Winnie the Pooh by A A MilneWell, my whole childhood growing up, watching Winnie the Pooh, and the stories come from this book.It was all of the stories that were on the tv show and they were so good!!! I forgot some of them!!It wouldnt have been on I would have picked up on my own, but I did enjoy writing it.
The Little Prince By: Antoine de Saint-Exupery.I think I’m just going to say no thank you and move on.Translated from different languages, could that be it? It’s a children’s book but I couldnt imagine reading it at the my child’s bedside.
The Great Gatsby By: F. Scott FitzgeraldI remember reading this book in high school. I think that we even watched the movie as well.I read this book in one day. It is a small book and I also was so surprised when I finally realized what the ending was going to be.This is what someone wrote about it:The Great Gatsby is about the efforts of this young man, Jay Gatsby, to reinvent himself. We see the whole story from the narrator’s perspective – Nick Carraway, which moved out to New York from Mid-west and now lives next door to Gatsby.I really want to talk about Daisy. Did anyone else realize that she had a daughter? Because even in the pages that the child was there, she has no idea how to act in front of it. Also, SPOILER, but Daisy was driving and then the next day she ran away with her husband. She acted as though she loved Gatsby so much and was so bewildered by him, but when it came down to it, she just was a woman who didn’t believe or act like she had a care in the world. And then her cares were to herself and never to anyone else.Also, after all the huge parties that everyone went to at Gatsby house, the lavish drinks and food, the music, the freedom to be whoever you are, NOONE came to his funeral. Not one person except his father came to show any sort of sadness or emotion toward him being dead. Everyone cared about him when he had the parties and the fun night life, but no one cared enough to show up.Another thing I thought was a while after the funeral, the main character saw Daisy’s husband walking down the street. Tom was confused to why the main character wanted nothing to do with him. He asked about what was said and it finally came together. What I mean by that is, no one was happy with who they were with. They tried to find happiness with other people. Gatsby was waiting for his long-lost love. Daisy and Tom had other people that they were intimate with physically and emotionally.I heard someone say this was the best love story. I feel like it was a tragic love story. No one was honest with each other and people ended up lost, dead, and with the people that they didn’t love.
The Alchemist By: Paulo Coelho
So, the husband chose this book for me read next. I read it in an afternoon. When I changed it to being read on Goodreads, I saw that there were more people that did not like the book rather than liking it.
I really enjoyed the book. I told Daniel that he needs to read it next. It kept my attention and for the longest period I was waiting for them to tell me what and Alchemist exactly was! I even pushed down some of the pages so I could write some quotes that I loved reading.
A boy goes on a journey. It wasn’t the easiest. He had times when it fit together and the world seemed on his side, and then it seems like his journey wasn’t meant to be. He also could have stopped and had a wonderful life during different times and not found the “treasure” that he was looking for. He thought he found the “treasure” with a love a woman and then at another time when he found he was good at some different jobs. It was the book that I needed to read today.
“There is only one way to learn,” the alchemist answered. “It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”
” Tell you heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity. “
My first post should have been a list of the books!! They are in no order but the ones I put on Goodreads to keep up with everything. Take a look at them and wonder about the ones you have read, would want to read, or think, Man I would not want to read that one!! If you have a second, please comment on what you think of the list!!!
Numbering is only so I can make sure I type all 100.
The Secret GardenBy: Frances Hodgson BurnetteA book that I really enjoyed. Again, one that i cant believe that I have never read, bc I have heard the about the book a lot of times.It kept my attention the whole way through. A Secret Garden. Hearing of cries and finding it’s little boy who people never wanted you to meet. The main character, a young girl having lost all of her family and had to move to another country and live with an uncle that really didnt want her. A young boy who has been told he is one way and feels justified in the way he acts towards others. Just that makes you want to read it, doesnt it?So, yes without giving the wonderful and charming ending that comes together so perfectly, I will end this.
Sister Carrie by: Theodore DreiserOkay, this is the first book in this set of 100 and also in my life that I did not finish. Or this is the first book in a long time that i couldnt get into or finish. There is a difference from reading a book and not liking the characters, ending,etc. But, to wonder why a book was made popular is where I am at.I would also like to add that I just I while googling the authors name and a summary of the book, it was written by a man. Only meaning that I really thought a woman was writing especially when you read a little bit about what the book is about. I did read that his wife helped in revising and looking but he wrote the meat and bulk of the book. Here you go:
Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress. It has been called the “greatest of all American urban novels”.I didnt even get to the actress part. I got to her moving to the big city, a tiny fawn of a little lady and was surprised to see her sister and husband in law so tired from working/maintaining the household. She was surprised to see her how her older sisters body and attitude had changed from becoming a wife, mother, and trying to survive the Big City. She was told she had to earn a wage to live in the small apartment. She did find employment after looking and deciding which place would be best for her. She spent her nights staring at the streets downstairs but the one time she went outside, she was catcalled and did not realize what the man was offering her. While on the train to come, she met a man who would be a character throughout the book who brought out was of cash, told her that she needed to get new clothes, and to not work as hard. She ended up living, well he paid her rent in a one room motel and then she also began a relationship with his friend. I had to stop. In my mind I saw a Moulin Rouge sort of glitz and glamour where people were also just fighting to earn a wage and be able to come home to
something.If you read it, if you finished it, horray for you. I just couldnt.It probably could be said that I tried to read the book for three days when I usually can finish a book in a day or two at the most.On to another one.
