tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post6089517443442417444..comments2024-03-23T09:28:00.454+00:00Comments on Random Distractions: Favourite books updatemonixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-15149354976104110352007-03-05T11:57:00.000+00:002007-03-05T11:57:00.000+00:00Brit:You've been more honest, or perhaps more scru...Brit:<BR/>You've been more honest, or perhaps more scrupulous than I was - I haven't read every word of Shakespeare or the Bible but I ticked them. <BR/><BR/>I too have judged 42 to be the Worst Book Ever Written, while pleading guilty to having read only excerpts in the press.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-25780386359703952052007-03-05T11:38:00.000+00:002007-03-05T11:38:00.000+00:00I seem to have read a massive 70 of them, and i'm ...I seem to have read a massive 70 of them, and i'm not counting the Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare or the Adventures of Sjerlock Holmes, since I've only read parts of these. <BR/><BR/>There are some anomolies on the list: the Chronicles of Narnia is no 33, and the Lion the Witch etc is 36. Also there's both the Complete Shakespeare and Hamlet at different places.<BR/><BR/>Also, somehow, the Worst Book Ever Written has made it on the list at no 42 (also the number of the meaning of life, conspiracy theoriests might like to note).Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-66525824731648866062007-03-01T22:07:00.000+00:002007-03-01T22:07:00.000+00:00I read fiction before going to sleep. I've obvious...I read fiction before going to sleep. I've obviously slept a lot more than you.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-34146146359648422142007-03-01T21:45:00.000+00:002007-03-01T21:45:00.000+00:0021. I gave myself credit if I've read at least 50...21. I gave myself credit if I've read at least 50% through. I don't know how many books in my collection are sitting on the shelf with bookmarks somewhere in the middle.<BR/><BR/>All fine if you'r into the popular bourgeois tastes, but where's Philip K Dick and Jorge Luis Borges? Or Edgar Rice Burroughs? <BR/><BR/>I'm really shocked that "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" didn't make the listDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-14589210810782508112007-03-01T21:16:00.000+00:002007-03-01T21:16:00.000+00:00That was the tried and tested way of killing all i...That was the tried and tested way of killing all interest in literature. More enlightened teachers let you read two lines now!monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-53187808815023643222007-03-01T20:52:00.000+00:002007-03-01T20:52:00.000+00:0025, and I don't read much.Although I' not sure it ...25, and I don't read much.<BR/>Although I' not sure it counts if your English teacher makes you read Watership Down, in a circle, taking one line each until the end.annalouisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907609767333281277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-49969026222994325372007-03-01T20:49:00.000+00:002007-03-01T20:49:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com