In Continuum.

An Ambition

Upon recieving the SMS message from Kwan this afternoon that Borders is having a 20% off sale(20 BLOODY PERCENT!),i was troubled with what books to buy next.I have four books at hand,and reading one of them right now(Life of Pi seems very promising),i am running out of books.But i didnt know what else to buy,not at that time anyway.So i consulted the internet,and found myself looking upon the Top 100 Greatest Novel list,compiled by Times Magazine over the last century.

To my horror,i did a little math as i read through the list.I've only read eight out of the one hundred books listed.That was really daunting initially,but then again i thought about the number of books actually OUT THERE,and felt consoled.Here's a list of what i have red from that list of books:

1.Animal Farm by George Orwell
2.The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West
3.The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
4.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis
5.The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien(Though technically speaking,it consists of three books)
6.Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
7.1984 by George Orwell
8.To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

So at that very moment,i made up my mind to read ALL THE BOOKS on that list by the time i am officially dead.I know,i have read the 1001 books to read before you are dead,but rationally speaking that is rather impossible,considering my reading speed and the amount of time i have devoted to doing so.100 seems like a rather comprehensive number,and i am going to stick to it till the day i die(That last sentence sounded rather strange,like a marriage or something).

Anyway,so i got myself down to town straight away and got my hunting gears(Paper with titles scribbled all over)on.Ploughed through the people and shelves at Borders and got my hands on a couple of books(And one not mentioned,but looked really interesting)off the list.Here's what i got from my shopping spree today:

1.Possession by A.S.Byatt
2.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger
3.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
4.The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Not in the top 100 list)
5.Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Cant wait to start diving into those pages.Im all hyped up about these books.Go geek,go me!
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