tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post5063203476363402390..comments2023-11-02T06:43:51.178-04:00Comments on Who Am I ...: Well Read?MBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01430150187237706515noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-30237268395054051952010-01-29T15:02:07.953-05:002010-01-29T15:02:07.953-05:00Karen: I loved Catcher in the Rye (RIP JD Salinger...Karen: I loved Catcher in the Rye (RIP JD Salinger) and just finished The Help and loved that too!<br /><br />S: I'd love to hear about some of your favorites.<br /><br />Fab Kate: I totally agree that the list isn't a representation of the greatest literature. 57 is pretty impressive.<br /><br />Amanda: There are so many books on the list I wouldn't bother wasting your time with. Atlas Shrugged is definitely intimadating but it is worth the effort. I absolutely loved The Book Thief. Let me know how you liked them when you get around to cracking them open and taking the journey to find out "Who is John Galt?"<br /><br />Cammy: I can't believe I've never read To Kill a Mockingbird. I loved I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings too. I'm going to start hitting the library instead of the book store now that I have time to get there.<br /><br />cmoursler: I didn't really enjoy reading in school but went through a stage of trying to read the classics. I may come up with a list of my favorites and see how they rate with everyone. What's your favorite?<br /><br />Chrissie: I agree those digital book readers are great for travel...maybe someday I'll spring for one. I loved Pride and Prejudice too.<br /><br />All Women Stalker: That's not pathetic - some of the books aren't worth your time. Let me know if you want any good recommendations or check out my Shelfari book shelf.MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430150187237706515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-70907597138613139422010-01-27T20:05:03.733-05:002010-01-27T20:05:03.733-05:0015. That's a pathetic number. And I thought ...15. That's a pathetic number. And I thought I was well-read. At least I now have some titles to add to my reading list for 2010.All Women Stalkerhttp://allwomenstalk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-69424366242207784032010-01-27T04:51:21.078-05:002010-01-27T04:51:21.078-05:00I've read 45 - not sure if I expected it to be...I've read 45 - not sure if I expected it to be higher or lower!<br />I do have a Sony book reader, I also thought I wouldn't like it as much as reading a real book, but I travel a reasonable amount and you can't beat it when you're travelling. Mine has about 1010 books on it, including whoppers like Vanity Fair & War and Peace, but weighs less than the average chick-lit novel so is much easier to pack! (My house is still full of the real thing as well though!) <br />My favourite novel, I know its not an original answer, is Pride & Prejudice.Chrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048579622077037452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-19455470810959000332010-01-26T23:20:28.570-05:002010-01-26T23:20:28.570-05:00http://chrislivessimple.blogspot.com/2010/01/going...http://chrislivessimple.blogspot.com/2010/01/going-gi-jane.html<br /><br />hey, actually made it part of one of my blogs...and I completely agree with you about atlas shrugged...very good book, it could have easily taken the place of The davinci Code...just sayin'<br />I think I may have done well with this list because it contains so many barnes and nobles 'classic' books.<br />I am self taught in many ways.<br />So, people who do that tend to try and read 'classics'.<br />I think winnie the pooh is up there, I have that book along with wind in the willows...beautiful books.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708815560712267698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-21782212447694891132010-01-26T22:46:35.861-05:002010-01-26T22:46:35.861-05:00If I counted correctly, I think I've read arou...If I counted correctly, I think I've read around 20 of them. Like Kate, I don't think the list is that great.<br /><br />My fave book ever,"To Kill a Mockingbird", is on the list. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is a close second, and it's not on the list. :(<br /><br />I'd take a Kindle if it was free, but otherwise, I'll stick with my library card. :)Cammy@TippyToeDiethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547787031318303521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-24512976324536197382010-01-26T21:59:43.747-05:002010-01-26T21:59:43.747-05:00so so sad. i've only read six ... yet i have a...so so sad. i've only read six ... yet i have about a third of them on my bookshelf waiting patiently to be read. along with those, i have atlas shrugged and the book thief. both of which i'm really excited to get to! atlas' length intimidates me. i need to get over that because i know i'll love it.Amanda, another priorfatgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08587314032529290135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-29931782784240759842010-01-26T19:06:04.949-05:002010-01-26T19:06:04.949-05:00I really dislike a lot of these book lists... this...I really dislike a lot of these book lists... this one in particular. Where are the great contemporary multicultural pieces? And why do you get a "Shakespeare bonus" (since if you've read the complete works of Shakespeare, you've obviously read <i>Hamlet</i>. Same with Lewis: If you've read The <i>Chronicles of Narnia</i>, you've read <i>The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe</i> Why is Dicken's so over-represented? This list is an Anglophile's dream... but hardly representative of the greatest literature.<br /><br />BTW, I've read 57.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-27095358833762209192010-01-26T17:03:26.456-05:002010-01-26T17:03:26.456-05:00I, too, am an avid reader, but I found I'd onl...I, too, am an avid reader, but I found I'd only read 32 of the books on that list when it was circulating on Facebook some months ago.<br /><br />I think it's because the majority of the books I read and enjoy are popular fiction, not necessarily great literature.<br /><br />I really could not name one "favorite book." I have several that I really, really love.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796510499407495280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897733797182084069.post-78786146793822581292010-01-26T16:55:42.524-05:002010-01-26T16:55:42.524-05:00I have read just 15 of those listed. I am not inte...I have read just 15 of those listed. I am not interested even slightly in fantasy type books like Lord of the Rings, so I don't feel too bad about that.<br /><br />My all time favorite is on the list-Catcher in the Rye.<br /><br />My latest favorite, in case you haven't had a chance to read it is called "The Help". A fantastic book about women working as domestic help in the 1960's.karen@fitnessjourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15161983893717225660noreply@blogger.com