Wow. I've only read 4. And 2 of those were read after you told me about your Pulitzer project and I thought what a good idea. I mean, A Summons To Memphis and The Optimist's Daughter, anyone? Good reminder that I meant to read Olive Kitteridge, though, among others.
The Old Man and the Sea To Kill a Mockingbird The Killer Angels (skimmed, Civil War history class assignment) Beloved A Thousand Acres The Shipping News The Road
I'm gonna go check out the National Book Award
Eek. Worse.
The Moviegoer So Long, See You Tomorrow White Noise All the Pretty Horses The Shipping News
Annnnd not much luck with The Booker Prize either: Heat and Dust The Remains of the Day The English Patient Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Well, Alana, I am impressed with your list and thanks for the idea. Now I know how I can spend all that time I am getting back since I gave up Big Brother!
Sheesh. I’m pretty pathetic on these other lists, too. I don’t understand how someone who reads as much as I do manages to look so terribly read so much of the time.:
National Book Award Invisible Man White Noise The Shipping News Rabbit is Rich
Booker Life of Pi The God of Small Things
Blaine: Yay book club!
Julie: I decided this week to actually tackle the Pulitzer Project. Perhaps I will start a writing project to coincide with said reading. TBD.
I am on board the Pulitzer project. Except I really don't want to read Cold Mountain!! Are you going to go in some order?
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Jon, not only is that book amazing, the movie starred
Cate Blanchett (my all time #2) Julianne Moore (my all time #3) Judi Dench (on everyone's list of something) Kevin Spacey (my AT THE TIME #1)
and was directed by Lasse Hallstrom who because of My Life as a Dog and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, I was once tricked into believing he was a genius.
Then he made the Cider House Rules. Then he made this, and I knew it was over with him.
And I am pretty sure this movie is on my personal list of 10 Hugest Cinematic Disappointments.
Yes. I'm going to follow the same approach I take to keeping up with the New Yorker and the Savage Lovecast: keep up with whatever the current one is, but other than that, go chronologically (with the possibility of taking detours when necessary).
First up: Olive Kitteridge On deck: Tales of the South Pacific
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oh boy, I am too scared to even look for myself! Looks to me like you are doing not bad.
Would you like to start a book club? First meeting held Oct 30?
well, I've read 3 on that list which is 3 more than I expected so that's something...
Impressive Devs. Impressive.
Wow. I've only read 4. And 2 of those were read after you told me about your Pulitzer project and I thought what a good idea. I mean, A Summons To Memphis and The Optimist's Daughter, anyone? Good reminder that I meant to read Olive Kitteridge, though, among others.
this is depressing.
The Old Man and the Sea
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Killer Angels (skimmed, Civil War history class assignment)
Beloved
A Thousand Acres
The Shipping News
The Road
I'm gonna go check out the National Book Award
Eek. Worse.
The Moviegoer
So Long, See You Tomorrow
White Noise
All the Pretty Horses
The Shipping News
Annnnd not much luck with The Booker Prize either:
Heat and Dust
The Remains of the Day
The English Patient
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Well, Alana, I am impressed with your list and thanks for the idea.
Now I know how I can spend all that time I am getting back since I gave up Big Brother!
The Shipping News won the Pulitzer? How do they make such an amazingly crappy movie out of that?
Sheesh. I’m pretty pathetic on these other lists, too. I don’t understand how someone who reads as much as I do manages to look so terribly read so much of the time.:
National Book Award
Invisible Man
White Noise
The Shipping News
Rabbit is Rich
Booker
Life of Pi
The God of Small Things
Blaine: Yay book club!
Julie: I decided this week to actually tackle the Pulitzer Project. Perhaps I will start a writing project to coincide with said reading. TBD.
I am on board the Pulitzer project. Except I really don't want to read Cold Mountain!! Are you going to go in some order?
****
Jon, not only is that book amazing, the movie starred
Cate Blanchett (my all time #2)
Julianne Moore (my all time #3)
Judi Dench (on everyone's list of something)
Kevin Spacey (my AT THE TIME #1)
and was directed by Lasse Hallstrom who because of My Life as a Dog and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, I was once tricked into believing he was a genius.
Then he made the Cider House Rules. Then he made this, and I knew it was over with him.
And I am pretty sure this movie is on my personal list of 10 Hugest Cinematic Disappointments.
Yes. I'm going to follow the same approach I take to keeping up with the New Yorker and the Savage Lovecast: keep up with whatever the current one is, but other than that, go chronologically (with the possibility of taking detours when necessary).
First up: Olive Kitteridge
On deck: Tales of the South Pacific
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