Saturday, August 22, 2009

Fahrenheit 451

Book #89 (Unique books)
Book #36 in 2009
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
"It was simple. Everyone knew it. Books were for burning... along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag knew it. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames... never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future where people could think... and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do. And he became a fugitive in a flaming hell to do it!"

July 29th to August 22nd - 25 days - 147 pages

96 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))