Book Lists : Top 100 books of all time !

[Susan (aka Just My Op)]

I started listening to it (Atonement) but abandoned it. I thought maybe it was because I was listening instead of reading, thought I must be missing something because so many people loved it. But perhpas not!

[Marialyce]

I am so glad you girls alerted me to the "boring" nature of that book. I will return it to the library as there are so many other books to read! :)

[Alias Reader]

Marialyce, you probably want to give it at least a few chapters try. Even though it wasn't a book I liked, many did. I would hate for you to miss a book that you might love.

[Jan]

>>I will return it to the library<<

I agree with Alias. I was one of those who enjoyed reading this book. I do agree that it's not for everyone, though.

[Libyrinths]

I did and didn't like Atonement. I thought it made a good moral point, but it seemed a bit of a trivial scenario, IMO. I will say that I suspended judgment until I saw how it might be related to Virginia Woolf's The Waves, which I hadn't read at the time, and subsequently started, but haven't gotten back to it.

Sharon

[JoAnn/QuAppelle]

Libyrinths wrote: "I did and didn't like Atonement. I thought it made a good moral point, but it seemed a bit of a trivial scenario, IMO. ..."

I agree. I subtitled it, in my mind, "Much Ado about Not Much." A very flimsy premise IMO......who would have believed that brat?

[Madrano]

It's been awhile since we posted to this thread, so hope it's the correct one for sharing book lists. I saw this one on the US Labor Department website. http://www.dol.gov/100/books-shaped-w...
It is supposed to be a list of books which helped shape work in America. I've read 30 but can't say that some were about work enough that i would have nominated them for this list. That's probably just me. Most of the ones i've read were classics (no surprise there, of course) but a few weren't, such as poetry books and Profiles in Courage. It was interesting to see a number of titles i know this group read (buddy list or group) but that i couldn't fit into my schedule. My loss, clearly.

[Alias Reader]

What an interesting list, deb. I think I clocked in at 25. Some others I had seen the movie or play in addition to the book or instead of. However, I didn't count those.

One I just read this past year. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type. I read it to my 1 year old nephew ! :)

There were also some new to me titles that I want to check out. Thanks !

[Madrano]

Sweet. I was tickled to see a few children's books there.