And now, for your reading enjoyment, 25 books that you all MUST read!! They are in no particular order (A Prayer For Owen Meany, which Ant is reading now, is my favoritest of my favorites), they are just the first 25 books that came to mind when I thought about books I love, love, love. I highly recommend you check them all out, and don't say I never gave you mofos anything!
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. A Prayer For Owen Meany
3. A Confederacy of Dunces
4. Nineteen Eighty Four
5. Catcher in the Rye
6. Everything is Illuminated
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns
8. The Great Gatsby
9. Anne of Green Gables
10. Lolita
11. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
12. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
13. Horton Hears a Who
14. The Blind Assassin
15. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
16. A Passage to India
17. The Watchmen
18. Goodnight Moon
19. Vernon God Little
20. What is the What
21. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
22. Villa Incognito
23. Brokeback Mountain (No, watching the movie doesn't count)
24. Me Talk Pretty One Day (actually, any David Sedaris book will do)
25. Aquariums of Pyongyang
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One of the nice things about living in the middle of nowhere in a country where I dont speak much of the language is that I spend an enormous amount of time reading (and doing soduku puzzles - I'm addicted!!). I've always been a huge reader, but regular life and actually having to communicate with people often sucks up my precious reading time. Now, between tons of time at home, a small amount of insomnia, and long subway rides to get anywhere, I'm flying through books!
I was just browsing some online book lists to get some ideas for my next trip to the bookstore. I don't know who makes these lists, but many of them seemed to operate under the assumption that the longer a book is, the better it is. Also, listing The Harry Potter Series is actually 7 books, not one. And The Complete Works of Shakespeare feels like it should count for more than 1 book, even if they are all stuck together in the same binding.
I think I'm going to start working on my own 'Must Read' list. Feel free to offer suggestions. :)
I was just browsing some online book lists to get some ideas for my next trip to the bookstore. I don't know who makes these lists, but many of them seemed to operate under the assumption that the longer a book is, the better it is. Also, listing The Harry Potter Series is actually 7 books, not one. And The Complete Works of Shakespeare feels like it should count for more than 1 book, even if they are all stuck together in the same binding.
I think I'm going to start working on my own 'Must Read' list. Feel free to offer suggestions. :)
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