#41. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundlingby Henry FieldingIt’s almost hard to believe this fantastic romp of a book actually got published in 1749. The ridiculously comic situations, the idiotic but charming hero, and tons of (offstage) sex must have been pretty shocking at the time. This isn’t far different from a modern bedroom farce and I wish now I’d first read it during the summer on a beach vacation. I also love the edition I have - 1948, The Literary Guild of America, Inc., illustrated by Harry Diamond, hardbound, no dust jacket, rough cut pages… 1/19/10 - 1/22/10

#41. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
by Henry Fielding

It’s almost hard to believe this fantastic romp of a book actually got published in 1749. The ridiculously comic situations, the idiotic but charming hero, and tons of (offstage) sex must have been pretty shocking at the time. This isn’t far different from a modern bedroom farce and I wish now I’d first read it during the summer on a beach vacation.

I also love the edition I have - 1948, The Literary Guild of America, Inc., illustrated by Harry Diamond, hardbound, no dust jacket, rough cut pages…

1/19/10 - 1/22/10

#41. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundlingby Henry FieldingIt’s almost hard to believe this fantastic romp of a book actually got published in 1749. The ridiculously comic situations, the idiotic but charming hero, and tons of (offstage) sex must have been pretty shocking at the time. This isn’t far different from a modern bedroom farce and I wish now I’d first read it during the summer on a beach vacation. I also love the edition I have - 1948, The Literary Guild of America, Inc., illustrated by Harry Diamond, hardbound, no dust jacket, rough cut pages… 1/19/10 - 1/22/10

#41. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
by Henry Fielding

It’s almost hard to believe this fantastic romp of a book actually got published in 1749. The ridiculously comic situations, the idiotic but charming hero, and tons of (offstage) sex must have been pretty shocking at the time. This isn’t far different from a modern bedroom farce and I wish now I’d first read it during the summer on a beach vacation.

I also love the edition I have - 1948, The Literary Guild of America, Inc., illustrated by Harry Diamond, hardbound, no dust jacket, rough cut pages…

1/19/10 - 1/22/10

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I am a voracious reader. An obsessive reader. An addicted reader. I read almost anything I can get my hands on. I own over a thousand books. I need more. I re-read everything I own when I run out of new books. I buy books. I do not borrow them from a library. I keep them. Forever.

In the spirit of the "Photograph A Day" projects I am going to chronicle everything I read for an entire year, starting in September, 2009.

All of the book images are the exact edition I have/read. Most of them are linked to Amazon.com but some are any image I can find because I own a lot of out of print books. Some I will rate or summarize or describe in depth . Some I won't because I'm too busy with the current book I'm reading. The top left picture will always be the book I'm reading *right now*. The date will sometimes be the approximate date I read the book and sometimes it will be exact. Hey, I'm busy.

There is no rhyme or reason to what I read and when I read it, although I am very, very partial to science fiction, biographies/autobiographies, history, historical fiction and classics.

Bascially:
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes" - Erasmus


Oh. I'm also a freelance writer, but I try not to let that get in the way of reading.

~ Maria Christensen

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