Comments on: Another reading list http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:17:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eatnik http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Eatnik Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:33:32 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-1504 I thoroughly recommend a suitable boy - tome that it is it's very easy to read. I would like to un read the lovely bones - it was the book equivalent of a hallmark tele movie. I thoroughly recommend a suitable boy – tome that it is it’s very easy to read. I would like to un read the lovely bones – it was the book equivalent of a hallmark tele movie.
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]]> By: snarkattack http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1449 snarkattack Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:27:22 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-1449 Nooooo! Another list (the Esquire one)! Or, more lists! I hate lists, they invariably find a way to rule me. I quite like this list though, it's got a fair few books on it that I actually want to read. Nooooo! Another list (the Esquire one)! Or, more lists! I hate lists, they invariably find a way to rule me. I quite like this list though, it’s got a fair few books on it that I actually want to read.
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]]> By: 2010/2009: Looking forward/looking back | …blah blog blah… http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-226 2010/2009: Looking forward/looking back | …blah blog blah… Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:38:51 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-226 [...] no longer a reader.  The Infinite Summer reading challenge got me back to print, and then the 100 must reads inspired me to “read a list”.  That is, until I got halfway through Lord of the Flies [...] [...] no longer a reader.  The Infinite Summer reading challenge got me back to print, and then the 100 must reads inspired me to “read a list”.  That is, until I got halfway through Lord of the Flies [...]

]]> By: Tequilamockingbird http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Tequilamockingbird Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:14:53 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-131 I loved Lolita. It is so beautifully written and has this thick sadness to it... this does get a bit tragic toward the end but is well worth reading. Amazingly Nabokov wrote it in English then translated it into his native Russian. Also Martin Amis is a massive fan and anyone that is a friend of Amis' is a friend of mine... by the way there is no Amis (snr or jnr) on the list! I loved Lolita. It is so beautifully written and has this thick sadness to it… this does get a bit tragic toward the end but is well worth reading. Amazingly Nabokov wrote it in English then translated it into his native Russian. Also Martin Amis is a massive fan and anyone that is a friend of Amis’ is a friend of mine… by the way there is no Amis (snr or jnr) on the list!

]]> By: Reality Raver http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Reality Raver Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:46:17 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-130 I have lugged A Suitable Boy around for 20 years, and still have not read it. I have lugged A Suitable Boy around for 20 years, and still have not read it.

]]> By: injera http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-129 injera Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:39:24 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-129 Hahaha! <i>Turner and Hooch</i>! I'd forgotten about that. I was, however, discussing another sad-eyed dog today: Woodrow, from <i>Wonder World</i>. Did he really fall out of a helicopter? I'm reading the short books first, I've decided, so am looking out for a copy of Lolita... Hahaha! Turner and Hooch! I’d forgotten about that. I was, however, discussing another sad-eyed dog today: Woodrow, from Wonder World. Did he really fall out of a helicopter?

I’m reading the short books first, I’ve decided, so am looking out for a copy of Lolita…

]]> By: teacoffeetea http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-128 teacoffeetea Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:02:46 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-128 Wiiilllsonnn!!! Now because of damn Castaway, and instead of reminiscing fondly about Big or Turner and Hooch I think of Wilson. A soccer ball with a blood face. Actually, we named the M's placenta Wilson when I was pregnant. That was probably too much information. Anyway, good luck with the lists and it's very impressive that you've read such a large chunk of this one already. You're right. Reading The Bible would be going too far. Wiiilllsonnn!!! Now because of damn Castaway, and instead of reminiscing fondly about Big or Turner and Hooch I think of Wilson. A soccer ball with a blood face. Actually, we named the M’s placenta Wilson when I was pregnant. That was probably too much information. Anyway, good luck with the lists and it’s very impressive that you’ve read such a large chunk of this one already. You’re right. Reading The Bible would be going too far.

]]> By: injera http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-127 injera Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:08:40 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-127 I nearly passed out when I saw the slew of <i>1000</i> lists that appeared a couple of years ago. There have got to be some fairly arbitrary inclusions on a list of that many "must dos". Plus... Jazon Mraz alone is reason enough to avoid the words "1000" and "things" in proximity. Which books on the list would you <i>un</i>read? And why? I wouldn't mind having the time I spent with <i>A Town Like Alice</i> back. And I'm wondering if Robert Crumb's <i>Book of Genesis</i> will earn me a Bible strikethrough... I nearly passed out when I saw the slew of 1000 lists that appeared a couple of years ago. There have got to be some fairly arbitrary inclusions on a list of that many “must dos”.

Plus… Jazon Mraz alone is reason enough to avoid the words “1000″ and “things” in proximity.

Which books on the list would you unread? And why? I wouldn’t mind having the time I spent with A Town Like Alice back. And I’m wondering if Robert Crumb’s Book of Genesis will earn me a Bible strikethrough…

]]> By: injera http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-126 injera Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:01:04 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-126 I've decided to try to read the ones that have been sitting on the bookshelf for years, so I'm tossing up between <i>Middlemarch</i>, <i>A Christmas Carol</i> (another one I can't believe I haven't read already!), <i>Bleak House</i> and <i>The Wasp Factory</i>. I think I'll probably go with CC, but will probably grab a copy of <i>Cold Comfort Farm</i> at some point and slot that in there. As for Tom Hanks, he earned such goodwill for me from <i>Big</i> that I was surprised at how much he lost with <i>Forrest Gump</i> and <i>Castaway</i>. In order to preserve my teenage memories, I now just avoid anything he's in. It must be some sort of emotional botox. Now I'm going to have to go over to IMDb to see if there's anything I'm forgetting... I’ve decided to try to read the ones that have been sitting on the bookshelf for years, so I’m tossing up between Middlemarch, A Christmas Carol (another one I can’t believe I haven’t read already!), Bleak House and The Wasp Factory. I think I’ll probably go with CC, but will probably grab a copy of Cold Comfort Farm at some point and slot that in there.

As for Tom Hanks, he earned such goodwill for me from Big that I was surprised at how much he lost with Forrest Gump and Castaway. In order to preserve my teenage memories, I now just avoid anything he’s in. It must be some sort of emotional botox. Now I’m going to have to go over to IMDb to see if there’s anything I’m forgetting…

]]> By: Daniel http://www.blahblogblah.com/2009/10/24/another-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Daniel Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:04:51 +0000 http://injera.wordpress.com/?p=674#comment-125 I wonder if there is a way to un-read any of those books on the list. Lists are cool, lists are fun, but there's just too many lists these days. You can't walk into a bookshop these days without seeing some new book titled, "1,000 you must experience before you die". I'm over some smart alec list maker....who really should extend the range of their hobbies and interests.....telling me which 1,000 things to experience in their particular field. 1,000 list makers you should avoid. Now there's an idea worth persuing. I wonder if there is a way to un-read any of those books on the list. Lists are cool, lists are fun, but there’s just too many lists these days. You can’t walk into a bookshop these days without seeing some new book titled, “1,000 you must experience before you die”.

I’m over some smart alec list maker….who really should extend the range of their hobbies and interests…..telling me which 1,000 things to experience in their particular field.

1,000 list makers you should avoid. Now there’s an idea worth persuing.

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