The Wind in the Willows is as daffy and charming as it must have seemed when it was first published in 1908. Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel follows the anthropomorphic adventures of several woodland creatures, primarily Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad.
They enjoy many pastimes, including “messing about in boats,” Christmas caroling, and driving motor cars. This last becomes Mr. Toad’s passion, landing him in all sorts of trouble and, eventually, a dungeon. The animals have many adventures along the river and in the Wild Wood, but they all love home best, where they like to cozy up in front of a fireplace and enjoy simple meals with friends.
Full review posted on Rose City Reader.
Jun 11, 07:59PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
If John Cheever and Paul Coelho had set out to collaborate on The Royal Tenenbaums, the result would have been Franny and Zooey. J.D. Salinger’s short, two-part novel is the story of sister and brother, Franny and Zooey Glass, the youngest of seven precocious whiz kids who grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Ostensibly, Zooey is trying to help Franny, who is in the midst of a breakdown. It soon becomes clear, however, that both have been unmoored by the suicide of their oldest brother Seymour and the related, self-imposed academic exile of their next-oldest brother Buddy.
Full review posted on Rose City Reader.
Jan 27, 2009, 11:51AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
Well, I read Slaughter House Five. It was a fantastic book. Liked it. Also read War of the Worlds. Great book, though I think I like The Island of Dr. Moreau better. Currently reading This Side of Paradise.
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott FitzgeraldTHE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. SalingerTHE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper LeeTHE COLOR PURPLE by Alice WalkerULYSSES by James Joyce
BELOVED by Toni Morrison
THE LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
1984 by George OrwellTHE SOUND AND THE FURY by William FaulknerLOLITA by Vladmir NabokovOF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck
CHARLOTTE’S WEB by E.B. WhiteA PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
ANIMAL FARM by George OrwellTHE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
AS I LAY DYING by William FaulknerA FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest HemingwayHEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph ConradWINNIE-THE-POOH by A.A. MilneTHEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale HurstonINVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
SONG OF SOLOMON by Toni Morrison
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Ken KeseySLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt VonnegutFOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest Hemingway
ON THE ROAD by Jack KerouacTHE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest HemingwayTHE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
PORTRAIT OF A LADY by Henry James
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
ALL THE KING’S
MEN by Robert Penn Warren
A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. TolkienSCHINDLER’S
LIST by Thomas Keneally
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce
THE JUNGLE by Upton Sinclair
MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank Baum
LADY CHATTERLEY’S
LOVER by D.H. Lawrence
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
THE AWAKENING by Kate ChopinMY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
IN COLD BLOOD by Truman CapoteFRANNY AND ZOOEY by J.D. Salinger
THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie
JAZZ by Toni Morrison
SOPHIE’S
CHOICE by William Styron
ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Faulkner
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
ETHAN FROME by Edith Wharton
A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND by Flannery O’Connor
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Tom Wolfe
CAT’S
CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut
A SEPARATE PEACE by John KnowlesLIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James
THINGS FALL APART by Chinua AchebeREBECCA by Daphne du Maurier
A HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas AdamsNAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL by Thomas Wolfe
IN OUR TIME by Ernest Hemingway
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKIAS by Gertrude Stein
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammet
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys
WHITE NOISE by Don DeLillo
O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather
TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS by H.G. WellsLORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
THE BOSTONIANS by Henry James
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame
(currently reading)
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE by F. Scott FitzgeraldATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S
WOMAN by John Fowles
BABBITT by Sinclair Lewis
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED by F. Scott Fitzgerald
RABBIT, RUN by John Updike
WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD by E.M. Forster
MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis
MIDNIGHT’S
CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
Nov 02, 2008, 04:51AM PST | 1 cheer | 1 comment
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
THE COLOR PURPLE by Alice Walker
ULYSSES by James Joyce
BELOVED by Toni Morrison
THE LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
1984 by George Orwell
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
LOLITA by Vladmir Nabokov
OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck
CHARLOTTE’S WEB by E.B. White
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
WINNIE-THE-POOH by A.A. Milne
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
SONG OF SOLOMON by Toni Morrison
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Ken Kesey
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest Hemingway
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
PORTRAIT OF A LADY by Henry James
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
SCHINDLER’S LIST by Thomas Keneally
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce
THE JUNGLE by Upton Sinclair
MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank Baum
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER by D.H. Lawrence
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin
MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote
FRANNY AND ZOOEY by J.D. Salinger
THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie
JAZZ by Toni Morrison
SOPHIE’S CHOICE by William Styron
ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Faulkner
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
ETHAN FROME by Edith Wharton
A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND by Flannery O’Connor
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Tom Wolfe
CAT’S CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut
A SEPARATE PEACE by John Knowles
LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James
THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe
REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier
A HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams
NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL by Thomas Wolfe
IN OUR TIME by Ernest Hemingway
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKIAS by Gertrude Stein
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammet
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys
WHITE NOISE by Don DeLillo
O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather
TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS by H.G. Wells
LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
THE BOSTONIANS by Henry James
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN by John Fowles
BABBITT by Sinclair Lewis
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED by F. Scott Fitzgerald
RABBIT, RUN by John Updike
WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD by E.M. Forster
MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis
MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
Jun 16, 2008, 09:15PM PDT | 0 comments
Cat's Cradle
17 months ago
I read this a couple weeks ago not even knowing it was on this list. It was a really good book. Not what I expected at all, but it presented a lot of good insights in an interesting way.
I’d definitely read more of his books.
Jun 13, 2008, 07:39AM PDT | 0 comments
Beautifully written book. Difficult at times, but definitely worth it.
Mar 06, 2008, 02:28AM PST | 0 comments
Great book. A very interesting, entertaining and quick read.
67 more to go.
Dec 21, 2007, 11:20AM PST | 0 comments
This is the first EM Forster novel I have ever read. I found it very enjoyable. The language is simple but effective and the story line has a great flow to it.
Oct 25, 2007, 01:03PM PDT | 0 comments
Found this one to be hit and miss. But it ended up as a positive book over all.
Aug 27, 2007, 02:04PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
First Woolf book I have ever read. Really enjoyed this one. Very fast read. Reminded me of my only family a little too much.
Aug 27, 2007, 02:02PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
