Tags: books
Book List Meme
Another list of 'must reads' (a confusing list - isn't Hamlet included in the 'complete workes' of the bard?) These I've read and these I didn't finish for various reasons (but should) and the rest go onto my ongoing reading list. (Yeah, I love lists.)
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Book List
So I've got a new project for myself. Below is a list from a MLA (Museum, Libraries and Archives Council) poll answering "Which book should every adult read before they die?". It's an interesting list, with the usual classical suspects, many of which I've already read (but should probably read again, and marked with *) but a number I haven't. So I'll start with those, and since I've already got a copy of The Lovely Bones I'll start with it.
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
*The Bible
*The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
*1984 by George Orwell
*A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
*Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
*Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
*All Quite on the Western Front by E M Remarque
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
*The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
*The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
*Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy
*Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne
*Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
*The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
*Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
*Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
*The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
*David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
*A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzenhitsyn
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
*The Bible
*The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
*1984 by George Orwell
*A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
*Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
*Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
*All Quite on the Western Front by E M Remarque
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
*The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
*The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
*Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy
*Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne
*Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
*The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
*Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
*Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
*The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
*David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
*A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzenhitsyn
It's doing the rounds....
This list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club is doing the rounds, so I figured it's my turn.
Bold - titles I've read.
Asterisk - means I've loved it.
All others, haven't read it, unless there's a bleh, which speaks for itself.
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Bold - titles I've read.
Asterisk - means I've loved it.
All others, haven't read it, unless there's a bleh, which speaks for itself.
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Squuueeee! It's here!
It's here! I've really been waiting for this one -- I want to ignore everything and dive right into it!
The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion
The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion
Hurrah!
The drapes are DONE! (Ok, so I still have to finish the matching pillow.) Done, pressed, folded and ready to be delivered to the client this evening. Normally I'm not quite so rushed to deadline, but I rather blew off yesterday. And considering the weather yesterday (lovely, bright, sunny) and today (cold, clammy, rainy) I can't say I'm sorry I did.
I didn't mean to blow off yesterday, but as they say, the road to h-e-double-toothpicks is paved with good intentions. I'd received a call telling me that an annual I have on standing order had come it, and the opportunity arose so off I went to get it. While I was there I also got this. Delia Sherman (along with Ellen Kushner) is among the handful of authors whose work I will buy IMMEDIATELY, no questions asked.)
Oh, and check out Sound & Spirit. Amazing stuff.
I also managed to pick up a few odds'n'sods I needed for a jewellry commission, and get the last few things I needed for the bpal bday swap, AND I got my new passport photos done. So all in all, a relatively productive day. Or so you would think. Y'see, I spent pretty much ALL DAY doing those few errands.
After leaving the bookshop, it being such a great day and I having a craving for fresh fish, I decided to walk to the market. Which is a fair hike, but at a meandering pace on a nice afternoon, not bad. However, in between where I was and where I was going lay the Garmet District. And there is nothing I love doing more than drooling over fabric. Unless it's drooling over all the fresh produce at the market. Yup, my vices are pretty simple, fabric and food. I was good though, and came home only with the food. (Books aren't a vice; they're a necessity of life.)
I didn't mean to blow off yesterday, but as they say, the road to h-e-double-toothpicks is paved with good intentions. I'd received a call telling me that an annual I have on standing order had come it, and the opportunity arose so off I went to get it. While I was there I also got this. Delia Sherman (along with Ellen Kushner) is among the handful of authors whose work I will buy IMMEDIATELY, no questions asked.)
Oh, and check out Sound & Spirit. Amazing stuff.
I also managed to pick up a few odds'n'sods I needed for a jewellry commission, and get the last few things I needed for the bpal bday swap, AND I got my new passport photos done. So all in all, a relatively productive day. Or so you would think. Y'see, I spent pretty much ALL DAY doing those few errands.
After leaving the bookshop, it being such a great day and I having a craving for fresh fish, I decided to walk to the market. Which is a fair hike, but at a meandering pace on a nice afternoon, not bad. However, in between where I was and where I was going lay the Garmet District. And there is nothing I love doing more than drooling over fabric. Unless it's drooling over all the fresh produce at the market. Yup, my vices are pretty simple, fabric and food. I was good though, and came home only with the food. (Books aren't a vice; they're a necessity of life.)
Yoo-hoo, Euphonea!
Guess what came today? Hippy Birday!
Happy Birthday to ME!
Hee hee!! I got a loverly birthday surprise: my sweetie took a vacation day so she could be here all day! And gave me a wonderful card, and chocolate and little swirly spiral earrings and This book! And now we're going out for WAFFLES!!! And tonight, dinner and movie with friends to celebrate 
daririb's bday too! Birthday girls unite! And it's bright and sunny and my parents called this morning and sang me happy birthday.
It's going to be a great day!!
daririb's bday too! Birthday girls unite! And it's bright and sunny and my parents called this morning and sang me happy birthday. It's going to be a great day!!
New Pagan Studies Press
Great Greek Geekness!
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/200…
"The book under review is surely one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek prose written in many centuries. It will be a delight to all Classicists, a boon to all teachers of Greek, and a possession for all time.
It is, of course, Andrew Wilson's translation, into Ancient Greek, of J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book."
And lest this lovely little link languish in limbo, I'll illuminate it here:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~…
"The book under review is surely one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek prose written in many centuries. It will be a delight to all Classicists, a boon to all teachers of Greek, and a possession for all time.
It is, of course, Andrew Wilson's translation, into Ancient Greek, of J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book."
And lest this lovely little link languish in limbo, I'll illuminate it here:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~…