tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post4614803531245553934..comments2024-03-29T05:08:03.576-04:00Comments on A Bookish Way of Life: The Reading ListNadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315207186180201488noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-45910921998921761322011-01-04T12:02:07.819-05:002011-01-04T12:02:07.819-05:00Oh I love this, I hadn't seen this list yet. I...Oh I love this, I hadn't seen this list yet. I'm going to go through and count my books too. However, it says Chronicles of Narnia and then The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. If I'm not mistaken, isn't L, W, and W a book in the Chronicles of Narnia?Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863174371731131344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-16544257791880807972010-12-16T10:38:51.899-05:002010-12-16T10:38:51.899-05:00Lisa, I was surprised, too. But as you noted, its ...Lisa, I was surprised, too. But as you noted, its true, not everyone enjoys to read. Its definitely a varied list and does yield some surprising thoughts. Hmmm.<br /><br />Elani, that's great! What a cool goal! And I totally agree that its pretty sad that the only reason some people read any of these books was because of required reading at school. Of course, at least it did get them to read, so perhaps its not that bad. Hmmm.<br /><br />Frances, thanks! And I know what you mean :)<br /><br />Ti, right? It seems like with all the reading we do, we'd have crossed off a lot more books from that list. Of course its subjective isn't it? That list doesn't include a lot of the books I have read, as I'm sure its the same for you. <br /><br />Katie, great idea! I want to use this list to motivate me to read more next year. And 17 isn't bad - after all I'm sure the list doesn't include loads of the titles you've read. <br /><br />Tom C, congrats! 36 is a good number.And I do agree with you that some of the titles written are rather odd, because the complete works of Shakespeare as 1 title does not make sense. Hmmm. All the same it is a rather varied list which I appreciate and it definitely does separate the readers from the non-readers. Interesting, eh?<br /><br />pagesofjulia, 47 is fantastic! And I think that would be cool to form your own list of 100. Cheers!Nadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315207186180201488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-75059954884055946572010-12-15T11:42:24.820-05:002010-12-15T11:42:24.820-05:00Posted my list of 47-out-of-100 here. Thanks for t...Posted my list of 47-out-of-100 <a href="http://pagesofjulia.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/the-bbc-100-list/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for the idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-79302771388649470972010-12-15T03:10:51.099-05:002010-12-15T03:10:51.099-05:00I've read 36 . Some of them sounds a little o...I've read 36 . Some of them sounds a little odd - the complete works of Shakespeare for example! Or the Harry Potter series rather than one book. Its a good list however and certainly separates the readers from the non-readersTom Chttp://www.acommonreader.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-33132624066179880372010-12-13T09:00:29.144-05:002010-12-13T09:00:29.144-05:00I consider myself a fairly avid reader, but I'...I consider myself a fairly avid reader, but I've only read 17! I'm posting this list tomorrow on my blog which will hopefully motivate me to read more of them.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02177810662876634771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-12975120641524628342010-12-12T22:37:21.227-05:002010-12-12T22:37:21.227-05:00I think my number was 44 when I did it on FB last ...I think my number was 44 when I did it on FB last month. Not too shabby but like you, I expected to have read more.Tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926060806244061354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-7315406760998229832010-12-11T15:03:07.002-05:002010-12-11T15:03:07.002-05:00Not to bad at all! I thought about doing this but ...Not to bad at all! I thought about doing this but was an English major and grad student, and don't want to take credit for some of these books that I was "forced" to read. :) Seems like cheating, right?Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597485569740436880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-1875101888386794392010-12-11T06:02:14.082-05:002010-12-11T06:02:14.082-05:00I'm 28, and I've read 35 of these books so...I'm 28, and I've read 35 of these books so far. It helps that one of my "life goals" is to read 100 of the most influential novels of all time (I have a few different lists that I'm working from), but I often get distracted by the non-fiction section (science, art, politics, finance...yeah, I have a book problem. I honestly don't think most people have ready any of these outside of what they had to in school. Very sad.Elanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017270979107113613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-22513680331654219572010-12-11T00:21:40.247-05:002010-12-11T00:21:40.247-05:00I was pretty shocked that most people had only rea...I was pretty shocked that most people had only read 6 of these books but then I know a lot of people that really don't read and may not have read any. Of course the list is varied enough that you'd think most people would have read 2 or 3 of them.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-622358578361081982010-12-10T16:12:10.978-05:002010-12-10T16:12:10.978-05:00Laura, its pretty crazy how little the Beebs assum...Laura, its pretty crazy how little the Beebs assumes we read. I would think that most people have definitely read more than 6 of these books - especially with all the required reading in school. Either way it does give one pause to think about not only the types of books that are listed (and left out), but also how much reading is too much and too little. Thanks for the encouragement - I'm thinking of crossing a few more of those titles in the upcoming year. Cheers!Nadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315207186180201488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-10377267770092209962010-12-09T22:32:12.738-05:002010-12-09T22:32:12.738-05:00I've come across this list before and was simi...I've come across this list before and was similarly dismayed at the BBC's lack of faith in readers... I guess I'd be classified as an avid reader so I don't have the greatest sense of how well-read the average person is, but I'd still like to hope that people have read more than 6 of these works! Looks like you've made quite a dent - good work and happy reading!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693049853424500785noreply@blogger.com