Friday, March 30, 2007
Book Meme
In the list of books below, bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you want to read, cross out the ones you won’t touch with a ten-foot pole, put a cross (+) in front of the ones on your book shelf, and asterisk (*) the ones you’ve never heard of.
[I couldn't resist commenting on them!]
1. + The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) [good but it fell apart in the end]
2. + Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) [love it. Read it a few times. Lent it to Kristi recently....]
3. + To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) [Classic and a great read!]
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell) [found the movie good but a bit tedious.]
5. + The Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien) [read it numerous times, starting in high school.]
6. + The Two Towers (Tolkein)[read it numerous times, starting in high school.]
7. + The Return of the King (Tolkein)[read it numerous times, starting in high school.]
8. + Anne of Green Gables (L. M. Montgomery) [read it a couple of times and loved the series as a kid.]
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon) [thanks to Lisa for introducing me to Gabaldon... mmm... Scottish accents....]
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. + Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling) [what a fun series!]
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. + Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. + A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving) [ugh. not a fan of his work.]
15. Memoirs of a Geisha [a great read and a great movie]
16. + Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King) [I like the Dark Tower series and I enjoyed The Eye of The Dragon and The Talisman but otherwise, I'm not a huge fan of his work, mostly because he has trounle ending his novels, and I like a nice solid finish - or an awesome sequel]
19. + Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) [love her stuff]
21. + The Hobbit (Tolkein) [of course! How could I read the LOTR series numerous times without having read this?]
22.+ The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger) [enjoyed it!]
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) [was ok. put it down a fe times before eventually finishing.]
24. * The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. + The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) [I have the trilogy in 5 parts and a photographically illustrated version of Hitchhiker's. Love it! So much fun!!]
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) [I don't know why I never picked up a copy for myself. I'd probably read t again on a rainy day.]
28. + The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) [read this series over and over since I was a kid.]
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. + Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) [loved it - it made me cry.]
31. + Dune (Frank Herbert) [I have the series. this is way more comples than the film, which was a bit slow....]
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. + Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) [preachy, much like The Fountainhead. There is a cult-like following with her stuff and I'm always intrigued by those who follow her philosophical doctrine. Not that I do.]
34. +1984 (Orwell) [was school reading, then read it again years later.]
35. + The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) [this and the sequel were good but a bit slow.]
36. + The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett) [my favorite book - a great historical epic tale!!]
37. * The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. + I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb) [my mom gave this to me but I haven't read it yet]
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. + The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) [too preachy for my tastes]
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel) read it years ago on a gloomy weekend]
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. + Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella) [fluffy and flat- felt like the heart was missing]
44. + The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom) [love his stuff - it always makes me cry.]
45. Bible [I've read bits and pieces]
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) [read it years ago]
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. + The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) [what a great read!]
50. + She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb) [sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read]
51. + The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) [I enjoyed this and the differenet perspectives, until about 3/4 of the way through and then I really didn't like the end.]
52. + A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. + Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card) [I think I lent this to someone but I can't remember who]
54. Great Expectations (Dickens) [high school reading]
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) [read it as a teen]
56. + The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence) [I'll get to it soon enough]
57. + Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough) [loved the maxi-series]
59. + The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood) [creepy and good!]
60. The Time Traveler’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. + Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) [I enjoyed it]
62. + The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) [preachy doctrine but glad I read it]
63. + War and Peace (Tolstoy) [started it once but got distracted]
64. + Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice) [really enjoyed this series. well, the first few....]
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares) [the movie was cute]
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) [classic]
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. + Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. + Shogun (James Clavell) [Absolutely LOVED this entire series!! Read it a couple of times and would love to read it again! I was so insired by Shogun that I did a samurai painting!]
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) [I enjoy his writing]
75. + The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) [read it as a teen]
76. + The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay) [Ah - the first in the series, The Fionavar Tapestry. Just lent it to Suzy. What a fantastic series. He's one of my very favorite authors - and is Canadian to boot!]
77. * A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. + The World According To Garp (John Irving) [I don't know why I keep trying to give him a chance when I find his work slow and dull]
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence) [read it year ago]
80. + Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) [great kid's book]
81. * Not Wanted On the Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck) [love his work]
83. * Rebecca (Daphe DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind) [been meaning to read his stuff]
85. Emma (Jane Austen) [what a fun and darling read]
87. Watership Down (Richard Adams) [I wonder where my copy went... I read it a few times. Twice on my own and then once for school as a kid]
87. + Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) [a classic!]
88. + The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. * Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. * Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. + In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje) [I like his stuff. This was set in Toronto in the early 20th century and was good although a bit odd as it went on]
92. Lord of the Flies (William Golding) [read it on my own then again for school]
93. + The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck) [the good read]
94. * The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. + The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum) [read and own and love all of hs stuff! Got the bug for Ludlum and Deighton and Cussler years ago]
96. * The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
97. + White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford) [fun]
99. + The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield) [enlightening!]
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)
Huh. Only 64 that I've read. Nice to see a lot of my favorites in that list though...
Posted by Dre at 7:26 AM
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