Comments on: The LIST http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Daz Cox http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11479 Daz Cox Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:16:04 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11479 I have only read 15 on the second list, as a 41 yr old college grad I should have read more I suppose, but most of those 15 have had a profound effect on me and I think of them often. I have only read 15 on the second list, as a 41 yr old college grad I should have read more I suppose, but most of those 15 have had a profound effect on me and I think of them often.

]]> By: wayfarerbrian http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11425 wayfarerbrian Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:23:28 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11425 I was really light on the Time list: Just 12. I did much better on the other list: 40 5/7 (I haven't finished all the Harry Potter books yet). I have to say, I like the second list better because it includes a much broader selection of work from non-English cultures. I have to go on record as saying that I found The Grapes of Wrath to be an incredibly moving story (and the whole chapter on the turtle didn't bother me at all). I don't know why it strikes as strong a tone in me as it does, but it does. I was really light on the Time list: Just 12. I did much better on the other list: 40 5/7 (I haven’t finished all the Harry Potter books yet). I have to say, I like the second list better because it includes a much broader selection of work from non-English cultures.

I have to go on record as saying that I found The Grapes of Wrath to be an incredibly moving story (and the whole chapter on the turtle didn’t bother me at all). I don’t know why it strikes as strong a tone in me as it does, but it does.

]]> By: Saintseester http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11416 Saintseester Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:49:39 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11416 Kizz, great suggestions. I have read Snowcrash, but I am not sure I would necessarily pick it. Probably because it irritates the computer scientist in me a bit. Books about computer software often do. Funny. I loved the Matrix. Kizz, great suggestions. I have read Snowcrash, but I am not sure I would necessarily pick it. Probably because it irritates the computer scientist in me a bit. Books about computer software often do. Funny. I loved the Matrix.

]]> By: twoblueday http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11413 twoblueday Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:49:57 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11413 On the Time list of English language novels since 1923, I've read 26 of them. On the people's choice (which, obviously, is not a comparable list) I've read 50. On the Time list of English language novels since 1923, I’ve read 26 of them.

On the people’s choice (which, obviously, is not a comparable list) I’ve read 50.

]]> By: Kizz http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11412 Kizz Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:47:01 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11412 OK so on the posted list I've read 42, possibly more but I have a hard time remembering which books by some authors I've read when they have more than one on the list. May I suggest heartily that you DO NOT choose Madame Bovary. Just knowing that you were working on it would bore me to tears AGAIN. On the Time list I've read 23, maybe 24 but I'm having trouble remembering if I got all the way through The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe. Beloved is an awesome book. I think anything by Toni Morrison would be a great choice for your club. If you haven't read Lord of the Flies it's a quick read and has endless discussion possibilities for people who raise and teach children. Or for people who watch Lost a lot. I don't know if you guys are into less realistic fare but Stephenson's Snow Crash (Time list) is also highly readable and has some intense things to think about in terms of the parameters we put on technology and information. A girl who loved the Matrix would probably really like Snow Crash. Have fun! OK so on the posted list I’ve read 42, possibly more but I have a hard time remembering which books by some authors I’ve read when they have more than one on the list. May I suggest heartily that you DO NOT choose Madame Bovary. Just knowing that you were working on it would bore me to tears AGAIN.

On the Time list I’ve read 23, maybe 24 but I’m having trouble remembering if I got all the way through The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe.

Beloved is an awesome book. I think anything by Toni Morrison would be a great choice for your club. If you haven’t read Lord of the Flies it’s a quick read and has endless discussion possibilities for people who raise and teach children. Or for people who watch Lost a lot. I don’t know if you guys are into less realistic fare but Stephenson’s Snow Crash (Time list) is also highly readable and has some intense things to think about in terms of the parameters we put on technology and information. A girl who loved the Matrix would probably really like Snow Crash.

Have fun!

]]> By: Grammar Snob http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11409 Grammar Snob Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:17:18 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11409 I'm gonna be looking through this list as well. For an avid reader, I, too, fall drastically short on the classics. I’m gonna be looking through this list as well. For an avid reader, I, too, fall drastically short on the classics.

]]> By: eatsbugs http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11408 eatsbugs Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:40:56 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11408 I'm about 28 for the second list. I've also heard and read in numerous places that <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em> is a must read for boys from 14-17. I have read it, and be grateful you have daughters. I’m about 28 for the second list.

I’ve also heard and read in numerous places that The Catcher in the Rye is a must read for boys from 14-17. I have read it, and be grateful you have daughters.

]]> By: cajunvegan http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11405 cajunvegan Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:17:09 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11405 I am stealing this to post later this week. I need to crack some spines myself. I am stealing this to post later this week. I need to crack some spines myself.

]]> By: slow panic http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11404 slow panic Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:46:27 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11404 A few years ago I found a list of 100 greatest books ever somewhere and the first book on the list was Don Quixote. So I started that one. About 150 pages or so in I still hadn't lost the intense desire to kill myself with a blunt object -- so I gave up on it. I am about 33 for your list above (the second list).... Maybe I need to tackle that first list -- I've been on some sort of fiction break for awhile... A few years ago I found a list of 100 greatest books ever somewhere and the first book on the list was Don Quixote. So I started that one. About 150 pages or so in I still hadn’t lost the intense desire to kill myself with a blunt object — so I gave up on it. I am about 33 for your list above (the second list)…. Maybe I need to tackle that first list — I’ve been on some sort of fiction break for awhile…

]]> By: saintseester http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/the-list/#comment-11401 saintseester Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:36:33 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/?p=1449#comment-11401 Oops: That sentence should read "there are more on the second list than I have read on the first list." It makes more sense that way. Oops: That sentence should read “there are more on the second list than I have read on the first list.” It makes more sense that way.

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