tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post1188019796811903898..comments2024-03-28T10:52:38.144-04:00Comments on Shelf Actualization: A Reading Check-upMacEvoy DeMaresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017894338443984921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-52723412279036749972012-05-01T08:20:52.314-04:002012-05-01T08:20:52.314-04:00Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, sounds like a t...Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, sounds like a thrilling read. I can't wait to see the review of that one. :)MacEvoyhttp://www.shelfactualization.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-15928003841031271092012-05-01T00:28:33.856-04:002012-05-01T00:28:33.856-04:00My list so far...
Middlemarch by George Elliot
Th...My list so far...<br /><br />Middlemarch by George Elliot<br />The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner<br />Rabbit, Run by John Updike<br />Kim by Rudyard Kipling<br />I, Robot by Issac Asimov<br />Blood Merridian by Cormack McCarthy<br />No Country for Old Men by Cormack McCarthy<br />All the Pretty Horses by Cormack McCarthy<br />The Great Gatsby<br />The Sportswriter by Richard Ford<br />The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford<br />Independence Day by Richard Ford<br />The Lean Startup by Eric Ries<br />Lord of the Flies by William Golding<br />Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn<br />Miracle Cure by Harlan Coban<br /><br />None of them made me cry, but The Lean Start-up was close.<br /><br />Working on The Big Sleep and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance now.<br /><br />Now I need to write about them...100 Best Bookshttp://www.readthe100.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-76938035424304802712012-04-30T16:00:42.748-04:002012-04-30T16:00:42.748-04:00Great list. But don't tease us, Erinn. Which t...Great list. But don't tease us, Erinn. Which three were the tear-jerkers?MacEvoyhttp://www.shelfactualization.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-75386872601354136372012-04-30T15:57:42.273-04:002012-04-30T15:57:42.273-04:00I like to keep tabs too. Fourteen books, divided e...I like to keep tabs too. Fourteen books, divided exactly in half by gender and good mix of sophisticates and commoners, with approximately 4000 plus pages consumed. Not to exude a terrible snobbery but a lot of authors, if not the books themselves, are 'winners': three Pulitzers, three Nobels, an MBE, a National Book Critics Circle, an Orange Prize, and at least one American Academy of Letters award. Three brought me to tears. <br /><br />Travesty- John Hawkes<br />A Visit from the Goon Squad- Jennifer Egan<br />City Farmer-Lorraine Johnson<br />Housekeeping- Marilynne Robinson<br />Tinkers- Paul Harding<br />Hunger- Knut Hamsun<br />One Good Turn- Kate Atkinson<br />The Extra Man-Jonathan Ames<br />The Dirty Life- Kristin Kimball<br />The Aunt's Story- Patrick White<br />What I Loved- Siri Hustvedt<br />Enemies: A Love Story- Isaac Bashevis Singer<br />Case Histories- Kate Atkinson<br />The Salvage Detectives- Roberto BolanoErinnhttp://www.livingwellisthebestrevenge-erinn.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com