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Jun. 25th, 2008 07:05 pmThe Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see. I gakked this from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
serafina20 who, quite sensibly, left out books that are part of series already covered on the list.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read (as in the book is bought and sitting on my shelf).
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Star those you've started and have not and will not finish.
My list is under the cut. My comments are next to some of the books. Let me just say, I think this list is terrible.
( Read more... )
No Twain. No Defoe. No Fielding. No non-fiction. Way too much Dickens. Don't get me wrong, I love Dickens, but lists are limited. Jane Austen wrote six books, four of them are on this list.
There are way too many books written in other languages, too. Again, I love Dumas and Dostoevsky, but I can't tell if they're truly great writers because I've only read translations. I note the only books from the Spanish are by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, no Jorge Luis Borges, no Cervantes or Calderon. Nothing from the Italian or German made this list.
Anyone want to build a list that a) has each author only once, b) covers a wider range of years, and c) only includes works written in English?
( My start )
Suggestions for the final 38? I'll even take Lord of the Rings. *G*
serafina20 who, quite sensibly, left out books that are part of series already covered on the list.1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read (as in the book is bought and sitting on my shelf).
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Star those you've started and have not and will not finish.
My list is under the cut. My comments are next to some of the books. Let me just say, I think this list is terrible.
( Read more... )
No Twain. No Defoe. No Fielding. No non-fiction. Way too much Dickens. Don't get me wrong, I love Dickens, but lists are limited. Jane Austen wrote six books, four of them are on this list.
There are way too many books written in other languages, too. Again, I love Dumas and Dostoevsky, but I can't tell if they're truly great writers because I've only read translations. I note the only books from the Spanish are by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, no Jorge Luis Borges, no Cervantes or Calderon. Nothing from the Italian or German made this list.
Anyone want to build a list that a) has each author only once, b) covers a wider range of years, and c) only includes works written in English?
( My start )
Suggestions for the final 38? I'll even take Lord of the Rings. *G*
