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08 - Oscar Wao - 1 (hated it)
03 - Middlesex - 9
02 - Empire falls - 7
99 - The Hours - 8
88 - Beloved - 10
83 - The Color Purple - 10
61 - To Kill a Mockingbird - 8
53 - Old Man and the Sea -...
Ok - SPOILER WARNING -
I cried when Dobby dies in HP & Deathly Hallows. I reread it again this summer and cried again. Also cried over HP & GOF.
I can't remember any other specific books, but...
Scarlett O Hara from Gone with the Wind; Lady Susan by Jane Austen.
Harald from The Group by Mary McCarthy. He is beyond horrible -- leaves his wife in an insane asylum, has affairs on her, thinks he's god.
I think this novel is well written -- i find it hard to put down! The revolution and defarges are very compelling/interesting. I don't like Lucie either as she is so perfect - i wish she would have...
I love the longer novels; however I'm in the 500s of Bleak Houses' 800+ and am finding it a little wordy at parts. I read Gone with the Wind at 18 yrs and thought it ended too soon. not the fastest...
Thank you so much for the recommendations! I will definitely look them up.
This period in time seems so irrational and scary, I find it interesting. esp. for the common person experiencing it.
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Hi:
I am interested in any lit from French revolution time, and any history too. I plan on reading A Tale of 2 Cities once I finish bleak house. Anything else? Also, any recommendations for...
If only I could do the same!
i love king! Esp his nonfiction, but Pet Semetary remains the scariest book I ever read, and i still can't watch The Shining -- even the TV version! he is underrated.
I was reading while washing dishes, with the book held in place by my wooden cutting board, and wasn't paying attention when my cat jumped off the cat tree at an odd angle and the tree fell smack on...
'A bell was rung as we drew up, and amidst the sound of its deep voice in the still air, and the distant barking of some dogs, and a gush of light from the opened door, and the smoking and the...
LOVE the nonfiction writing of Mark Twain - it almost makes you ashamed of being so amused, he assaults you in a funny way. I don't have the title, but one of his pieces about a poem for dead...