Showing posts with label 1001 books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1001 books. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Goddamn it.


Emily texted me yesterday to ask what book came after Adam Bede. I was at work and didn't have 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die at hand, so I thought, "Hey, the internet!" and went poking around. Turns out there is a website for the 1001 series. Great, right? It even has the list right on there!

NOT.

The list is there, to be sure, but it has been updated. No Aaron's Rod, no L'Abbe C, no The Absentee, et cetera. Basically, nothing that we've read so far! D'oh! I propose we keep going with the list we started with (by gum, it took me forever to read Aaron's Rod and I want credit for it!). So we're working from the list put out in 2006. Why, oh why does such a long list need to be updated almost four years later? Ridiculous.

Marissa

Monday, October 12, 2009

The 1001 Books Project

The goal: Read one thousand one books before we die.
The rule book: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, published in 2006 by Universe and edited by Peter Boxall.
The players: Emily, Michael, and Marissa
The method: We're going to read through the list alphabetically starting with Aaron's Rod by D.H. Lawrence.

More info soon!

Marissa