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Now that I am back into reading, lists are my thing. When I first ran across Boxall's book I was not interested at all as so many of them were unknown except some classics and better known more recent books but then I started reading. Ran across this group over at Shelfari and got interested. The group wasn't really functioning very well at the time but ...here we are today. I am at about 430 or so books. Never really accurate here at GF.
Like Kristel, I am also a list person. I discovered the list in 2009, shortly after joining Goodreads. I had already read about 85 or so books from the list at that point, so I decided I would attempt the rest. I now have read close to 600 books from the list.
I am also a list person. I saw the 1001 book at the library a few years ago and found I had already read quite a few. I decided to keep working on it, then I found this group. The group is keeping me motivated to continue. I still have yet to make an official tally of the books I have read, but hopefully I will get to it one day.
I'm a combination of all of the above. I found the first edition in 2007 at a Borders (!) and thought, hey, a list! I love lists! While I was in this store, I was in the romance section, which was across the aisle, looking for backlist books. I decided to splurge and give it a try, because those romance and thrillers/mysteries were getting old.
I had already read over 100 of them, because every so often I would pick up something that wasn't Book candy. And I missed reading books with some meat to them. Little did I know the books on the list would be a gateway to other literature.
When I joined the group at Shelfari, my previous burnout for the list was gone- I love talking about these books, and finding people who are as reading crazy as I am.
Another list person here. I found the list and went looking for a reading challenge around it, so I could have some accountability and social interaction with my reading. I continue to read from the list because I like this group and enjoy the discussions about the books. Without this group I would have given up the list as a lost cause long ago, since it's unlikely I will ever finish it.
I am also a list person, love writing them as well as crossing things off of them lol
Found this group at Shelfari and never looked back, I have no idea what me read count is as my transfer to GR went very wrong and I just haven't had the energy to go through and correct everything yet.
Found this group at Shelfari and never looked back, I have no idea what me read count is as my transfer to GR went very wrong and I just haven't had the energy to go through and correct everything yet.
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Chilli do you have a points list anywhere so far I only have this 1 point for you?
Chilli do you have a points list anywhere so far I only have this 1 point for you?
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Chilli do you have a points list anywhere so far I only have this 1 point for you?"
She's definitely got points from the challenge
Book wrote: "PPs updated to this pointChilli do you have a points list anywhere so far I only have this 1 point for you?"
I haven't made one yet. I have just started getting points in the challenge and this question. I'm not sure where to make a points list.
If you make a list here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... you can see how everyone else has done it :) if that is too much work for you let me know and I will see what I can do
Like Jen I have a long history of reading books for escapist fun rather than quality, partly due to some slightly traumatic school reading. My introduction to the list was through the Shelfari group and I liked the idea of improving the quality of books I read. I liked the fact that the list goes beyond the classical curriculum. I'm still shy away from the really thick tomes though - with the notable exception of LOTR which I've read three times already.
I have only just found the fast points, I thought it was part of the summer reading challenge. A colleague recommended Shelfari to me and I found the 1001 group and so enjoyed the discussions because I didn't have a good physical book group at the time. I now prefer reading and reviewing at my leisure, rather than joining another group. I am not a list person and am content to go with just the GR bookshelf. The list of 1001 Books read in Goodreads has a different number and I don't care. But I am competitive, so I like the points challenge. Part of the fun is trying to find the books. I am trying not to buy physical books anymore but I have lapses, especially when I visit Sydney!
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This is only the second one we've done so you've only missed out on one point. I've tried to do the book buying bam too but always fail after a few weeks.
Book buying ban? Oh- you mean that resolution I made on January 1st to stop buying books until my shelves stopped groaning? ......i'll try again next year.....
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Like others here I love lists. I have the app and make GR Shelves match my app. My husband teases me that I am taking AP English with all the reading I do. I have liked how the list is so varied.
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......i'll try again next year....."
ha ha!
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Well, I for one am so glad you are no longer intimated. I felt the same way when I joined. I really appreciate all your valuable insights and comments in this group.
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Three times? That is dedication! I've read it twice but couldn't bring myself to read it a third time.
Book wrote: "If you make a list here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... you can see how everyone else has done it :) if that is too much work for you let me know and I will see ..."I made a thread in the Points Challenge folder. Please have a look to see if I did it right.
Chili wrote: "Book wrote: "If you make a list here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... you can see how everyone else has done it :) if that is too much work for you let me know an..."
List is perfect :)
List is perfect :)
I'm a list person too. I think I first came across the 1001-list on listchallenges.com and discovered that it included quite a few books I have read, a great many books I really want to read, and even more books I hadn't even heard of but became instantly curious about. There are a few other good book lists there as well, with (obviously) some overlapping books with the Boxall list. It's the Boxall I find I'm the most drawn too though. And the only one I already have a separate shelf for here on Goodreads. I have to say, I'm not sure I'm keen on actually completing the list. Or any list called "before you die". It seems like you might as well kick the bucket when you're done, you know? But, hey, I have many years of reading ahead of me before I reach the end of the list!
(And I'll now shamble over to the correct section of the group and see if I can't set up a personal list thread thingy.)
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As old as I am, it is nearly impossible to finish the list. No chance that I will learn Korean. So it is my fountain of youth, I can't die cause I can't finish the books. Or doesn't it work that way?
Kristel wrote: "As old as I am, it is nearly impossible to finish the list. No chance that I will learn Korean. So it is my fountain of youth, I can't die cause I can't finish the books. Or doesn't it work that way? "Since I'm half convinced that I'll drop dead the moment I close the final book on the list, it goes to figure it should work the other way around as well. It makes the list somewhat supernatural though... half Necronomicon half picture of Dorian Grey?
I love lists but actually discovered this one from this group! It's intriguing to me to think about why the individual books were added and what contribution they may have made to the novel. I tend to read classics and I find it interesting that the list contains many that are, but also many that are certainly not!
Jen wrote: "Sushicat wrote: "Like Jen I have a long history of reading books for escapist fun rather than quality, partly due to some slightly traumatic school reading. My introduction to the list was through ..."The first time was in boarding school and it was a German edition. Someone got the books and we were queuing up for next one. A couple of years later I read the original. I read them again before watching Peter Jackson's movies.
Question: Why are you reading the 1001 list?