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311 books · 21 voters · list created June 21st, 2016 by Dmack (votes) .
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BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Pity I only had 100 votes.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Uh, The Canterbury Tales, while being marvelous, aren't a novel.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Booklovinglady wrote: "Pity I only had 100 votes."

Yeah, some lists I feel like I need several hundred votes.


message 4: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited May 10, 2019 11:05AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Uh, The Canterbury Tales, while being marvelous, aren't a novel."

I'll remove it from my votes, as well as other titles which are not exactly novels. Plenty of choice, so not a problem 😉 I added 100 books anyway, at my first attempt, so it shouldn't be too hard to find classic novels among my own books which aren't on this list yet 🙂


message 5: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited May 10, 2019 11:09AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) I haven't deleted titles which were put into prose in my edition (like De goddelijke komedie, for instance. If I remember correctly, the original was in verse).


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Gives you room for more novels!


message 7: by Johanna (new)

Johanna Booklovinglady wrote: "Pity I only had 100 votes."
Hahaha ja, ik kreeg ook de neiging om álles aan te klikken.


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Johanna wrote: "Hahaha ja, ik kreeg ook de neiging om álles aan te klikken."

And to think I added all of the titles I voted for... 🙂


message 9: by Dmack (new)

Dmack Booklovinglady wrote: "Pity I only had 100 votes."

Don’t be so picky, it’s a classic


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