Nothing of import to impart...
Gah!
white_death has made me waste time thinking about books!!! Love the meme, darlin' and copied your version of it here:
1. Bold the books you've read.
2. Italicize the ones you started but never finished.
3. Star/Asterisk the ones you loved (***).
4. Strikeout the ones you hated.
5. At the end, add another book you've read and loved.
6. Mark ones that you intend to read with carets (^^^).
1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
I don't know if I loved it, but it moved me deeply.
2. Harry Potter Series, J. K. Rowling***
I am helpless to fight the juggernaut of HP and so I succumb. I never would have read the books if I hadn't seen the films first. And I'm...proud of that?
3. The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien
I enjoyed parts of it but it didn't grab me like The Hobbit.
4. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger^^^
I'll admit I am curious.
5. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
I enjoyed the first half of this book and then I got distracted and never picked it up again. ADD?
6. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen*********
So much love that I cannot even begin to describe it. I am totally buying the fully annotated version ASAP because owning 3 regular copies is NOT ENOUGH.
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon
I have no interest in this. Even the cover art booooores me. Yes, I look at stuff like that.
8. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
?
9. My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
Too Lifetime Movie of the Week.
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams^^^
I have no excuse for not reading this yet. For shame, Mel!
11. Life of Pi, Yann Martel^^^
Sitting on the bookshelf. Someday, my sweet.
12. The Stand, Stephen King
Um. No. I like a good scare, but I cannot read Steven King. It is unnatural, the speed with which he produces these books. The Harlequin Romance of Horror.
13. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
I'm curious and the book is right here, but ever since I watched the series on Discovery Channel, I feel like there is nothing in the book for me.
14. 1984, George Orwell
Chills when I think of this book. Chills.
15. Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
As a young lass, I demanded my literature be old-timey and with a girl heroine.
16. The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis
I enjoyed the story muchly, but it was never a book in my "repeat read" list
17. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
One of the first books I can remember that made me deeply uncomfortable.
18. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
Damn, Charlotte. Lighten up a little, hon! Love the story, especially the whole "locking up the crazy wife to better enjoy the single life" angle.
19. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd^^^
Have been wanting to read this forever. I will be mightily disappointed if it sucks balls.
20. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
Oh, Lord - I read this in the 5th grade? Trashy! I mean, go Scarlett with your bad, bitchy self. You save Tara and all that, but the book just did not hook me.
21. The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien***
Love it, love it, love it. 'Nuff said.
22. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
Huh. Not particularly interested (sounds too much like Mosquito Coast, etc.)
23. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon^^^
Yet another book sitting on my shelf.
24. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card^^^
Sounds interesting. I'll give it a whirl.
25. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
Give me a break.
26. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde^^^
Also want to read this one. Crikey.
27. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
Um. No.
28. The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
Maybe. Someday. If I've read all the books on my shelves.
29. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
Just not interested.
30. Watership Down, Richard Adams
I should read this, but the movie scarred me for life. Talking, murderous bunnies with red eyes. Can you believe regular classes got to read this in middle school, while the "honor" students read Anna to the Infinite Power (awesome book BTW)?
31. Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Phantom, redux? Hrm.
32. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
???
33. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
I dunno about this series. Doesn't really grab me.
34. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier^^^
You know me and art history. It's on my list.
35. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman^^^
Damn, why don't I read anything?!
36. Animal Farm, George Orwell
So, so disturbing. I think I read this when I was 15 or 16. Why did we never read happy books in school?
37. Lamb, the Gospel According to Biff, Christopher Moore^^^
Sounds good and is on my "to buy" list (because I do not have enough unread books in my house).
38. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
Meh.
39. Persuasion, Jane Austen***
God, I love Jane Austen and I love unrequited love. Mmmhmm.
40. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
I actually never read this. Weird, because I read every freaking book in the elementary school library between 3rd and 4th grade. Guess it was always checked out.
41. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
He wrote another one?!
42. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
Another book placed on the regular class reading lists, but apparently us "honor" kids were too busy hacking up Shakespeare and John Knowle's fucking A Separate Peace. HAAAATE.
43. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger^^^
See Catch-22.
44. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte***
This is an effed-up story and I LOVE IT. Heathcliff's a tortured wanker and Cathy is a crazy, spoiled beyotch, but the writing is lovely and the dialogue just rips my heart out.
45. Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks
???
46. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
Meh.
