101-The Remnant-Tim LaHaye
102-Heidi-Spyrie
103-Armageddon-Tim LaHaye
104-The Log-Cabin Lady, Author Unknown [very interesting in an odd way]
105-The Shadow Line--A Confession-Joseph Conrad
106-Swiss Family Robinson-Johann Wyss
107-The Deerslayer-James Fenimore Cooper [loved it]
108-Moby Dick (1/3, didn't finish) [ack how anyone can make it through it I can't understand]
109-The Wind in the Willows-Kenneth Grahame
110-The Land That Time Forgot-Edgar Rice Burroughs
111-The Black Ice-Michael Connelly
112-Shoeless Joe-W.P. Kinsella
113-The Phantom of the Opera-Gaston Leroux [much different than the movie]
114-The Efficiency Expert- Edgar Rice Burrough
115-The Time Machine-H. G. Wells
116-The Sea Fairies-L. Frank Baum
117-Left Behind (All 12 Books again)
118-Sylvie and Bruno-Lewis Carroll
119-The Clue of the Twisted Candle-Edgar Wallace [great mystery]
120-The Song of Hiawatha-Longfellow [sad]
121-A Child's History of England-Charles Dickens [quite interesting]
122-Kenilworth-Sir Walter Scott [great book, would make a great movie]
123-Robin Hood-J. Walker McSpadden
124-Les Miserables-Victor Hugo [absolutely fascinating, loved it]
125-Andersen's Fairy Tales-Hans Christian Anderson
Monday, June 12, 2006
Books I Have Read [4]
76-Peter Pan-Sir John M. Barrie [not like the movie or play at all, much darker]
77-The Little White Bird-Sir John M. Barrie
78-Pinocchio-Carlo Collodi [not like the movie at all]
79-After Dark-Wilkie Collins
80-Daniel Deronda-George Eliot [fascinating character development]
81-All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten-
82-Assassin-Tim LaHaye
83-The Indwelling-Tim LaHaye
84-Mysterious Affair at Styles-Agatha Christie
85-God's Country--And the Woman-James Oliver Curwood
86-Homeward Bound or The Chase--A Tale of the Sea-James Fenimore Cooper
87-Up From Slavery-Booker T. Washington [amazing]
88-Bambi-Marjorie Benton Cooke
89-The Velveteen Rabbit-Margery Williams
90-The Invisible Man-H.G.Wells
91-Anthem-Ayn Rand
92-20000 Leagues Under the Sea-Jules Verne [great!]
93-The Mysterious Island-Jules Verne [great!]
94-Around the World in 80 Days-Jules Verne [great!]
95-Another Study of Woman-Honore de Balzac
96-Beauty and the Beast and Tales from Home-Bayard Taylor
97-Cabbages and Kings-O Henry
98-Room With A View-44 percent [not worth the time]
99-The Mark-Tim LaHaye
100-Desecration-Tim LaHaye
77-The Little White Bird-Sir John M. Barrie
78-Pinocchio-Carlo Collodi [not like the movie at all]
79-After Dark-Wilkie Collins
80-Daniel Deronda-George Eliot [fascinating character development]
81-All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten-
82-Assassin-Tim LaHaye
83-The Indwelling-Tim LaHaye
84-Mysterious Affair at Styles-Agatha Christie
85-God's Country--And the Woman-James Oliver Curwood
86-Homeward Bound or The Chase--A Tale of the Sea-James Fenimore Cooper
87-Up From Slavery-Booker T. Washington [amazing]
88-Bambi-Marjorie Benton Cooke
89-The Velveteen Rabbit-Margery Williams
90-The Invisible Man-H.G.Wells
91-Anthem-Ayn Rand
92-20000 Leagues Under the Sea-Jules Verne [great!]
93-The Mysterious Island-Jules Verne [great!]
94-Around the World in 80 Days-Jules Verne [great!]
