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That's what I was thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
All right I'll cross those off the list. I know I read Catch in the Rye but for the life of me can't remember a darn thing, the problem is that I can't remember if I read 1984 - was it required in HS or do I just think I read it?:(Quote:
Yes, why not? If you cannot remember them, probably they were not very memorable books, I guess
Neither. Big brother has told you so often that youve read 1984 - now you believe it. In fact, how could it be otherwise?Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
i personally have read 45 from the top 200, and i too find the second 100 a lot more interesting than the first. though i am curious as to how 'Moby Dick' managed to worm its way into the list, especially due to my own, and my friends', reception of the book at university.
For me, it was the other way round. I had not read any Dahl or Wilson books growing up so it was interesting trying those at my old age! :D (Imagine me borrowing those books from the library! 'Crazy old lady who reads kiddie books! :eek:')Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
I am trying to stick with it and read all the books in the list even if they are not my usual cup of tea... Like fantasy/sci-fi books... It is proving interesting, to say the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
There are books that makes one wonder... Like Very Hungry Caterpillar or Horse Whisperer but it is good to see what people consider 'readable'.Quote:
Originally Posted by liesl
Wow, I just find out that I have read only 35 of all 200 books in this list. I know I usually read things that other people don't but this was too much. These are more 150 books that I have never read, at least I have heard of them and a great part of them are in my must-be-read-list.
I never actually read any of wilsons, But my god! She has soo many of them! Mainly grew up with Blyton and Dahl. Really only started getting in to kids biik a few years back. Have read some really good one lately. The Fourth Horseman by Kate Thompson is very good. Dont worry... you'd be suprised how many Adults read kids books! I've given up asking what age group they are looking to buy a book for, as most of the time the reply is 'oh no its for me!':DQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
No the princesses diaries are young Adult. The last one to come out (titled After Eight in Europe) even has written on the back of 'for older readers only' as it has a lot of content regarding sex.Quote:
Originally Posted by aydin
The boundary between 'children' and 'adult' literature is nebulous at best and usually extremely irritating.
I read lots of Blyton while growing up too :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Wilson books are good for 10+, I guess and she tries to integrate some 'real life' issues in her books as well, which is noteworthy (eg divorcing parents, step-parents, growing up pains, being over-weight...). From what I have read so far, I cannot say I really like Dahl. Even though some of the story lines are interesting (Chocolate Factory, Matilda), there is some underlying cruelty and crudeness in his stories, which I do not appreciate. Even though it might be considered 'humour', I am not sure it is my cup of tea.
I am yet to read Princess Diaries so not sure about those. There are many in the series if I am correct?
There are eight of them so far. I have read them. My sister loves them and through lack of something to read i've ended up reading them. They are alright at first. Much better and nothing like then disasterous movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Was Artemis Fowl on that list? i cant remember. They are very good, humourous and very well written. I think they are much better than harry potter.(my new sentences being displayed for location amd under my name are a play on Fowl.)
*edit* a yes they are number 59.
Sorry, my mistake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
eight at last count.....I think. But if we ar talking kids books, I tell you who is great NM Browne I love that persons books:nods:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I have read Stormbreaker and Noughts and Crosses; I enjoyed the former better. My favorite so far has been Holes (Coincidentally, I watched the movie based on it as well on TV not so long ago, starring Sigourney Weaver).Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
When you get to Fowl, let me know what you think!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Yes, I would like to hear it too. I was thinking to read them, but I am not really sure whether they are indeed so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
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Originally Posted by Alexei
Will do! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
*edit*
Holy Molly! How many books are there in this series??? :eek2:
(Didn't even realise it was a 'series' till now)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_...s=artemis+fowl
I search a bit, and I think they are five, but I am not sure whether these are all of them or there are other, which are going to be published.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Five since when , rats looks like I need to catch up the first was great :nod:
as to dahl and crultey thats why he is occasionally put on banned and censored lists, it becasue the adults are always evil and cruel. :nod: And even when they are not they are liars. I rember the bit in Danny about your parennts will always lie to you upsetting me rather a bit when I was 8. :(
there are five books Scher. but they are very good. a lot of Irish homour it them though! They are very imaginative, and clever. I love them and get more excited over them than HP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Yes, but if I don't like HP, do you think I would like these series?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
The BBC Big Read was great!
It is one of my favourite sites to visit still and get inspiration for my next book.
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread
As previously mentioned, the list is a snapshot of the tastes of a wide range of age groups at one particular moment in time, NOT - the carefully dabated thoughts of literary experts over the past century, so take it with a pinch of salt.
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I have 33 of first 100 and 24 of second hundred, if I don't count books I tried to read but dropped after first few chapters (there would be approx. 20, e.g. Princess Diaries). That's not too bad, I think, but... but there are some 15 authors I've never heard of! :eek:
I think I'll visit my library today. :D
yes, i think you would.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexei
Thanks, Niamh, I shall definitely try to read them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
I am reading Northern Lights (first one in His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman) at the moment and I cannot say I am enjoying it even though it is not a bad book. Fantasy is not really my thang. :(
heehee, there are about 15 authors (well not quite as many maybe 5) who i've never heard of and don't want to hear of, either. E.g. the author of Dustbin Baby, Trashcan Toddler and and Litter Box Lover, or whatever they are called :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiculík
Hehe... I found out that I actually have books of half of those authors at home :blush: I just completely forgot all about them and their books... (I have 3562 books or at least that was the number last September when I finished catalog them into my PC... so now there must be some 30 more - so it's easy to forget about one or two books)
But some authors are not even in libraries! :bawling:
I used to have a large collection too Aiculik. Wait until you start moving around and see how many you keep.
Thats a shame scher! I thought they were very good. Maybe you'll prefare the movie when it comes out this summer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Books that I've read:
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13ľ, Sue Townsend
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
I think this BBC list was better than the ABC list. Katherine, The Count of Monte Cristo and A Town Like Alice are great books that were missing from the ABC list.
Michelle Magorian's Goodnight Mister Tom also made it to the list, which is great, though I like A Little Love Song better.
It's the first time for me to know about BBC's Big Read actually..lol
But it's GREAT...I've read soem of the books on the list..some of them are on MY list..lol
It's great though! Thanks for posting! :D
hows that list getting on Scher? Read Artemis Fowl yet?
Yes, I have finished Artemis Fowl, which was a nice little read but I have had enough of Disc World books... There is so much fantasy a gal can put up with!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
If I endure all the Disc World ones, I need to read about 75 more books but I am very tempted to skip those. :blush:
I should totally be British- I've read 41 of the top 50...LOL!!
I LOVE that Winnie the Pooh is in the top 10.
I had forgetten about this list - and I watched the programmes regularly on tv!
Three years later,I find I have read 41 out of the top 50, (does this make me typically British?) 63 out of the top 100 but only 23 of the next 100.
And shame, oh, shame, I have read the Enid Blyton and the Jeffery Archer....
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
134. George's Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
170. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
177. Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl
178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
I thought that The Big Read was a TV show that they put on years ago? I remember watching it and I was unimpressed - I still am now. But hey, it's like the guy I met at Starbucks said: aesthetics is subjective . . .
Yes, The Big Read was a TV show as long as a poll to determine the most popular books in the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trystan
Having grown up in another country, I have personally decided to read the top 200 just to get a glimpse of the reading taste of the Brits. And since then, I have been ploughing through it. I do not agree with some of the choices but... not passing any judgement! ;)
It's not necessarily which are the best books, just the books people like the most.
popularity contests are not usually worth paying any attention to
Look, it doesn't define the greatest ever novels, it shows what people like to read. It's quite interesting to know that, actually.