Hi! Yes, you should list your books here on listology for people like me to see! I also jot mine down on paper, and have attempted to write short reviews on several, but it never seems I have enough time to keep up with it. Guess I'll mainly concentrate on the 4 kids for now.
Anyway, I'd love to check out your list of "books read in your lifetime" if you ever get a chance to create it. Good luck!
Hi Nance! Glad you dropped by. I've admired your reading lists for a long time - no one reads more than you!
Anyways, I really liked Rebecca! It's quite descriptive and at times a bit slow, but I think it is one of a kind in creating a "feeling" both for the house and for Rebecca. I highly recommend reading it! I'll now have to check into her other works.
Ha! Fun reading your sidenotes! I agree with you on most of them. Popularity most certainly does not translate to quality in all cases. I personally liked Angels & Demons better than The Da Vinci Code. We'll soon see what they do to that movie...
I certainly haven't read all of Shakespeare and don't know anyone who has. I do recommend finishing Anna Karenina though - I enjoyed it:) Good luck!
I read War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, and Seize the Day by Saul Bellow this year and I really enjoyed both of them. I have several Kurt Vonnegut books in my huge stash, but I haven't ready anything by him up to this point, which surprises even me. Maybe this next year I'll get to them...
So, do you plan on reading some of these books you have listed or just letting them remain as your shocking secrets?
Well, I feel my own list is pretty pathetic because I think of books to add to it all of the time until I log in and then can't remember them. I hope that eventually my memory will serve me and I'll get most of them listed. It is indeed quite an undertaking though, but ultimately a nice reference for myself. You should throw one together - don't keep us waiting!
Okay, Perfume I can probably handle, but this: "The Betrothed" by Alessandro Manzoni. It's 800 dense pages..." might just have to wait until the new year. I'm trying to reach a goal of 100 books read this year - not an easy task with 4 kids underfoot!
Thanks for the recommendations - I'm always open to them.
I had put off reading Garp because I had heard a lot about it and figured that it was probably overrated and I would end up disappointed. I wasn't as sold on the characters in Garp as I was on Irving's ability to write. I agree with you on this "...he does a superb job of riding the fine line between deep and simply entertaining in fiction." Well put!
I'll probably start Owen Meany today as I just finished up 2 books this weekend.
Ahh, thanks for the info, and the book recommendations which I will likely take you up on. Yep - I'm one who appreciates Tolstoy. I always like to balance my fluff books with some weightier ones:)
So I see that you really loved "A Prayer for Owen Meany" which I have sitting on my nightstand. Guess I should get around to reading it. I read Garp just this year - Irving is a terrific writer!
Yeah, I'm with you - I also see 2 books that I don't intend to ever read. I'm also shocked by "Eat, Pray, Love" being on this list! I do like many of the titles, though, because I don't see them on lists often: Lonesome Dove, The Poisonwood Bible, Angela's Ashes, The Glass Castle, The Kite Runner, these are all good reads. I'll admit that I'm not really a great source - I've only read about 20 books on this list :)
This is a very impressive list! I really wish that I would have started logging the books I read while younger because now it is very difficult for me to remember them all. I've recently been reading Ian McEwan books and I see you have read several of them - do you like his writing?
It was definitely an interesting read, although certainly not one of my favorite novels. It is very mystical, fairy-taleish, and I prefer to be more involved with my main characters. Many of the characters in this book just come and go in strange ways. Overall a fascinating book, but I doubt I will read it again any time soon.
Hi! Yes, you should list your books here on listology for people like me to see! I also jot mine down on paper, and have attempted to write short reviews on several, but it never seems I have enough time to keep up with it. Guess I'll mainly concentrate on the 4 kids for now.
Anyway, I'd love to check out your list of "books read in your lifetime" if you ever get a chance to create it. Good luck!
Hi Nance! Glad you dropped by. I've admired your reading lists for a long time - no one reads more than you!
Anyways, I really liked Rebecca! It's quite descriptive and at times a bit slow, but I think it is one of a kind in creating a "feeling" both for the house and for Rebecca. I highly recommend reading it! I'll now have to check into her other works.
Ha! Fun reading your sidenotes! I agree with you on most of them. Popularity most certainly does not translate to quality in all cases. I personally liked Angels & Demons better than The Da Vinci Code. We'll soon see what they do to that movie...
I certainly haven't read all of Shakespeare and don't know anyone who has. I do recommend finishing Anna Karenina though - I enjoyed it:) Good luck!
I read War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, and Seize the Day by Saul Bellow this year and I really enjoyed both of them. I have several Kurt Vonnegut books in my huge stash, but I haven't ready anything by him up to this point, which surprises even me. Maybe this next year I'll get to them...
So, do you plan on reading some of these books you have listed or just letting them remain as your shocking secrets?
Well, I feel my own list is pretty pathetic because I think of books to add to it all of the time until I log in and then can't remember them. I hope that eventually my memory will serve me and I'll get most of them listed. It is indeed quite an undertaking though, but ultimately a nice reference for myself. You should throw one together - don't keep us waiting!
Okay, Perfume I can probably handle, but this: "The Betrothed" by Alessandro Manzoni. It's 800 dense pages..." might just have to wait until the new year. I'm trying to reach a goal of 100 books read this year - not an easy task with 4 kids underfoot!
Thanks for the recommendations - I'm always open to them.
I had put off reading Garp because I had heard a lot about it and figured that it was probably overrated and I would end up disappointed. I wasn't as sold on the characters in Garp as I was on Irving's ability to write. I agree with you on this "...he does a superb job of riding the fine line between deep and simply entertaining in fiction." Well put!
I'll probably start Owen Meany today as I just finished up 2 books this weekend.
Ha! Great Idea, only they don't let me pick the books anymore ever since I read them The Black Dahlia at bedtime...:)
Ahh, thanks for the info, and the book recommendations which I will likely take you up on. Yep - I'm one who appreciates Tolstoy. I always like to balance my fluff books with some weightier ones:)
So I see that you really loved "A Prayer for Owen Meany" which I have sitting on my nightstand. Guess I should get around to reading it. I read Garp just this year - Irving is a terrific writer!
Yeah, I'm with you - I also see 2 books that I don't intend to ever read. I'm also shocked by "Eat, Pray, Love" being on this list! I do like many of the titles, though, because I don't see them on lists often: Lonesome Dove, The Poisonwood Bible, Angela's Ashes, The Glass Castle, The Kite Runner, these are all good reads. I'll admit that I'm not really a great source - I've only read about 20 books on this list :)
This is a very impressive list! I really wish that I would have started logging the books I read while younger because now it is very difficult for me to remember them all. I've recently been reading Ian McEwan books and I see you have read several of them - do you like his writing?
lbangs: We might disagree on this particular book, but I'm glad to see you love Catcher in the Rye. It is one of my favorites as well.
It was definitely an interesting read, although certainly not one of my favorite novels. It is very mystical, fairy-taleish, and I prefer to be more involved with my main characters. Many of the characters in this book just come and go in strange ways. Overall a fascinating book, but I doubt I will read it again any time soon.