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Post by Dave on Feb 24, 2008 17:18:56 GMT -5
If there were a list of the 10 or 100 or 1000 books a bibliophile must read, what titles would make your list?
If you have to look up "bibliophile," maybe this isn't the thread for you.
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Post by girlalicious on Feb 24, 2008 17:21:58 GMT -5
These are my top three:
1. Green Eggs and Ham
2. You are my Mother
3. Everyone Poops
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Post by Dave on Feb 24, 2008 17:28:48 GMT -5
Do you mean, Are You my Mother? by P.D. Eastman?  |
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Post by girlalicious on Feb 24, 2008 17:30:15 GMT -5
Yes, love love love that book. Do you mean, Are You my Mother? by P.D. Eastman? |
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Post by girlalicious on Feb 24, 2008 17:30:43 GMT -5
oh er, yes I made an error. Thank you for catching it.
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Post by finding on Feb 24, 2008 17:38:07 GMT -5
Everything by Poe and Frost.
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Post by lumpy on Feb 24, 2008 17:39:19 GMT -5
I'll just go with ten books I enjoyed. These are by no means classics, just books I enjoyed. (in no particular order)
1. I am America (and so can you) by Stephen Colbert
2. The Woods by Harlan Coben
3. The Ruins by Scott Smith
4. Army of a Dark Queen by Raymond Feist
5. Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
6. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
7. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
8. Rush Limbaugh is a Big fat Idiot by Al Franken
9. Getting Even or Side Effects by Woody Allen
10 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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Post by hope on Feb 24, 2008 18:08:52 GMT -5
If you have to look up "bibliophile," maybe this isn't the thread for you. I had never heard that word but used context clues to figure it out...I think that lets me qualify as one.  A few would be: Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Life of Pi Some essays on literary theory -- like by Umberto Eco Probably some old stuff -- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales at least in part, some Shakespeare Have to think of more.... |
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Post by finding on Feb 24, 2008 18:13:14 GMT -5
Canterbury Tales, hadn't thought about that in a while. I had to do a paper on the Wife of Bath for a class a few years ago. Probably the funnest paper I have ever written.
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Post by jules on Feb 24, 2008 18:23:29 GMT -5
Love love love this thread, though I reserve the right to add to or amend my list at any time.
Off the top of my head, and in no particular order...
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves -- Lynne Truss
The Awakening -- Kate Chopin
The Kite Runner -- Khaled Hosseini
My Sister's Keeper -- Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes -- Jodi Picoult
The Lovely Bones -- Alice Seybold
Memoirs of a Geisha -- Arthur Golden
She's Come Undone -- Wally Lamb
We Were the Mulvaneys -- Joyce Carol Oates
The Double Bind -- Chris Bohjalian
Night -- Elie Wiesel
The Burn Journals -- Brent Runyon
The Boy in Striped Pyjamas -- John Boyne
In My Hands -- Irene Gut Opdyke
A Clockwork Orange -- Anthony Burgess
More to come... looking forward to getting recommendations from others too.
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Post by Dave on Feb 24, 2008 20:19:23 GMT -5
The Lovely Bones -- Alice Seybold On one of my chalkboards in my classroom I have "Things to do before you Die." Every day I write two things I think my students should do before they die. I got the idea when an ex-gf gave me a book 2001 Things to Do Before you Die. Tomorrow when the kids come into 205 they will see under the "Things to do before you Die, Read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Memorize a dozen poems." |
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Post by RO on Feb 24, 2008 20:22:41 GMT -5
It is interesting that a lot of jules picks are mine as well. I have to go through my list before posting...
Yes, Lovely Bones should be read by everyone!
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Post by Dave on Feb 24, 2008 21:54:45 GMT -5
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Post by jules on Feb 25, 2008 5:32:53 GMT -5
Tomorrow when the kids come into 205 they will see under the "Things to do before you Die, Read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Memorize a dozen poems." That is awesome. Thought of a few more: Walden -- Henry David Thoreau Leaves of Grass -- Walt Whitman The Handmaid's Tale -- Margaret Atwood The Bloody Chamber -- Angela Carter |
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Post by hope on Feb 25, 2008 15:57:25 GMT -5
Love love love this thread, though I reserve the right to add to or amend my list at any time. Off the top of my head, and in no particular order... Eats, Shoots, and Leaves -- Lynne Truss The Awakening -- Kate Chopin The Kite Runner -- Khaled Hosseini My Sister's Keeper -- Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes -- Jodi Picoult The Lovely Bones -- Alice Seybold Memoirs of a Geisha -- Arthur Golden She's Come Undone -- Wally Lamb We Were the Mulvaneys -- Joyce Carol Oates The Double Bind -- Chris Bohjalian Night -- Elie Wiesel The Burn Journals -- Brent Runyon The Boy in Striped Pyjamas -- John Boyne In My Hands -- Irene Gut Opdyke A Clockwork Orange -- Anthony Burgess More to come... looking forward to getting recommendations from others too. Wow! We like the same type of books...I've read lots of these and want to read others... Totally agree about Memoirs of a Geisha and The Lovely Bones. Oh, and Walt Whitman! Was trying to think of his name last night and couldn't remember it...kept thinking William James for some reason? But it's Walt Whitman. This is a great thread! |
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