Books meme

[med_cat]

(This has been making the rounds lately; thought I'd join)

The BBC estimates that most people will only read 6 books out of the 100 listed below. Repost this and bold the titles you’ve read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series
5 To Kill a Mockingbird -

Comments

[mme_n_b]

Frankly, I think most people are perfectly OK without having read Bridget Jones' Diary, The Lovely Bones, Charilie in the Chocolate Factory, and a lot of the other fluff on this list.

[med_cat]

I agree! Although I've a soft spot for "Charlie", and Roald Dahl's other books ;)

And, well, I'm sure you saw my comments on some of the other works.

No list can be perfect or all-inclusive; this one, among other flaws, has too many works by Dickens--then again, no wonder, as BBC is the source.

[mme_n_b]

All that Dickens is why I'm at 77 - was hospitalized for half a year and read his and Hugo's full works. Can't remember most of it ;) Really they should've included Dickens and Austen as one item each (and why did Shakespeare get two?). I wonder whether inclusion on the list indicates an upcoming BBC movie.

[med_cat]

That's a long hospital stay :(

And yes, I understand; I'd read a lot of both these authors but not their full works.

Hm, maybe so, re: movie.

I can understand why Shakespeare got two, actually, as "Hamlet" is his most-cited/quoted/read/known play

[lindahoyland]

That's a great total! I only got 35 and many I had to read for school or college.

[med_cat]

Same here, really, re: school or college reading

[black_queen]

I have got 43, I think.
A somewhat bizarre mix, I agree. Sounds like all of them have been made into films.

[med_cat]

Maybe that's why...

[malkhos]

Somewhat heavy on contemporary trash (harry potter, really?) and rather light on Homer and Goethe.

[med_cat]

Yep, agreed. Going to make a revised list :P

(and I actually like Harry Potter--I take it you didn't?)

[malkhos]

Not exactly.

[med_cat]

May I ask why? :)