A month of books: day 8! And how many books have I read?

[miss_peg]

I think I've seen this list of books elsewhere but today I bring it to you from the journal of vampirelissy14.

Comments

[xfirefly9x]

Interesting. I've read 5 from that list, and have about 3 others in progress (Wuthering Heights included; I'm actually not minding it, despite how many people I've heard say they disliked it.. I like the language and the atmosphere of the piece, I guess). So, about the same as you, sort of.

[miss_peg]

Awesome!!! :D

The thing about WH is that I don't like books where I have to read a sentence more than once to understand it, I'm not a big fan of Shakespeare for that reason also. The themes of the stories, the storylines themselves are one thing...but the writing, that's something else. :P

[xfirefly9x]

:)

lols, so basically, we like/dislike it for the same reasons. Interesting. :P

[miss_peg]

Yeah! Haha. Different strokes for different folks, hey. :D

[tromana]

Wooo! 10! I'm above average, lmao. Though I'm about to start #11. (Life of Pi) and am planning to read several more off the list.

[miss_peg]

Well done! :D

[cruel_fortuna]

I hated Wuthering Heights.
I adored 'Lord of the Flies' & 'The Great Gatsby' though, both of which I was 'forced' to read for school.

// also anyone who doesn't feel some sort of deep emotion after reading 'To Kill a Mockingbird' ... I don't know what's wrong with them. That's one fucking depressing/sad book.

Woah, just counted & I've read 13 on the above list. I"m in the progress of reading 'Birdsong' right now. Mostly because I saw an episode for it on the BBC & I bought it for my mom for mother's day. She's busy reading 'The Help' so I helped myself to snagging Birdsong until she's ready to read that one. I also have a leather-bound copy of all of Shakespeare's works, I should really read 'Hamlet.' It's the only one of his plays I haven't read. ( Lol, I read King Lear & Macbeth before Hamlet, ...what does that say about my reading tastes? )

[miss_peg]

I keep wondering if I should read The Great Gatsby, but I'm not so sure.

I completely agree about your views on To Kill a Mockingbird and the deep emotions, such a great novel.

Sharing books with family, always a good idea. :P Ooh I've read Macbeth too, in school! Though I went to see a local theatre group perform it this year because I enjoy the story.

[miss_peg]

I think that in terms of its portrayal of autism/aspergers it's fantastic, but whether it should be on a list of books everyone should read? I'm not sure either.

[vampirelissy14]

I prefer Jane Eyre to Wuthering Heights by far (of the Bronte sisters Charlotte strikes me as an easier to digest writer).

I kind of scared myself when I sat back and saw how much I've actually read over the years. Of course a good portion of those were assigned during college (heh...the perils of being an English major...you usually can't be found without a book in your hands of some sort) or high school so the amount of books I read and *enjoyed* are an entirely different matter. (I admit I am a Jane Austen fan, as well as a Shakespeare nut...and give me a good Gothic Romance any day and I'm right as rain XD)

[miss_peg]

Yeah?! I've seen television adaptations of Jane Eyre and enjoyed them for the most part.

Wow! I guess that's the main reason many will have for having read many of the books. Education is often the reason, hey. I guess it helps having an interest in it too. :P