6 out of 100 novels

In Time Magazine’s list of All Time 100 Novels, I’ve read only 6 out of the lot.  Other people expected me to read at least more than half (since I’m an English major) but to tell you the truth, I’m a slow reader.  Even more honest is that I find the classics really tedious to read even though some are rewarding and worth the effort.

Still I want to read the rest of the list, which means there are still 94 books for me to find.

Here are the 6 novels that I’ve read so far:

• The Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
• The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
• Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
• The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
• Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates
• Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe

I’m currently reading Call It Sleep by Henry Roth to add to the list.  I find this novel interesting, knowing that it is the only novel that the writer wrote for his lifetime.

And just to let you know, these are some of the novels I tried to read, but gave up in the process (Perhaps, I’m not yet ready to contain the experience of these novels or I’m too young for them).

• Atonement  - Ian McEwan
• Lord of the Flies – William Golding
• Possession – AS Byatt
• To the Lighthouse – Virginia Woolf
• The Sound and the Fury – William Faulkner

Dream Car

I have always been fascinated when it comes to cars and car upgrades, even though I don’t know how to drive one myself.  We all have our own notions of what a “dream car” would be like, but mine does not involve going after prerelease hype and buzz that may otherwise leave you disappointed in the end. 

Reading The English Patient

First Vintage International Edition for The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, copyright 1992.

The English Patient is the 1993 recipient of the acclaimed Booker Prize Award, written by the Sri Lankan-Canadian Novelist Michael Ondaatje.  I just finished this novel in one sitting (I tell, you, sometimes I freak myself out this way). 

Ten Reasons Why I L♥ved Ryoga Hibiki!

1. His Bokusai Tenketsu can penetrate through bricks, rocks and stones.
2. His clothes serve an even greater purpose. Headband: 5 autofires of razor shaped messiles. Belt: Virtual Sword or Steel Pole.
3. His umbrella can fire reserve shots, deflect attack, and can be used as a weapon.
4. He has strong chivalrous streaks. An honorable person.
5. He knows iron cloth martial arts and kenpo.
6. He has fangs.
7. He can survive a temperate wilderness and subtropical mountains.
8. He can send you exotic gifts and local goods from different places.
9. He can be your pet.
10. Douse P-chan with cold water and you get a naked Ryoga!