Comments on: Top 100 Books by Newsweek

By: kay

kay — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:51:09 +0000

I’m a little puzzled by a list where “His Dark Materials” are listed, but not Harry Potter. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED Pullman’s trilogy (they are among my favorite books of all time), but I’m pretty sure that Rowling’s series will stay through time, too. I understand that Pullman’s series debates on very interesting ideas though, so maybe that was it?

By: spamwarrior

spamwarrior — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:14:04 +0000

I read 16 of those. Woo! You didn’t read LOTR yet?

By: Miss Remmers

Miss Remmers — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:32:26 +0000

Lists like this always depress me because I see how little ‘substance’ I actually read haha!

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By: Vic

Vic — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:06:27 +0000

Forty eight on this list, which is disappointing. I featured a list last year in which I had read around 68. Believe it or not, I read half those books out of pleasure. Vic

By: Dennis the Vizsla

Dennis the Vizsla — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:30:24 +0000

Mmm, about 40 I think … but I’m very tired and lost count a couple of times.

By: Laurel Ann

Laurel Ann — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:14:28 +0000

Thanks for the plug. I had to LOL on your mention of reading most of your 17 for school assignments. Me too! A few since college, but I read lighter fiction and Austenesque novels almost exclusively now. Must work back into reading literature. The books that I realy want to read are 18th century fiction not on the list like Cecilia, Evelina and Camilia! It’s as far away from Jane Austen as I can venture.

By: Aerin

Aerin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:12:36 +0000

I’m stealing your post (bwahahahaha.) Mine goes up in the morning!

By: Staci

Staci — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:33:44 +0000

I’ve read 14 from that list and that’s good for me!!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:35:33 +0000

Well I’ve read about 30 from this list — not bad, I suppose. Like you, most of the ones I read were for various English and lit classes. Some of them I know I read, but I couldn’t tell you anything except the basic plot. Some of them I was supposed to read and didn’t; I was really good at BSing my way through essays!

I’ll never forget those pretentious college students in my writing classes who, when asked their favorite author, would pipe in with Joseph Heller or John Steinbeck. And I’d be like, “Um… Robert Jordan? …”