You mean to say you read the whole thing?
I stumbled upon this rather wonderful list today and was slightly shocked by how few I have actually read.
The 100 Greatest Novels Of All Time
My tally is 22.
Well, 21-and-a-half if I’m truthful. I’m ashamed to say I gave up on Moby Dick during one of the more turgid religious tracts. Or was it the 12-page description of the interior of a Massachussets chum-bucket? I forget.
What’s your score dear readers?
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I’m on 30!
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Thirteen-and-a-half. I had to be very strict with myself, because I felt like ticking off more than I’d actually read because for many I know the story and characters and so on. That doesn’t count, does it? 🙂
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Ha! Nope 🙂 Neither does having seen the film version or once met someone who read the book.
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Darn… That means I have to do some serious reading then.
🙂
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I got 39, plus a bit for Lucky Jim because I don’t really take to Kingsley Amis (I know, it’s heretical). Quite a few were force fed at school though so I’m not sure they count…
Scary how many I have on a “to read” list but have never got around to
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39?? Whoop, that’s a cracking score! Given how little time I get to read these days, my to-read list now stretches out roughly until I’m 93.
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I haven’t been reading much over the last couple of years because of eye problems – recently much improved. I have about 20-25 feet of book shelf filled with books to catch up on – and those are only the paper ones! I hoard books like a dragon hordes gold 🙂
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So many of these have been made into movies that I cannot remember if I’ve read the book or seen the film. As a Brit, am I allowed to take the Fifth?
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If it had moving pictures, it was probably the film… Plus, you lose 3 points automatically for cowardly evasion! Take the Fifth indeed… shame on you sir, shame I say!
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*hangs head and slinks away into the corner*
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Ouch! There are only 8 on that list I can I’ve read with certainty. Guess I need to get busy.
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*say I’ve read.
That’s what I get for trying to comment via a smartphone. Lol.
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Heh 🙂 WordPress on a smartphone is never easy. Depends which 8 you’ve read – if it’s 8 of the very long/highly intellectual/conceptually abstract ones, give yourself extra points. I did once read the New York Trilogy and didn’t understand a single sentence. I still have no idea whatsoever what it’s all about.
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Only 5
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Better get reading… 🙂
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