Books!
BBC'S TOP 100 BOOKS MEME
1. Bold the books you read.
2. Underline the ones you read and liked.
3. Strike through the books you read & didn't like.
4. Leave as is books you haven’t read.
5. Italicize the books you intend to read.
My list:
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
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
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
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
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyesky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
1. Favorite childhood book?
Kiddie time it has to be Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs
2. What are you reading right now?
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
3. What books do you have on request at the library?
None.
4. Bad book habit?
Buying books and not reading them
5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
No books lol, but I do have Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985 checked out.
6. Do you have an e-reader?
Nope. I have PDF's of my fave fanfics saved to my phone
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
one at a time. But i'll read several fics at a time lol.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
Nope
9. Least favourite book you read this year (so far)?
none, they're all rereads
10. Favorite book you've read this year?
All? lol,. Definitely Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
books? Never. Fics? I dabble.
12. What is your reading comfort zone?
Idk whatever looks good
13. Can you read on the bus?
I don't take the bus.
14. Favorite place to read?
idk. Bathtub?
15. What is your policy on book lending?
I don't
16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
Yup
17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
Nope
18. Not even with text books?
lol ALWAYS in those
19. What is your favourite language to read in?
Uh the only language I know?
20. What makes you love a book?
idk, it all just has to come together.
21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
It depends on if I know what the other person likes
22. Favorite genre?
don't have one
23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did)?
none?
24. Favourite biography?
The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X and Alex Haley
25. Have you ever read a self-help book?
no
26. Favourite cookbook?
I DON'T COOK. Well steak.
27. Most inspirational book you've read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?
none
28. Favorite reading snack?
whatever i'm eating
29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.
Can't think of one.
30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
I don't read them
31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
I don't really do it tbh
32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
Japanese
33. Most intimidating book you've ever read?
the Harry Potter books lol. At first they were.
34. Most intimidating book you're too nervous to begin?
The Lord of the Rings books because they're so damn long.
35. Favorite Poet?
Langston Hughes and Sylvia Plath
36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?
I don't
37. How often have you returned books to the library unread?
yep
38. Favorite fictional character?
Jeff, Suicide Notes
39. Favourite fictional villain?
Voldemort
40. Books I'm most likely to bring on vacation?
I use my fics lol
41. The longest I've gone without reading.
I don't
42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. It was so fucking DULL
43. What distracts you most when you're reading?
My brain lol, and other people
44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe....
45. Most disappointing film adaptation?
idk the last 4 HP movies left out a LOT
46. The most money I've ever spent in the bookstore at one time?
$120
47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?
I don't. I read the back cover.
48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
if it was dry
49. Do you like to keep your books organized?
nope
50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you've read them?
I never give them away
51. Are there any books you've been avoiding?
Nope.
52. Name a book that made you angry.
None?
53. A book you didn't expect to like but did?
The Darkside of Nowhere only because I had to do it for a reading assignment in 7th grade but I LOVED IT.
54. A book that you expected to like but didn't?
idk?
55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
FANFICS FTMFW!!!!!
1. Bold the books you read.
2. Underline the ones you read and liked.
3. Strike through the books you read & didn't like.
4. Leave as is books you haven’t read.
5. Italicize the books you intend to read.
My list:
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
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
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
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
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyesky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
1. Favorite childhood book?
Kiddie time it has to be Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs
2. What are you reading right now?
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
3. What books do you have on request at the library?
None.
4. Bad book habit?
Buying books and not reading them
5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
No books lol, but I do have Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985 checked out.
6. Do you have an e-reader?
Nope. I have PDF's of my fave fanfics saved to my phone
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
one at a time. But i'll read several fics at a time lol.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
Nope
9. Least favourite book you read this year (so far)?
none, they're all rereads
10. Favorite book you've read this year?
All? lol,. Definitely Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
books? Never. Fics? I dabble.
12. What is your reading comfort zone?
Idk whatever looks good
13. Can you read on the bus?
I don't take the bus.
14. Favorite place to read?
idk. Bathtub?
15. What is your policy on book lending?
I don't
16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
Yup
17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
Nope
18. Not even with text books?
lol ALWAYS in those
19. What is your favourite language to read in?
Uh the only language I know?
20. What makes you love a book?
idk, it all just has to come together.
21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
It depends on if I know what the other person likes
22. Favorite genre?
don't have one
23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did)?
none?
24. Favourite biography?
The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X and Alex Haley
25. Have you ever read a self-help book?
no
26. Favourite cookbook?
I DON'T COOK. Well steak.
27. Most inspirational book you've read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?
none
28. Favorite reading snack?
whatever i'm eating
29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.
Can't think of one.
30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
I don't read them
31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
I don't really do it tbh
32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
Japanese
33. Most intimidating book you've ever read?
the Harry Potter books lol. At first they were.
34. Most intimidating book you're too nervous to begin?
The Lord of the Rings books because they're so damn long.
35. Favorite Poet?
Langston Hughes and Sylvia Plath
36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?
I don't
37. How often have you returned books to the library unread?
yep
38. Favorite fictional character?
Jeff, Suicide Notes
39. Favourite fictional villain?
Voldemort
40. Books I'm most likely to bring on vacation?
I use my fics lol
41. The longest I've gone without reading.
I don't
42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. It was so fucking DULL
43. What distracts you most when you're reading?
My brain lol, and other people
44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe....
45. Most disappointing film adaptation?
idk the last 4 HP movies left out a LOT
46. The most money I've ever spent in the bookstore at one time?
$120
47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?
I don't. I read the back cover.
48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
if it was dry
49. Do you like to keep your books organized?
nope
50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you've read them?
I never give them away
51. Are there any books you've been avoiding?
Nope.
52. Name a book that made you angry.
None?
53. A book you didn't expect to like but did?
The Darkside of Nowhere only because I had to do it for a reading assignment in 7th grade but I LOVED IT.
54. A book that you expected to like but didn't?
idk?
55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
FANFICS FTMFW!!!!!