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[16 Jan 2008|09:54am] |
We need to get this community going! The 50 book challenge is worth it, in my opinion.
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18. The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri !
19. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls !ct
20. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer !c
21. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides !
22. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen !h
Starting date: September 28
Books to date: 22
Pages to date: 5657
Average pages/book: 257
! = I would recommend this book
* = no opinion
- = I would not recommend this book
r - required for school
i - intellectual novel, not for casual readers
c - comedic
t - tearjerker
h - historical fiction
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[16 Jan 2008|06:34pm] |
I'm going to start my list of planned readings and come back later and add my commentary about them. I'm hoping this way I'll actually finish all of my required readings and remember what I wanted to start next.
1. Candide by Francois Voltaire r
2. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad r
3. Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy r
4. Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
Start Date: January 16, 2008
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