Book meme

Dec 10, 2008 17:52

Nothing like a nice meme to pick you up after a stressful day. Thanks to izhilzha.

What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, italicize the ones you own but haven't read, underline the ones you started but ( Read more... )

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tristmasjedi December 11 2008, 16:51:59 UTC
What is Angels & Demons doing on a list of books designed to make people look smart? I just retrieved my copy from my parents' house a couple weeks ago so I could continue savaging it on my LJ.

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rose_in_shadow December 11 2008, 23:04:50 UTC
LOL. Well, you could argue that this list isn't the just the "smart book list" that everyone has but never reads--perhaps it's also the reservoir for crappy sequels to sub par bestsellers*.

* Disclaimer: I've never read the Da Vinci code, but I've heard it wasn't all that well written. That is all.

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tristmasjedi December 14 2008, 07:00:59 UTC
Da Vinci Code is terribly written. Angels & Demons is worse (and I've just discovered that they're making a movie based on it, aaaaaaaah!).

I thought you might appreciate the following, but it kind of relies on some prior experience with Facebook: http://www.much-ado.net/austenbook/

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rose_in_shadow December 14 2008, 13:18:57 UTC
I love that Austenbook! I saw it linked on another friend's LJ. Very clever. :)

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