[bksvol-discuss] Re: Research task for a motivated volunteer
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:43:58 -0500
Dear Booksharian Friends,
Needing a break from proofing an index, I read the thread about the 100 BBC
books at just the right time. I've wandered the collection enough to have
predicted that Bookshare was on the case for most of the list. I copied the
list and then sorted the books with the following results
Books I've read, counting Series as LOTR, Narnia etc as one book
Books I've read 57
Books I'm eager to read 20
Books to consider when I know more about them 19
Books I don't want to read/or finish 4
Though I read some of these books for school in grades 7-12, I proficiencied
English in college and had other majors, so read the rest of them for the
love of the authors and language.
The four I don't want to read are Moby Dick,. I love the writing style, but
can't cope with the brutality and suffering of men and whale. Vanity Fair, I
liked neither the style nor the sheer nastiness of Becky Sharp, the central
character. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, noodled, bored and
befuddled my brain and I lived the "On the Road," scene so to speak, in
college, and read so many bios of Jack Kerouac and many people of his ilk, I
didn't want to slog through what seemed to be self aggrandizement of living
loose, high and self satisfied.
I'm most lacking in my reading of non Anglo authors. I'm listing the 19
books I'd like to know more about in case anyone who has read them would
like to share their thoughts about them on or off list.
And thank you Scott, Lori, Mayrie, Roger, Kim, Mike, Dan, Jamie, Shelley,
Judy, and anyone who has commented about this list. I can't get enough of
book talk. Shelley, I especially enjoyed your naming the books you've read
along with your comments about them.
1 9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
2 17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
3 38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
4 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
6 45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
7 56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
8 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
9 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
10 69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
11 74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
12 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
13 78 Germinal - Emile Zola
14 80 Possession - AS Byatt
15 82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
16 84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
17 86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
18 93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
19 95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Scott, your message to Dan isn't the first time I've noticed your knack for
word play. Thanks for joining in the spirit of this topic.
On my worst days I love reading. Discussions like this one energize and
intensify my craving to read more!
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mayrie Renee" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 11:37 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Research task for a motivated volunteer
Hi Judy!
You deserve an award! That's incredible! I shared this list with some
friends on a different e-mail list and the next closest person to you has
read 43 books. Congratulations!
Mayrie
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s.
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 4:06 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Research task for a motivated volunteer
Nobody beat me up, but to my shock I've read 69 of them...
That either says that I'm way older than most of you and have had more
time
to read, or that my incredibly anal high school and college English
teachers
were right on which books we had to read for their classes. grin.
Judy s.
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