tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665148339707213668.post7201248901763849736..comments2023-11-03T04:37:25.038-04:00Comments on The Penny Dreadful, Grub Street's official blog: Modernist, Schmodernist: What makes a book a good book?Grub Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17802998946889852062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665148339707213668.post-51389647858017177962007-08-29T16:17:00.000-04:002007-08-29T16:17:00.000-04:00This is an excellent post, Whitney. Here are mine,...This is an excellent post, Whitney. Here are mine, in no particular order, and I'm sure they'd be different if I listed them tomorrow...<BR/><BR/>1) One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez<BR/><BR/>2) Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy<BR/><BR/>3) Frankenstein, Mary Shelley<BR/><BR/>4) Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman and/or Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson <BR/><BR/>5) The Things They Carried, Tim O'BrienChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099162873213619194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665148339707213668.post-3869967687891128482007-08-23T20:09:00.000-04:002007-08-23T20:09:00.000-04:00Crossing to Safety! What a wonderful book! I read ...Crossing to Safety! What a wonderful book! I read it in a leatherbound signed limited edition which somewhere along the line was lent and never returned. Absolutely a top five book in no particular order with<BR/>2. Something of Value, Robert Ruark<BR/>3. Arthur & George, Julian Barnes<BR/>4. Bluebeard, Kurt Vonnegut<BR/>5. Wonderland, Joyce Carol OatesDennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07488612975508081871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665148339707213668.post-30430453472033121482007-08-23T16:11:00.000-04:002007-08-23T16:11:00.000-04:00In no particular order:1. Disgrace, JM Coetzee2. P...In no particular order:<BR/><BR/>1. Disgrace, JM Coetzee<BR/>2. Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce<BR/>3. Our Lady of the Flowers, Jean Genet<BR/>4. Howl and Other Poems, Allen Ginsburg<BR/>5. Love is a Dog from Hell, Charles BukowskiDaniel Pritchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02171613044501024248noreply@blogger.com