<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038069055819870253</id><updated>2011-07-07T22:17:34.135-04:00</updated><category term='Duras'/><category term='William Golding'/><category term='American dream'/><category term='Kourouma'/><category term='David Foster Wallace'/><category term='French'/><category term='Boston'/><category term='Blume'/><category term='Revolutionary Road'/><category term='Byatt'/><category term='Dada'/><category term='Le Petit Prince'/><category term='Virginia Woolf'/><category term='Alice Walker'/><category term='Faulker'/><category term='Zora Neale Hurston'/><category term='Forster'/><category term='Margaret Mitchell'/><category term='Achebe'/><category term='Proust'/><category term='Earnest Hemingway'/><category term='Brookline'/><category term='Narayan'/><category term='Possession'/><category term='Ruby Dee'/><category term='Germain'/><category term='Philip Roth'/><title type='text'>The Great Book Throw-Down</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Amy Sekhar, aka Professor Shake-It</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655852578288726391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OcCZI_CxJk/SysSp-6fSSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/LP-Nj30cDlo/S220/moi'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038069055819870253.post-5014787488995448321</id><published>2010-01-24T21:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-24T23:31:23.934-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Possession'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brookline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Byatt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boston'/><title type='text'>Books I read on my own, some time in college or grad school</title><summary type='text'>
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Although I spent most of my time in college and grad school reading </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/feeds/5014787488995448321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2010/01/books-i-read-on-my-own-some-time-in.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/5014787488995448321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/5014787488995448321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2010/01/books-i-read-on-my-own-some-time-in.html' title='Books I read on my own, some time in college or grad school'/><author><name>Amy Sekhar, aka Professor Shake-It</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655852578288726391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OcCZI_CxJk/SysSp-6fSSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/LP-Nj30cDlo/S220/moi'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038069055819870253.post-8086751806660697020</id><published>2010-01-04T00:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-24T23:30:13.387-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Proust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revolutionary Road'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Philip Roth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Foster Wallace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American dream'/><title type='text'>Philip Roth - American Pastoral</title><summary type='text'>
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Quick summary: American Pastoral is one of Roth's many "Zuckerman" </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/feeds/8086751806660697020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2010/01/philip-roth-american-pastoral.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/8086751806660697020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/8086751806660697020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2010/01/philip-roth-american-pastoral.html' title='Philip Roth - American Pastoral'/><author><name>Amy Sekhar, aka Professor Shake-It</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655852578288726391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OcCZI_CxJk/SysSp-6fSSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/LP-Nj30cDlo/S220/moi'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038069055819870253.post-2818069352408838041</id><published>2010-01-02T17:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T00:39:44.144-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Faulker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alice Walker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ruby Dee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zora Neale Hurston'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virginia Woolf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Margaret Mitchell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duras'/><title type='text'>Books I Read in High School (or before), Part III</title><summary type='text'>Hopefully, I will finish the list of books I read in high school (or before) with this blog... then I can move on to the book I just finished before I backtrack through college and other books I read on my own, before the dawning of the Great Book Throw-Down.


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document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/feeds/2818069352408838041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2010/01/books-i-read-in-high-school-or-before.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/2818069352408838041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/2818069352408838041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2010/01/books-i-read-in-high-school-or-before.html' title='Books I Read in High School (or before), Part III'/><author><name>Amy Sekhar, aka Professor Shake-It</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655852578288726391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OcCZI_CxJk/SysSp-6fSSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/LP-Nj30cDlo/S220/moi'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038069055819870253.post-5177227309056864017</id><published>2009-12-21T21:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-02T17:28:25.758-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='William Golding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earnest Hemingway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Le Petit Prince'/><title type='text'>Books I Read in High School (or before), Part II</title><summary type='text'>William Golding.  Lord of the Flies.
Quick summary: Time... WWII.  Place... an island.  Who... A plane full of young English prep school boys.  Let's just say it's like the original "Lost", but without polar bears or mysterious magnetic fields.  However, there is the same dichotomy of "us" versus "them."  As the young boys try to survive, two leaders inevitably emerge: Ralph and Jack.  They </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/feeds/5177227309056864017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-i-read-in-high-school-or-before_21.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/5177227309056864017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/5177227309056864017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-i-read-in-high-school-or-before_21.html' title='Books I Read in High School (or before), Part II'/><author><name>Amy Sekhar, aka Professor Shake-It</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655852578288726391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OcCZI_CxJk/SysSp-6fSSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/LP-Nj30cDlo/S220/moi'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038069055819870253.post-7128900026564957787</id><published>2009-12-18T16:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-22T10:10:30.012-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kourouma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Faulker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Proust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Narayan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Achebe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Forster'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blume'/><title type='text'>Books I Read in High School (or before), Part I</title><summary type='text'>
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Instead of attempting to write about the 26 books I have read on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/feeds/7128900026564957787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-i-read-in-high-school-or-before.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/7128900026564957787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/7128900026564957787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-i-read-in-high-school-or-before.html' title='Books I Read in High School (or before), Part I'/><author><name>Amy Sekhar, aka Professor Shake-It</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655852578288726391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OcCZI_CxJk/SysSp-6fSSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/LP-Nj30cDlo/S220/moi'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038069055819870253.post-3081193580706405855</id><published>2009-12-18T00:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T12:33:38.981-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Story</title><summary type='text'>
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} catch(err) {}Ok, it seems as though everyone and his or her brother has a blog these </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/feeds/3081193580706405855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2009/12/story.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/3081193580706405855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/3081193580706405855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2009/12/story.html' title='The Story'/><author><name>Amy Sekhar, aka Professor Shake-It</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655852578288726391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OcCZI_CxJk/SysSp-6fSSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/LP-Nj30cDlo/S220/moi'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038069055819870253.post-5106794327244797134</id><published>2009-12-18T00:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-02T17:29:56.575-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The List</title><summary type='text'>
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Books I've Read Are Highlighted!  = 27
Current Throw-Down = ??? 
Achebe,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/feeds/5106794327244797134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2009/12/list.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/5106794327244797134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9038069055819870253/posts/default/5106794327244797134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://professorshakeit.blogspot.com/2009/12/list.html' title='The List'/><author><name>Amy Sekhar, aka Professor Shake-It</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01655852578288726391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OcCZI_CxJk/SysSp-6fSSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/LP-Nj30cDlo/S220/moi'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
