100 books
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“Stories, great flapping ribbons of shaped space-time, have been blowing and uncoiling around the universe since the beginning of time. And they have evolved. The weakest have died and the strongest have survived and they have grown fat on the retelling….stories, twisting and blowing through the darkness.” “Witches Abroad” by Terry Pratchett As I said…
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In contrast to February, March seems to be a very slowly moving month, and I think that might possibly be because I’m just not getting into the novel for this month as much as I thought I would. I’m still attempting to plod on with it, but I’ll be very glad when it’s April and…
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“Literature began as an aid to memory, and it continues to serve myth in that role, preserving a few strands of myth from extinction in the way endangered animal species are preservedby zoos and exotic plants by botanical gardens.” “Wisdom of the Mythtellers” by Sean Kane This is my second encounter with this book; my…
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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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“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…
L.S. Engler 