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04-04-2007, 07:33 AM
Aiculík

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
04-04-2007, 08:54 AM
Niamh

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Originally Posted by Alexei

Yes, but if I don't like HP, do you think I would like these series?

yes, i think you would.
04-04-2007, 12:29 PM
Alexei

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh

yes, i think you would.

Thanks, Niamh, I shall definitely try to read them.
04-12-2007, 08:14 PM
Scheherazade

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. :(
04-13-2007, 03:16 AM
SleepyWitch

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aiculík

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

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 :)
04-13-2007, 05:52 AM
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:
04-13-2007, 06:00 AM
B-Mental

I used to have a large collection too Aiculik. Wait until you start moving around and see how many you keep.
04-13-2007, 10:58 AM
Niamh

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scheherazade

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. :(

Thats a shame scher! I thought they were very good. Maybe you'll prefare the movie when it comes out this summer?
05-23-2007, 07:08 AM
Annamariah

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 13¾, 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.
05-23-2007, 09:16 AM
Nossa

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
05-23-2007, 03:43 PM
Niamh

hows that list getting on Scher? Read Artemis Fowl yet?
05-18-2008, 06:34 PM
Scheherazade

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh

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!

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:
05-18-2008, 07:02 PM
_Shannon_

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.
05-19-2008, 05:31 AM
kasie

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....
05-20-2008, 03:49 PM
kelby_lake

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

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