Out of Order...

I've hit a snag. I'm an unemployed college student and I can't afford to buy all these wonderful books on my list (and yes, I'm calling it "my" list from now on even though it's Time's list. Please forgive me), so I'm spending a lot of time at the library. The problem with the library is, while the library has an amazing selection, they don't always have the books I need when I need them.

So I've come to my first problem: my wonderful library doesn't have The Adventures of Augie Marsh, the first book on my list, so they've had to order it from another library and it won't be here until the end of next week. I refuse to push my project back, mainly because I'm bored and want something to read, so I'm going to be reading All the King's Men first. I know it doesn't really matter what order I read them in as long as I read them all, but once I have a plan or a list, I like to follow it exactly. Oh well. I know now that I need to be more prepared and get to the library sooner or get a job so I can buy the books I need. And seeing as neither of those things will be happening anytime soon, this might end up being a very long project...

For every book I start I'll share the description or synopsis of the book, if I've read it before, a little something about the author and anything I've heard about it. So, here we go. Ready? And we're off!

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

"Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men is generally considered the finest novel ever written on American Politics. Set in the 1930s, this beloved book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey 'Kingfish' Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success. First published in 1946, All the King's Men won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 and was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1949. One of the classics of American literature, All the King's Men is as relevant today as ever."

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989): was born in Guthrie, Kentucky. In his lifetime he won three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, the National Medal for Literature, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1986 he was named the country's first Poet Laureate.

There we are. I'm planning on posting as I get through the book and please be prepared for spoilers! I'll be discussing what's happening to the characters, major plot points and the like, so if you want to read any of the books on the list and don't want to know what happens, skip the parts of the postings that begin with SPOILER.

I'm off to read.

[The description and review of the book as well as the information about the author were both taken from the back and inside of the book. No author or person could be credited for either.]