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Animal Farm and The Old Man and the Sea were required reading for me in high school English and both very good. And you could read Old Man in a single sitting.
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I should look over this forum more. I've noticed I've had no idea several dozen threads even existed.
Books I'm ashamed of not having read:
I can't say Dracula because I don't like vampire books/movies.
But here are some:
1. Animal Farm (I did read 1984).
2. The Naked and The Dead
3. A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield
4. Red, by Ketchum even though I'm a big fan of his
5. The Old Man and the Sea
6. Too damn many to list. But I'm also ashamed that even with novels I really like, I finish 90-95% of them sometimes then put it aside to try and finish later, or purposely forget about it and store it away for a non-fiction book.
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Originally posted by peteOcha View PostThanks for the tip. I guess I'll have to try and find those somewhere and start from there...
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Originally posted by jester05jk View PostYou can't start with The Woman. As the man once told me, start with the first, his first and go from there. Off Season, Offspring, The Woman. All very good.
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My only saving grace as a former English major is that I'm unofficially starting a Masters of Arts in English degree this fall. My first course is Literature of the Renaissance, so I finally got around to reading Machiavelli's The Prince (a book I've always been very curious about) as well as a more thorough look at More's Utopia. Perhaps once I've earned this new degree, I can lessen my shame a bit as I may become a little less adverse to use my "pleasure" reading time solely toward contemporary fiction. Of course, that's what i thought as an undergrad...
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Originally posted by jester05jk View PostYou can't start with The Woman. As the man once told me, start with the first, his first and go from there. Off Season, Offspring, The Woman. All very good.
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Originally posted by peteOcha View PostOk, ok...
Here's one from the classics: ...wait for it....
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"To Kill a Mocking Bird"
From the horror pool, nothing (YET) by the following:
Lovecraft
Bentley Little
Jack Ketchum (i really want to pick up "The Woman")
and probably several more, but those are the big names that first come to mind.
...Let he cast the first stone who is without fault. :P
You can't start with The Woman. As the man once told me, start with the first, his first and go from there. Off Season, Offspring, The Woman. All very good.
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Originally posted by Dave1442397 View PostEdward Gibbon's THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
Now that I was reminded, I just bought all six volumes on Kindle for under $10. Not bad! It will take a long time to get through them, but I've always wanted to read it.
I read many of the classics when I was a kid. My grandparents had a big old bookcase full of books going back generations, and there were books going back to the late 1600s. I'm sure some of the classics were first editions, which meant nothing to me then. Many of them were old enough that the 's' looked like an 'f', and it was cool to see names and dates of owners from the 1800s.
It's not on my TBR list anymore, but...we'll see.
And no ones casting stones, Pete. Not big ones anyway! Pebbles, maybe!
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Ok, ok...
Here's one from the classics: ...wait for it....
.....
"To Kill a Mocking Bird"
From the horror pool, nothing (YET) by the following:
Lovecraft
Bentley Little
Jack Ketchum (i really want to pick up "The Woman")
and probably several more, but those are the big names that first come to mind.
...Let he cast the first stone who is without fault. :P
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Edward Gibbon's THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
Now that I was reminded, I just bought all six volumes on Kindle for under $10. Not bad! It will take a long time to get through them, but I've always wanted to read it.
I read many of the classics when I was a kid. My grandparents had a big old bookcase full of books going back generations, and there were books going back to the late 1600s. I'm sure some of the classics were first editions, which meant nothing to me then. Many of them were old enough that the 's' looked like an 'f', and it was cool to see names and dates of owners from the 1800s.
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Pete.....we're waitng...
And no Shakespeare, Siep?!?!?!?!?! Never too late to start, tho. I had read about 10 of his plays before even discovering King in1981.
Of course, I could fill many pages with the dark fantasy/horror/suspense books I've never read (especially the one discussed here--some of the authors i've never heard of!)
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Originally posted by peteOcha View PostI won't post mine... When I started thinking about what I haven't read yet, the shame became too hard to bear.
I never read Shakespeare (for instance) till last year...Couldn't get my degree without having him on my list...
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I won't post mine... When I started thinking about what I haven't read yet, the shame became too hard to bear.
Add another English major to the list here.
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