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Re: 1001 Books: I’ve Read About 32

webomatica — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:41:26 -0000

Wow DBK, that's pretty awesome. More than 3 times my list.

What books would you recommend me to read? Maybe I'll start with Raymond Chandler.

I also noticed quite a few movies I enjoyed were on there too (The English Patient, Howard's End, Breakfast at Tiffany's) ... maybe that would be an easy entry for me into reading fiction again.

Re: 1001 Books: I’ve Read About 32

DBK — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:47:06 -0000

I have about 94, but I am disappointed that so many great books didn't make it onto the list. You could put any of Ray Chandler's other novels on there with the two or three that made it. Frankly, I thought The Ladi in the Lake was terrific.

I was hoping to break 100. My usual golf score and my reading score are synched.

Re: 1001 Books: I’ve Read About 32

webomatica — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:06:28 -0000

Also, a fair number of the books on my "read" list were ones that I was forced to read for highschool or college courses... so if left to my own choosing I would have read even fewer.

Re: 1001 Books: I’ve Read About 32

Dave — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:42:32 -0000

Well, I can't say I did much better. I had 28. But I only "picked up" a lot of titles towards the end of the list. Can't say I've read many of the recent items.

I feel so unlearned :-)

They did have one comic book in there..."The Watchmen", woot! Not much scifi except for Asimov, HG Wells and a Neal Stephenson book.