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[tjs_whatnot]

 The famous book meme.....
Gakked from madam_minnie

These are the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicize what you started but couldn’t finish, and strikethrough what you couldn’t stand. Add an asterisk* to those you’ve read more than once. Underline those on

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[ms_worplesdon]

Nice! I have to do this immediately!

Just curious, what's the deal with Ayn Rand? I couldn't get very far before I said "Oh to hell with this!" (I had a similar reaction to Gertrude Stein) so I'd like to understand. Maybe I'm just shallow... it is a very real possibility.

[tjs_whatnot]

Ayn Rand is an acquired taste--and no indication to your depth--believe me! First time I read her, I was in love with a certain type of book and film--black and white and about ideals. THen I introduced them to my brother in law who devoured them like I have never seen him do to anything and he wanted to talk about them constantly. So I read them again to keep up with him. I do love her characters though but wish sometimes that the story wasn't so long winded and obsessed with shoving her ideals down your throat. I would have preferred more subtleties.

[dulcamatrix]

i have read like only six on this list.
what a testament to my literary prowness.

*pout*

[tjs_whatnot]

Hey, don't sweat it! They're on this list for a reason...no one has read them. I just went through a phase where I made myself read things that were good for me.

So, what were the six?

[dulcamatrix]

One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wicked (giggle)
The Grapes of Wrath (read this... amazing)
Angela's Ashes
The Mists of Avalon
The Catcher in the Rye
Watership Down
The Hobbit (actually, i listened to it on cd)
and i read bits and pieces of Don Quixote in a class.
actually, that is where i picked my LJ name, Dulcamatrix... i loved the name Dulcinea, but it was taken on lj. so i made one up around it. don't you just love the idea that there is someone out there lamenting and pining for you? and you have no idea who, and never will?
it makes me mushy.
lol.

so i guess that makes eight books, not seven.
and one of them is WICKED. goodlord.

[tjs_whatnot]

I have never read Don Quioxte but really want to. I've had so many people say that I must...and it's usually after they've read something that I've written...so I have this terrible fear that I have been ripping off stuff from it for years without knowing it!