26 March, 2022
Great Read: If Beale Street Could Talk
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If Beale Street Could Talk
- Author: James Baldwin
- Published: 1974
- Publisher: The Dial Press
- Pages: 197
- First Line: “I look at myself in the mirror.”
- Last Lines: “Fanny is working on the wood, on the stone, whistling, smiling. And, from far away, but coming nearer, the baby cries and cries and cries and cries and cries and cries and cries and cries, cries like it means to wake the dead.”
- Film Version: 2018 (****)
- First Read: sometime in the early 2010s
22 January, 2022
Great Read: Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
- Author: Walter Isaacson
- Published: 2011
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Pages: 630
- First Line: “When Paul Jobs was mustered out of the Coast Guard after World War II, he made a wager with his crewmates.”
- Last Lines: “He fell silent for a very long time. ‘But on the other hand, perhaps [death] is like an on-off switch.’ he said. ‘Click! And you’re gone.’ Then he paused again and smiled slightly. ‘Maybe that’s why I never liked to put on-off switches on Apple devices.’”
- Film Version: 2015 (****)
- First Read: late 2020
6 July, 2020
Great Read: The Night Circus
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The Night Circus
- Author: Erin Morgenstern
- Published: 2011
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Pages: 387
- First Line: “The circus arrives without warning.”
- Last Lines: “You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream.”
- Film Version: none yet
- First Read: Spring 2011