I won't lie, i can't read novels anymore with my current workload, the mental strain would just implode my brain in combination with the req. readings for my courses. So when i do read with the few hours of spare time i get, i tend to read for pleasure. That being said, so far at school i've read:
Jpod, It's Kind of a Funny Story, and Survivor. All great books, but definitely not literary masterpieces, just fluff that entertains and inspires beyond that of a film or game.
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12-24-2010 at 04:07 AM
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Wow, I have a bunch of these books on my shelf and I haven't even bothered reading them. Time to make some sort of use on my break..
12-24-2010 at 09:18 AM
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why is the bible on there, it's not even a good read..also i downloaded bbc top 100 ebooks a while back, i think most of them are on it
12-24-2010 at 10:39 AM
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why is the bible on there, it's not even a good read..also i downloaded bbc top 100 ebooks a while back, i think most of them are on it
Ranking is based on how popular the book is, not content.
Yeah, I've only read maybe about 5 of those books in the last 4 years.... Maybe 10 in my whole life lol
12-24-2010 at 01:13 PM
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I've only read 17 from this list.
btw GoodReads.Com is a good site to keep track of your reading! (read books/reviews, to-reads, etc.)
12-30-2010 at 01:04 AM
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Come to think of it, why isn't there a dedicated forum for literature or even media for that matter? Guess we don't have a lot of novel readers on MI :(. Then again, looking at the activity of some other boards, i doubt there would be a lot of posts in that forum anyways.
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Come to think of it, why isn't there a dedicated forum for literature or even media for that matter? Guess we don't have a lot of novel readers on MI :(. Then again, looking at the activity of some other boards, i doubt there would be a lot of posts in that forum anyways.
Suggestion revoked.
It's actually an awesome suggestion! I've been trying to catch up, since reading novels isn't of very high priority during the term. And having a section of the forum dedicated to reading and such would definitely encourage me to read more! Also, there's an anime section on the forum, maybe we can expand that into literature as well.
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12-30-2010 at 01:20 AM
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Muad'Dib!!
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12-30-2010 at 10:28 AM
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I've only read about 12 of the books on the list and another 2-3 are on my "to read" list, but I'm a fan of sci-fi and dystopian fiction so my tastes are weird (though this lists really should have at least 1 work by H.G. Wells and Ray Bradbury, preferably "The Time Machine" and "Farenheit 451").
You should definitely check out Never Let Me Go, its probably my favorite piece of dystopian fiction at this point. Its a bit more subtle than in most books, but still really good. Normally I wouldn't recommend a movie over a book, but if you're lacking time I've heard the movie was really well done.
12-30-2010 at 03:59 PM
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2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible- Read it once through in English and also parts of it in Latin
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare- I've probably read a quarter of them
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy- Read it in middle school- booyeah
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
21.25/100
I'm not well read apparently. I feel kinda gyped at the fact that many of my favourite novels are not listed. I'm also more of a nonfiction guy. My favourite book series has probably been Winston Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples.
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