About the 100 Book meme
The 100 Book meme thing going around is quite fun to read. I get to see what my friends like to read and what not. I've noticed a few things:
1. None of my friends (who did the meme) has read One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Marquez. I'm not pimping the book only because he is Colombian. I tell you, it's a very good book so if you get a chance, give it a try.
2. I'm apparently the only one who has braved Joyce's Ulyses.
3. His Dark Materials seems to be a favorite. I started reading the first one years ago and got bored, so maybe I missed something... then again, I didn't manage to get pass the prologue of Lord of the Rings *dodges tomatoes*
4. It took me 20 minutes to remember why Of Mice and Men sounded familiar and a whole day to remember what it was about... and I only read it last year.
5. There's no Stephen King there and that makes me sad.
6. There aren't many Spanish speaking writers there either...
7. I guess for English speaking people many of these books are school requirements, very few of those were included in my school reading list, though.
8. Where's Milton?
9. Where's Don Quixote?
1. None of my friends (who did the meme) has read One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Marquez. I'm not pimping the book only because he is Colombian. I tell you, it's a very good book so if you get a chance, give it a try.
2. I'm apparently the only one who has braved Joyce's Ulyses.
3. His Dark Materials seems to be a favorite. I started reading the first one years ago and got bored, so maybe I missed something... then again, I didn't manage to get pass the prologue of Lord of the Rings *dodges tomatoes*
4. It took me 20 minutes to remember why Of Mice and Men sounded familiar and a whole day to remember what it was about... and I only read it last year.
5. There's no Stephen King there and that makes me sad.
6. There aren't many Spanish speaking writers there either...
7. I guess for English speaking people many of these books are school requirements, very few of those were included in my school reading list, though.
8. Where's Milton?
9. Where's Don Quixote?