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I'm surprised I haven't done this before, but I thought it would be cool to take note of the books I read in one year. I kept track of everything I read in 2009 (reserving a special space on one of my bookshelves) so I could compile the titles in 2010. Since I graduated at the end of 2008, I was somewhat burned out on reading, so this list isn't too grand. Some of these works are old favorites of mine that I decided to revisit (including Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies).
Novels
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
William Golding - Lord of the Flies
Lois Lowry - The Giver
George Lucas - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Richard Matheson - I...[read more] | | |
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Those guys with three names really know how to write.
On the topic of books, if you're looking for a good classic, I highly recommend The Count of Monte Cristo. Or at least an abridged version of it since it's really, really long. I just finished reading it minutes ago. Probably the greatest tale of revenge.
On the topic of books, if you're looking for a good classic, I highly recommend The Count of Monte Cristo. Or at least an abridged version of it since it's really, really long. I just finished reading it minutes ago. Probably the greatest tale of revenge.
As for Adrian, I don't want to assume that you haven't read the following but please, I beg of you, check out..
Michael Chabon's 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union' or 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'
or
Junot Diaz's 'The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'
I actually keep a little notebook with an owl on it as a reading log, so I have all my 2009 reads listed too.