Book Opinion Needed Pleeeease.

Nov 26, 2006 19:29

Give me a list of the top, say...ten books you think I should read before I die ( Read more... )

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christycorr November 27 2006, 02:58:41 UTC
Colleen McCullough - Torn Birds
Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club
Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway (Michael Cunningham - The Hours)
Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
Philip Roth - American Pastoral
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings (*grins*)
Marion Zimmer Bradley - Mists of Avalon
Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett - Good Omens
Alexander Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo

Oh, this is hard!

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moon_dancing November 28 2006, 00:54:17 UTC
Ohh! Did I challenge you?!?! I was hoping you'd reply to this. *grins* I've started the LotR but never finished them (not that they weren't good, it's just that I kept stopping and asking Adam references from the movies like soandso was this character, right? and he got annoyed so I stopped. lol). And I read The Count of Monte Cristo in a class a long time ago. Otherwise I've not read any on your list.

I will check them out.

Thank you for your opinions. =)

*love*

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christycorr November 28 2006, 00:59:16 UTC
You did. *grins* Oh, forget the movies when you read LotR--it's much more thriling that way. If Adam grows tired, though, you can always ask me! *grins* Oh, the Count was the book of my childhood--that and La reine Margot. I've reread so many of Dumas' works since then that they're almost second nature to me or something. I still have a hard time thinking of French history without mixing up his plotlines with actual historical events.

Please do! You'll probably enjoy them =)

You're welcome!

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moon_dancing November 28 2006, 01:24:04 UTC
Hmm, it has been a while since I've seen the movies so perhaps it's a good time to take a second try at reading them then. I'll be sure to remeber to ask you any questions. I tried reading the Hobit once too, but I got bored with that.

I'm reading finally The Da Vinci Code and rereading Shakespear's Two Gentlemen of Verona right now.

I've heard of Dumas. You've sparked my interst now, though. I love books that I have to think twice about whether it really happened or if it's fiction. =)

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christycorr November 28 2006, 01:27:35 UTC
The Hobbit is a kids' book. *shrugs* I'm not too fond of it--but then again, I haven't read it in ages.

Wow. What do you think of DVC?

*grins* If you like that kind of book, he's definitely your guy. He has about 200 published ones, though, so I don't know which you'd be able to find most easily.

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moon_dancing November 28 2006, 01:30:58 UTC
Yeah, I've been told I may enjoy the Hobit after I've read the LotR, but it just bored me.

So far (they're arriving at Leigh whatshisname's house now) I'm enjoying it. I actually followed the movie pretty well. Between my random knowledge, Adam's knowledge of art and our friend's knowledge of religion, we caught on and understood pretty well. I was surprised at how well the movie seems to have stayed true to the book so far, actually, but alas, as usual, the book is better. =)

Hmm. Well, aside from the Count, do you have any other suggestions?

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christycorr November 28 2006, 01:35:36 UTC
It's entertaining, but its literary value is arguable at best. *grins* I enjoyed DVC, but it seems so cheap and predictable when you reread it that... *shrugs* I've grown to dislike it somewhat, even though I fully acknowledge its cliffhanger-powered ability to keep the reader turning the pages.

Heaps! I'm not sure how much of it is available in English, though.

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moon_dancing November 28 2006, 01:44:07 UTC
I can see that. I do find myself in certain parts, scanning the pages to get to the part I know is coming (from watching the movie), but it is well written with good cliffhangers. Too bad things that seems so unpredictable become predictable at some point, you know...*laughs*

Hmm, well, I don't speak or read any other languages (I've tried, honest...it just doesn't stick well, or at least never has in the past) so that could be a problem. However, try me. The worst thing that'll happen is that I try and can't find an English version.

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christycorr November 28 2006, 01:49:00 UTC
Yeah. *grins* Ah well.

Hmm. Queen Margot, definitely. The Three Musketeers is always a riot. The Black Tulip is also pretty good. They all have sequels, too.

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christycorr November 28 2006, 01:52:50 UTC
The Project Gutemberg website has several of his books for download (it's public domain now).

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moon_dancing November 28 2006, 02:08:14 UTC
Will check out. =)

Thanks!

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twinsuns November 28 2006, 04:38:00 UTC
Sir Leigh Teabing

*grins*

I like both the book and movie, but I did see the movie first... so...

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moon_dancing November 28 2006, 05:08:23 UTC
Yes, that's his name. It left me momentarily, which is strange considering his importance to the story, no?

Thank you, dear, for the clarification. =)

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twinsuns November 28 2006, 05:15:57 UTC

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twinsuns November 28 2006, 04:38:27 UTC
Read The Count of Monte Cristo! Just... do it.

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moon_dancing November 28 2006, 05:10:15 UTC
I think I have read that long ago in some English class. But I think I should reread it, because I barely remember it.

And you just used the Nike slogan on me so I feel as though I should...just do it.

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