tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post7689996321832610989..comments2024-02-17T14:57:50.954-05:00Comments on The Verdant Dude: 100 BooksVerdant Earlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-22182850935302093282011-01-21T18:07:17.215-05:002011-01-21T18:07:17.215-05:00I have to say that in the past I have not been a v...I have to say that in the past I have not been a voracious reader, to date I have only read: <br /><br />2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien<br /><br />16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien<br /><br />24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy<br /><br />57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens<br /><br />While not many books, they were some big ass books that took a long time to finish. These days, I have a Sony E-Reader, and the amount of reading that I am doing is going up. <br /><br />Now, if the film versions of these also count, I have seen about half the list.Bruce Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898228670873232050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-9323545749870495292011-01-11T13:50:58.647-05:002011-01-11T13:50:58.647-05:00Wabbit - Oh, there are a bunch I would rather have...Wabbit - Oh, there are a bunch I would rather have not read as well.<br /><br />Faiqa - that's just racist! ;)<br /><br />Sybil - Looks like you win. So far...Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-39903219314643216442011-01-11T11:46:20.728-05:002011-01-11T11:46:20.728-05:00I've read 61 of of them, but only 61 because I...I've read 61 of of them, but only 61 because I recently read The Time Traveler's Wife (and hated it).sybil lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629349319977383547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-41333470295589369872011-01-11T11:37:17.636-05:002011-01-11T11:37:17.636-05:0056. And proud to say that I've read every sin...56. And proud to say that I've read every single one of the titles up there that were written by a brown person.Faiqahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195313677689473346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-38665607337726813742011-01-11T11:17:14.198-05:002011-01-11T11:17:14.198-05:0036 - Proud to say that I've never read a singl...36 - Proud to say that I've never read a single Harry Potter. The Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare hardly count as one book - neither was written as such.<br /><br />Also can't I have extra points for books that I started but were too bloody boring for any sensible person to want to finish? That would get me in the 40s. Mind you I slogged my way through David Fucking Copperfield not because I wanted to bit because it was a set text - were it not for the exam, I would have thrown it against the nearest wall - hard - at about page 10.white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-68615934453743053832011-01-11T10:31:20.216-05:002011-01-11T10:31:20.216-05:00ok, i went too fast the first time. total count w...ok, i went too fast the first time. total count was 13.<br /><br />bridget jones still isnt on my list.Slydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170343849186268727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-18896553562024557442011-01-11T10:09:13.448-05:002011-01-11T10:09:13.448-05:00Slyde - Really? I'm shocked. I would have th...Slyde - Really? I'm shocked. I would have thought you would have read a bunch of those in school. And, as Jimmmy Buffett sings, with Bridget Jones...I'll claim that there was a woman to blame, but I know.....it's my own damn fault.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-52604726053446405242011-01-11T09:53:58.205-05:002011-01-11T09:53:58.205-05:00COMPLETELY read? 10.
p.s. you should hang yours...COMPLETELY read? 10.<br /><br />p.s. you should hang yourself for admitting to reading Bridget Jones' DiarySlydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170343849186268727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-84570333665292077932011-01-11T09:37:39.438-05:002011-01-11T09:37:39.438-05:00badger - it's an odd list, as I've said.
...badger - it's an odd list, as I've said.<br /><br />RW - Of the 43 I read, only 14-15 were books I wanted to read. The rest were read because of school.<br /><br />Avitable - me too.<br /><br />Candy - was Bridget Jones's Diary one of them? Just me? Crap!Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-9350387999761566302011-01-11T08:44:31.569-05:002011-01-11T08:44:31.569-05:0010...I'm a pathetic literary soul.10...I'm a pathetic literary soul.Candy's daily Dandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18172746492146546253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-75161436501206931062011-01-11T08:34:24.008-05:002011-01-11T08:34:24.008-05:00I've read 46 of them, but many of them were in...I've read 46 of them, but many of them were in school.Avitablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541188721193079705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-12311873130734809812011-01-11T08:15:03.735-05:002011-01-11T08:15:03.735-05:00Only 17. 18 if you count The Adventures of Sherloc...Only 17. 18 if you count The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which is actually a collection of I think ten(?) short stories, which I hated because Doyle sucked big elephant balls when it came to dialog.<br /><br />So I guess 18. But this gives me an idea of making a list of "alternative classics" and seeing where folks are on this because the overwhelming majority of books on this list make me yawn just thinking about them and I'll have no intention of wasting my time on anyway.RWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416316296228157208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-49504180235543205062011-01-11T06:49:13.931-05:002011-01-11T06:49:13.931-05:00I read a hell of a lot and I only have 24 of those...I read a hell of a lot and I only have 24 of those read and completed. There's maybe another five of them in a pile by my bed, waiting for me to get to them. Still, a surprisingly low number. That said, I do tend to avoid the classics...badgerdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275758525851693777noreply@blogger.com