Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
And the Winner is......
The Entire List
(in the order of votes)
Frankenstein
The Diviners
Little, Big
Pride and Prejudice
Gone Girl
If on a winter's night a traveler
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Go-Between
The Shipping News
The Good Earth
The Cunning Man *
Cat's Table
Solomon Gursky Was Here
Labyrinths *
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
February
Ender’s Game
The Screwtape Letters
Growing Up Amish
Hope, A Tragedy
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy *
The Crying of Lot 49 *
Hunger
Steve Jobs
Alias Grace
The Alchemist *
* Vetoed
Monday, January 28, 2013
Rachel's Must-Reads
Great books are meant to be shared!
Sho-Gun - James Clavell
(Historical Fiction)
A gripping, larger-than-life epic set in Feudal Japan during the early colonial period of European expansion (ca. 1600).
The protagonist is an English pilot, John Blackthorne, who is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan with his Dutch ship (Erasmus) and crew. The story that follows is one of adventure, love, religion, politics, and a breath-taking, mind-boggling, introduction to a culture so entirely different that it shakes the reader's beliefs and world-views, permanently.
For curious history buffs, Sho-Gun is based on the true story of William Adams - and, astoundingly, most characters and events are historically accurate (I checked). Don't be put off by the length (over 1,000 pages) as the last page leaves you desperate for more.
Sho-Gun - James Clavell
(Historical Fiction)
A gripping, larger-than-life epic set in Feudal Japan during the early colonial period of European expansion (ca. 1600).
The protagonist is an English pilot, John Blackthorne, who is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan with his Dutch ship (Erasmus) and crew. The story that follows is one of adventure, love, religion, politics, and a breath-taking, mind-boggling, introduction to a culture so entirely different that it shakes the reader's beliefs and world-views, permanently.
For curious history buffs, Sho-Gun is based on the true story of William Adams - and, astoundingly, most characters and events are historically accurate (I checked). Don't be put off by the length (over 1,000 pages) as the last page leaves you desperate for more.
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