B-O-O-K-S or P-O-W-E-L-L'-S
I had a friend ask me about my 16 books from Powell's if I NEEDED them... I need them like Lindsay Lohan needs an enabler, no, but it's going to happen without much resistance
So let's review so I can justify the purchases - actually the ridiculously cheap aspect is what I will use to justify the purchase - 16 books for $120 approx
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
Non-Violence The History of a Dangerous Idea - Mark Kurlansky
Break Blow Burn - Camile Paglia (Poetry Anthology/Resource/Essay guide)
Howard's End - EM Forster
Intruder in the Dust - Faulkner
Gluten Free Girl - of http://www.glutenfreegirl.blogspot.com/
Diary of a Bad Year - J M Coetzee
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger - I will note oddly enough that this book is one written in the 70's and two was recommend in a magazine Ms. J was buying - I found the recommendation - bought the book...
An Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury - this was purchased despite my hatred for the cover art because I one heart RB and I had to read it after Criminal Minds devoted a show to it
Power Politics - Arundhati Roy is my kick me in the ass writer - she constantly reminds me I have a story - and I have a life I need to do something with - like kick other's in their brain's ass and get them going... I know that sounds weird, even weirder I will say fiction is not her strongest point, even she will admit that her fiction writing comes from a place of force and construction and her non-fiction comes from a place of need - of bursting forth in necessity.
The Translator - Leila Aboulela - I have a huge hole in my literary heart of fiction written from the perspective of an immigrant in Britain - oddly in this list I would call this the "fun" read
The Metamorphosis ... - Kafka - Why? Because I'm tired of being in class and having someone say they love Kafka and I know nothing of it
Zora Neale Hurston - Dust Tracks on a Road - she is so much more complex and fabulous than Oprah made her book Their Eyes Were Watching God to be
Les Miserables - V. Hugo
Mice and Men - Steinback
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
I think I could've saved you a few bucks on your purchases...there's a website with e-books for free.
ReplyDeleteProject Gutenberg - maybe you're familiar with it?
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page?sess=aab76e0db8f55a8e0fe45dfa5868d36d
Anyways, if you don't mind reading from a screen (you're a blogger so you should be fine), then this should come in handy to you.
A good deal of the classic novels are here. They're still working on copyright issues for 20th century writers, but give it a shot and peruse their catalog. You just might like it ;-)
Thanks for the suggestion - I try and stay away from the computer as much as I can, I know it sure doesn't look like that. I take my books with me on the bus/T and mark them all to hell. I also like being able to say I remember that quote, let me grab that book etc... I have used that though as an option to look for specific old texts.
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