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15 Books Meme

Jun 25, 2009 18:33

Shagged from jlrpuck

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.

1. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
2. The Return of the King, JRR Tolkien
3. The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
4. Over Sea, Under Stone, Susan Cooper
5. The Wasteland, T.S. ( Read more... )

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maniacalshen June 25 2009, 19:48:39 UTC

Susan Cooper and Philip Pullman?! Oh man, I loved those books. I'm so glad we read The Dark is Rising in school and that my Catholic school teacher also recommended The Golden Compass. :D

I have The Handmaid's Tale sitting around here; perhaps I'll have to get around to it soon.

maniacalshen June 25 2009, 20:09:49 UTC

Though, confession time... I never made it to Return of the King. Couldn't finish The Two Towers when I tried; it was so damn boring. SO MUCH WALKING. Very un-nerdly of me, I know.

lostwolfchats June 25 2009, 20:30:36 UTC

Hee! The Two Towers is hard, I think, because the two key narratives are split compeltely - it's like two novels. It gets frustrating. The RotK is not like that, so would be worth another go. The ending makes me blub everytime! It's so moving.

janna_hawkins June 26 2009, 16:44:50 UTC

Actually, RotK is split that way but the two parts come together after the Ring is destroyed, unlike Two Towers. Sorry for jumping in like that, serious LotR fangirl here :P

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qtrhorserider June 26 2009, 01:58:12 UTC

1. The Hobbit
2. Lord of the Rings
3. The Two Towers
4. Return of the King
5. Lost track of how many Catherine Kurtz
6. Same for Patricia Cornwell
7. Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
8. Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein
9. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
10.The Midwife's Tale
11.A Painted House John Grisham
12.The Princess Bride
14.The Hero of a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell
15.The Black Stallion
Of course, there's all of Harry Potter, and the myriad short stories and poems that were all from different compilations...

lostwolfchats June 26 2009, 20:47:03 UTC

15 is not enough, is it?!

wildwinterwitch June 26 2009, 15:43:51 UTC

I meant to include The Neverending Story in my list, but. You know.

lostwolfchats June 26 2009, 20:49:23 UTC

Yeah - so many books, only 15 slots! I cheated a bit, with all the plays of Shakespeare and all the Holmes stories, but even so, ran out of room!

I mean, what about the Mr Men? Winnie the Pooh? The Hungry Caterpillar? I, Claudius? Le Morte d'Arthur? Lovely Bones? Grimms Fairy Tales? Hans Christian Anderson...

sob!