Three Apparently Really is a Magic Number

One more list and an addition today...plus the promise of a list to come.

The list I got today is from Tiffany, my partner and girlfriend, my lovely funny girl who fills my days with sunshine.

She told me earlier this week that she couldn't think of any books that she adored that I hadn't already read and yet there are books on the list I haven't read, so she found some!

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Sci-Fi)
The Gilded Chain by Dave Duncan (Fantasy)
Ireland: A Novel by Frank Delaney - Now that I think about it, reading this book directly lead to me starting to use my LJ again, which is the medium through which we met... see where I'm going? :)
Druids by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fantasy)
tWot series by Robert Jordan (Fantasy)
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Classic)
Sherlock Holmes Complete Novels & Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Classic & Mystery)
Miss Marple novels by Agatha Christie (Classic & Mystery)
The Works of Raymond Chandler (Mystery)
Ulysses by James Joyce - I haven't actually read this myself, but it's one of Frank Delaney's favorite books and he's an amazing author, so I don't doubt his opinion. I'll get to it someday.

I have read Ireland, I have read most of The Wheel of Time series, and I have read a good number of Shakespearean works (yes, I am a good little theatre major, thankyouverymuch) but that's it. So, I'm still averaging about three-ish per list even though The Wheel of Time series has 12 books in it and Shakespeare was a little more prolific than most and they both should count for more. But they don't. C'est la vie!

The addition comes from Victoria who said:

"I realize that this is the third time I've tweaked my list, but I'm not taking anything off this time. I just feel compelled to say that, if you haven't already, you absolutely must read Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Because it's an amazing read, and it furthered my belief that the world would be a much happier place if everyone would just live by playground rules. So, just a thought."

I haven't read it either. I worked at a bookstore when it was first published oh, so many moons ago but I never did read it. I will work to rectify the oversight.

The promised list will come from my cousin, Chris, who is vacationing in Maui currently and relaxing absolutely takes precedence. She says she will send it when she gets home and I am looking forward to finding out what is on it because, if I recall correctly, she once recommended a book to me when she was still in high school and I was on my way to South Dakota for what was supposed to be two years and ended up being closer to five months. (It's a long story. Perhaps I'll put it in a book someday.) The book she recommended back then was The Pigman by Paul Zindel. I remember reading it and being impressed by both the book and by Chris. But then, she is a brilliant lawyer now and when she was a baby, she used to let me carry her everywhere on my hip.

God. I'm old.

Anyway. I have received word that The Bone People, The Moorchild, and The House of Mirth are all on their way to me via the wonders of Paperbackswap.com, so I am looking forward to picking them up soon and diving in.

Thanks again for helping me broaden my horizons without resorting to prepackaged lists! I eat locally produced foods as often as I can, I might as well be inspired locally, too!

Happy reading!

Erin