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I prefer his comedies. The Taming of the Shrew is one of my favorites.

I know the year isn't over for two more weeks, but anyone care to list the top books you read this year? Mine are: 1. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis 2. Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe 3. Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates 4. Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters 5. Love in a Cold Climate...

This time of year would be especially appropriate for Holidays on Ice.

Just got The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death, by Laurie Notaro, for free on my Kindle!

Laurie Notaro is very funny. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, by Tucker Max. Both of Chelsea Handler's books.

Shakespeare was wonderful. Unfortunately, there's just not much information to go off of. There's so much that is not known.

Almost finished with Shakespeare, by Bill Bryson

One of the worst books I have ever read.

"Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power, Garry Wills Passion: A Novel of the Romantic Poets, Jude Morgan

We have a local author who is quite well known as a writer from The Chcicago Tribune--Bob Greene. He's written a bunch of books but two, Be True to Your School and You Know You Should be Glad, are autobiographical and take place in the small suburb where I have lived my whole life--Bexley, OH...

I had to read that twice in college. First time, I HATED it. Thought it was the wrost book ever. Two years later, when I reread it, I found myself enjoying it a little more. It will never be my favorite book, but it wasn't as bad as I initially thought it to be either.

New York City, 1906. Stanford White has just been murdered at Madison Square Garden.

I just bought the next three BoTM choices. Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabakov The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perotta (Kindle)--I've wanted to read this for awhile! The Man Who Was Thursday, GK Chesterton (Kindle)

American Eve: The Birth of the "It Girl" and the Crime of the Century, Paula Uruburu

I see St Clare's point, definitely. Which the end of the book sheds light on. If you free a slave that's been treated well and likes their master, you may find that they refused to leave because they were offered security if they stayed with their master. Now, if you have a master like...

I loved Topsy. You could tell she was just yearning for love. As for St Clare, I liked him for the most part. I kept wishing he would stand up more to his wife though. She was a riot--every word out of her mouth had me in stitches because it was so ludicrous. Spoiler: I also wished...

Maybe I'll list them all when the year is actually over. Right now I'm too busy. They are all listed in my blog though, with reviews. So far this year I've read 101 books. Book & Reader Forums - Wells83's Blog

And you'll see even more towards the end the strength of those who stay too.

I just finished Uncle Tom's Cabin last night. I found it to be a wonderful and inspirational read, if not a bit romanticized. At the same time, it's a very emotionally draining book.

North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell