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schizophrengeek asked: Hello there.

I am composing an Ultimate Reading List and I wonder if I could have your input on your all-time favorite books, please. It would mean a lot to me if you would contribute.

Thank you for your time.
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“Life isn’t happily ever after and golden sunsets and shit like that. It’s work....”
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“My ambition is handicapped by laziness.”
– Charles Bukowski, Factotum (via misswallflower) [I sometimes have this problem too.]
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Off the Shelf: three more types of reading →
Ben Myers is a friend of mine who lives in Australia. He teaches systematic theology at Charles Sturt University’s School of Theology in Sydney. He also loves poetry, is fond of Milton, Johnson, Emily Dickinson, and other poets and writers. This link takes you to a fascinating video where Ben discusses finding “cheap” reading, orphaned books.
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Great First Sentences →
Let me be honest with you for once. Almost nothing in the world gives me greater joy than a book with a good first sentence. I was discussing this with my eight-year-old daughter tonight, and we started rummaging among our bookshelves, looking for our favourite first sentences. For my money, the best first sentence ever written is the opening of Melville’s Moby-Dick. ‘Call me Ishmael.’ [Click the...
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infiniteunknowablebeautiful asked: Good day Sir! Just want to ask you about Elinor Lipman. Is she good? :) Thanks ;)
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WatchWatch
Your Harry Potter Experience … in a word.
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