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Re: Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I. snoopcester Send a noteboard - 11/01/2010 11:32:53 AM
I'm planning on exactly 12 books that I need to read for the year since the volume of work is picking up again.

1. 1776, by David McCollough


I read it and quite enjoyed it as an American look at the war (having just read a British one at the time)

2. The Red and the Black, by Stendhal


This is on my "to read one day" list

3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (also on Tim's list, I noted)


Ditto for this, though possibly sooner as I own a copy already.

6. The Plague by Albert Camus


And again with being on that list

7. Paradise Lost by John Milton


and, erm, on that list again:P

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Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I. Tom - 11/01/2010 02:34:47 AM 831 Views
I doubt it quite the same ways that book seems to have for you Larry - 11/01/2010 03:43:37 AM 749 Views
"Invitation to a Beheading" is the translated title *NM* Tom - 11/01/2010 03:55:06 AM 271 Views
Ah, I was wondering if it might be that one (obviously, I know very little Russian) Larry - 11/01/2010 04:04:14 AM 693 Views
I liked 1776. Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 04:00:03 AM 766 Views
John Adams sounded good, but I've vowed to limit book-buying. Tom - 11/01/2010 01:41:50 PM 722 Views
Re: I liked 1776 and try The Johnstown Flood. One of my best reads for last year *NM* Nolan - 11/01/2010 03:33:24 PM 349 Views
Cool, I'll put it on the list. *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 05:23:21 PM 349 Views
The Plague might disappoint you. jh - 11/01/2010 06:31:54 AM 669 Views
I was suspecting that: I studied some other Camus in school, but not that one. Tim - 11/01/2010 09:02:04 AM 692 Views
Well, then I'd have to buy it in French, and that gets me back to my old problem: Tom - 11/01/2010 01:42:35 PM 603 Views
Y'a pas de bonnes bibliothèques avec une section "Langues Étrangères" à New York? Tim - 11/01/2010 02:11:33 PM 648 Views
I'm too lazy to respond in French. Tom - 11/01/2010 02:37:41 PM 703 Views
Looks like you win. Can't find it on fnac.com either. Tim - 11/01/2010 02:55:10 PM 758 Views
I just can't justify buying a book I would want to keep in paperback. Tom - 11/01/2010 03:53:06 PM 694 Views
I would have thought "it's not available in hardback" was a good justification... *NM* Tim - 11/01/2010 03:55:56 PM 313 Views
Not for a book that I am sure is in hardcover somewhere... Tom - 11/01/2010 03:59:08 PM 667 Views
Are you sure it's in hardcover somewhere? *NM* Tim - 11/01/2010 04:00:54 PM 319 Views
It's a classic. How could it not be? Tom - 11/01/2010 04:03:07 PM 624 Views
Why would one do a new edition of a book that old - and that short - in hardcover? Legolas - 11/01/2010 05:00:04 PM 701 Views
Because it's a classic. Tom - 11/01/2010 05:06:51 PM 628 Views
I see. Legolas - 11/01/2010 05:46:06 PM 763 Views
Book culture is different in France. DomA - 12/01/2010 07:06:17 PM 776 Views
That's so sad! Tom - 12/01/2010 11:27:37 PM 598 Views
They do, but the price seems to be even steeper than that. Legolas - 12/01/2010 11:37:45 PM 767 Views
Re: They do, but the price seems to be even steeper than that. DomA - 13/01/2010 02:36:35 PM 624 Views
Re: That's so sad! DomA - 13/01/2010 02:24:53 PM 770 Views
Can you let me know what you think of 1776? Tim - 11/01/2010 09:13:58 AM 803 Views
Re: Can you let me know what you think of 1776? snoopcester - 11/01/2010 11:29:22 AM 634 Views
I had skimmed a part of it previously Tom - 11/01/2010 01:45:20 PM 641 Views
Oh, and regarding another of your points Tom - 11/01/2010 02:49:26 PM 818 Views
That's some pretty assonance . Tim - 11/01/2010 02:56:20 PM 772 Views
It's pretty straightforward Tom - 11/01/2010 03:57:41 PM 625 Views
Re: Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I. snoopcester - 11/01/2010 11:32:53 AM 723 Views
I have a lot more on my "to read one day" list, but I don't want to read them all in one year. Tom - 11/01/2010 01:46:59 PM 666 Views
I assumed you would have... I just didn't have anything more interesting to say *NM* snoopcester - 11/01/2010 02:59:30 PM 330 Views
Try "Did you know sheep have no gag reflex?" next time. Tom - 11/01/2010 04:01:54 PM 642 Views
On the Road is a classic. everynametaken - 12/01/2010 04:08:11 AM 581 Views
I've read 2, 3 and 12. Vodalus - 13/01/2010 07:38:33 PM 777 Views
There is a more important question to ask Amys - 14/01/2010 08:04:51 AM 817 Views
She reads the same books over and over and over. Tom - 14/01/2010 05:08:20 PM 618 Views
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