1. I never read HARRY POTTER. The hype annoyed me. I
can be bull-headed when it comes to highly lauded works. There’s nothing virtuous about
this. It just is what it is. I did see the first two movies.
2. I read the first book of TWILIGHT. Some good sexual tension there. Never saw any of the movies.
3. Until I was 30, I thought Evelyn Waugh was a woman.
4. Because of CHARLOTTE'S WEB, I never kill spiders.
5. I’ve never
read anything that made me love snakes.
6. If you put a
gun to my head and made me choose a best book, it would be THE BROTHERS
KARAMAZOV.
7. I hated the ending to CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. What was Dostevesky thinking?
8. I love it when Tom reads Holderlin aloud in German.
9. I have a girl crush on Mary Oliver.
10. I loved reading the WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA.
11. I can pinpoint the worst book I ever read, but I don’t
want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
Oh, I just thought of another worst book. And another!
12. I am not a
naturally disciplined person, but I am a disciplined reader. That is, once I’ve
begun, I have to finish a book.
I’m not sure this is a virtuous habit. It may not even be true that I’m not disciplined. I may have to change my story.
13. I love big fat art and design books.
14. If I really
love a book on Kindle, I end up buying it again in paper.
15. Plot never overrides language.
16. In my heart of hearts, I think Harper Lee’s second novel
will be disappointing.
17. I once bought some second-hand physics textbooks,
because I loved the pictures.
18. I can’t read Anthony Trollope without smiling.
19. I just read Bram Stoker’s DRACULA for the first time and
loved it. Why did I wait so long?
20. Some of my favorite writers are my friends. Lucky me.
On another day, this would be a different list. So it goes.
your list is scarily familiar to mine (if I made one).
ReplyDelete1,2,12,13,16,19. Except I didn't really like Brothers karamazov.
I can't wait until my friends are my favorite writers.
I didn't read Harry Potter for years because of the same reason but when I finally did, I read all of the books that had then been published in two nights. Just a warning, in case you ever give in.
ReplyDeleteI didn't read Harry Potter for years because of the same reason but when I finally did, I read all of the books that had then been published in two nights. Just a warning, in case you ever give in.
ReplyDeleteI also have a few books just because of the drawings or types of binding.
ReplyDeleteI read DRACULA in Cortina. I loved it. In one of the final shots from Nurse Betty, nursie-pooh reads a book and sips her cappuccino from some cobble-stoned square in Italy and her scene reminds me of when I sat at a square near my hotel, reading about THE vampire. I also read HARRY in Cortina, and other spots around Europe. I was with you on resisting the read but then I had four hours to kill in a Switzerland airport and it was staring at me from a stack in the duty-free shop. I couldn't put it down once I started. I just finished round two in August before I left New York.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on BROTHERS, except there's no need to hold a gun to my head. Been there, done that. I'm curious what you didn't like about the ending of CRIME. Is it his march through Siberia or the fact that Sophie follows him around...?
In my heart of hearts i don't think you're the only one who fears disappointment from Lee's second novel. But I think you are the first to say it out loud. MOCKINGBIRD is one gorgeous birdy. If you held a gun to my head I might blurt out that one as my favorite over BROTHERS. But maybe not.
#1 with a rocket.
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