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Least Read Books

Thursday, January 10, 2008 I got this from one of my long time friends! These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users. Instructions: Bold what you have read, italicize what you started and couldn't finish, strike through what you couldn't stand, and underline what you loved. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Anna Karenina Crime and Punishment Catch-22 One Hundred Years of Solitude Wuthering Heights The Silmarillion Life of Pi : A Novel The Name of the Rose Don Quixote Moby Dick Ulysses Madame Bovary The Odyssey Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre A Tale of Two Cities The Brothers Karamazov Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies War and Peace Vanity Fair The Time Traveler's Wife The Iliad Emma The Blind Assassin The Kite Runner Mrs. Dalloway Great Expectations American Gods A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Atlas Shrugged Reading Lolita in Tehran : A Memoir in Books Memoirs of a

A New Year!

Well, This is the first weekend of the New Year! WOO HOO!! James went to his usual men's breakfast and then when he came home he had a cleaning bug up his behind... and started moving things around and sweeping the porch...etc... I was in shock.....I mean there are times that James helps clean the house. Usually it is when he wants something found and we have to clean to find something. But today he decided on his own. I know from reading his blog that one of his goals is to be less selfish and be willing to pitch in. I would say he has started off the year great when it comes to this goal. The kids decided they wanted to go to the library to read. So James volunteered to take them over there. They are going to be there for a couple of hours and then i am fixing to go pick them up. Kristina has been on a reading kick lately and loves to read books. I am all for that so we don't mind them going over there. Plus the added bonus is that it will be quiet at home for a c