Abigail's comments (member since Aug 17, 2008)

Abigail's comments from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.

I believe I saw some of the books on www.dailylit.com You have to read by email (you can choose a length to receive everyday and if you want you can get the next installment right away), but a lot of the older books are free.

I loved TLoR until the climactic scene. That ruined the whole series for me. I can still enjoy The Hobbit, but that rest just makes me sad.

I was wondering about the polls too...it's much easier to count that way. Anyway, here's my pics:

December 15th – January 15th
If Not Now, When – Primo Levi

January 15th – February 15th
|At the Mountains of Madness – H.P. Lovecraft

February 15th – March 15th
The Ogre – Michel Tournier

Lol...I always think of Sealab 2020 when I hear someone talk about the proposal...
"Watcha readin?
A book....
What's it about?
Eating babies..."
Lmao!

I felt like it was two totally different books. Like Full Metal Jacket. There is one plot and it follows. Half way through and without warning, it is something completely different. Not to say I disliked it, but I was a little confused...

That's okay Erin. It explains a lot about how you felt about the book. Honestly, I didn't care for Choke much either. I didn't dislike it, but I just didn't care much. I'd pick Survivor, Lullaby, or Diary over Choke. And Invisible Monsters is my favorite.

The Blind Assassin has been slow going. I've been taking a break from it for...3 weeks now?
*guilty shrug

I can agree with Choke. I don't know if I'd put any of Palahniuk's work on the list. As much as I love it, and the style is unique, I wouldn't expect everyone to feel the need to read it. I liked Survivor better anyway.

Interview with a vampire. While not a bad book and fairly well written, I don't think it is such an important work that everyone must read it before they die. Same for The Satanic Verses, but I didn't even like that book much. So I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Not a bad plan Rreimer. If you have no aversion to audio books, that is also a good alternative for difficult reads if you want to try to adhere to the list. Assuming there is an audio version. Some of these books appear to be really obscure.

That's pretty nice actually. I was looking for a couple books in my old library system last year, and they just weren't ordering them. You could "suggest a purchase" but there was no way they'd ever buy it unless a lot of people requested it. My new county is on top of it. You place a request, it seems like they buy the book. It may take a few weeks, but they get it. But there is a lot more money floating around here then where I came from...that might make a difference.
I'll have to remember ILL in case I can't get what I want, though. It's really cool they've opened that up to the public more.

A Clock work Orange? Really, that's a classic. Maybe you had problems because it is sort of a banned book in some places.

Lol, that is an interesting thing to think about. Who is editor person anyway...?

That was pretty interesting. I'm at 6.49 percent of the books read and at 24, some 17 to read every year to finish it...eek.