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June 15, 2006

13 books in a box

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Along a wall I have stacks of boxes. Each box contains bit of my past. Most of it I really should get rid of. Anyway, I opened one box today and found some books. I actually happened to find 13 books. Some of these books were from college; some I even read.

  1. Hole in the Sky by William Kittredge. Read this for my college class "The New West."
  2. The World's Relgions by Huston Smith. A classic in the study of religions.
  3. The Tattooed Lady in the Garden by Pattiann Rogers. Poetry collection. Didn't understand most of it back when I first read it.
  4. O'Connor Collected Works (Flannery O'Connor. A Library of America Collection (the black dustjacket with the red, white a blue stripe).
  5. The Best Loved Poems of the American People. (The only publication date is 1936.)
  6. Mostly Harmless by Douglass Adams. (yes, one of these books is not like the others....) Eye-wink
  7. A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  8. The Norton Anthology of English Literature (5th Edition).
  9. The Book of Mormon. (With a Washington State Lottery Card bookmark.... hmmmm...)
  10. All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy (book was better than the movie).
  11. The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy (yeah, I like McCarthy's work).
  12. Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide by James D. Lester.
  13. Usagi Yojimbo Book One, Stan Sakai. (About a Samuri Rabbit. This one wasn't required reading in college... for some strange reason....)

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June 15, 2006 at 9:51am.
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Interesting list. :-)

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cat's picture
 cat
Jun 15, 2006
10:10am

Interesting list. Smiling

Curses, you've figured me

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cat's picture
 cat
Jun 15, 2006
10:23am

Curses, you've figured me out.

Shame, SHAME! Repent while there is still time. Smiling

do you mind if I repent in

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david's picture
 david
Jun 15, 2006
10:29am

do you mind if I repent in the morning... it's late, you know, and I'm kinda, sorta, in the usually sleepy way, well, sleepy. I'm so sleepy I may even be making an inkling of sense.

I suppose it'll have to

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cat's picture
 cat
Jun 15, 2006
10:43am

I suppose it'll have to do... Sticking out tongue Smiling

You just had to mention

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Francesca Gray's picture
 Francesca Gray
Jun 15, 2006
11:08am

You just had to mention books and boxes, didnt you? Interesting list, though, I enjoyed it.

Hmmm . . . I haven't read a

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Kailani's picture
 Kailani
Jun 15, 2006
11:17am

Hmmm . . . I haven't read a single one of those books. What are the chances that you'd find exactly 13 books? LOL!

A Samurai rabbit, eh? I

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K T Cat's picture
 K T Cat
Jun 15, 2006
11:58am

A Samurai rabbit, eh? I think I'll have to check this one out.

My TT is up.

Note to self: read some

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nat's picture
 nat
Jun 15, 2006
1:27pm

Note to self: read some McCarthy!

Isn't it like finding a treasure when you open old boxes? You certainly found one!

Now that's an ecclectic list

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carmen's picture
 carmen
Jun 15, 2006
2:39pm

Now that's an ecclectic list of books. Smiling

Ah yes, boxes and books,

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mary's picture
 mary
Jun 15, 2006
3:47pm

Ah yes, boxes and books, what to keep, what to get rid of! Actually I only have two books left. Donated them to libraries or gave them to my kids. Only owned one on your list. My TT is here: http://www.alyceclover.blogspot.com if you care to visit.

I own over three hundred

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Kelly's picture
 Kelly
Jun 15, 2006
5:42pm

I own over three hundred books, but don't have one on your list. I agree the one about the samuri rabbit sounds interesting. I think i'm using this idea next week! My TT is up!

After reading this list, I

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angela's picture
 angela
Jun 15, 2006
9:03pm

After reading this list, I don't think that you and I would ever fight over the same book to read...Smiling

May have to come back later and see what else you have here...

hmmmm. I recognize two of

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dawn's picture
 dawn
Jun 16, 2006
5:01am

hmmmm. I recognize two of those books Smiling

I've actually only read one

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Scouser's picture
 Scouser
Jun 16, 2006
10:12am

I've actually only read one of them, the one that's not like the others Laughing out loud . Thank you for visiting my T13

Hmmm...as I look around, I

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 cat
Jun 16, 2006
11:35am

Hmmm...as I look around, I don't see any evidence of repentance. I can only hope you're down on your knees, that your whistle is wet and your mouth is moving. Eye-wink

@cat: Gee, cat, what kind of

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 david
Jun 17, 2006
7:39pm

@cat: Gee, cat, what kind of church do you go to??? Smiling

@Francesca Gray: thanks.

@Kailani: it was weird finding 13. My brain is now attuned to 13 for some reason!

@K T Cat: Usagi is a graphic novel. I actually haven't read it yet.

@nat: I was actually trying to find my copy of War and Peace. But I have another McCarthy book (Blood Meridian) on my bed.

@carmen: Eclectic is my middle name! (well, it isn't, but should be!)

@mary: I used to have a lot more books, but did get rid of many of them before my last move. Now, did I get rid of War and Peace....

@Kelly: people's reading habbits are what makes us unique and interesting!

@angela: We'd never bump into each other in Barnes and Noble....

@dawn: so what's the other book you recongnize?

@Scouser: Adams was a man who died too young. Sad

@cat: No, really? What church? The confessional must be an interesting place!

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