> The Things You Can Read: Stoner

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Showing posts with label Stoner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stoner. Show all posts

Monday, July 29, 2013

July 29, 2013: It's Monday What Are You Reading?


Born Standing Up: A Comic's LifeI just finished Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin [Review will be posted tomorrow]
 
 
Burial RitesI am currently reading Burial Rites by  





AND I'm listening to...

This TownThis Town by













What are you reading?  Let us know here at The Things You Can Read!
Happy reading to all! ☮

Happy Reading
The Things You Can Read!
Believe In Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, and the Power of Books!

Friday, July 19, 2013

Book Beginnings on Friday

 
This is my second time participating in Book Beginnings on Friday.  Here is what you are asked to do:
 
Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author's name.-Rose City Reader
 

 
"William Stoner entered the University of Missouri as a freshman in the year 1910, at the age of nineteen."- by Stoner by 
 
This book caught my attention because all the big literary gurus have been praising it as an overlooked classic.  Some have called it a modern day masterpiece.  I am not far enough along to have a firm opinion, but what I have noticed is the writing distances the reader from the main character, Stoner.

What are you reading right now.  Let us know here at The Things You Can Read

Happy Reading
The Things You Can Read!
Believe In Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, and the Power of Books!
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