January 21, 2006
Author: William Shakespeare
Year Published: c. 1600
Pages: c. 100
From the Library of: BYU (thanks to Tristan for putting together the readers theatre)
Dates Read: 1.14.06 and 1.21.06
I still don’t really understand Shakespeare. At all. When they act it out it helps, but just reading through it I don’t understand even half of it. Reading Hamlet in high school was good because our teacher explained everything as we went along. The readers theatre was fun and took a few hours on two Saturdays. It was an enjoyable experience and the best quote we all took from it was “Shall we shog?”
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January 3, 2006
Author: Jason Wright
Year Published: 2005
Pages: 122
From the Library of: My Grandma (advanced reading copy from Laurie)
Dates Read: 1/2-1/3/06
Description: An orphan gets raised and becomes a newspaper reporter and gets a Christmas jar and discovers the Christmas Jar spirit.
What I thought: It was a really good book. A short read with a happy and emotional ending. Brings the spirit of service and Christmas to life.
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January 1, 2006
Translator: Joseph Smith, Jr.
Publication Year: 1830
Pages: 531
From My Library: 18th Birthday present from my parents
Dates Read: 9/1-12/31/05
Description: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
My Thoughts: Once again, a wonderful book. The only book I’ve read multiple times and the only book I plan to read multiple times. It really does change your life, I see a significant difference between days when I do read it and days when I don’t. It was fun reading it for the President Hinckley challenge at the same time as the rest of my family and the Church.
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December 31, 2005
Author: George Orwell
Year Published: 1949
Pages: 314
From the Library of: BYU
Dates Read: 12/24-12/31/05
Description: A world where everyone and everything is controlled by the government. Anti-communist novel. The first two parts were about Winston thinking the party was bad then finding other people who agree with him and acting against the party. The last part was while Winston was being tortured.
What I thought: The first two parts had some creative ideas, but it didn’t get amazing until the third part. It was a philosophical discussion on solipsism and how the mind works and doesn’t work and what it can and cannot do. It proposes you can be forced to do anything with the correct motivation. It really is a classic.
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December 30, 2005
Author: Mark Dunn
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 207
From the Library of: My Grandma
Date Read: 12/29/05
Description: A novel in letters: they slowly remove letters from the alphabet.
What I thought: I did not like it at all. My aunt thought it was hilarious. I thought it was stupid. It was an interesting concept and towards the end when they could only use a couple of letters from the alphabet it was somewhat interesting, but in general I thought Dunn’s writing style was ridiculous.
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December 21, 2005
Author: William George Jordan
Year Published: 1898
Pages: 54
From the library of: My Grandma (it was given to her father by her mother for Christmas, 1920)
Dates Read: 12/19-12/21/05
Description: A guide to being calm, not hurrying, the power of personal influence, the dignity of self-reliance, failure as success, doing our best at all times, and the royal road to happiness.
My thoughts: A bright little book, definitely worth the hour if you can get your hands on a copy of it.
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December 20, 2005
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publication Date: 1969
Pages: 224
Where I got it: BYU Library
When I read it: 12/15-12/19/05
What it is: World War II novel about insane survivors of the Dresden bombing
What I thought: It was a very good novel with great insight into the mind of EPW survivors. It reenforced in my mind how stupid war is.
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November 20, 2005
Author: Henry Eyring (no B.)
Year Published: 1983
Pages: 150
From the Library of: BYU (read for my Biology 100H class)
Description: The life of renowned chemist Henry Eyring.
My thoughts: A wonderful short autobiography. It puts an amazing perspective on science and religion (especially evolution), the Saints, academia and Mormonism, humility, and having an opitimistic attitude.
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