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Book #32 was The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The back of the book reads: "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search
Read moreBook #21 was Love in Infant Monkeys by Lydia Millet. The back of the book reads: Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants — all have shared spotlights and tabloid headlines with celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Thomas Edison, and David Hasselhoff. Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with famous people and pop culture. While
Read moreBook #19 was The Raising by Laura Kasischke. The back of the book reads: Last year Godwin Honors Hall was draped in black. The university was mourning the loss of one of its own: Nicole Werner, a blond, beautiful, straight-A sorority sister tragically killed in a car accident that left her boyfriend, who was driving, remarkably—some say suspiciously—unscathed. Although a year has passed, as winter
Read moreBook #16 was The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. The back of the book reads: First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart’s darling," the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers–the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason. "Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
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