We've been at the Library a great deal lately and it always makes me realize how little I read anymore. To that end I've made some lists:
A) Books I haven't read, but want to: Pride & Prejudice, Look Homeward Angel, Of Mice & Men, Emma, Little Women
These books have been on my list for sometime and I never get to them - that's a good goal for next year.
B) Books I have read, but wish I hadn't: The Jungle, The Federalist Papers, Grapes of Wrath, Animal Farm, Catcher in The Rye
Most of these I had to read - for school or should have read in school, but Cliffed - so I went back and read them - why I'll never know - perhaps I'm more educated for reading them, but I was happy ignorant too!
C) Books I'm glad I DID read: Anne of Green Gables, As I Lay Dying, Great Expectations, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, The Giving Tree (Anything Shel Silverstein)
These are just some of my favorites. I've read Anne at least 3 times and I never ever get tired of it. I LOVE Dickens (who doesn't) and unlike many I LOVE Faulkner.
D) I am currently reading: Lots of children's books (best books EVER) and The Body Farm
What are your favoties and what are you reading?
I'll keep you posted!
AmyDe
5 comments:
Does Chicks with Sticks part two count as literature????? Had to ask. Two books that moved me and I've read twice are Angela's Ashes and Tuesday's With Morrie. I still think about them. I found since I took up knitting I can't concentrate to read but I'm working on changing that. And okay, I will admit, Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels I've read a few times. Love that book!
I have been reading a book called "waiting" by Deborah Ginsberg lately, but Ileac anything by Michael Connelly. plus I do love reading "Ignore me, it's easier." We just got back from Fry's again (4th visit in as many days.)
haven't read a whole lot of new books lately, but I have reread Wicked twice this year. I also just finished a book called "The Looking Glass wars" It's a retelling of Alice in Wonderland.
It was really good.
I loved Charlotte's Web as a kid. I must have read it 100 times. Now, I love all the Mitford series, the CAT WHO books, the Left Behind series, and of course, Harry Potter. I am currently reading and studying Romans. I listen to a lot of books on cd..while at work, driving, knitting. I love to listen to the classics, stuff that I tried to read, but just couldn't get through. I don't know why I found them more interesting as spoken word. And, BTW, I read Animal Farm for the first time in 8th grade. I remember that for the first time a light went on and I got the point of the book. It sort of made me interested in history and, to some extent, politics. I have read it many times since and I see it a different way each time.
Dood, my grammar above is horrendous.
Sorry about that I was using the text input tool on Trav's new tablet PC (I was actually writing on the screen. Evidently my handwriting isn't all that neat.)
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury! I still have the 60 cent copy I bought when I was in 8th grade, and I read it at least once a year. Bradbury's sequel, Farewell Summer, has just been released, and I can't wait to read it.
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