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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Quick Addition
Several people have mentioned that the Woolf short story I reviewed Sunday sounds good. It definitely is, and it's a short, fast read. So, I went ahead and found an online version. Read away! (and then come back here and tell me if you love it as much as I do)
The Rules If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende Snow Flower's Secret Fan by Lisa See Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Bliss and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield Embers by Sándor Márai War of the Saints by Jorge Amado In the Eye of the Sun by Ahdaf Soueif Train to Pakistan by Kushwant Singh
The Rules Reviews by all Participants The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury The Ghost Writer by John Harwood The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason Rises the Night by Colleen Gleason Marked by P.C. and Kristin Cast Short Story Sunday: Witches' Brew, Many Happy Returns
The Rules Challenge Blog The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton The Small Room by May Sarton Rob Roy by Walter Scott
The Rules Challenge Blog Bel Canto by Ann Patchett A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters That Night by Alice McDermott Kim by Rudyard Kipling The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The Stolen Child by Keith Donahue
The Rules Neil Gaiman: Good Omens, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, Coraline, Anansi Boys (on CD), Sandman Vol. 1
The Rules The Little Country by Charles de Lint Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde Road Rage by Ruth Rendell
America's Secret War by George Friedman Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein Does America Need a Foreign Policy? by Henry Kissinger Spook by Mary Roach A Gentle Madness by Nicholas Basbanes How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen Death at the Priory by James Ruddick Fast Food Nation by Eric Scholsser
Stiff by Mary Roach
The Persian Puzzle by Kenneth Pollack Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall
A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel True Notebooks by Mark Salzman So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters by William Austen-Leigh The Supreme Court by Jeffrey Rosen The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell Wild Swans by Jun Chang A Problem From Hell by Samantha Powers Assassin's Gate by George Packer The Soul of Iran by Afshin Molavi The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean Joan of Arc by Pernoud and Clin Sketches From a Life by George Kennan A Cold Case by Philip Gourevitch The Modular Brain by Richard Restak
You might have noticed the stars beside the titles of Books Read. This is my way of recording my feelings about the book, even if I don't have a blog entry about it.
* I regret ever having even considered reading this book.
** There were some major flaws in the book, but it had some good points as well.
*** A good read, possible had one or two really strong areas, but the rest was average.
**** Very strong book, good writing style, really enjoyed.
***** Extraordinary. I will immediately try to acquire other books by this author.
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