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Reading List
Aug. 29th, 2006 06:09 pmPicked up the following books today 'cause I needs something to read at work. Medically NEED something to read at work:
Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B.Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. -- the autobiographical story of life in the Gilbreth family back in the 1920s. Very, very cool. I read it and the second book when I was a kid.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. -- "The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocket it." Also notable for being one of the few assigned reading books that I actually enjoyed reading in high school. I still hate The Scarlett Letter to this day -- Hawthorne, when you said you could write romances better than the female authors of your day, you were either wrong or the female authors of your day sucked hard and long.
1984, by George Orwell. -- "Reading Combaticons" actually got me interested in rereading this because the novel writing machines in that story were inspired by the novel writing machines in this book.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -- Unlike the other 3 books above this, I've never read this one. Was recommended by Dragoness since I was looking for some good books on the subject of slavery. Once again, Transformers fanfic is leading me to the classics.
Slavery Time When I Was Chillun, by Belinda Hurmence. -- A non-fiction book that collects 12 oral histories of former slaves collected by the Works Progress Administration back in 1936. I figure, if nothing else, it'll be a nice counterpart for Uncle Tom's Cabin.
They had a HUGE book on the history of slavery that didn't just cover the American South but was 20 dollars and not something I would have been comfortable carrying in to work to read. Might be something I pick up another time, though. Which means they'll sell out of them tonight.
Dun.
Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B.Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. -- the autobiographical story of life in the Gilbreth family back in the 1920s. Very, very cool. I read it and the second book when I was a kid.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. -- "The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocket it." Also notable for being one of the few assigned reading books that I actually enjoyed reading in high school. I still hate The Scarlett Letter to this day -- Hawthorne, when you said you could write romances better than the female authors of your day, you were either wrong or the female authors of your day sucked hard and long.
1984, by George Orwell. -- "Reading Combaticons" actually got me interested in rereading this because the novel writing machines in that story were inspired by the novel writing machines in this book.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -- Unlike the other 3 books above this, I've never read this one. Was recommended by Dragoness since I was looking for some good books on the subject of slavery. Once again, Transformers fanfic is leading me to the classics.
Slavery Time When I Was Chillun, by Belinda Hurmence. -- A non-fiction book that collects 12 oral histories of former slaves collected by the Works Progress Administration back in 1936. I figure, if nothing else, it'll be a nice counterpart for Uncle Tom's Cabin.
They had a HUGE book on the history of slavery that didn't just cover the American South but was 20 dollars and not something I would have been comfortable carrying in to work to read. Might be something I pick up another time, though. Which means they'll sell out of them tonight.
Dun.
