001. animal farm – george orwell
002. one flew over the cuckoo’s nest – ken kesey
003. the great gatsby – f. scott fitzgerald
004. lolita – vladimir nabokov
005. of mice and men – john steinbeck
006. in cold blood – truman capote
007. on the road – jack kerouac
008. alice in wonderland – lewis caroll
009. 1984 – george orwell
010. brave new world – aldous huxley
011. the old man and the sea – ernest hemmingway
012. the stranger – albert camus
013. the adventures of huckleberry finn – mark twain
014. catcher in the rye – j.d. salinger
015. deliverance – james dickey
016. the heart is a lonely hunter – carson mccullers
017. lord of the flies – william golding
018. the lord of the rings – j.r.r. tolkien
019. to kill a mockingbird – harper lee
020. the bell jar – sylvia plath
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How to read 100 classic novels
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How I did it: I have my own library at home. I have at least 2000 books and have alot to choose from.
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How I did it: My first collections were Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling. As I became a teen I also began to appreciate Shakespeare and Homer (but I'm a geek). As an adult I have made it a goal that for every two modern novels or biographies I read, I must read one piece of classic literature. I have long since surpassed the 100 book mark, but intend to continue reading until I die. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I borrowed books from the library and asked my friends and teachers for any suggestions. I found the new DS game really helped as I could make the font larger so I didnt struggle to read. I made spare time by reading for around an hour at night and 30 minutes on a weekday morning and about 2 hours on weekend mornings. Read how I did it…
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Last night I finished 1984 – wasnt that great tbh, I guess the ideas are sort of so accepted now days it wasn’t all that revolutionary to my thinking and it was all to obvious they would convert him in the end!
Today I am starting “the age of reason” by Jean Paul Satire – am I ready for exestenialism!
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36. Watership down
37. Anne of Green Gables
38. Mody Dick
39. Grapes of Wrath
40. Diary of Anne Frank
41. The Bell Jar
42. Swiss Family Robinson
43. Picture of Dorian Gray
44. Romeo and Juliet
45. Brave New World
46. Call of the Wild
47. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
48. The Good Earth
49. Gone with the Wind
50. Robinson Crusoe
51. Red Badge of Courage
52. The Scarlet Letter
53. A Separate Peace
54. The Stranger
55. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
56. Don Quixote
fromaquizer this is it
Tonight I finished the Alchemist- TBH not as amazing as I thought it would be, definitely got me thinking about somethings in my life tho!
fromaquizer this is it
Am reading the Alchemist, very whimsical and symbolic, quite cool though, and a good size to carry around in my handbag :)
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New thought, one of my goals is also to run a marathon so am going to start training in October, i normally listen to my ipod to keep me going thinking i will look for some good books on audio and load them to my ipod so i can listen to them while i run – helps make running interesting = more training and gets me not “reading” but knowing some more of the greats!
fromaquizer this is it
Today I finished reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind, very disturbing, poetic to the point of erotic, good read
