Does it count if I was an unwilling participant? I counted twelve books that were required reading in High School for me.
Books I actually chose to read: Memiors of a Geisha, Catch-22, The Mists of Avalon, Wicked, Les Miserables (yes, I chose to read it), and Dune. There are a lot I wouldn't mind reading, maybe one day. Right now I am working 12 hour days, 6 days a week. That really cuts into my reading time.
Oh, I understand. Most of the books on that list I was assigned. I did a decent job picking some up on my own, though. But obviously not nearly enough compared to others.
I've read 20, but started lots I couldn't finish, like Wuthering Heights and Lolita, both of which I thought sucked so badly it would be an insult to myself to finish them.
However, in defense of Jane Austen, can I just say, her books really aren't romances. You'd think they are if you've seen movies made of them, but truly they are social commentary and really witty biting satire, none of which translates well on screen. (well, they did an okay job with mocking the Elliots in the BBC production of Persuasion.
Here is something that struck me, you stated this is a list of books "unread" by Librarything's user. So, is this based off of books checked out of librarys, exclusivly? I half hazard to guess that many of these books have been read, but the readers boaght the books because they were required for classes. Librarys don't like it when you write in their books. hehe I read through the list again, out loud to my husband,and saw several others I have read. Many that I have read, if they weren't required for class, I still own, and are probably sitting in the bottom of some box in my garage. I rarely go to the library, though I know I should. I don't want to think about the money that has left my pocket for books. *wince*
I'm almost exclusively library now. Even if you're crappy with returning them on time it's still so much cheaper than buying the books in real life. And they almost never smell like someone vomited in them anymore. ;)
Books I actually chose to read: Memiors of a Geisha, Catch-22, The Mists of Avalon, Wicked, Les Miserables (yes, I chose to read it), and Dune. There are a lot I wouldn't mind reading, maybe one day. Right now I am working 12 hour days, 6 days a week. That really cuts into my reading time.
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However, in defense of Jane Austen, can I just say, her books really aren't romances. You'd think they are if you've seen movies made of them, but truly they are social commentary and really witty biting satire, none of which translates well on screen. (well, they did an okay job with mocking the Elliots in the BBC production of Persuasion.
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