47. Eragon, Christopher Paolini Bow
No, thanks. I read the first chapter at Borders and was sickened by the thought of this kid earning millions for such dreck. I'm not jealous, I swear.
48. 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I'll get back to it. Gotta give the Chicano writers their props.
49. 84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
Eh?
50. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
See 1984. Huxley has ruined my vision of the future!
51. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupury
Loved it as a child, but tried to reread it a few years back and was unimpressed.
52. Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
I am backwards in the world of Gaiman.
53. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Damn 9th grade English. Damn it all to Hell for cramming Steinbeck down my throat. Although, for the record, my dad lived through the Great Depression so when I read this, I thought of him and that made it a little more personal.
54. Dune, Frank Herbert
No, thanks.
55. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
?
56. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
Am still on the fence about this one. I think I'd rather reread my brother's Encyclopedia Brown series. LOL...
57. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott***
Love, love, love! Favorite childhood book.
58. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
Nah.
59. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Could not hold my interest. Did I hear someone say there is a three-way in there? Maybe I'll check it out again. ^_~
60. Discworld Series, Terry Pratchett^^^
I'm gettin' to it!
61. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
I would like to retitle this Great Nap. Because that's what it was.
62. Stephanie Plum Series, Janet Evanovich
???
63. The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy^^^
Everyone raves about it, must check it out.
64. The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
At my school overseas, her stuff was required reading (although I am not quite sure why). Loved all her books and short stories, though. SImple and spare.
65. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
Eh. Like so many others, the pretentious premise of this book is yet another death knell for my love of fiction.
66. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis^^^
Looks interesting.
67. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
Effed up!
68. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury^^^
I really should read this.
69. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
Eh.
70. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
No, no, no.
71. The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
Was it good? I liked the movie...
72. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald***
I actually love F. Scott Fitzgerald. He can do no wrong with me.
73. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Weird - never read this one either.
74. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides
That darn chipper movie made me want to rush out and read this one. >___<
75. A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
Too many books and too pricey. I can't find them at the Half Price Bookstore so I guess everyone in SA is still enthralled or something.
76. Atonement, Ian McEwan
Nope.
77. American Gods, Neil Gaiman
See everything else I have said about Gaiman.
78. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevski
This book is a crime and reading it is a punishment. Damn college lit courses sucking the fun out of reading...
79. Emma, Jane Austen
Actually not one of my favorites, although I like it a little better than Mansfield Park.
80. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
Lestat le sucks! Literally! Hee. I have nothing against vampires or even Anne Rice, it's just not my bag.
81. Little House Series, Laura Ingalls Wilder***
Little House books originally drew me in when my dad showed me the parallels between how she grew up in the 1880s and how he grew up in the 1930s. Very sneaky, dad. Love the whole series for giving me nostalgia about a time I will never see.
82. Possession, A. S. Byatt^^^
I'll admit it - I want to read this one real bad!
83. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Embarrassing confession #368: this book was not on the honor's reading list, but I read it because the guy I liked had to and kept wanting to talk about it in Government class. I am pathetic. And this book is sick, but compelling.
84. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
Damn you, Steinbeck. Damn you!
85. Sabriel, Garth Nix
???
86. Saturday, Ian McEwan
???
87. Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut^^^
Putting this on my list too, because I should have read it already.
88. Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi
*snore*
89. The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank***
Deeply moving. Anything that can be both intimately familiar and horrifyingly unfamiliar gets top scores from me.
90. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth^^^
Mmm, tasty. Must read at some point.
91. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
I still have dreams about this book. Didn't really get into it as a kid, but as a teen, I loved it.
92. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Eh. Carroll I do not get at all.
93. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
No, thank you.
94. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
Maybe, someday.
95. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
You know, if you are going to put Dickens as your favorite, at least put his better works up. Where's the love for A Tale of Two Cities or The Pickwick Papers?
96. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
I love Hugo, but I cannot endure this one. As a musical though, it's just spiffy.
97. Doomsday Book, Connie Willis
Eh.
98. East of Eden, John Steinbeck
See all my above comments on Steinbeck.
99. Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
I should be interested in this, but strangely, I am not.
100. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
Hee - my dad gave me this book and I have yet to read it. I know he is waiting to discuss it with me.
101. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
The only Kazuo Ishiguro book I have read is The Unconsoled which freaked me out because at the time I was working graveyard shifts and my waking hours seemed colorless and unfamiliar, much like this book. I know, I know. Freak.
102. Outlander Series, Diana Gabaldon
Hee, hee - sounds like a modern day romance novelist and a historical romance novelist got together on this one...
103. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
???
104. Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Good title.
105. Small Island, Andrea Levy
Ummm.
106. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde^^^
Gotta love Oscar Wilde, even though I have barely read anything by him.
107. Wicked, Gregory Maguire^^^
Want to read it.
108. Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne
Wonderful childhood memories...
109. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
See my comments above on Kazuo Ishiguro.
110. Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden^^^
Want to read it.
111. Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel
Another book my dad gave me. Just could not get into it.
112. The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri
I loves me some Dante and his many circles of Hell. ^_~
113. Frankenstein, Mary Shelly
I didn't like it, personally and don't know why everyone insists on giving Shelly kudos. Percy Bysshe FTW!!!
114. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens***
Yay for the Dickens classics!
115. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
Not interested in Melville's thinly-veiled metaphors.
116. Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
LOL! I'd rather watch the movie and that is saying something...
117. Wit'ch Fire, James Clemens
Meh.
118. The Dark Elf books, R.A. Salvatore
Talk me into it.
119. Marley and me. J. Grogan
I will buy this for my sister, the Doggy Angel of Mercy.
120. The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
Not really.
121. Generation X, Douglas Coupland^^^
Why have I not read this book? Because I am a Gen-X slacker...
122. The Edible Woman, Margaret Atwood
Eh.
123. Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin^^^
On the list!
124. The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
I'm sure it's fascinating, I just don't have the time. NEXT!
125. The Man in the Brown Suit, Agatha Christie
Not my bag, but I'm sure it's great.
126. The Phantom of The Opera Gaston Leroux***
Leroux le rocks! I love Phantom! It's so Zola-esque. Glitzy trash!
127. The Prydain Chronicles (The Book of Three, et al) by Lloyd Alexander
???
128. North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell
*snore*
129. Tam Lin by Pamela Dean^^^
Groovy.
130. Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Meh.
131. The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper
???
132. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones*********
Best book in the entire universe!!! Okay, maybe not but DWJ has never written a character more lovably flawed than Howell Jenkins. Love, love, love.
133. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Giorgio Bassani***
I shouldn't love this book, but I do. Everything about it is unfamiliar to me, yet it draws me in. It's richly textured and in reading it, I disappear, which is all I can ask of my fiction.
white_death has made me waste time thinking about books!!! Love the meme, darlin' and copied your version of it here:
1. Bold the books you've read.
2. Italicize the ones you started but never finished.
3. Star/Asterisk the ones you loved (***).
4. Strikeout the ones you hated.
5. At the end, add another book you've read and loved.
6. Mark ones that you intend to read with carets (^^^).
1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
I don't know if I loved it, but it moved me deeply.
2. Harry Potter Series, J. K. Rowling***
I am helpless to fight the juggernaut of HP and so I succumb. I never would have read the books if I hadn't seen the films first. And I'm...proud of that?
3. The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien
I enjoyed parts of it but it didn't grab me like The Hobbit.
4. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger^^^
I'll admit I am curious.
5. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
I enjoyed the first half of this book and then I got distracted and never picked it up again. ADD?
6. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen*********
So much love that I cannot even begin to describe it. I am totally buying the fully annotated version ASAP because owning 3 regular copies is NOT ENOUGH.
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon
I have no interest in this. Even the cover art booooores me. Yes, I look at stuff like that.
8. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
?
9. My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
Too Lifetime Movie of the Week.
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams^^^
I have no excuse for not reading this yet. For shame, Mel!
11. Life of Pi, Yann Martel^^^
Sitting on the bookshelf. Someday, my sweet.
12. The Stand, Stephen King
Um. No. I like a good scare, but I cannot read Steven King. It is unnatural, the speed with which he produces these books. The Harlequin Romance of Horror.
13. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
I'm curious and the book is right here, but ever since I watched the series on Discovery Channel, I feel like there is nothing in the book for me.
14. 1984, George Orwell
Chills when I think of this book. Chills.
15. Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
As a young lass, I demanded my literature be old-timey and with a girl heroine.
16. The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis
I enjoyed the story muchly, but it was never a book in my "repeat read" list
17. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
One of the first books I can remember that made me deeply uncomfortable.
18. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
Damn, Charlotte. Lighten up a little, hon! Love the story, especially the whole "locking up the crazy wife to better enjoy the single life" angle.
19. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd^^^
Have been wanting to read this forever. I will be mightily disappointed if it sucks balls.
20. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
Oh, Lord - I read this in the 5th grade? Trashy! I mean, go Scarlett with your bad, bitchy self. You save Tara and all that, but the book just did not hook me.
21. The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien***
Love it, love it, love it. 'Nuff said.
22. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
Huh. Not particularly interested (sounds too much like Mosquito Coast, etc.)
23. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon^^^
Yet another book sitting on my shelf.
24. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card^^^
Sounds interesting. I'll give it a whirl.
25. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
Give me a break.
26. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde^^^
Also want to read this one. Crikey.
27. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
Um. No.
28. The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
Maybe. Someday. If I've read all the books on my shelves.
29. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
Just not interested.
30. Watership Down, Richard Adams
I should read this, but the movie scarred me for life. Talking, murderous bunnies with red eyes. Can you believe regular classes got to read this in middle school, while the "honor" students read Anna to the Infinite Power (awesome book BTW)?
31. Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Phantom, redux? Hrm.
32. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
???
33. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
I dunno about this series. Doesn't really grab me.
34. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier^^^
You know me and art history. It's on my list.
35. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman^^^
Damn, why don't I read anything?!
36. Animal Farm, George Orwell
So, so disturbing. I think I read this when I was 15 or 16. Why did we never read happy books in school?
37. Lamb, the Gospel According to Biff, Christopher Moore^^^
Sounds good and is on my "to buy" list (because I do not have enough unread books in my house).
38. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
Meh.
39. Persuasion, Jane Austen***
God, I love Jane Austen and I love unrequited love. Mmmhmm.
40. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
I actually never read this. Weird, because I read every freaking book in the elementary school library between 3rd and 4th grade. Guess it was always checked out.
41. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
He wrote another one?!
42. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
Another book placed on the regular class reading lists, but apparently us "honor" kids were too busy hacking up Shakespeare and John Knowle's fucking A Separate Peace. HAAAATE.
43. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger^^^
See Catch-22.
44. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte***
This is an effed-up story and I LOVE IT. Heathcliff's a tortured wanker and Cathy is a crazy, spoiled beyotch, but the writing is lovely and the dialogue just rips my heart out.
45. Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks
???
46. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
Meh.
47. Eragon, Christopher Paolini Bow
No, thanks. I read the first chapter at Borders and was sickened by the thought of this kid earning millions for such dreck. I'm not jealous, I swear.
48. 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I'll get back to it. Gotta give the Chicano writers their props.
49. 84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
Eh?
50. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
See 1984. Huxley has ruined my vision of the future!
51. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupury
Loved it as a child, but tried to reread it a few years back and was unimpressed.
52. Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
I am backwards in the world of Gaiman.
53. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Damn 9th grade English. Damn it all to Hell for cramming Steinbeck down my throat. Although, for the record, my dad lived through the Great Depression so when I read this, I thought of him and that made it a little more personal.
54. Dune, Frank Herbert
No, thanks.
55. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
?
56. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
Am still on the fence about this one. I think I'd rather reread my brother's Encyclopedia Brown series. LOL...
57. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott***
Love, love, love! Favorite childhood book.
58. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
Nah.
59. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Could not hold my interest. Did I hear someone say there is a three-way in there? Maybe I'll check it out again. ^_~
60. Discworld Series, Terry Pratchett^^^
I'm gettin' to it!
61. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
I would like to retitle this Great Nap. Because that's what it was.
62. Stephanie Plum Series, Janet Evanovich
???
63. The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy^^^
Everyone raves about it, must check it out.
64. The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
At my school overseas, her stuff was required reading (although I am not quite sure why). Loved all her books and short stories, though. SImple and spare.
65. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
Eh. Like so many others, the pretentious premise of this book is yet another death knell for my love of fiction.
66. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis^^^
Looks interesting.
67. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
Effed up!
68. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury^^^
I really should read this.
69. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
Eh.
70. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
No, no, no.
71. The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
Was it good? I liked the movie...
72. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald***
I actually love F. Scott Fitzgerald. He can do no wrong with me.
73. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Weird - never read this one either.
74. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides
That darn chipper movie made me want to rush out and read this one. >___<
75. A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
Too many books and too pricey. I can't find them at the Half Price Bookstore so I guess everyone in SA is still enthralled or something.
76. Atonement, Ian McEwan
Nope.
77. American Gods, Neil Gaiman
See everything else I have said about Gaiman.
78. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevski
This book is a crime and reading it is a punishment. Damn college lit courses sucking the fun out of reading...
