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So there's this thing called the 30 day song challenge. ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/30-Day-Song-Challenge/120874111270003?sk=app_4949752878 ) . I decided to edit it up and see if it works for books. It worked somewhat with only minor slips. So I figured I'd give it a second try and see what happens. Original :day 01 - your favorite song Edited as : day 01 - your favorite poem (This isn't set, it varies a lot ) - Do not go gentle into the good night - Dylan Thomas http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night/ day 02 - your least favorite song Edited as : day 02 - Your least favorite poem - The Lady of Shallot - Lord Alfred Tennyson http://charon.sfsu.edu/tennyson/tennlady.html day 03 - a song that makes you happy Edited as : day 03 - a poem that makes you happy - A Silly Poem - Spike Milligan http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-silly-poem/ day 04 - a song that makes you sad Edited as : day 04 - a poem that makes you sad - A Dream...

So there's this thing called the 30 day song challenge. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/30-Day-Song-Challenge/120874111270003?ref=ts#!/pages/30-Day-Song-Challenge/120874111270003?sk=app_4949752878) . And it's pretty awesome. So, me being me, I decided to edit it up and see if it works for books/poetry. Most work with only minor tweaking. Results as follows. My list, my picks. As always. I'll try to use books in front of poetry, mostly cause I expect to give poems their own list. Original :day 01 - your favorite song Edited as : day 01 - your favorite book (This isn't set, it varies a lot) - Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie day 02 - your least favorite song Edited as : day 02 - Your least favorite book - Finnegan's Wake - James Joyce day 03 - a song that makes you happy Edited as : day 03 - a book that makes you happy - Goodbye, Mr. Chips - James Hilton day 04 - a song that makes you sad Edited as : day 04 - a book that makes you sad - The Road - Corma...

, Nobel's choice of emphasis on "idealistic" or "ideal" (in English translation) in his criteria for the Nobel Prize in Literature has led to recurrent controversy. .In the early twentieth century, the Nobel Committee interpreted the intent of the will strictly and did not award certain world-renowned authors of the time such as Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Emile Zola, Anton Chekov and Henrik Ibsen .More recently, the wording has been interpreted more liberally. Since there was a reason , albeit a exceedingly poor one, for exclusion of these authors this list only refers to more recent authors who were snubbed (i.e writers who died after 1920). (This list will be biased towards writers who wrote in English or French. Or whose works have been translated into those languages. There are many writers in other languages who are likely to have deserved a Nobel, but a lack of comprehension of those languages makes the judging of their works impossible. Obviou...