These three are books that I have owned for a while and never read. I am sure I am not the only one who owns a lot of books they have never read. For me at least, every time I want to read a new book I go to the bookstore, and usually every time I go I buy more than one book. Want to read a book, buy two, read one, repeat. That means I have tons of "leftovers," books I wanted to read enough to buy them, but put them on a shelf for a later day. Here are three of those.
19. Chili Dawgs Always Bark At Night -Lewis Grizzard (269 Pgs) Grizzard is the author I remember my dad reading when I was a kid (well, Grizzard and Forest Gump, years before it was a movie). The name recognition has caused me to buy his books every time I have seen them at a used bookstore or thrift shop, and most of them I have read. This one I haven't yet. 1,875 pages to go.
20. The Greek - Pierre Rey (448 pgs) I have no idea what this book is, what it is about, anything about the author, etc. The only thing I know about this book is I have never been to a used bookstore or thrift shop where I haven't seen several copies for sale. So I have to make the assumption that it was once (or maybe still is) a very popular book, and it must have sold *many* copies. But for some reason, all those copies are now at a second hand stores. So, maybe this book is good enough to read once and then pass it on? 1,472 pages to go.
21. The Pleasure of my Company - Steve Martin (163 pgs) Why would the cover of this book say, "From the author of Shopgirl?" Is there anyone buying this book based on Steve Martin's reputation as a novelist and not just his comedy career in general? I have to say, I love Martin's book Pure Drivel. Just the fact that someone took the time to write such silly things down on a page, and then got someone to publish it and people buy it as a legitimate book is really inspirational to me. He said something in Pure Drivel that has stuck with me more than anything in serious literature. It was talking about how to get a good agent, and I am paraphrasing here, but it says each agent has a gender. It is important to know their gender and use the appropriate pronoun for it when referring to your agent. Male agents like to be called he, and female agents prefer she. 1,264 pages to go.
1. Swine Not? - Jimmy Buffett; 256
2. Moby Dick; or The Whale - Herman Melville; 870
3. The Stranger Beside Me - Ann Rule; 1,542
4. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said - Philip K. Dick; 1,773
5. Duma Key - Stephen King; 2,384
6. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself - Alan Alda; 2,608
7. Greenwich Killing Time - Kinky Friedman; 2,774
8. Murder in the White House - Margaret Truman; 3,009
9. Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay; 3,312
10. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky; 4,080
11. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner; 4,544
12. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe; 4,753
13. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris; 5,025
14. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo; 6,401
15. A Collection of H.P. Lovecraft Short Stories - H.P. Lovecraft; 6,612
16. Gadsby - Ernest Vincent Wright; 6,768
17. Pulp Fiction Selections - L. Ron Hubbard; 7,456
18. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible - James Frey; 7,856
19. Chili Dawgs Always Bark At Night -Lewis Grizzard; 8,125
20. The Greek - Pierre Rey; 8,573
21. The Pleasure of my Company - Steve Martin; 8,736
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