100 Greatest Books

Discussion in 'U.K.' started by Xiola, Jun 4, 2008.

  1. Xiola

    Xiola One Lonely Seagull

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    This time last year I decided that I needed more structure to my reading and printed off one of the many 100 Greatest Book lists off the internet. It's taking me longer than I thought it would and I'm now about half way through the list. I'm finding the whole experience very rewarding and it's thrown up books that it would have crossed my mind to read previously but it turns out that I actually really enjoy.

    Anyone else tried this? What books did you discover? Any exceed or fall short of your expectations?
     
  2. phoenix_indigo

    phoenix_indigo dreadfully real

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    that's a really good idea! closest i've come to that was i thought, when i was a preteen that i'd read all the young adult books at the library from a-z. i think i got only into the b's before i gave up.

    it did however open my eyes to such greats as douglas adams, and issac asimov. :)
     
  3. verseau_miracle

    verseau_miracle Banned

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    Haha, that IS a good idea...i used to read loads in college, loved litrature classes, went to the theatre all the time!...i just stopped:( Its pretty sad really...im really going to pick it up again, my vocabularys becoming awfully sparse for one thing...but i miss that part of me. I might print off a list:)
     
  4. Roffa

    Roffa Senior Member

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    When I publish my novel, I think I'll use the name "Aaron Aardvaark" ...
     
  5. redyelruc

    redyelruc The Yard Man

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    Which one, if any, did you really not like? One that you thought, 'how could that be in the top100 of all time?"
     
  6. Jaitaiyai

    Jaitaiyai Cianpo di tutti capi

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    ive never done this but i thought you were gonna ask us what we thought was our favourite books xD I was all geared up to say "The Hobbit!!!" Still seems like a good idea...
     
  7. Wuji

    Wuji Member

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    What list are you using exactly, as there are quite a few?
     
  8. Hear Me Rawr

    Hear Me Rawr Member

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    I haven't tried that yet, but I might consider it. It's just not easy for me to find books that actually capture me. I'm afraid that if I try something like that, I'll end up being bored with most of the books by their second chapters.
     

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