I grabbed this one from Kate’s Book Blog, and Kate got it from Italo Calvino’s novel, If on a winter’s night a traveler.
Books You’ve Been Planning To Read For Ages:
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Wives and Daughters by Mrs. Gaskell
Winds of War by Herman Wouk
Most of the books on This List.
Books You’ve Been Hunting For Years Without Success:
Hardcover editions of the Snipp, Snapp, Snurr books by Maj Lindman. I have several of the recently re-issued paperbacks, but they’re not made well and keep falling apart.
Books Dealing With Something You’re Working On At The Moment:
Well, the books I need to read or re-read for my US history class and for my American literature class are:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen Ambrose
Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books You Want To Own So They’ll Be Handy Just In Case:
Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, Deluxe Edition
Books You Could Put Aside Maybe To Read This Summer:
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books You Need To Go With Other Books On Your Shelves:
I need some Madeleine L’Engle books to fill in my collection and to replace the falling-apart paperbacks.
Books That Fill You With Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified:
All of the books on This List.
Books You Needn’t Read or Books That Everybody’s Read So It’s As If You Had Read Them, Too
Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins
Harry Potter (all of them) by J.K. Rowling. I think I’ve got the gist of the story from dinner table conversation and blog reading.
The Davinci Code by Dan Brown. Same thing, but not at the dinner table.
Books You Mean To Read But There Are Others You Must Read First
I need to read Plato before I read Augustine, right?
And shouldn’t Aristotle come before Plato?
Thank goodness, I have already read the Bible (and continue to do so).
Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Koran
The Upanishads
Great meme, and I enjoyed your answers! By all means move Kim by Kipling to the top of the TBR pile. I waited until I was 40 to read it and spent the next month telling everyone what a great book it was and trying to foist it upon them to read. I did get my oldest two to go ahead and read it!
Plato was actually Aristotle’s teacher (and Aristotle taught Alexander the Great–I have no idea how I know this stuff), so he should be before Augustine but after Plato.
YOu’re right. I used to know “this stuff” before I got old and forgtful.
You don’t need to read Plato (or Aristotle) before Augustine. Try the Confessions first. Just as people read the LOTR every year there are many who read the Confessions every year as well.
Happy New Sherry!
I’ve read the Koran – long and repetitious in style. An eue opener though.
I agree with mark on ot having to read the preceding thought to get to Augustine. However – Aristotle’s not too difficult. Plato I have found more challenging. But you can jump into Augustine wthout them.
And like you, I’d like some Madeleine L’Engle books too 🙂
This was a lot of fun. I went ahead and did the same on my blog. Same thoughts on the Left Behind series and The DaVinci Code! =P
This was a lot of fun. I went ahead and did the same on my blog. Same thoughts on the Left Behind series and The DaVinci Code! =P
Glad I found you! Now can you tag me, or can I steal your meme? 😉 LOL….very good answers here, btw. I enjoyed my visit and will return.
I like that meme. I like your list of books to be read, too, and how you keep adding. I’m going to do that as well. I know that I won’t get to all of them this year, but I least I remember that I wanted to read them. I also like how you linked to the blogger (or author) who recommended the book. Great idea, because I always forget.
I did this too. http://madamerubies.com/blog/?p=497