November Winner #1

Catie L. of Ohio was first to respond this month, and continued the trend of literary classics by choosing Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

"The reason I chose Great Expectations is because oddly enough, it's the one Dickens book that I've never had the opportunity to read! Which is odd, because Charles Dickens has to be one of my favorite authors (I have a few really). Many people I've talked to have had many great things to say about it, so I can't wait to sink my teeth into it! I know it will be a well-loved book in my collection!"

November Breadline Open

Free books abound! Yes, the breadline for November is now officially open, so send in those requests.

This is how it really happened.

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October Winner

This month, our most intellectually-speaking breadliner won the Breadline Books drawing. Dee of California chose The Recognitions by William Gaddis, specifically a new edition of the novel which won't come out until next year.

Dee says:

"Gaddis is to my mind one one of the four greatest North American novelists, with Faulkner, Melville, and McCarthy [the fifth to be a scrum usually awarded to authors to my mind of less facility, such as Pynchon or Hemingway, or breadth, par exemple Clemens.]"

Also, breadliners, be looking out for the November breadline to open soon!

Kevin Reads

Who wouldn't want to stroke that beard?

October Winner #2

A young scholar by the name of Kevin T. happened to be standing just behind Kristen this month, and won himself a good old-fashioned Vladimir Nabokov masterpiece. Pale Fire is no Lolita, Nabokov's most popular and most pedophilia-based novel, but I'm sure it fondles the intellect just the same.

Quoting Kevin:

"I read Lolita by Nabokov this summer and was totally blown away. The way he used language was unlike anything I had ever read, and the fact that he could tell a story about a delicate subject like pedophilia without being cheap or vulgar was really refreshing. I knew I wanted to read something else by the same author, and I've heard good things about Pale Fire. Also, I can probably read this one in public without people thinking that I'm a creep. That's almost always a plus."

Don't Stare Into the Light!

"It's sepia because we're dark and edgy."  -Katelyn T.

It's going to be hard to one-up a picture of this magnitude, but rumors have been zipping up and down the breadline of a mini photo shoot (yes, a photo shoot) featuring one of our past winners and his or her chosen book.

Remember, at the end of the year the winner with the best picture gets a prize! Don't give up on your dreams!

October Winner #1

If you are into juicy confessions, please read on...

But before we get to that, Kristen H. of New York was first in the breadline this month, and chose Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin.

"Well," said Kristen, "it's just one of those books I've been meaning to read for years and have never gotten around to actually committing to. What? Not enough? Ok, well then you can't deny this man's long and varied career is impressive and I imagine his memoir would be a pretty interesting read. What? Still not enough?"

And now for the confession:

"Ok, ok, you got me.

"I've always secretly dreamt of becoming a stand-up comedian/performer.

"There, I said it. In front of the entire Internet. And I hope that's enough because you won't be getting anymore secret confessions out of me, Breadline..."