95-Another Study of Woman-Honore de Balzac
96-Beauty and the Beast and Tales from Home-Bayard Taylor
97-Cabbages and Kings-O Henry
98-Room With A View-44 percent [not worth the time]
99-The Mark-Tim LaHaye
100-Desecration-Tim LaHaye
Books I Have Read [3]
51 Little Lord Fauntleroy-Herbert [as nice as the movie]
52 Puck of Pooh's Hill-Rudyard Kipling
53 Emma-Jane Austen (1/2 read) [couldn't get through it]
54 Sense & Sensibility-Jane Austen
55 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Doug Adams
56 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe-Doug Adams
57 Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain
58 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain
59 Gulliver's Travels-Jonathan Swift
60-The Secret Garden-Herbert
61-Apollyon-Tim LaHaye
62-The Red Badge of Courage-Stephen Crane
63-Pilgrim's Progress-John Bunyan
64-The Jungle-Upton Sinclair [very very scary, a shame that things were like that]
65-The House of Seven Gables-
66-Alice in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll
67-Through the Looking-Glass-Lewis Carroll
68-Little Women-Louisa May Alcott
69-The Hunting of the Snark-Lewis Carroll
70-Robinson Crusoe-Daniel Defoe [interesting, excellent religious themes]
71-Last of the Mohicans-James Fenimore Cooper [great, loved it]
72-Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe-Daniel Defoe
73-Two Years Before the Mast-Robert Dana [fascinating, fascinating]
74-Tom Swift and His Airship
75-Tom Swift and the Caves of Ice
52 Puck of Pooh's Hill-Rudyard Kipling
53 Emma-Jane Austen (1/2 read) [couldn't get through it]
54 Sense & Sensibility-Jane Austen
55 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Doug Adams
56 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe-Doug Adams
57 Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain
58 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain
59 Gulliver's Travels-Jonathan Swift
60-The Secret Garden-Herbert
61-Apollyon-Tim LaHaye
62-The Red Badge of Courage-Stephen Crane
63-Pilgrim's Progress-John Bunyan
64-The Jungle-Upton Sinclair [very very scary, a shame that things were like that]
65-The House of Seven Gables-
66-Alice in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll
67-Through the Looking-Glass-Lewis Carroll
68-Little Women-Louisa May Alcott
69-The Hunting of the Snark-Lewis Carroll
70-Robinson Crusoe-Daniel Defoe [interesting, excellent religious themes]
71-Last of the Mohicans-James Fenimore Cooper [great, loved it]
72-Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe-Daniel Defoe
73-Two Years Before the Mast-Robert Dana [fascinating, fascinating]
74-Tom Swift and His Airship
75-Tom Swift and the Caves of Ice
Books I Have Read [2]
26 Pudd'nhead Wilson-Mark Twain
27 Sketches New and Old-Mark Twain
28 What is Man-Mark Twain
29 Captain Stormfield-Mark Twain
30 The Double-Barreled Detective-Mark Twain
31 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
32 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-Robert Louis Stevenson
33 Frankenstein-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [quite a bit different from movies]
34 The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid-Thomas Hardy [more intriguing than the title would suggest]
35 The Woodlanders-Thomas Hardy [fascinating]
36 Return of the Native-Thomas Hardy
37 Far From the Madding Crowd-Thomas Hardy [fascinating]
38 Left Behind-Tim LaHaye [Great!]
39 Tribulation Force-Tim LaHaye
40 The Portrait of Dorian Gray-Oscar Wilde [creepy]
41 Uncle Tom's Cabin-Harriet Beecher Stowe [amazing, jaw-dropping, I understand why it caused a stir]
42 Nicolae-Tim LaHaye
43 Two on a Tower-Thomas Hardy [worth reading]
44 Soul Harvest-Tim LaHaye
45 Captains Courageous-Rudyard Kipling
46 The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
47 Twilight Manor-Gwen Austin (iuniverse.com online)
48 Jungle Book-Rudyard Kipling
49 The Second Jungle Book-Rudyard Kipling
50 Kim-Rudyard Kipling [this would make a great movie]
27 Sketches New and Old-Mark Twain
28 What is Man-Mark Twain
29 Captain Stormfield-Mark Twain
30 The Double-Barreled Detective-Mark Twain
31 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
32 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-Robert Louis Stevenson
33 Frankenstein-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [quite a bit different from movies]
34 The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid-Thomas Hardy [more intriguing than the title would suggest]
35 The Woodlanders-Thomas Hardy [fascinating]
36 Return of the Native-Thomas Hardy
37 Far From the Madding Crowd-Thomas Hardy [fascinating]
38 Left Behind-Tim LaHaye [Great!]
39 Tribulation Force-Tim LaHaye
40 The Portrait of Dorian Gray-Oscar Wilde [creepy]
41 Uncle Tom's Cabin-Harriet Beecher Stowe [amazing, jaw-dropping, I understand why it caused a stir]
42 Nicolae-Tim LaHaye
43 Two on a Tower-Thomas Hardy [worth reading]
44 Soul Harvest-Tim LaHaye
45 Captains Courageous-Rudyard Kipling
46 The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
47 Twilight Manor-Gwen Austin (iuniverse.com online)
48 Jungle Book-Rudyard Kipling
49 The Second Jungle Book-Rudyard Kipling
50 Kim-Rudyard Kipling [this would make a great movie]
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Books I Have Read [1]
OK I've been reading. A lot, especially after I finished my PhD, started teaching college, and then got glasses. About 4 years ago I purchased a PDA (Handspring Visor Pro). After figuring my way around it and transferring my life into it (notes, dates, names, etc. etc.), I figured out how to download a simple text file from Project Gutenberg (and other online full text sources), convert it to a "PDB" file, transfer it to my PDA, and read it.
