Bibilophage! Oh, no, wait. That's a bookworm.

[eponymous_rose]

Yay!  Another meme, this one stolen from megoobie.  Because I like books, too.

As always, this is personal preference, so I'm probably gonna disagree with a bunch of folks out there. (/disclaimer)

In the list of books below, bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you want to read, cross out the ones you won’t touch with a ten-foot pole, put a cross (+) in front of the ones on your book shelf, and asterisk (*) the ones you’ve never heard of...

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown): I did start to read this one.  Why did I stop?  Nothing to do with content, mind.  Just struck me as a particularly poorly-written book. 
2. +Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen): Oh, geez.  This is pretty much one of my favourite books ever.  I read it at Christmas every year, because that's when it was assigned for my World Lit class in high school and that's when I really fell in love with it.
3. +To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee): I really do love this book as well.  Reminds me of going to see a high-school production of it with a very close friend of mine.
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell): Hey, why not?  I love that movie.
5. +The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien): I'm sorry, I really am, that I've never been able to get into these.  Not quite ten-foot pole material, but it's not too likely that I'll be reading 'em any time soon.
6. +The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. +The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. +Anne of Green Gables (L. M. Montgomery): I read all of these books as a kid.  In fact, my Mom and I used to have L.M. Montgomery readings in the evenings where we'd take turns reading chapters aloud.  That was insanely fun.
9. *Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. *A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. +Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling): Yup, I'm a Harry Potter nerd.  Very much so - read the second book right after it came out and have been hooked ever since.
12. *Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. +Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. *A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. +Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling)
17. *Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. *The Stand (Stephen King)
19. +Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte): I really need to read this at some point!
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger): And this one.
23. +Little Women (Louisa May Alcott): I got this for Xmas ages back.  Still need to read it.
24. *The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel): Should probably read it somewhere along the line.
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams): I read it once, ages ago, and I need to read it again.  In fact, I'm gonna go to the library after work today and pick it up.
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. +The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis): Though I don't remember it terribly well, I have read it and I know I enjoyed it.
29. *East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. *Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert): Guh.  No thanks.
32. *The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand): So did I. Meh.
34. Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell): Ooh!  Yes, need to read this one too.  I'm crazy for distopia.
35. +The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley): Don't feel any real need to actually read this one, but it's there should I ever want to.
36. *The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. *The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. *I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. *The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. +The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho): I read this in French class!  I liked it well enough.  My cousin had a quote from it in his wedding vows.
41. *The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. *The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. *Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. *The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible: I'm gonna leave it at that and sort of run away. *flees*
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas): Read it in French, again!  I mean, swordfighting?  Chances are I've read it.
48. *Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck): Another one I should read at some point.
50. *She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. *The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens): Must catch up on my Dickens.
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald): This is my Dad's favourite book evah.  Or one of them.  I should read it.
56. *The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. +Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. *The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. *The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. *The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky): Just because I like to say "Dostoyevsky".  Heehee.
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand): Not a chance, alas.
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy): Sure!
64. Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice): See Ayn Rand, above.
65. *Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. *One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares): Heard of it, no real interest.
68. *Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo): I started reading it in French class but never finished.
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery): I started reading it in French class but never finished (deja vu!)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. *Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett): I vaguely remember reading this at some point.
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay): A very good friend of mine recommended this to me years and years ago.
77. *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. *The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. *The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White): Loved it as a kid!
81. Not Wanted On the Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck): Reminds me of my first attempt at writing a Letter to the Editor after our Premier banned this book in public schools (not because of the euthanasia issues, mind, but because of a swear-word *wince*).  My French teacher showed the movie in class as a protest.  Nobody really noticed.
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier): Probably my favourite move evah.
84. +Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind): This was one of those you-like-it-at-the-time-but-are-later-creeped-out-by-the-sadomasochism things.
85. +Emma (Jane Austen): I'm an Austen fangirl.
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. *Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. *The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. *Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. *Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. *In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding): Just because it's one of those books that everyone's read.
93. *The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. *The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum) : Eh.  Why not?
96. The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton): Read it back in... middle school?  Enjoyed it at least somewhat!
97. *White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. *A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. *The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce): Yes, I've read this.  I adore it.  I'm a nut for Joyce.

So, um.  That was that, then.  Embarrassing how many of these books I haven't read.

I'm also stealing from my violin teacher's thousand-book library from time to time, so I'll probably wind up picking something up there soonish.

I think... yes, after Douglas Adams, Wilde's on the top of my to-read list. 

Mmm.  Books.

My practice room/lunchtime hangout was locked yesterday.  Hope it was an oversight and not a permanent thing, or I'll be forced to play violin in the hallway.  And nobody wants that!

Comments

[megoobie.livejournal.com]

You've read more than me! I was amazed as I always have my head in a book. *sigh* What is wrong with me? I need to get to the classics...

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

I'm the daughter of two librarians - reading's my equivalent of a social life. :D

I really do need to get to the classics as well. Best university library in the country, right here on campus, and I spend all my time reading fanfiction. *hangs head*

Heehee. Maybe not quite. I loff my books.

[megoobie.livejournal.com]

Same here... I suppose I get attached to certain characters (*cough*Sherlock Holmes*cough*) and read books staring them. But, I do love my books. I am currently reading "Suite Francaise", "Les Miserables", and "Arthur and George".