tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post8040145494797970270..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: 100 Books Memeyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-46611717378305870382007-03-08T18:49:00.000-05:002007-03-08T18:49:00.000-05:00I Know This Much Is True, is actually a pretty goo...I Know This Much Is True, is actually a pretty good read--you just have to skip the endless flashback scenes.<BR/><BR/>Though I've read a good number on this list...I agree with your overall perceptions of it.Mitch McDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162154118646288681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-67880432909117433432007-03-06T14:56:00.000-05:002007-03-06T14:56:00.000-05:00I can second mostlylurking on the Kite Runner. I ...I can second mostlylurking on the Kite Runner. I read that just last month. Very good book.<BR/><BR/>Also you should add 100 Years of Solitude to your list. Magical realism...probably the best book I've ever read. I'd love to learn Spanish some day and reread it in the original.<BR/><BR/>As to War and Peace, the secret is to set aside a big chunk of free time. I started this book three times and kept getting confused by all the different Russian nicknames. The secret is really you just need to get about 100 pages into it in a single sitting.<BR/><BR/>Moby Dick. what can I say, but that I started reading it in 1987 and I'm only about halfway through it. Narrative descriptives put me to sleep.<BR/><BR/>omniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-87388325130032899002007-03-06T13:03:00.000-05:002007-03-06T13:03:00.000-05:00I had three years of "AP" English and we did read ...I had three years of "AP" English and we did read a lot of things that don't normally make the high school reading list like Camus and Sartre. I guess something had to give and Harper Lee and Steinbeck got the heave-ho. I'm shocked I made it through school without ever reading any Steinbeck. I've read a fair share of Hemingway on my own. Someday.<BR/><BR/>The books that still give me night sweats include <I>Ethan Fromme</I> and <I>Moby Dick</I>.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-75889643397100887902007-03-06T07:31:00.000-05:002007-03-06T07:31:00.000-05:00I'm kind of surprised at a few of the books you ha...I'm kind of surprised at a few of the books you haven't read. <I>To Kill a Mockingbird, Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, Wuthering Heights</I>? These weren't assigned in high school? Or did you just cruise by on the Cliffs Notes?<BR/><BR/>I can still get behind <I>Catcher in the Rye</I>—which was also assigned to us in high school—though. Maybe because I'm still kind of alienated. Heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-13816788544259990342007-03-06T05:44:00.000-05:002007-03-06T05:44:00.000-05:00The Mitch Albom books are a deal killer for me too...The Mitch Albom books are a deal killer for me too. My son had to read <I>Tuesdays With Morrie</I> for English. I couldn't believe it.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-48267523498370525832007-03-06T02:16:00.000-05:002007-03-06T02:16:00.000-05:00I meant to say that The Kite Runner is really good...I meant to say that The Kite Runner is really good - I read it in one day last summer - could not put it down.<BR/><BR/>It's a weird list - some really good books and some, not so much, AFAIK. Now I want to re-read War and Peace and Anna Karenina - how will I ever get through my own list if I start to re-read? <BR/><BR/>mostlylurkingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-53368693452352426412007-03-06T00:50:00.000-05:002007-03-06T00:50:00.000-05:00What - you aren't interested in reading War and Pe...What - you aren't interested in reading War and Peace?Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-46815519162147668592007-03-05T23:08:00.000-05:002007-03-05T23:08:00.000-05:00This is a terrible list. I began writing a "why i...This is a terrible list. I began writing a "why it is a terrible List" and finally decided that any list that two Mitch Alboms on it is beyond redemption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-68310248223285508912007-03-05T23:05:00.000-05:002007-03-05T23:05:00.000-05:00It's an odd list, isn't it. I note that almost al...It's an odd list, isn't it. I note that almost all of the ones I read and liked you have left unmarked. C'mon, you've never read To Kill A Mockingbird?<BR/><BR/>BTW, it's Robertson Davies, not Davis. A Canadian is sure to mention it, since he was. Or is, not sure. It's a pretty good book, but more of a book for a teen, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-89797440951972936472007-03-05T23:02:00.000-05:002007-03-05T23:02:00.000-05:00I have found that many of the books on the Oprah b...I have found that many of the books on the Oprah book club list suck pretty badly. It's a shame since Oprah influences so many people. You'd think she could get better recommendations.<BR/><BR/>Naturally, I stole this meme from you. I couldn't do the key one because one of the cars is in the shop so I have no keychain at the moment.Impetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354915621349760545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-46688747592913439062007-03-05T21:22:00.000-05:002007-03-05T21:22:00.000-05:00The Lovely Bones is very good - and not very long ...The Lovely Bones is very good - and not very long - quite unusual. Atwood is good - I've read a couple other of her books besides The Handmaid's Tale (which is much better than the movie), but I can't remember which ones. You should read Steinbeck (with lots of water) and Tolstoy - Anna Karenina at least. Those Russian authors are what seduced me into studying Russian - well, that plus James Bond and Dr Zhivago movies. I like Barbara Kingsolver, but Poisonwood Bible is very long - I wasn't able to get through my library copy. Daphne DuMaurier is one of my favorites - romantic mysteries set in England, for the most part. Two Ondaatje books? I read The English Patient and found it very confusing - much preferred the movie.<BR/><BR/>mostlylurkingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com