I have decided to take on the daunting task of creating a list of “100 Books to Read Before I Die,” and unlike most people, actually follow through with it. Granted, I am the same person who has opened and closed three businesses, started and stopped smoking five times, purchased and sold a total of three exercise machines, not to mention my complete inability to commit to a relationship longer than 4 months (current relationship excluded), so we’ll see how this goes.
I’ve decided to create a separate blog from my Let’s Eat Cake! The Inner-Workings of Non-Monogamy, because I really want to dedicate that blog to people who are interested in the poly lifestyle, without making them filter through dozens of book reviews.
That said, welcome to 1 Million Words! I’ll be posting each book as I go (view current selection on the right), and chronicling my thoughts on these “classic” novels, to see if they really are worth reading (accoring to yours truly). I understand that most books become classics because they represent some kind of movement, or new way of thinking, or personification of a genre (new or improved) for the era they were written in. I feel my list is missing some important books from OUR time, but I also understand that a classic is often defined by its staying power. While I think Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is a must-read, whether or not it will go down in history has yet to be seen.
It should also be noted that this list does not include books I’ve already read, so don’t panic if 1984 or Atlas Shrugged isn’t on the list. As much as I appreciate suggestions, I’ve already painstakingly filtered this list down to the ones I find essential. Who knows, maybe after this I’ll start a NEW list, and torture you all further. So, without further ado. . .
They say you cannot be a great writer until you are first a great reader. I feel this is a double edged sword. How can one be confronted with greatness, with any type of literary genius, and come out unscathed in the end? It’s a trip back to the memories and horrors of middle school, where you are torn between wanting so desperately to measure up, and your need for unique self-expression. It’s all been written before, yet there are still authors that can floor me with their brilliance, with the perfect structuring of a six-word sentence. ~Me
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