Reading List

My approach to reading is a bit weird. I love to read, but I don't necessarily do it for entertainment, I do it for enrichment. Many times I've found myself trudging through a ponderous novel that requires a considerable amount of mental exertion and focus, and asked myself, why?.

Why? Probably due to a mix of obsessive compulsive disorder and a lifelong pursuit cultural literacy.

To this end, I'm usually reading at least three or four books at a time, and a one them is usually from a list I found called "Time Magazine's All Time 100 Novels: English Language Works From 1923 to the Present." So far I've read 21 of the books on the list (22 when I finish The Crying of Lot 49). I'm going to start writing mini-reviews of the novels on the list, along with a few others, in no particular order. I've read some of these novels very recently, some more than once, and others have not been read since high school. I'll try to focus on the ones that are freshest in my mind first.