Book update - December 2007

Books I read this month:
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury - Enjoyed it.
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson - Way different from The Haunting movie that came out a few years ago. Enjoyed it.

Books I’m currently reading:
1984 by George Orwell

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I’ve been lamenting about the lack of books I’ve read in the past few years. I used to read one or more books a week throughout my childhood and into college. But for the past few years, I’ve averaged maybe two or three books a year.

To combat this, I have obtained a library card and a list of books to read. This list is compiled from the Modern Library’s list of 100 best novels, and the reader’s choice list as well. I’ve gone ahead and marked out the ones I’ve already read.

1. ULYSSES by James Joyce
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
7. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
11. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
12. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
13. 1984 by George Orwell
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
15. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
21. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow
22. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O’Hara
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos
24. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
26. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James
27. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
29. THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell
30. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
32. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
35. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
36. ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
39. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
42. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell
44. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
50. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
51. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
52. PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth
53. PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
54. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
55. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
56. THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
57. PARADE’S END by Ford Madox Ford
58. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
59. ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm
60. THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
61. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather
62. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones
63. THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever
64. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
65. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
66. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
67. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
68. MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis
69. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton
70. THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell
71. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes
72. A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul
73. THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West
74. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
75. SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh
76. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark
77. FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce
78. KIM by Rudyard Kipling
79. A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
80. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
81. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow
82. ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner
83. A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul
84. THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen
85. LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
86. RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow
87. THE OLD WIVES’ TALE by Arnold Bennett
88. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
89. LOVING by Henry Green
90. MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
91. TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell
92. IRONWEED by William Kennedy
93. THE MAGUS by John Fowles
94. WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys
95. UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch
96. SOPHIE’S CHOICE by William Styron
97. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
98. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain
99. THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy
100. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington
101. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
102. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
103. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
104. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
105. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
106. ANTHEM by Ayn Rand
107. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
108. MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
109. FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard
110. DUNE by Frank Herbert
111. THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert Heinlein
112. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein
113. A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute
114. GRAVITY’S RAINBOW by Thomas Pynchon
115. GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
116. SHANE by Jack Schaefer
117. TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM by Nevil Shute
118. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving
119. THE STAND by Stephen King
120. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN by John Fowles
121. BELOVED by Toni Morrison
122. THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. Eddison
123. MOONHEART by Charles de Lint
124. ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Faulkner
125. WISE BLOOD by Flannery O’Connor
126. FIFTH BUSINESS by Robertson Davies
127. SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by Charles de Lint
128. YARROW by Charles de Lint
129. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H.P. Lovecraft
130. ONE LONELY NIGHT by Mickey Spillane
131. MEMORY AND DREAM by Charles de Lint
132. TRADER by Charles de Lint
133. THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams
134. THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Atwood
135. BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy
136. ON THE BEACH by Nevil Shute
137. GREENMANTLE by Charles de Lint
138. ENDER’S GAME by Orson Scott Card
139. THE LITTLE COUNTRY by Charles de Lint
140. THE RECOGNITIONS by William Gaddis
141. STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Heinlein
142. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
143. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
144. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson
145. THE WOOD WIFE by Terri Windling
146. THE DOOR INTO SUMMER by Robert Heinlein
147. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert Pirsig
148. AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Flann O’Brien
149. FARENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
150. ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis
151. WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
152. NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
153. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER by Tom Clancy
154. GUILTY PLEASURES by Laurell K. Hamilton
155. THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert Heinlein
156. IT by Stephen King
157. V. by Thomas Pynchon
158. DOUBLE STAR by Robert Heinlein
159. CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY by Robert Heinlein
160. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Ken Kesey
161. SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey
162. MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
163. MULENGRO by Charles de Lint
164. SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy
165. MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock
166. ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach
167. THE CUNNING MAN by Robertson Davies
168. THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie

If anyone has any books to add, let me know, and I will add them to the list. It will be interesting to see how long it takes me to get through the list. I’ll do an update at the end of every month.

So, I’ve mostly got my mp3s straightened out.

I’ve probably overlooked some duplicates, but for the most part, it looks okay.

I actually went and bought CDs today. Not one, not two, but THREE. Yes, I bought three CDs. Me, who never buys CDs for herself. And only one of them was used. The other two were new. Basically, because I couldn’t find the other two used anywhere. They are just that good. These are the first new CDs I have bought since…well, actually I bought that Puddle of Mudd CD a couple weeks ago….but before that, it was a really long time! Like almost a year. They really need to be cheaper. I would buy more CDs more often if they were like $10 or under. The two I bought today were $16 and $17. Such robbery.

Anyway, I finished reading Odd Thomas last night. Wow. I don’t want to spoil the ending, so I will just say: Wow. Read it. If only my text books were this interesting, I might actually get around to buying them.

So, it’s 2004.

I woke up this morning and the electricity was out. It stayed off for awhile, then came on long enough for me to make some scrambled eggs and toast and then went off again. It was sometime after noon when it finally came on and stayed that way.

TiVo is doing good. In addition to it taping my favorite shows and movies with my favorite actors, I now have it taping talk shows that my favorite bands and singers appear on. Puddle of Mudd was on a rerun of Mad TV today.

The PC Linux OS is doing better. I dunno what was up the first time I ran it, but when I did ‘df’ it said it was 100% full. Now it says like 42%. So I can save things now. Which is cool. I haven’t tried USB again. I didn’t mess with it much before since I couldn’t save anything anyway.

I decided to read “Lord of the Rings.” Well, I started with “The Hobbit” actually. I am on chapter three of “Fellowship of the Ring” right now.

New semester starts in a week and a half.

Go here: http://www.addictinggames.com/mindreader.html

Well, I lost this post the first time I wrote it, so hopefully I can remember everything.

I went and saw “Return of the King” last night. It was very good, the best of the three, I think.

I love my new phone. I was sending IMs during the intermission of the movie with it. Hehe.

I got my grades. Well, all but one. My math 300 grade isn’t up. Dunno what is up with that. I didn’t do that great this semester, but I did pass everything (assuming I passed math 300, that is). Next semester will be better.

I just finished reading “The Joy of Linux.” It was a good read, very funny at times, as well as informative. I highly recommend it to everyone, whether you use Linux or not.

And some good news: I got all the stuff I wanted off my desktop hard drives yesterday. So when my new hard drive for Tera comes in, she will only be missing a couple months worth of stuff. So yeah, that screenshot I posted a couple weeks ago of my Linux partition: it doesn’t really look like that. I was able to get stuff off without any problems whatsoever. So the problem is definitely not the hard drives themselves.

I’ll be heading home soon for Christmas, so I don’t know how much I will be posting. Just in case, I will go ahead and wish everyone happy holidays!

Wow.

I just finished reading “Land of the Living” by Nicci French. I had forgotten how good “her” books are (it’s actually a husband/wife team). I think every one I have read, I have stayed up all night to read it.

But note to self: Perhaps reading thrillers about kidnappers and such is not a good thing to do when you want to go to sleep. I may be sleeping with the lights on tonight.

Okay, I was just over at Amazon and found this:

Click here!

I was rolling on the floor just reading the sample pages. It was a nice thing to lift my day. Hehe. Oh, and for the curious, How to Lose a Guy… was hilarious. Might have to buy that. Also finished those exercises. Onto Chapter 14!