100 Books
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“‘And I guess you think reporters are adored.’” “The Pelican Brief” by John Grisham This was my first time ever even really considering reading a Grisham novel. I’ve never even seen a Grisham movie. But it was there in my pile of books, and so I ready it and, while I didn’t love it, I…
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“I was about to be crushed into Kat litter!” “Goosebumps #30: It Came From Beneath the Sink!” by R.L. Stine Don’t judge. Sometimes, you just need a little bit of a quick blow-through book to pad up the numbers. Besides, the point of this project is to read everything, good and bad, big and small,…
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“‘Multiple exclamation marks,’ he went on, shaking his head, ‘are a sure sign of a diseased mind.’” “Faust Eric,” by Terry Pratchett This will be the first of many Pratchett books on this list, because not only do I adore this man’s work, but they’re always good, quick, supremely entertaining reads, as well. I was…
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“So in my veins red life might stream again, And thou be conscience-calmed–see here it is– I hold it towards you.” -John Keats, ‘This Living Hand’ “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons I have heard many things about Dan Simmons’s Hyperion; my big introduction to it came not too long ago in the form of a coworker…
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“No hoof, no horse.” “Black Horses for the King” by Anne McCaffrey My Magic Carpet edition of this young adult book claims that Black Horses for the King is a story of King Arthur “as it has never been told,” but, in my reading of it, it wasn’t much of a story of King Arthur…
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“Perhaps there are no Angels. Only fairies. Oh, what a wicked world…I cannot bear to think of it…” “Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book” by Terry Jones and Brian Froud When this book was released by Barnes and Noble in 2001, I was fairly obsessed with it. I always had the calendars and it cemented by…
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“To the People! To the beautiful, simple People, so noble in spite of centuries of brutalizing suffering! Like a clarion call the notes ring in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology. The People!” – Alexander Berkman. “To the Other Side: The Russian Jewish Intellectuals Who Came to America” by Steven…
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“Humor-man’s greatest gift! That’s what separates humans from other animals. That’s why it’s called humor. Humans-humor. You never hear dogs telling jokes, do you?” “Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes” by Louis Sachar This was among the many books read to me in grade school that I almost instantly bought at the next Scholastic Book Fair and…
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“Mother Night” by Kurt Vonnegut My exposure to Vonnegut is severely lacking. I have only read three of this many works, and “Mother Night” was one of them. In fact, “Mother Night” was supposed to be the big one, as the thing that finally got me to pick up Vonnegut as I had been wanting…
L.S. Engler 