tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post6742636660090921777..comments2024-01-28T18:30:15.042-04:00Comments on wordtryst: 1001 booksLiane Spicerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post-67389308879166451832008-04-15T14:59:00.000-04:002008-04-15T14:59:00.000-04:00akalol - I was thinking I also noticed a lot of bo...akalol - I was thinking I also noticed a lot of books on that list that I hadn't read but I'd seen the movie. Do those count?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17452291026102177415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post-50328008693964789752008-04-14T18:12:00.000-04:002008-04-14T18:12:00.000-04:00Life of Pi is one of my favorite books and you can...Life of Pi is one of my favorite books and you can still get the illustrated, hardcover version at Amazon at a bargain price. <BR/><BR/>I never remember the century a book was written but I know I should pay more attention to the copyright dates. <BR/><BR/>There are always more books to read before death than movies to see, but never more than list to make :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post-70398351702983791432008-04-14T17:40:00.000-04:002008-04-14T17:40:00.000-04:00Chumplet, I too must make an effort to read more o...Chumplet, I too must make an effort to read more of the newer titles.<BR/><BR/>Stephe, you're right, of course. Few books have universal appeal. I'm not as concerned with the numbers per se as with the fact that there are so many that I've been meaning to read for years and haven't gotten to as yet.<BR/><BR/>I've also seen quite a number of movie versions - didn't even know that <I>I, Robot</I>, for example, was based on a classic novel.<BR/><BR/>Matt, lol! Here are a couple I began but never finished: Hardy's <I>Mayor of Casterbridge</I>; Joyce's <I>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</I> - which I admit was fascinating in an awful sort of way, and which I supposedly studied for A Levels; Woolf's <I>The Waves</I> - or was it <I>The Years?</I> Didn't make it past the first ten pages or so pages of that one...<BR/><BR/>I love good literature, but there are limits to what I'll endure for its sake.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post-38873013035473769802008-04-14T14:30:00.000-04:002008-04-14T14:30:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing! I made two lists. :)First thos...Thanks for sharing! I made two lists. :)<BR/><BR/>First those I've read:<BR/>2000s: 0<BR/>1900s: 16<BR/>1800s: 9<BR/>1700s: 0<BR/>Pre-1700s: 2<BR/><BR/>Then those I've started to read, but never finished:<BR/>2000s: 1<BR/>1900s: 3<BR/>1800s: 3<BR/>1700s: 1<BR/>Pre1700s: 0Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17452291026102177415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post-83570202991826840112008-04-13T01:07:00.000-04:002008-04-13T01:07:00.000-04:00I've read less on the list than you two. I'll be ...I've read less on the list than you two. I'll be working on the list here and there, in between other books/authors that interest me more.<BR/><BR/>I don't think we should be too concerned with the <I>number</I> of 1001 books we have or haven't read--rather, reading the ones that interest and speak to us. It's all about perspective, after all--<I>Life of Pi</I> didn't speak to somebody, and that's okay.<BR/><BR/>I've seen lots of movie versions too, Liane. I'll definitely go back and read those as they say the book is always better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post-16606655486336696572008-04-13T00:39:00.000-04:002008-04-13T00:39:00.000-04:00I've read a lot of the older ones, but alas, not m...I've read a lot of the older ones, but alas, not many of the newer ones. But I'm setting that straight as we speak.<BR/><BR/>I did read Life of Pi and absolutely loved it.Sandra Cormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231342310371529022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post-36328267927101111382008-04-12T19:02:00.000-04:002008-04-12T19:02:00.000-04:00PJ, I have quite a few years on you, I think, so y...PJ, I have quite a few years on you, I think, so you have lots of time to catch up! I don't think my score of 80 is great either - got to get working on that list!<BR/><BR/>I too have seen the movie version of several that I haven't read.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262994140960647255.post-58385738162489427942008-04-12T17:42:00.000-04:002008-04-12T17:42:00.000-04:00I've only read 21 out of that list of books, which...I've only read 21 out of that list of books, which is quite depressing. I found it interesting that while I didn't recognise many of the books, a great deal of the ones I did know about were because they'd been made into movies. I'm quite proud of the fact that I'm currently reading one of the 1001, 150. A Heart So White, Javier Marias, which is an impressive and insightful read.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129430103692307989noreply@blogger.com