Atonement By: Ian McEwan
I don’t know where to start. All I know is that my sister got me into watching the wonderful performances of James McAvoy and I remember watching this movie either with her or on my own. I remember what needed to be atoned but didn’t remember all of the ending. This is where we meet, you who read this, at the point where I want to talk about the bulk of the book and the ending.
And, so read the book or see the movie. If you haven’t then please go on to the next book.
I again put it being read on Goodreads and started looking through the comments b/c I like reading other peoples opinions on the books that I have read. I also went on YouTube and watched the ending of the movie and a couple of key points. In the comments, one person said he or she cried more than when he watched Titanic and some other sobby movies. Another commenter said that they had read the book slowly and also watched the movie while in high school. They said the whole room was crying at the end.
The sister told a lie. I really huge lie during a crazy night and time in her very affluent family. It ruined so many different people’s lives. In the end, years later she was unable to really say sorry and take it all back. The lie made Robbie Turner sit in jail and then go to war. I believe that years later the sister got a job as a nurse to be like her older sister and also try to give back to what she had taken away. It was so heart breaking at the end, the reveal that the book was just trying to say how it would be. But, in reality she was never able to fully apologize for what she had done.
The Call of the Wild By: Jack London
Many people, especially my husband has said that he remembers reading this book when he was at school. I got in in paperback with the other book. White Fang attached to it. It was only 90 pages, but the words seem to be tiny!
I did like it. I feel like a dog lover, like my sister Jenny would not like this book. I put down my having read it on Goodreads and read a little on what others had thought of it. Animal Cruelty was a lot of what was said.
There was a call of the wild. The dog felt the call. He felt a pull to his human and trying to make sure he was alright, but in the end, he wanted to wild and free.
I am wondering with each of these books I write about, if people will read these but also if I should talk about the endings or even what really happens in the books. B/c the next book that I read is a doozy and I want to talk about it all.
For now, I can see people reading this book and liking it. I also see people reading the book and disliking it.
Book 2 of poster
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
The book has only 127 pages. No chapters. I know that it was written way before, but the book at many points reminded me of one of my favorite books, Life of Phi. The Old man, who Hemingway does such a good job at describing throughout the book. The locations and the people, it makes you feel like you can see what they look like, what the smells of the fish, and the places that they visit on a daily basis. They never say an age, but the old man seems like he is elderly. He knows that he must go out everyday and search and get fish to live. The boy who helps tend to him, have a relationship with the Old man that you would want a young boy to have. To learn the common sense things of what it takes to fish, but also to show how to help others. They both take care of each other in different ways. When the Old man is at sea, it feels like it is for so many days. No spoilers here, but the man is at sea, trying to kill and bring in the best fish to live on.
While at sea, he talks out loud to himself and all of the sea creatures that come near the boat. I felt like I was there, like he was either talking to me or at least I was thinking about how I would be shouting out to the world while on a boat by myself. Barely any water, only small amount of food that he catches, you don’t know if he will starve to death, dehydrate, or be killed by a shark.
When I was putting this on Goodreads, I looked to see how others felt about the book. It was either a love or hate relationship on there. For the second book on my poster, it was a breath of fresh air. It reminded me that books allow you to see things that you have never seen and be places that you would never visit. And so, I haven’t decided on book 3 yet. I was also thinking that I might wrap the books that I have, 16 I think from the bookstore and then just unwrap one and begin. Maybe I’ll just have the husband choose one for me and that the one that I read.
Happy New Year 2020
P.S. One of my favorite books and movies is Silver Lining Playbook. I think it’s the quirkiness and mental things that the two main characters carry around with reminds me of myself. Anyway, when I saw that one of the books that I would be reading was by Ernest Hemingway, all I could think of is the scene where the main character finishes Farewell to Arms and has to yell about the choices of endings after throwing a book. 1. I have thrown a book after reading it. 2. I just remember the scene and how angry he was.
Reading becomes a pattern 