“Let us endevor so to live that, when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry”
Eyes – Green
Body – Petite
Style – Natural, Tattoos
sweetadeline
Seeking a man, 23 to 32
Book View
List View
Franny and Zooey
J. D. Salinger“I am a huge Salinger fan and this book is my favorite. The story of the Glass Family is so interesting to me and I think this paints to clearest picture of them as we are introduced to...” more »
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote“How eerie did I feel after reading this book!?! Capote really is a genius, I don't know what else to say”
Side Effects
Woody Allen“This book was in my house growing up but I wasn't allowed to read it until high school. Hilarious. Woody Allen has an acute understanding of neurosis which he demonstrates with each short...” more »
Selected Poems
E. E. Cummings, Richard S. Kennedy“Beautiful and touching, cummings is enough to get this grammar-fanatic skipping commas and ignoring the shift key.”
Lady Chatterly's Lover
D. H. Lawrence“I'm not even gonna play right now, the first time I read this book was for the sex and it was hot. I re-read it not too long ago and was struck by Lawrence's concept of female strength and...” more »
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho“Personal might and universal fate might be considered binaries by some. "The Alchemist" blurs the line where these two things meet and creates one of the most moving stories I have ever...” more »
As I Lay Dying
Michael Gorra, William Faulkner“At the surface, I liked this book because the deceased woman and I shared the same name and that never happens! But it is truly a beautiful book, written in such a distinctly varying...” more »
Long Day's Journey into Night
Harold Bloom, Eugene O'Neill“Could this play be any more depressing?”
Killing Yourself to Live
Chuck Klosterman“A bit trite perhaps, but still golden. Loved reading it, love Klosterman's style and truly enjoyed reading a number of his books.”
Poirot's Early Cases
Agatha Christie“This is a placeholder for all Agatha Christie novels. I started reading them in grade school at the suggestion of my grandmother, from whom I inherited the entire works of bound in black...” more »
The Westing Game
“This was my first favorite book. I read it in 3rd grade and not a year has gone by without my re-reading it. Oddly enough, I never bought a copy and it wasn't until I turned 20 that my...” more »
Collected Poems
Robert Lowell, David Gewanter, Frank Bidart“Confessional poetry is one of my favorite poetic styles. This man is the daddy and Elizabeth Bishop is the mommy”
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe“How have we STILL not learned? Call it whatever you want, but imperialism is still thriving.”
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain“What's in a name? This is my all-time favorite Twain, which is saying something! Puddn'head's calendar is the anecdotal stuff that dreams are made of and the characters Roxy and Tom and...” more »
