Edith Wharton - The House of Mirth
Philip Roth - The Human Stain
Toni Morrison - Beloved
Jack Kerouac - On the Road
No, I haven't gone mad and started buying fiction which everyone pretends they've read and secretly hasn't. It's for a uni module, innit?
I reckon I'll find the time to read one of those, being the dedicated student that I am.
In other news, as I continue my quest to show you all how the world is slowly going mad:
A primary school in Weston-super-Mare has been criticised for banning Valentine cards to save pupils the "emotional trauma" of being rejected.
Full story is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8510091.stm
They're all good books, and you should definitely read them all. Though owning them is good enough.
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