The next few blogs are my list of books I have read, and some commentary where appropriate. I have purchased only a few ebooks, the rest were completely free.
First 25 (my comments are in brackets]
1Treasure Island-Robert Louis Stevenson
2 Dracula-Bram Stoker [excellent, highly recommended, much better than the commonly understood story of Dracula]
3 Democracy in America, Book 1: Chapters 1-3, 15-Alexis De Toqueville
4 Institutes of the Christian Religion-John Calvin (partial)
5 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
6 War of the Worlds-H. G. Wells [must read]
7 Antigone-Sophocles
8 Rothschild’s Fiddle-Anton Chekov
9 Wuthering Heights-Emily Brontë
10 Othello-Shakespeare (not finished)
11 The Effective Executive-Peter Drucker
12 Tarzan of the Apes-Edgar Rice Burroughs [surprising]
13 The complete Oz series (14 books)-L. Frank Baum [fun]
14 The Snow Queen-Hans Christian Anderson
15 A Christmas Carol-Charles Dickens
16 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People-David Niven
17 An American Claimant-Mark Twain [a real Twain sleeper hit]
18 A Dog's Tale-Mark Twain
19 A Burlesque Autobiography-Mark Twain
20 Adam's Diary-Mark Twain
21 A Horse's Tale-Mark Twain
22 The Curious Republic of Gondour-Mark Twain
23 Is Shakespeare Dead-Mark Twain [thought-provoking--the idea that Shakespeare was not Shakespeare still lives today]
24 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg-Mark Twain [clever premise]
25 The Prince and the Pauper-Mark Twain
The next few blogs are my list of books I have read, and some commentary where appropriate. I have purchased only a few ebooks, the rest were completely free.
First 25 (my comments are in brackets]
1Treasure Island-Robert Louis Stevenson
2 Dracula-Bram Stoker [excellent, highly recommended, much better than the commonly understood story of Dracula]
3 Democracy in America, Book 1: Chapters 1-3, 15-Alexis De Toqueville
4 Institutes of the Christian Religion-John Calvin (partial)
5 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
6 War of the Worlds-H. G. Wells [must read]
7 Antigone-Sophocles
8 Rothschild’s Fiddle-Anton Chekov
9 Wuthering Heights-Emily Brontë
10 Othello-Shakespeare (not finished)
11 The Effective Executive-Peter Drucker
12 Tarzan of the Apes-Edgar Rice Burroughs [surprising]
13 The complete Oz series (14 books)-L. Frank Baum [fun]
14 The Snow Queen-Hans Christian Anderson
15 A Christmas Carol-Charles Dickens
16 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People-David Niven
17 An American Claimant-Mark Twain [a real Twain sleeper hit]
18 A Dog's Tale-Mark Twain
19 A Burlesque Autobiography-Mark Twain
20 Adam's Diary-Mark Twain
21 A Horse's Tale-Mark Twain
22 The Curious Republic of Gondour-Mark Twain
23 Is Shakespeare Dead-Mark Twain [thought-provoking--the idea that Shakespeare was not Shakespeare still lives today]
24 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg-Mark Twain [clever premise]
25 The Prince and the Pauper-Mark Twain
FunVerse #9
This is (simply) an attempt to create purely rhythmic verse with absolutely no real meaning at all. It's fun to read it out loud, though!
Kuma Tintin Rot
Gaunch a rena in palada
Mora tintinalla flaw;
Pasqua loober is cronada
And facheevly, reevly baw.
Manicolli tintinolli
Pre-spadulla wasparay.
A capello, maranello.
Vola veela hoola bray.
Pilfa no arun jaliffa
Astaringo or merill!
Eber tintin kuma toorah,
Walma balma in parrill.
And panat is caballering
Tintin toorah: ablucot
Vints sparangulablarotty,
Oomah noomah kuma rot!
June 4, 2006
Kuma Tintin Rot
Gaunch a rena in palada
Mora tintinalla flaw;
Pasqua loober is cronada
And facheevly, reevly baw.
Manicolli tintinolli
Pre-spadulla wasparay.
A capello, maranello.
Vola veela hoola bray.
Pilfa no arun jaliffa
Astaringo or merill!
Eber tintin kuma toorah,
Walma balma in parrill.
And panat is caballering
Tintin toorah: ablucot
Vints sparangulablarotty,
Oomah noomah kuma rot!
June 4, 2006
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