tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post4160630657523159862..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: I have a little list...Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-5074031268791036362008-05-06T18:17:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:17:00.000-04:00Read about the 1% challenge from Danielle. I've be...Read about the 1% challenge from Danielle. I've been looking for Rebecca West's The Birds Fall Down but have no luck. The only V.S. Naipaul I've read is the travelogue/religion book on Malaysia and Islam. I suppose many of these reading lists are very subjective and that only reflects a very niche of interest. Atwood is laudable writer but I suppose not all her works should make the list. I certainly don't care for a lot of contemporary literature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-53564317300459534282008-05-04T21:02:00.000-04:002008-05-04T21:02:00.000-04:00S - I'm totally w/ you on the Blind Assassin, I li...S - I'm totally w/ you on the Blind Assassin, I like your Dad's quote on it. I've tried w/ Pynchon too, can't do it. But Bellow's Augie March is pretty great! I think you would really like it. I have a real problem w/ Rushdie too, who is all over that list.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-78511491457183753612008-05-04T18:51:00.000-04:002008-05-04T18:51:00.000-04:00I'm not worried about ever reading all of the book...I'm not worried about ever reading all of the books on this list either. Contemporary literary fiction is probably my least-favourite genre, so this list just isn't my style. :)Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-77207276147141037072008-05-04T11:42:00.000-04:002008-05-04T11:42:00.000-04:00No Madeleine L'Engle? And I honestly do not under...No Madeleine L'Engle? And I honestly do not understand why The Blind Assassin was so praised. I'm baffled. I'm a huge Atwood fan but I thought that book (to quote my dad) "stunk up the field". <BR/><BR/>Cat's Eye? Hell, yes - one of the best books I've ever read!! But Blind Assassin? Do not get it.<BR/><BR/>I have only read 153 of the books. Good lord! There are huge gaps in my education - Thomas Pynchon (I've tried, really I have), Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - you know, those big macho American greats ... haven't read them. <BR/><BR/>And I wish that I HADN'T read The Awakening and Yellow Wallpaper. They were additions to the English curriculum in college, to kind of even out the playing field and get some women in there ... but as far as I'm concerned, the inclusion of those books doesn't do women any favors. Yuk!! (apologies to anyone who liked the books ... it's just my taste!)<BR/><BR/>I'm going to read War and Peace this summer. I need to gear up my strength for that! And Stendahl too ... really want to read him, just haven't gotten to it yet!Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.com