Baker’s Dozen III

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1501

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
1502

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
1503

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  6. Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
1504

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  6. Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  7. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler

I know just enough about it to know that I probably wouldn’t get much out of it.

1505

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  6. Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  7. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
  8. On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
1506

You know, you can just jump over the part where it gets too deep into whaling history, lore and technique, and get right back to the story. Ahab isn’t the only person entitled to be a skipper.

IN PLAY …

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  6. Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  7. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
  8. On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
  9. Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell

I’ve seen the movie … good enough for me.

-“BB”-

1507

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  6. Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  7. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
  8. On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
  9. Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
  10. Ulysses by James Joyce
1508

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  6. Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  7. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
  8. On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
  9. Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
  10. Ulysses by James Joyce
  11. Finnegan’s Wake, by James Joyce

Between FW and Ulysses, I’ll take Ulysses any day. Reading FW is way way waay too much work having to disentangle the eccentric language and what I understand is a general lack of plot, for too little payoff in my view.

1509

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  6. Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  7. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
  8. On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
  9. Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
  10. Ulysses by James Joyce
  11. Finnegan’s Wake, by James Joyce
  12. The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett

I’ve heard such great things about the series that I really wanted to read it, but after trying a couple of times, I couldn’t get beyond the first chapter

1510

The first two Discworld books are not that good. Sir Terry didn’t find his voice until the 3rd (Witches! Witches!) and got better from then on.

1511

Interesting. I had the very same experience.

1512

I’m in the club too, right down to not making it through the first chapter. The “Why am I reading this?” thoughts got too heavy.

1513

Books You Are Probably Never Going To Get Around To Reading

  1. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
  2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  3. Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
  4. Hookers and Blow Save Christmas, by Munty C. Pepin
  5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
  6. Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  7. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
  8. On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
  9. Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
  10. Ulysses by James Joyce
  11. Finnegan’s Wake, by James Joyce
  12. The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett
  13. The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien

New category:

Crime and investigation shows

  1. Bones
1514

Crime and investigation shows

  1. Bones
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Jeremy Brett was awesome.

1515

Pratchett’s third book (after The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic) was Equal Rites. There was no book called Witches! Witches! – I think you’ve got that confused with Guards! Guards! (his eighth Discworld novel) in which we are introduced more fully to Sgt. Vimes, Corporal Nobbs, the six foot, six inch tall dwarf Carrot Ironfoundersson, and the rest of the Ankh-Morpork Night Watch.

I share your opinion that as he progressed and continued to flesh out the Discworld, his works became much more readable, which is why my all-time favorite is a toss-up between Witches Abroad and Soul Music. I also count myself fortunate indeed to have an illustrated copy of The Last Hero signed and inscribed to me by both Sir Terry and Paul Kidby, courtesy of Katie Barefoot, who introduced me to the works of Sir Terry back in 2001 – and to the man himself in 2005. One more reason why I still miss that woman.

Back to the game:

Crime and investigation shows

  1. Bones
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. Cannon

-“BB”-

1516

Crime and investigation shows

  1. Bones
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. Broadchurch
1517

Crime and investigation shows

  1. Bones
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. Broadchurch
  4. Shetland
1518

Crime and investigation shows

  1. Bones
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. Broadchurch
  4. Shetland
  5. Law & Order
1519

Crime and investigation shows

  1. Bones
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. Cannon
  4. Broadchurch
  5. Shetland
  6. CSI

Housecleaning and new entry.

1520

Crime and investigation shows

  1. Bones
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. Cannon
  4. Broadchurch
  5. Shetland
  6. CSI
  7. Jonathan Creek