Barbara's Progress

[Barbara]

These are the named books:

1 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien Have
2 1984 by George Orwell
3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
5 To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
7 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
8 A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
9 The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
10 Hamlet by William Shakespeare
11 A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul
12 The great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
13 The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
14 The Bell Jar by Sylvie Plath
15 Brave new World by Aldous Huxley
16 The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
17 Don Quixote by Miduel de Cervantes
18 The Bible by Various
19 The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
20 Ulysses by James Joyce
21 The quiet American by Graham Greene
22 Birdsong by Sebastian Faulke
23 Money by Martin Amis
24 Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
25 Moby Dick by Herman Melville
26 The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
27 His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
28 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
29 Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
30 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
31 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
32 On the Road by Jack Kerouac
33 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
34 The way we live now by Antony Trollope
35 The Outsider by Albert Camus
36 The colour Purple by Alice Walker
37 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
38 Frankenstein by Mary Selley
39 The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
40 Man without Woman by Ernest Hemingway
41 Gulliver´s Travels by Jonathan Swift
42 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
43 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
44 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe
45 One flew over the Cockoo´s Nest by Ken Kesey
46 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
47 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
48 Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
49 The Divine Comedy by Alighieri Dante
50 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I have at least half of these books on my Nook, but just haven't gotten around to reading them yet, but I will!

[Barbara]

Oh. I thought The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins was on this list, but it's not =( I just finished it. Well the next "classic" book I read I'll double check to see if it's on this list to give them priority so I can cross out more. I love lists!

[Barbara]

I read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens starting on Christmas day and ending Dec. 27, 2011. It was quite good! I am currently reading Little Women, which I am very surprised is NOT on this list.

[Mayra]

Ive always wanted to read that, let me know how you like it.
There's an episode of friends were rachel mentions to joey how much she likes that book and he startes reading it....

[Barbara]

Mayra, I am almost done with Little Women, only about 75 pages to go. I love it!

[Barbara]

This year so far I've been able to cross off a few more from my list.. 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby.

[Mayra]

thats great, i still haven't :( i need to get on it lol

[Barbara]

The year still has a lot of time left in it =) I do plan to read a couple more this year for sure.

[Mayra]

hopefully i will read his dark materials when the group reads them ive already read the first one so yeah

[Barbara]

Read The Diary of Anne Frank, well listened to the audiobook version. I honestly didn't like it at first, and was disappointed that there wasn't more political information and too much boy crazy girl excited about getting her period. However as Anne matured I got more interested, by the end, I was truly moved and crying my eyes out for this family.

I am currently reading Brave New World.

I read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer so I can get to Huckleberry Finn soon.

I have the audiobook of Anna Karennina coming up next on my checkout list from the library, after I finish a couple of my fun series I listen to... In Death by J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) and D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton.

I'm crocheting a baby blanket, so doing a lot more audiobooks and less actual reading currently. Awesome way to squeeze in two beloved hobbies at the same time!

[Mayra]

Barbara wrote: "Read The Diary of Anne Frank, well listened to the audiobook version. I honestly didn't like it at first, and was disappointed that there wasn't more political information and too much boy crazy gi..."

thats a great idea i had never thought of that, i had to put my books aside because i was making a blanket for my godson, but now u have shown me the way lol....

[Barbara]

Mayra wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Read The Diary of Anne Frank, well listened to the audiobook version. I honestly didn't like it at first, and was disappointed that there wasn't more political information and too m..."

It works out really good for me! I hope you enjoy it too. I have a little MP3 player that I just stick in my pocket. I get the audiobooks for free from my public library and with the help of the Overdrive software they provide for free, I just transfer the book right over to my MP3 player and get to work. Since I listen through headphones, it doesn't bug my family and they tend to leave me alone more so I don't get as many interruptions lol

[Barbara]

Finished Brave New World. It was okay, but not as good as I thought it would be.

[Mayra]

thats awsome, i will defenetly have to look into that :)

[Barbara]

Read Lord of the Flies, I liked it more than I thought I would and do not regret reading it.

I am listening to Anna Karenina and am about halfway through the unabridged audio version. I am so glad that I am not reading it. It's long, and in my opinion, boring.

[Mayra]

yeah i started that one and ive only made it to pg 90

[Barbara]

Do you like it?

[Mimi]

Barbara wrote: "
I am listening to Anna Karenina and am about halfway through the unabridged audio version. I am so glad..."

Hang in there. I think the book is great. You have to slog your way through the agricultural reforms but that makes the love and heartbreak sections even more rewarding.

[Mayra]

well im interested in the couple and seeing what happens, i need to get back to it before i forget what i have read already

[Barbara]

I will stick with it. I rarely ever completely give up on a book, even if I don't really like it. There's almost always at least a little curiosity in me to see how it ends and I don't cheat and skip to the ends early either =) I'm not convinced that I will end up liking Anna Karenina by the end. It's really not the kind of book I enjoy reading, but I am trying to expand my reading horizons by trying out these classics and different genres. I've found some that I thought I'd hate, but loved and some I thought I would love, but didn't care much for. So it's definitely worthwhile =)

[Mayra]

yeah im the same way, so i will try and stick to it too :)

[Barbara]

Oh yea, I finished Anna Karenina, but I never did get into it or enjoy it. Oh well, at least I tried and I made it through the whole thing! Not sure which book will be next for me on this list. I'll figure it out eventually =)

[Barbara]

Currently listening to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I like it. I'm especially enjoying the voice acting of the audio version. It's very well done and really brings it to life. Fun story. I've really been slacking on classics lately, but that's okay. They aren't going anywhere lol.

[Margret Melissa (ladybug)]

Awesome to be able to listen to audios. :D I tend to forget what is happening though myself. :( I love Huckleberry Finn. I hope you enjoy it also.