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Comment on 100 Books by Shirley

Shirley — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:15:13 +0000

well, I enjoy seeing Shakespeare on stage rather than reading it myself. Haven’t figured out how many I have seen ,but quite a number to date. I just finished Thirteen Moons by same guy who wrote Cold Mountain. He is pretty sappy, but I liked the historical aspect of the story. Once again, about Indians,Cherokee, and a white boy who is adopted..spans the 19th century, so lots going on with the Trail of Tears,etc.

Comment on 100 Books by Mark

Mark — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:09:35 +0000

i read 32 of the listed books and have many more that should be on the list. who else read #14? haha.
women authors, bah.

Comment on 100 Books by Meredith

Meredith — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:23:05 +0000

I have read about 40 of them. Great, one more item on my to-do list: read 60 books!!
Then again, I can skip the ones by female authors, since they are, ostensibly, inferior to anything written by a man.

Comment on 100 Books by Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:33:04 +0000

books I’ve read from the list I think you’ll like
#8, 19, 21 (my absolutely favorite book- have read 4 times!, 37, 41, 42, 44 (at Meg’s rec…her fav book), 48 (I thought you read in HS?), 49 (How did you get out of junior high w/o reading this? shame on Mr Summers! haha), 58, 59 (we listened on tape in car ride last summer- very good), 94

some of the difficult ones I wil llet you find out for yourself! ha..although I think I did enjoy Moby Dick.

Comment on 100 Books by anorris

anorris — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:53:54 +0000

yeah, in one of my many religion classes we read the bible pretty much from start to finish…if not all the way through, damn close. The sad thing for me is that I”ve only read 17 on that list and I think most of them occurred in the first 18 years of my life. I need to start reading again…

Comment on Family on Sunday by anorris

anorris — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:52:11 +0000

I know, crazy, isn’t it?

Comment on 100 Books by Shirley

Shirley — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:13:12 +0000

Yah- I was surprised with that one too, Kelly! I tried to read it one year for Lent…didn’t get too far! all those “Begets” did me in. Have you seen any interesting baby deliveries?

Comment on Family on Sunday by Lee

Lee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:47:42 +0000

Holy crap! Someone took a picture of the mom with the kids!??!?! Amazing!

Comment on 100 Books by Kelly...has a quiz tonight!

Kelly...has a quiz tonight! — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:37:42 +0000

Wow Alli, I am totally impressed… you read the entire Bible? I went through 8 years of Catholic school and we didn’t even come close!

Comment on 100 Books by Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:25:02 +0000

I have read 27 of the above titles, and I am actually surprised at some of the newer titles that made the list. Like Shirley, many of them I read for school. The Bell Jar was an interesting one I read on my own that I would only suggest to women or crazy people. ha.
I know that Lee and Mark have read many of these same titles as I base much of what I read on their recommendations.
As far as school goes, we all went through the Lakewood AP English program, which in my experience is very good comparative to all of my friends’ educations. (even Greg at St. Ignatius!)
This was a fun topic and many of the above books are on my books to read in a lifetime list. Unfortunately, Physics is kicking my but currently and wasting all my reading time. I have made zero progress since reading half of our current selection in one sitting.