Sunday, May 18, 2003
Jess has been posting some of her favorite reads, which I won't because there's no way I can find 10 favorite books...but she also listed the books from The Big Read that she has read and I think I'm going to do the same: combining my love of books and my love of list-making. (I know, it's sad). So, therefore; below a list of the books I have read out of the 100 so-called best as voted for by the British public - highlighted are the ones that I even like. (And you're right, Jess, it's a 'funny' list - )
Joseph Heller: Catch-22 - it's absolutely fantastic and funny and poignant and heart-breakingly sad.
J. D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye - Now see, I have a feeling that I really liked it, but I don't really remember because I read it more than 10 years ago, and it was part of my English-examination that year and I failed miserably so I think I've just erased it from my memory in disgust. Should probably re-read it.
Jane Austen: Emma - I looove Emma. Even though she is a stubborn, stupid girl. It is so well-written.
Mario Puzo: The Godfather - My mum's got this book and I read it when I was very young. Exciting in a traditional way, but the subject matter was then so different. And the film...mmm, must love the film.
Margareth Mitchell: Gone With the Wind - Also one of my mum's. Fun in a kind of Emma-way.
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby - I like Gatsby. This very silly man who's got it all but just wants Daisy...A great example of a wasted life. Moral? - You should always do what you want to when you want to.
Jack Kerouac: On the Road - The iconic photo on the cover (Kerouc and Neil Cassidy) almost makes up for the fact that I can't really find a place for myself in Kerouc's very masculine universe. I'd rather read Ginsberg & Whitman.
Robert Tressell: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist - I know so much more about socialism after I read this. It's works very well that way, but I don't really care for it as a novel. He's a better teacher than a writer, that Tressell.
Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - This is such a lovely book that has inpired millions: just look at The Matrix.
Colleen McCollough: The Thorn Birds - I can only blame my mother. And the only reason why this book is on the list, must have something to do with middle aged women and Richard Chamberlain. Really.
Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights - Heathcliff! Heathcliff!...*Sigh*
James Joyce: Ulysses - I can't even begin to describe how I feel about this book. It's almost sexual. What can I say? It's a bloody masterpiece and I don't think I've ever read anything where everything comes together like that. Go get it. Now. Don't be afraid of the size and the reputation.
Joseph Heller: Catch-22 - it's absolutely fantastic and funny and poignant and heart-breakingly sad.
J. D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye - Now see, I have a feeling that I really liked it, but I don't really remember because I read it more than 10 years ago, and it was part of my English-examination that year and I failed miserably so I think I've just erased it from my memory in disgust. Should probably re-read it.
Jane Austen: Emma - I looove Emma. Even though she is a stubborn, stupid girl. It is so well-written.
Mario Puzo: The Godfather - My mum's got this book and I read it when I was very young. Exciting in a traditional way, but the subject matter was then so different. And the film...mmm, must love the film.
Margareth Mitchell: Gone With the Wind - Also one of my mum's. Fun in a kind of Emma-way.
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby - I like Gatsby. This very silly man who's got it all but just wants Daisy...A great example of a wasted life. Moral? - You should always do what you want to when you want to.
Jack Kerouac: On the Road - The iconic photo on the cover (Kerouc and Neil Cassidy) almost makes up for the fact that I can't really find a place for myself in Kerouc's very masculine universe. I'd rather read Ginsberg & Whitman.
Robert Tressell: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist - I know so much more about socialism after I read this. It's works very well that way, but I don't really care for it as a novel. He's a better teacher than a writer, that Tressell.
Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - This is such a lovely book that has inpired millions: just look at The Matrix.
Colleen McCollough: The Thorn Birds - I can only blame my mother. And the only reason why this book is on the list, must have something to do with middle aged women and Richard Chamberlain. Really.
Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights - Heathcliff! Heathcliff!...*Sigh*
James Joyce: Ulysses - I can't even begin to describe how I feel about this book. It's almost sexual. What can I say? It's a bloody masterpiece and I don't think I've ever read anything where everything comes together like that. Go get it. Now. Don't be afraid of the size and the reputation.
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