When I was in high school, I got a hold of some list “100 books every college student should read” or something like that, and I went about trying to read them all. Many of them were dull, dull, dull–And I did not succeed in reading them all. However, I do think of myself as a reader, and because of that little venture even somewhat well read.
Until today.
Today, I found this list. It is a little different in that these are books people actually ENJOYED–novel thought, eh? (excuse the pun) But here is my sad standing–off the “board’s list” I have read 7 of the books, and put question marks by another six or so, meaning I read some or all of them and can’t really remember–or maybe I didn’t and I can’t remember that either. On the “reader’s list” I fared somewhat better with 12 read and about 5 question marks.
My husband was just slightly behind me, and almost all of our books matched–with the exception of Catch-22 (his, and according to him great), The Catcher in the Rye (mine, and absolutely fabulous), Gone with the Wind (mine), and Lord of the Flies (how did he escape? I think I had to read it at least twice–pig head on a stick, who enjoyed that?). We have decided to try and read more on the list.
Here are my loves, by the way (in the list’s order not mine)…
- The Lord of the Rings
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Animal Farm
- Gone with the Wind
- The Maltese Falcon (maybe a strong like for the book, but the movie colors it to love)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- Watership Down
So, how is your ranking? And what on the list did you love?
Lori
Lori, I had that list back in high school, too.
After finishing four years of college as an English and History major, I went back to it and found that I had read 7 of the books.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a wonderful book. Perfect in every way.
I read Lord of the Rings while in college to put me to sleep.
The Great Gatsby is another keeper.
HItchhiker’s Guide is a fun read. So is Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, if you can get over the weird author thing…sick guy.
Peter Pan…still making money for that hospital in London. Enjoy that one.
If they’re not on the list now, they should be.
by Irene Peterson August 9th, 2006 at 9:12 amAlong with Harry Potter!
Here were my results:
Board’s List: 6
by Jennifer Y. August 9th, 2006 at 12:09 pmReader’s List: 9
Does watching the movie count?
Because other wise how sad is it for me to say that I have not read one single book on that list of 200. Not one.
But I do now have the song ‘GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN’ stuck in my head. LOL
by Valeen August 15th, 2006 at 10:13 am