Books Meme
Okay, as you guys have probably noticed the last two days, I'm posting a fair bit (for me, this is a lot). Those who've been around for the last year have probably made the connection that this means I'm in the middle of a bad migrane. For those newer to this blog, I take strong painkillers for my migraines (I get several a month, every month, and live with cronic daily headaches on top of that). These meds I take for the migranes have the side effect of makeing me want to babble. When I don't feel like annoying my friends on IMs with my babbling, then I shift and annoy my friends on LiveJournal. This usualy comes out in the forms of long, ramblings posts, and lots and lots of memes.
This is one of those Meme posts.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien ***
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (explanation as to why this isn't underlined at the end)
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 (I always mean to read this one, but doubt I ever will)
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë (God no, God no, oh God no)
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 *** ??? (I HATED this story. Can't remember if I actualy finished, or just finished the movie)
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 (Maybe...not really a fan of either movie)
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson (Someday)
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 ??? (May have read it as a book on tape...)
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 Dostoyevsky
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 (Because this is a book you can never love enough, and never re-read offten enough)
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
You know, I really thought I'd read more of these. Admitedly, there are a few on here I might have read, but can't remember for sure. In most cases, that's because I've seen movies of them more then once, and I remember intending to read them. Also, I devoured a lot of books when I first got sick because I couldn't move or do anything, so there are actualy a lot of books out there that I only have veague, med- and pain-fuzzy memories of. I think Dad and I read "Watership Down" when I was a kid, and I know I've seen the movie a few times, but...
I'm also suprised there aren't more on here that I intend to read at some point in my life. I'm really not a huge fan on the "classics". I like a lot of the classical stories, I just don't really care for the long winded and dry writing styles most of them are done in. Things like Jane Austin, I've seen every movie, every mini-seires, and every play based on her stuff that I could get to, but I really do not like actualy reading her books. Love the stories, not the writing style.
There are also a lot of books on this list that I've seen the movies of (like "Rebecca" and "The Count Of Monte Cristo" and "Animal Farm" to name only three), so I don't feel like I absolutly have to read them. They were good, they were intresting, but in my head, they're aleady done. ::shrugs:: (And in most cases, really depressing. ::laughs::)
To sum up? I'm feeling very...litterate, now. Juuuust not as litterate as I thought I would. ::G::
This is one of those Meme posts.
- 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
- 4) Asterisks *** after books I've started, but not finished
5) Question Marks ??? after books that I think I've read, but I'm not positive (usualy because I've seen movies of them more then once)
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien ***
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (explanation as to why this isn't underlined at the end)
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 (I always mean to read this one, but doubt I ever will)
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë (God no, God no, oh God no)
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 *** ??? (I HATED this story. Can't remember if I actualy finished, or just finished the movie)
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 (Maybe...not really a fan of either movie)
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson (Someday)
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 ??? (May have read it as a book on tape...)
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 Dostoyevsky
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 (Because this is a book you can never love enough, and never re-read offten enough)
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
You know, I really thought I'd read more of these. Admitedly, there are a few on here I might have read, but can't remember for sure. In most cases, that's because I've seen movies of them more then once, and I remember intending to read them. Also, I devoured a lot of books when I first got sick because I couldn't move or do anything, so there are actualy a lot of books out there that I only have veague, med- and pain-fuzzy memories of. I think Dad and I read "Watership Down" when I was a kid, and I know I've seen the movie a few times, but...
I'm also suprised there aren't more on here that I intend to read at some point in my life. I'm really not a huge fan on the "classics". I like a lot of the classical stories, I just don't really care for the long winded and dry writing styles most of them are done in. Things like Jane Austin, I've seen every movie, every mini-seires, and every play based on her stuff that I could get to, but I really do not like actualy reading her books. Love the stories, not the writing style.
There are also a lot of books on this list that I've seen the movies of (like "Rebecca" and "The Count Of Monte Cristo" and "Animal Farm" to name only three), so I don't feel like I absolutly have to read them. They were good, they were intresting, but in my head, they're aleady done. ::shrugs:: (And in most cases, really depressing. ::laughs::)
To sum up? I'm feeling very...litterate, now. Juuuust not as litterate as I thought I would. ::G::