The reason I stick with the book club is because it makes me read stuff I wouldn't otherwise.Originally Posted by Scheherazade
The reason I stick with the book club is because it makes me read stuff I wouldn't otherwise.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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Find your dream and stick with it...or your life will have slipped past in a whisper with you still on the bottom.
Very shallow reading of my post. I did not forget to leave a reminder:
But then, how can you teach people to be careful before being judgmentalAbout book clubs. I find them shallow and unpalatable, just my subjective opinions, nobody has to agree with them.I'll leave it at that.
"The farther he goes the more good it does me. I don’t want philosophies, tracts, dogmas, creeds, ways out, truths, answers, nothing from the bargain basement. He is the most courageous, remorseless writer going and the more he grinds my nose in the sh1t the more I am grateful to him..."
-- Harold Pinter on Samuel Beckett
Wow. I've only read 25 out of the top 100. But, some of these I don't really want to read anyway
Regarding book clubs, I find that they provide the necessary motivation for me read books outside of my comfort zone. I also like discussing books with different people because you can hear so many different perspectives.
Hard to have an indepth reading of something "shallow", I guess.It cannot be harder than teaching people not to be arrogant. I will leave it at that.But then, how can you teach people to be careful before being judgmental
This thread, or the discussion that has followed for that matter, is not aimed to make people read the books listed or anything they are not interested in... It was just an attempt to see whether these books were really as widely read as the Big Read results suggested and I think it is safe to say that, looking at the replies of our members, most of them are quite popular and widely read (even though there are puzzling ones as well).
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I've heard of pretty much all the books on the list whereas I haven't heard of some of the ones other people have mentioned here.
DM's thread reminded me of this one.
A little update; the books I *still* need to read (top 100):
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
53. The Stand, Stephen King
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Second 100:
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
114. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
144. It, Stephen King
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick O'Brian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
165. The World According To Garp, John Irving
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
175. Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
So, 135 down, 65 to go.
Don't know how I will manage to read so many Terry Pratchett books etc though... I read couple and feels like they are more or less the same...
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I found the list had an interesting mix to it. Some of the books sound interesting, and there are a few I intend to read, or have but just haven't gotton to yet. Here are the ones I have read from the list
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
144. It, Stephen King
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
171. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine ( I loved these when I was a kid)
190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. LawrenceLife of Lawrence
199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle (this was one of my favorite childhood books)
And I am currently reading 174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Another update. The books I *still* need to read (top 100):
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
53. The Stand, Stephen King
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Second 100:
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
114. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
144. It, Stephen King
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick O'Brian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
165. The World According To Garp, John Irving
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
175. Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
So, 144 down, 56 to go.
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I'm kind of surprised that Winnie the Pooh made it on the list although Tolkien & Rowling are far from surprising.
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scher didnt we read the unbareable lightness of being for the forum book club in may or something?
( I have a copy Im trying to get rid of - need to cull the book before I have to move in june so I can send you mine!! )
And I see an honest to goodness romance on that list...
Mind quite a few of those books youve got left are brilliant!!
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Scher - do try a Terry Pratchett, only not in public unless you want people to give you funny looks because you are laughing and they don't know why.
I am dreading the moment I will have to read LOTR, to be honest. Not my cup of tea at all.
And read Winnie last summer and absolutely loved it. It is hillarious and interesting. One of the delightful surprises in the list, in my opinion, because I would never read it if it weren't there.
I read this one ages ago actually and did not join the BC reading either due to timing.
There are a few books in the list that I will re-read in English.
I have read about four Pratchett books so far; they are fun but not good enough to read 20 of them in one year, I am thinking. And to be honest, the fantasy genre is not my cup of tea either.Scher - do try a Terry Pratchett, only not in public unless you want people to give you funny looks because you are laughing and they don't know why.
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I have nothing against Winnie the Pooh. I read the book as a child, it's just a little odd that someone would place it on a Top 100 book list. I guess it equates to an everlasting impression one has when they read books as a child vs. young adult, etc.
I'm not looking forward to reading the Lord of the Ring series myself, I just can't see an interest in that type of literature. Then again looking at that list I can't say I've read too many of them myself, but that doesn't mean I won't try at some point.
expectabam bona et venerunt mihi mala praestolabar lucem et eruperunt tenebrae - Job 30:26
Oh I loved the list LOL it brought back many happy memories just reading through it! One of my favourite things about reading is the absolute joy I get from sharing it with my kids. Between us we have read quite a lot of the top 200, my 13 yr old has read most of the J.Wilson ones and read the Angus,thongs one just before christmas, my 11 yr old loves Dahl and has read (or had read to her) all the Harry Potters so far. Pooh was a favourite bedtime story for both of them when they were younger and reading it now takes me right back to when they were small. I have also started indoctrinating my 2 yr old nephew and he loves The hungry caterpillar (and The Tiger who came to tea) I read many different genres and found the list represented me and my family quite well
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