an "escape" . . . more
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October 10, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
(3/5 stars)
This is the kind of book I finish reading and have to begin a search of my own. I look for Cliff Notes, Wikkipedia entries, Amazon reviews, anything . . . more
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September 19, 2007 09:29 AM EDT --
Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
(4/5 stars)
For someone whose only real exposure to Jewish culture growing up was watching "Seinfeld" on TV, "Portnoy's Complaint" seems . . . more
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September 19, 2007 09:42 AM EDT --
Feast of Love
by Charles Baxter
(3/5 stars)
In honor of the new movie adaptation of the novel--and me scoring a free copy of the book because of it--I'm posting the review I wrote of the book when . . . more
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September 26, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
(2/5 stars)
I think I might have liked this book a lot more if I hadn't listened to the audiobook version. 22 hours of stereotyped Indian and Jamaican accents was . . . more
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October 01, 2007 04:14 PM EDT --
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
(5/5 stars)
Salman Rushdie is the third author I've read recently that I'd put off reading for many years out of a misplaced fear I'd find . . . more
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October 02, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --
Money
by Martin Amis
(3/5 stars)
While "Money" is a highly entertaining, raunchy yarn, it suffers when read 20+ years later from being an '80s novel. Like every story . . . more
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November 01, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
(3/5 stars)
The farther I got, the more obvious the conclusion that I read this too late in life. Had I read this as a teenager or in college I could have romanticized . . . more
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November 02, 2007 10:38 PM EDT --
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosinski
(3/5 stars)
The next edition the publisher prints could use the tag line: If you loved "The Road" you'll love "The Painted Bird!" . . . more
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June 23, 2008 05:11 PM EDT --
Let's face it: as literary enthusiasts, it's hard to sneak in a few pages during work without running the risk of looking like a total slacker. And unless your favorite pasttime involves writing . . . more
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May 27, 2007 11:33 PM EDT --
I have an annoying room mate. He does a lot of things that get on my nerves, but I can usually forgive them. Unfortunately, he has a new girlfriend who is ALWAYS at our apartment. . . . more
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October 15, 2007 03:27 PM EDT --
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
(4/5 stars)
There are two ways of perceiving Cervantes's "Don Quixote." In the modern interpretation Don Quixote is an idealistic dreamer, . . . more
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October 23, 2007 12:36 PM EDT --
Slaughterhouse Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
(5/5 stars)
There are two words to describe this book: weird and wonderful. You could substitute "quirky" for weird if you want, because . . . more
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October 29, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
(4/5 stars)
This is one of those books that may be a challenge for some readers because the narrative is like . . . more
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December 03, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
(4/5 stars)
This is another one of those books I'd long heard about and meant to get around to reading at some point. Finally . . . more
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