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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Thursday, November 10, 2005

Book #50

In case you're wondering I chose Ernest Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls for the prestigious slot as book #50 on my 2005 reading list. Why? You got me. I was going to pick something clever with 'fifty' in the title but that turned out to be too difficult. Ultimately I guess I chose this one because 1) it's been on my shelf for a while 2) it's an epic 460 pages and 3) I thought reading a classic would be a nice way to cap off my quest.

So far it's been well worth the quarter I spent for it at a local booksale. The copy I have is an old paperback library book that was discarded by Shorewood High School (Go Thunderbirds!). Apparently high school students don't read Hemingway anymore, because judging by the card in the front it looks like only one student ever chose to check it out (kudos to you Alicia Taggart).

posted by Jamie at 11:33 PM

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

congrats jamie! sounds like you are finishing off your goal bells ringing :)

8:49 AM

 
Blogger Jamie said...

Brilliant. I don't know how I missed the 'ring it in' pun. :-)

12:31 AM

 

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