Get Bookish!
Recently Nicole and I were up in Portland and had a chance (actually 3 chances to wander through Powell’s Books. If you haven’t gone- go- it’s a real treat. So we were browsing around and we notice in the “book award” section that Powell’s is nice enough to give you printed lists of all of the 20th century’s National book award winners, Pulitzer prize winners and greatest books of the 20th century.
They give them to you in book mark size.
So we start looking at the list and I have to admit even with an English degree I was sorely lacking. So we have started reading the lists! I picked up a copy of John Cheever’s “The Wapshot Chronicles” and Nicole is reading Jennifer Egan’s “A visit from the goon squad”.
We’ve only got like 250 books to go!
At the end of the list we’ll have bragging rights and smarter brains! Hooray for us. I’ll keep you posted.
Also. I have been sorely remiss in updating the ol’ bligity blog. So perhaps in my re-commitment to life of letters I will also attempt to write a bit more.
To that end: expect a travel-logue from Portland in the next few days.