My New Mission

Okay, I have been totally inspired by Monique. As a faithful reader of many friends' blogs, I was particularly interested in one of her posts about reading the 100 greatest novels of all time. I looked up the list online, and I was surprised to find that I hadn't read very many of them... and those that I had read, I was forced to do so in high school and didn't really remember much about them. How had I missed all of these "greatest" novels? I felt totally left out of the loop! I decided to make my new mission to read these books -- wait, not just read, but really enjoy and get into them.

So I made a little trip to Half-Price Books (which is really addicting, by the way, and I highly recommend going if you like books) and bought about 10 from the list to jump-start my reading. I finished The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (so much better than I remembered it!) and am currently getting into Animal Farm by George Orwell.

On a different note, I also recently finished a book called Marley and Me by John Grogan. This was honestly the first book in a long time that had me laughing out loud in Barnes and Noble! It's an adorable story about a man and his wife who buy a lab puppy who turns out to be what he calls "the world's worst dog". If you're a dog owner or a dog lover, you'll really appreciate the anecdotes he shares about his beloved pet. It's probably one of my favorite books of all time!

Wow, I just rambled like a true nerd about books. Next time I'll try to be a little more cool, I promise. :)
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"Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when his is alive and not after he is dead." - The Great Gatsby