547 of the World’s Greatest Books

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

547 is the total of this list.  I managed another four books from this section for a grand total of 55.  I’m still going to have a lot of the classics left to read before I can report a respectable number.  Being able to click on a link and read the books makes it easier in a […]

Almost to the End of the List

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

This week’s installment will bring us up to 500 as we go through the list of the world’s greatest books.  I actually managed to come up with thirteen of these that I’ve read.  Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) Wikipedia The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867) PG Karl Kraus (1874-1936) Wikipedia The Last Days of Humanity (1922) James […]

300 – 400

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

More of the world’s greatest books.  I managed to come up with another ten this week.  Are you doing any better than I am? Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953) Wikipedia Strange Interlude (1928) PGA Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Wikipedia Summa Theologica (1265) PG Edith Wharton (1862-1937) Wikipedia Summer (1917) Freeread Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) Wikipedia Tamburlaine the Great (1587) […]

The Next 100

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

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 […]

More of the World’s Greatest Books

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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 […]

The Western World’s Greatest Books

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

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 […]

Top 100 Book List

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

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 […]

17 for 17: Making St Patrick’s Day

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

  We have St. Patrick’s Day coming up in a little over a month, so there’s plenty time to create gifts, cards and decorations for this fun holiday.  Whatever your passion, use it to brighten someone’s St. Pat’s Day this year. Printable cards and decorations here Crocheted Shamrock Shamrock banner for crochet or cross stitch […]