It doesn't even belong on the list, period! (That's why it took me forever apologies.) The Modern Library must be joking if they believe this book belongs anywhere near the top ten. ![]() One of the worst things I've ever read in my life. Writing so good that I had remembered several scenes from the first time I read it way back in high school.Īutumn 2015: Autumn is my favorite season, but this fall has been the worst of my life, and I'm still licking my wounds. Lawrence! Apparently, I prefer his earlier stuff to his later stuff.Īutumn 2015Winter 2016: Suffering three simultaneous griefssome literal, some figurative, all painfulso books, videos, alcohol, solitude, & work are all helping get me along and through it.not there yet. I was expecting the worst, but this is surprisingly readable D.H. but I still just feel like crawling out of my own skin. Winter 2016: Not much to say here either still, and it's not because nothing's happened (I've been back & forth to California three times in as many months, had a birthday, & even enjoyed a string of great press ). Super puzzled that this would be a top-ten pick. ![]() Now I know why, despite having read this book in college, that I remember none of it! Not great, but at least better the second time around.possibly because the first time around, I didn't actually read it! (Sorry, Mrs. Surprising, maybe, how little of it I remembered from Western Civ I in college. What's Going on in My Life at the Time I Read this ClassicĬlick here to view the list as rank ordered by Classic Bitch.Ī short book that takes forever to read because it's supremely uninteresting. ![]() My goal is to get as few hits as possible. It's a boring & severely text-heavy site I've created for my own personal edification. The Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Classic Bitch This is documentation of my adventures making my way up the list of
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