January 2011
31 posts
The Invisible Man H.G. Wells (1897)
I want this book. Man tries to become invisible. Man becomes invisible. Man goes crazy because he can’t be visible again. Now, let’s ask ourselves….Why in the hell would we want to become invisible anyway? Never mind. Don’t answer that question.
These Crazies Still Exist
Public Comic Book Burning, The United States of America
Moby Dick, or The Whale By Herman Melville (1851)
This one I’ve always started and stopped. It’s 822 pages. I’ve seldom had the discipline to finish long books, but it’s worth it when you do actually finish. It’s my belief that only a master could draw something out that long and come to a satisfying conclusion.
If you have $60,000 dollars to spare, be a doll and get me the first-edition of Moby Dick, first...
Personalized Classics
This is crazy. A company called Uncommon Goods makes personalized versions of classics novels, inserting your name into the story as one of the major characters. I don’t know if this is dope, weird, or corny…but it is creative.
Romeo & Juliet, Dracula, & Alice In Wonderland.
And Another One.
Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore
Bury me here.
The Netherlands
Get Back In Your Book!
A photo essay of fairy tale characters being sucked back into their books after a night of hard partying in the real world.
Lissy Laricchina
Sports & Literature Pt. 2
This was the big exception. Yeah, I know I’m corny.
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Why We Can't Wait
A classic work of philosophy. Many of us “know” Martin Luther King Jr. He’s that one guy, right? He said that one speech, right?
This book is a journey into his mind, and a proper window into the civil rights movement. It’s his political treatise, and it may not be exactly what you think. I loved this, i loved this a lot.
ohitscharliee asked:i love this blog, such a good idea, my favourite book is the perks of being a wallflower, and if you haven’t read it, its so beautiful, it made me cry my eyes out, i’ve never really felt this way about a book until i read this book. at the moment i’m reading lady chatterleys lover, it was recommended in waterstones by an old woman, i’m really enjoying it...
philipjcoleman-deactivated20111 asked: Are you perchance talking about Mr. Ernest Hemingway?
accidentalsupernova asked: I was thinking Ian McEwan's Saturday, which has an incredibly evocative chapter about squash.
karachiwalay asked: harper lee, in how Jem broke his arm?
Sports & Literature
I’ve always thought that the physical is the intellectual, especially in sports like football. It’s a waste of time trying to differentiate them, because the best athletes are always the smartest ones. Without a sharp mind, that body is toast.
It’s interesting that you don’t find much ‘sport’ in novels. This is something I attribute to sports...
gotlostalongtheway asked:I love your blog, I think it is such a good idea, I wish i had the time to read more. But actually at the moment I am reading The Echo Maker. It is really good so far. It takes a bit though to get into it. It’s about a man who gets into an accident and is changed forever because he thinks his own sister is an impostor brought in from the government, but you dont find...
Here at 1001BooksToReadBeforeYouDie....
We don’t think life is a popularity contest….we know it is. Recommend us, why don’t you? It’ll make up for the time we didn’t win Homecoming Queen (Princess is worthless!).
Jeffrey Eugenides
I need to make time for this:
It’s a weird book, that’s about exactly what it sounds like, on my ever growing list of classics to read. The narration and point of view is largely unconventional. Essentially, you are in the book, trying to reconstruct events that happened 30 years ago from a bunch of strange artifacts and an empty house.
This Is Why I Love My Readers.....
They read a shit-ton of books, and suggest great literature for me to read.
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eleatie asked:Have you read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon? I just finished feverishly reading it, was such a page-turner.
I hadn’t read this book, nor had I heard of it until her message. I bought it the other day, and will be posting about it soon. A book about books. Automatic buy.
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Decorations
I’m not the artsy-farsty type, or the crafy-wafty? type. But, just because I can’t do it, doesn’t mean I don’t love it. I think I’m becoming obsessed with creative ways to use books….
I Should Read This, Too
American Psycho [Bret Easton Ellis]
Christian.
rozzyknox-deactivated20120412 asked: You should definitely be putting 'the secret history' by Donna Tartt on your list - one of the most amazing books I've read and a modern classic for sure.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.”
Malcolm X
Malcolm X is perhaps the most misunderstood figure of the Civil Rights movement in America, and one of the most misunderstood figures in American History. If you were so lucky (sarcasm) as to have a paragraph about him in your high school history book, it probably went something like...
ccciiisss asked: Books that made you go "Damn, that was good.", mine would be The Stranger by Albert Camus. Wonderful.
Thomas Jefferson Library, Library of Congress
This almost makes me like Thomas Jefferson.
intellectualgoulash asked: A Series of Unfortunate Events are 13 of my favorite books! They're fantastic young adult fiction, particularly with Snicket's love of defining words within the context of the story. But I love the way that he weaves himself into the story and the absolutely brilliant, hilarious style of the narrative. They're so creative...they surprise and delight me every time I reread them!
A Series of Unfortunate Events
While everyone else was reading Harry Potter, I was reading A Series of Unfortunate Events, By Lemony Snicket. I was late to the Potter party.
Three children are the heirs to a considerably large fortune, left to them after their parents passed away. Each has a special talent that helps them escape the Evil Count Olaf, a distant cousin bent on acquiring the fortune.
Violet is...