79. Emma, Jane Austen
Actually not one of my favorites, although I like it a little better than Mansfield Park.
80. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
Lestat le sucks! Literally! Hee. I have nothing against vampires or even Anne Rice, it's just not my bag.
81. Little House Series, Laura Ingalls Wilder***
Little House books originally drew me in when my dad showed me the parallels between how she grew up in the 1880s and how he grew up in the 1930s. Very sneaky, dad. Love the whole series for giving me nostalgia about a time I will never see.
82. Possession, A. S. Byatt^^^
I'll admit it - I want to read this one real bad!
83. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Embarrassing confession #368: this book was not on the honor's reading list, but I read it because the guy I liked had to and kept wanting to talk about it in Government class. I am pathetic. And this book is sick, but compelling.
84. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
Damn you, Steinbeck. Damn you!
85. Sabriel, Garth Nix
???
86. Saturday, Ian McEwan
???
87. Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut^^^
Putting this on my list too, because I should have read it already.
88. Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi
*snore*
89. The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank***
Deeply moving. Anything that can be both intimately familiar and horrifyingly unfamiliar gets top scores from me.
90. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth^^^
Mmm, tasty. Must read at some point.
91. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
I still have dreams about this book. Didn't really get into it as a kid, but as a teen, I loved it.
92. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Eh. Carroll I do not get at all.
93. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
No, thank you.
94. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
Maybe, someday.
95. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
You know, if you are going to put Dickens as your favorite, at least put his better works up. Where's the love for A Tale of Two Cities or The Pickwick Papers?
96. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
I love Hugo, but I cannot endure this one. As a musical though, it's just spiffy.
97. Doomsday Book, Connie Willis
Eh.
98. East of Eden, John Steinbeck
See all my above comments on Steinbeck.
99. Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
I should be interested in this, but strangely, I am not.
100. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
Hee - my dad gave me this book and I have yet to read it. I know he is waiting to discuss it with me.
101. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
The only Kazuo Ishiguro book I have read is The Unconsoled which freaked me out because at the time I was working graveyard shifts and my waking hours seemed colorless and unfamiliar, much like this book. I know, I know. Freak.
102. Outlander Series, Diana Gabaldon
Hee, hee - sounds like a modern day romance novelist and a historical romance novelist got together on this one...
103. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
???
104. Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Good title.
105. Small Island, Andrea Levy
Ummm.
106. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde^^^
Gotta love Oscar Wilde, even though I have barely read anything by him.
107. Wicked, Gregory Maguire^^^
Want to read it.
108. Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne
Wonderful childhood memories...
109. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
See my comments above on Kazuo Ishiguro.
110. Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden^^^
Want to read it.
111. Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel
Another book my dad gave me. Just could not get into it.
112. The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri
I loves me some Dante and his many circles of Hell. ^_~
113. Frankenstein, Mary Shelly
I didn't like it, personally and don't know why everyone insists on giving Shelly kudos. Percy Bysshe FTW!!!
114. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens***
Yay for the Dickens classics!
115. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
Not interested in Melville's thinly-veiled metaphors.
116. Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
LOL! I'd rather watch the movie and that is saying something...
117. Wit'ch Fire, James Clemens
Meh.
118. The Dark Elf books, R.A. Salvatore
Talk me into it.
119. Marley and me. J. Grogan
I will buy this for my sister, the Doggy Angel of Mercy.
120. The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
Not really.
121. Generation X, Douglas Coupland^^^
Why have I not read this book? Because I am a Gen-X slacker...
122. The Edible Woman, Margaret Atwood
Eh.
123. Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin^^^
On the list!
124. The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
I'm sure it's fascinating, I just don't have the time. NEXT!
125. The Man in the Brown Suit, Agatha Christie
Not my bag, but I'm sure it's great.
126. The Phantom of The Opera Gaston Leroux***
Leroux le rocks! I love Phantom! It's so Zola-esque. Glitzy trash!
127. The Prydain Chronicles (The Book of Three, et al) by Lloyd Alexander
???
128. North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell
*snore*
129. Tam Lin by Pamela Dean^^^
Groovy.
130. Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Meh.
131. The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper
???
132. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones*********
Best book in the entire universe!!! Okay, maybe not but DWJ has never written a character more lovably flawed than Howell Jenkins. Love, love, love.
133. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Giorgio Bassani***
I shouldn't love this book, but I do. Everything about it is unfamiliar to me, yet it draws me in. It's richly textured and in reading it, I disappear, which is all I can ask of my fiction.