One Hundred Books
12.22.2006
Bonjour!
The One Hundred Books project is over, but the fun has just begun. Stay tuned for statistics, superlatives, honorary diplomas, handshakes, and medals of valor.
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12.21.2006
One Hundredth Book
Women As Lovers : Elfriede Jelinek
Serpent's Tail : 1995
Bought at Mercer Street Books for $6.50+
Started 12.12.06
Finished 12.20.06
The Line: "all that matters is that love has come at last, and that it hasn't come to an ugly, worn out, drunken, exhausted, vulgar, common woodcutter and her, but to a handsome, wornout, drunken, strong, vulgar, common woodcutter and her. that makes the whole thing special" (42).
Missed my goal date by
eight days. And I'm fine with that!
This book was worth it. ¶ 23:49 0 comments
Women As Lovers : Elfriede JelinekSerpent's Tail : 1995
Bought at Mercer Street Books for $6.50+
Started 12.12.06
Finished 12.20.06
The Line: "all that matters is that love has come at last, and that it hasn't come to an ugly, worn out, drunken, exhausted, vulgar, common woodcutter and her, but to a handsome, wornout, drunken, strong, vulgar, common woodcutter and her. that makes the whole thing special" (42).
Missed my goal date by
eight days. And I'm fine with that!
This book was worth it. ¶ 23:49 0 comments
Ninety-Ninth Book
Nothing Serious : Justine Lévy
Melville House : 2006
Bought at Housing Works Used Book Cafe for $7.00+
Started 12.10.06
Finished 12.11.06
The Line: "What counts is the race, that's what he always says: What poisons existence is thinking too much about the finish line, you'll have lots of time to think about it afterwards, when you've lost, or when you can't run anymore" (177).
She almost lost me
in the beginning, but then
came through in the clutch. ¶ 18:20 0 comments
Nothing Serious : Justine LévyMelville House : 2006
Bought at Housing Works Used Book Cafe for $7.00+
Started 12.10.06
Finished 12.11.06
The Line: "What counts is the race, that's what he always says: What poisons existence is thinking too much about the finish line, you'll have lots of time to think about it afterwards, when you've lost, or when you can't run anymore" (177).
She almost lost me
in the beginning, but then
came through in the clutch. ¶ 18:20 0 comments
12.09.2006
Ninety-Eighth Book
A Complicated Kindness : Miriam Toews
Counterpoint : 2004
Bought at Dawn Treader Book Shop for $5.50+
Recommended by Kevin Sampsell
Started 12.03.06
Finished 12.09.06
The Line: "Main Street is as dead as ever. There's a blinding white light at the water-tower end of it and Jesus standing in the centre of it in a pale blue robe with his arms out, palms up, like he's saying how the hell would I know? I'm just a carpenter" (47).
If someone wrote my
biography, it would be
nothing like this. Phew!
¶ 21:44 1 comments
A Complicated Kindness : Miriam ToewsCounterpoint : 2004
Bought at Dawn Treader Book Shop for $5.50+
Recommended by Kevin Sampsell
Started 12.03.06
Finished 12.09.06
The Line: "Main Street is as dead as ever. There's a blinding white light at the water-tower end of it and Jesus standing in the centre of it in a pale blue robe with his arms out, palms up, like he's saying how the hell would I know? I'm just a carpenter" (47).
If someone wrote my
biography, it would be
nothing like this. Phew!
¶ 21:44 1 comments
Ninety-Seventh Book
This Is About The Body, The Mind, The Soul, The World, Time, And Fate : Diane Williams
Grove : 1990
Bought at Book Traders for $4.50+
Started 12.02.06
Finished 12.02.06
The Line: "I have work to do which I love to do, but women are what I prefer to anything, to lie down with them, the turning to touch the woman and knowing I will be received for sex as soon as I wish to be welcome" (80).
Stuck on an island,
I would scan the horizon
wishing she'd save me.
¶ 21:30 4 comments
Grove : 1990
Bought at Book Traders for $4.50+
Started 12.02.06
Finished 12.02.06
The Line: "I have work to do which I love to do, but women are what I prefer to anything, to lie down with them, the turning to touch the woman and knowing I will be received for sex as soon as I wish to be welcome" (80).
Stuck on an island,
I would scan the horizon
wishing she'd save me.
¶ 21:30 4 comments
12.02.2006
Ninety-Sixth Book
All The Anxious Girls On Earth : Zsuzsi Gartner
Anchor : 2000
Donated by London
Started 11.29.06
Finished 12.01.06
The Line: "I could smell his wet rot. Creosote flesh. Gave me flash headaches, like being trapped in abandoned cabins while shifting timbers sweated sap. Like pressing my nose to a telephone pole. I had to stand upwind of him just to have a conversation" (96).
A razor blade for
the thinking class. Weetzie Bat
with less forgiveness. ¶ 12:54 2 comments
All The Anxious Girls On Earth : Zsuzsi GartnerAnchor : 2000
Donated by London
Started 11.29.06
Finished 12.01.06
The Line: "I could smell his wet rot. Creosote flesh. Gave me flash headaches, like being trapped in abandoned cabins while shifting timbers sweated sap. Like pressing my nose to a telephone pole. I had to stand upwind of him just to have a conversation" (96).
A razor blade for
the thinking class. Weetzie Bat
with less forgiveness. ¶ 12:54 2 comments
Ninety-Fifth Book
Great Expectations : Kathy Acker
Grove : 1989
Bought at Dawn Treader Book Shop for $5.50+
Started 11.26.06
Finished 11.28.06
The Line: "As a result of his own barrenness, he develops a capacity to absorb the fertility of others. Of the real self. The only way you can get the real self is to rip someone off. The only way you can get love. Humans need love. You're a con man" (98).
It's no Tao Te Ching,
but I found strange comfort in
her plush pipebomb prose. ¶ 12:45 0 comments
Great Expectations : Kathy AckerGrove : 1989
Bought at Dawn Treader Book Shop for $5.50+
Started 11.26.06
Finished 11.28.06
The Line: "As a result of his own barrenness, he develops a capacity to absorb the fertility of others. Of the real self. The only way you can get the real self is to rip someone off. The only way you can get love. Humans need love. You're a con man" (98).
It's no Tao Te Ching,
but I found strange comfort in
her plush pipebomb prose. ¶ 12:45 0 comments
Ninety-Fourth Book
Absence Makes The Heart : Lynne Tillman
Serpent's Tail : 1991
Bought at Dawn Treader Book Shop for $3.95+
Started 11.20.06
Finished 11.25.06
The Line: "When I was fourteen I discovered that boys would fall in love with me if I listened to everything they said. A strong sense of integrity prohibited me from continuing that form of seduction. And, in addition to integrity, there was the problem of having to continue to listen to them" (40).
Had I agency,
I'd have changed the title to
Awesome Makes The Heart. ¶ 12:33 0 comments
Absence Makes The Heart : Lynne TillmanSerpent's Tail : 1991
Bought at Dawn Treader Book Shop for $3.95+
Started 11.20.06
Finished 11.25.06
The Line: "When I was fourteen I discovered that boys would fall in love with me if I listened to everything they said. A strong sense of integrity prohibited me from continuing that form of seduction. And, in addition to integrity, there was the problem of having to continue to listen to them" (40).
Had I agency,
I'd have changed the title to
Awesome Makes The Heart. ¶ 12:33 0 comments
