Back to that list of the world’s greatest books. I managed to come up with another ten for my personal list. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Wikipedia Measure for Measure (1603) PG Charles Robert Maturin (1782-1824) Wikipedia Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) PGA Various (-) Wikipedia Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus (1714) Ovid (43bc-17) Wikipedia Metamorhoses (8) Franz Kafka […]
Last week I gave you the listing for the first 100 books. Here is the second 100. I managed to add another seven to the list I’ve read. How are you doing? Samuel Butler (1835-1902) Wikipedia Erewhon (1872) PG Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Wikipedia Essay on Man (1733) PG Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) Wikipedia Essays […]
I did it! I found a book list that has books on it that I’ve actually read. This list is from Project Gutenberg. I will share this list of of over 500 of the world’s greatest books in five installments. The entire list can be very intimidating, so I’m going to share about 100 books […]
I’ll admit it. I’m a book worm. I love to read. When I was a kid we had a rule. No books at the table. Since I come from a family of book worms, I have since figured out the rationale behind the rule. We could have gone for days without speaking to each other if […]
This book is especially relevant now as we are focused on the red states and the blue states as our presidential election draws near. It’s the 15th, time for the Non~FIRST blog tour!(Non~FIRST will be merging with FIRST Wild Card Tours on January 1, 2009…if interested in joining, click HERE!) The feature author is: Craig […]
A Purple State of Mind
Good morning and welcome to my sunny little island. I’m a little late getting a posting up for the Bloggy Giveaway carnival, so I will be holding my drawing for the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST Sunday night, August 3rd. I have books, magazines and leaflets covering various needlework and crafts. This will be open […]
I always wished I had one, but of course, by the time you’re old enough to want one, it’s too late. Biology just works like that. Consequently, I am drawn to anything about twins. Am I maybe still looking for that long lost twin from which I was separated at birth? Laura has posted a […]
I’m reading a book by Steve Brown titled A Scandalous Freedom: The Radical Nature Of The Gospel. Steve Brown is a radio broadcaster, seminary professor and author. I’ve only read the first five chapters so far and find myself rejoicing in the fact that I’ve found this book and this author. Steve opened my eyes […]
You’ve had the sneak peek and today you will get to read the first chapter. This is a book written by teen brothers. I am definitely impressed. Of course, this book grabbed my attention right away as the forward was written by Chuck Norris. I got hung up on Chuck Norris and his movies when I […]