I don’t normally participate in Top Ten Tuesday, which is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. But due to not having a post planned today and the fact I couldn’t resist the topic today, I thought ‘why not’. I suspect most people are going to go for the big classics that people expect you to read, so I thought I might add some other books too. So in no particular order;
10. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Have you seen Liberal Arts? There is a scene where Jesse (Josh Radnor’s character) decided to read an unnamed popular vampire novel (Twilight) just so he can properly see what is wrong with it. I feel like I might have to do the same.
9. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
I don’t really enjoy reading Fantasy, so I’m not looking forward to these high fantasy novels.
8. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
I watched the miniseries and was so bored, but that could be because Eddie Redmayne has no facial expressions.
7. Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
I’m expecting that my experience to this book will be similar to that of The Book Thief. Everyone loves it and I’ll think it was overrated.
6. Anything by D.H. Lawrence
After my hatred for Lady Chatterley’s Love I’m too afraid to try this author again.
5. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Have you tried to read this one?
4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
I was satisfied with the ending of The Hunger Games, I don’t feel the need to continue except there is a movie coming out.
3. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Heavy stuff, but someone’s got to read it.
2. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
My wife loves this book and I don’t want to end up hating books she loves (see Outlander)
1. In Search of Lost Time (Remembrance of Things Past) by Marcel Proust
Long and unfinished, I’m not sure what to expect from this one.
Its ok. You can hate the books i love, if i can hate the books you love
That’s not how it works at all. You’re suppose to love Frankenstein and by 10 more copies of the book
I was a little meh about The Hunger Games, so I’d recommend Catching Fire because I found it more interesting, but avoid Mockingjay at all costs. Or at least be prepared to smash your head against a wall repeatedly.
Sounds like fun 😛 I will have to give Catching Fire ago, I can’t knowingly see a movie before the book
I do the same! The trailer looks like they might be smooshing some of Mockingjay into Catching Fire though, so who knows how close it’s even going to be to the book anymore.
Oh no, I don’t want to read both now
Catching Fire is not my favorite in the series, but it’s definitely worth reading. Twilight is great if you’re looking for simple entertainment. 😀
I’m pretty sure I will hate Twilight
I saw TV show of The Pillars of the Earth but I don’t feel like reading the book because I might not like it. Maybe I will change my mind later.
My TTT
My DESIGNS blog
I will get there… One day
Yep. I think everyone feels that way with Lord of the Rings. I think I’ll just settle with the movies XD
Here’s my Top 10
That’s cheating 😛
haha. Somehow I don’t feel guilty doing that XD 😛
From your list all I’ve read is the LOTR and Catching Fire
And you survived?
Yep 🙂
Good to hear
Me as well otherwise I’d be a well read zombie 🙂
Better claim that twitter handle before some else does
Ohhhhh wellreadzombie I like it
Looks like it’s available too
I like it but I have a hard enough time tweeting regularly from my own
All the account needs to say is “Rrrreeeaaaaaddddd!!”
lmao that sounds about right
hahaha Oh Atlas Shrugged. I tried reading that in high school and that book is quite impossible. And anything by James Joyce is scary to me.
James Joyce scares everyone
hahaha Glad to know I’m not the only one.
Is that where he has so many classics? do classics = scary books? I kid of course
Classics are quite intimidating in my opinion. 🙂
I love them so much, I like the challenge
I can understand that. i wish I would take a chance more often, the few classics I have read I’ve really enjoyed.
I started with classics, so it’s embedded in me
Anything by James Joyce is intimidating! I will read him one day but not any time soon that is for sure. Great list!
My TTT: http://www.bookythoughtsandme.com/top-ten-most-intimidating-books/
I’ve made it through The Portrait of a Young Man as an Artist, didn’t think much of it
Oh you find The Book Thief overrated as well?! I liked it but I didn’t LOVE IT OMG like everyone else. It was a good story but for me it ended abruptly and I wanted to know what happened next.
I liked Catching Fire….it gets criticism for being basically a repeat of The Hunger Games with some different people but I still really enjoyed it. I second whoever said avoid Mockingjay, or at least, the end of Mockingjay. Just…no.
Twilight. Haha. I read this just before it exploded and it was kind of ok. Appalling writing but still kind of a weirdly bizarrely compelling story nonetheless. The rest of them are just an awful hot mess though and probably you will not like this at ALL.
I just had too many issues with The Book Thief
I love that Twilight is on your list. And I know exactly what you mean about The Hunger Games.
I’m very scared
If you start reading Twilight you’ll find so many things wrong with it to write a book of your own… Ha, I loved it anyway 🙂
I read the first Lord of he rings book but then the darn movie came out so, I didn’t see the point anymore.
Let me see… what else… ah yes, Follet, started reading but put it on hold to read something else and never picked again. And I was definitely NOT satisfied with the ending of Hunger Games so I obviously had to read the rest 🙂
I’ve already read and finished Twilight