GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 03/10-11/2012 Here are some of the latest fiction titles I added to my already too long Goodreads TBR: The Old Man and His Sons (1940) by Heðin Brú, John F. West (Translator) 4.48 · rating details · 21 ratings · 8 reviews These are the Faroe Islands as they were [...]
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28 Jan
Good books for your week-end 01/29-30
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 01/28-29/2011 My own library Today the picture is not very fancy, but it shows the coziness of my own library-prayer corner. It’s a very small and quiet room, all you need for perfect reading hours. This past week was eventful, with – the last dot given to a 250 [...]
21 Jan
Good books for your week-end 01/22-23
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 01/22-23/2011 It’s cold outside, perfect reason for delving into a pile of good books, even if your home library is not as fancy as this one. Here is my selection, based on books that attracted my attention in book blogs visited this past week: -Blankets : an illustrated novel, [...]
14 Jan
Good books for your week-end 01/15-16
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 01/15-16/2011 Jimmy Stewart’s library – see here more pictures of private libraries I am trying to launch a one day a week event, – that I’ll post every Friday, hopefully, – to give you ideas of possible books to read, – and at the same time give me the opportunity [...]
5 Jan
Brand New TBR
Well, this is just crazy, I know, but… I already have 60 titles on my 2011 Reading Plan, AND here is a list of about 30 books on a new TBR…, and we are only Jan 5th… 1. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett 2. Proust, Swann’s Way 3. Buxton, Tantalus and the pelican: exploring monastic [...]
5 Jan
Reading Plan for 2011
Here is a tentative reading plan for 2011, I have actually read one book for 2 challenges – review to come soon.This is just an outline, and I’ll add many more books in between, from my brand new TBR list – next post. Some titles are followed by some codes, ignore them, it’s to help [...]
1 Dec
To Be Read List – December 2010
I will now post an updated list only at the beginning of each month; we’ll see how this goes. The latest added titles are at the end of each category CLASSICS The catcher in the rye, by Salinger The Invisible Man, by HG Wells The Metamorphosis, by Kafka War and Peace, by Tolstoy something by [...]
16 Nov
To Be Read list – 11/16/2010
The latest added titles are at the end of each category CLASSICS The catcher in the rye, by Salinger The Invisible Man, by HG Wells The Metamorphosis, by Kafka War and Peace, by Tolstoy CHRISTIAN CLASSICS The Canterbury Tales La Divina Commedia Paradise Lost Piers Plowman The Pilgrim’s Progress A Wrinkle in Time FICTION [...]
10 Nov
To Be Read List – 10/10/2010
CLASSICS The catcher in the rye, by Salinger The Invisible Man, by HG Wells The Metamorphosis, by Kafka CHRISTIAN CLASSICS The Canterbury Tales La Divina Commedia Paradise Lost Piers Plowman The Pilgrim’s Progress A Wrinkle in Time FICTION Chinese Whispers, by Jan Wong The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon. Studied it in depth [...]
25 Oct
To Be Read List – 10/25/2010
CLASSICS The catcher in the rye, by Salinger The Invisible Man, by HG Wells Jean-Christophe, by Romain Rolland CHRISTIAN CLASSICS The Canterbury Tales La Divina Commedia Paradise Lost Piers Plowman The Pilgrim’s Progress A Wrinkle in Time FICTION Chinese Whispers, by Jan Wong The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon. Studied it in depth [...]
19 Oct
To be read – week of Oct 18, 2010
If you have read any of these, please comment and tell me what you think about them. CLASSICS The catcher in the rye, by Salinger Jean-Christophe, by Romain Rolland The Invisible Man, by HG Wells CHRISTIAN CLASSICS A Wrinkle in Time Piers Plowman The Canterbury Tales The Pilgrim’s Progress Paradise Lost La Divina Commedia FICTION [...]
5 Oct
TBR – week of Oct 4, 2010
Here is finally an updated list from books I have noticed recently in book blogs. After today, I plan to update this list at the beginning of each wook, as well as my ‘I’m reading now’ list. I plan to post reviews as soon as I have finished a book. If you have read any [...]
4 Oct
TBR – 10/04/2010
Here are just a few, from my recent lists. I will add to this regularly. If you have read any of these, please comment and tell me what you think about them. CLASSICS The catcher in the rye, by Salinger Jean-Christophe, by Romain Rolland FICTION Ken Follett’s books: The Pillars of the earth, World without [...]
2 Oct
TBR list – as of 10/02/2010
I need at least 3 lives to read ALL the books I want to read. Here are just a few, from my recent lists. I will add to this regularly. If you have read any of these, please comment and tell me what you think about them. CLASSICS The catcher in the rye, by Salinger [...]
