Mind Invaders - Another one of my 'no clue' novels.
Moby Dick - Of course I know about the book, but I have never read nor do I intend to. My list is already too long.
One Hundred Years of Solitude - When my cousin's wife was recuperating from tuberculosis in the sanitorium back in 1970, I bought her this novel. Several years later she returned it to me to read. I think I donated it to the local library, as I no longer have it. It is still on my TBR list.
Outlander (series) - I loved the first six books in this series. Book seven is still on the bookshelf. It is over 700 pages and I always said it should have been three books in three years and not one book after three years of unpublished books. I do not think I will ever finish it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray - This is another case where I know the story but have not read the book.
The Pillars of the Earth - When this came out in 1989 everyone I knew was reading it. Kind of amazing that I did since I was raising the boys full-time, working full-time, and going to grad school. When did I sleep?
Pride and Prejudice - Love this book and have it on my soon to be obsolete bookshelf. I think I have seen every movie and TV adaptation too. Another time, another way of life....
Ready Player One - No clue.
Rebecca - I first fell in love with the movie and have seen it countless times. I have the book on the shelf and have read it more than once (which may be why my TBR list is still so long.. re-reads). I have over the years read most of Daphne Du Maurier and would consider her one of my favorite authors.
Siddhartha - Title is vaguely familiar. No idea other than that.
Well, at least I have read a number of these when you count the series books. You? Any favorites here?
Ready Player One has been on my TBR list for a while (even before the movie came out - which I haven't seen.) It's a dystopian novel, a genre which I've enjoyed for much of my life. I read Siddhartha when I was in college and remember nothing about it. Probably nothing I would read today. Maybe one day I should do a blog on my own "top 15". Very few are on the Great American Read list. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI am asking folks to list their favorites in my last post for this subject.
DeleteI liked 100 Years of Solitude, but wasn't crazy about it. Loved The Picture of Dorian Gray when I read it, which was in high school. Thought Pride and Prejudice was decent. Ditto The Pillars of the Earth, though didn't feel a need to read the sequels. Siddhartha I never read. I think of it as a 60s counter-culture classic. There was a movie based on the book that I did see. All about finding a higher truth blah blah.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of books I say 'blah, blah' about.
DeleteNone of these I have read and I'm thinking I probably won't be reading any of them either. Too many books, too little time to get them all in.
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That is an understatement. It is one reason I have my 50-page rule. If I am not into the book by page 50, I quit.
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