Monday, April 18, 2005
From the 50 book challenge department:
23 Bless the Beasts and Children
One thing this set of books I found has in common is many of them were made into movies, which is what sells books these days. Trivia: the ranch in Beasts is modeled after Hidden Valley ranch, inventors of ranch dressing. Beasts is about a Joseph Campbell/Golden Bough type quest by some unhappy campers to save some buffalo from being murdered by the government. It sparked a big animal rights to-do, but the buffalo killings have continued.
I'm now out of books. Time to hit the library or the used bookstore. I think I'll be reading some Joseph Kennedy bios next. I've been compulsively reading as a form of escapism.
22 The Mermaids Singing
21. Circle of Friends.
Two books about women coming of age in Ireland. Amazon, Circle. Amazon, Mermaids.
I liked Circle better, although it might be less literary. Set in 1958, small town girls without much money deal with going to college and trying to make a life,
while dealing with narrowmindedness and preganancy. Mermaids was about that too, but swung back and forth in time between three generations, sort of like pulp fiction, which I finally saw recently.
After seeing pulp fiction, i've decided Bruce Willis doesn't necessarily ruin a movie for me, so I'd see sin city if I had a date, which I probably won't.
Circle was a hit for Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver in 1995.
20 Island of the Sequined Love Nun.
19 The first 20 million is the toughest
18 Ciderhouse Rules,
17 The Shadow of Albion,
16 The Day of the Locust, Nathaniel West
15 A Walk to Remember.
14 A Thousand Acres.
13 Digital fortress, Dan Brown.
12 http://scalzi.com/agent/
11 Norton introduction to literature.
10.3 Going Critical: How The Nuclear Energy Lobby Has Hidden The Dangerous Truth About Giant Rats in Nevada
10 To The Hilt Dick Francis
9 Paris Underground Etta Shiber 1944
8 Cause of Death Patrica Cornwell
7 Dude where's my country? Michael Moore.
7. 1L. (I seem to have two 7s.)
6 The Funnies. [edited anthology]
5 The Kennedeys, David Horowitz
4 Speaking Truth to Power, Kerry Kennedey [cuomo]
3 Personal History, Katharine Graham
2 American Gods, Neil Gaiman.
1 Pattern Recognition, William Gibson.
23 Bless the Beasts and Children
One thing this set of books I found has in common is many of them were made into movies, which is what sells books these days. Trivia: the ranch in Beasts is modeled after Hidden Valley ranch, inventors of ranch dressing. Beasts is about a Joseph Campbell/Golden Bough type quest by some unhappy campers to save some buffalo from being murdered by the government. It sparked a big animal rights to-do, but the buffalo killings have continued.
I'm now out of books. Time to hit the library or the used bookstore. I think I'll be reading some Joseph Kennedy bios next. I've been compulsively reading as a form of escapism.
22 The Mermaids Singing
21. Circle of Friends.
Two books about women coming of age in Ireland. Amazon, Circle. Amazon, Mermaids.
I liked Circle better, although it might be less literary. Set in 1958, small town girls without much money deal with going to college and trying to make a life,
while dealing with narrowmindedness and preganancy. Mermaids was about that too, but swung back and forth in time between three generations, sort of like pulp fiction, which I finally saw recently.
After seeing pulp fiction, i've decided Bruce Willis doesn't necessarily ruin a movie for me, so I'd see sin city if I had a date, which I probably won't.
Circle was a hit for Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver in 1995.
20 Island of the Sequined Love Nun.
19 The first 20 million is the toughest
18 Ciderhouse Rules,
17 The Shadow of Albion,
16 The Day of the Locust, Nathaniel West
15 A Walk to Remember.
14 A Thousand Acres.
13 Digital fortress, Dan Brown.
12 http://scalzi.com/agent/
11 Norton introduction to literature.
10.3 Going Critical: How The Nuclear Energy Lobby Has Hidden The Dangerous Truth About Giant Rats in Nevada
10 To The Hilt Dick Francis
9 Paris Underground Etta Shiber 1944
8 Cause of Death Patrica Cornwell
7 Dude where's my country? Michael Moore.
7. 1L. (I seem to have two 7s.)
6 The Funnies. [edited anthology]
5 The Kennedeys, David Horowitz
4 Speaking Truth to Power, Kerry Kennedey [cuomo]
3 Personal History, Katharine Graham
2 American Gods, Neil Gaiman.
1 Pattern Recognition, William Gibson.
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