tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post5642282867625431590..comments2023-10-07T11:55:47.724-04:00Comments on A Reader of Fictions: Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books That Make Me ThinkChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-46880908148222960122012-09-17T08:06:51.334-04:002012-09-17T08:06:51.334-04:00My pants are SO FANCY.My pants are SO FANCY.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-38074935823231233362012-09-17T08:06:40.131-04:002012-09-17T08:06:40.131-04:00I read The Alchemist and wasn't a big fan. It ...I read The Alchemist and wasn't a big fan. It was a little too far into all of the Christian/spiritual stuff for me. Eleven Minutes was better.<br /><br />Also, DEF read Handmaid's Tale.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-82981988570077399582012-09-15T06:17:24.071-04:002012-09-15T06:17:24.071-04:00Oh look at you, all fancy pants ;-)
I haven'...Oh look at you, all fancy pants ;-) <br /><br />I haven't read a single one of them, but I'm in admiration of your list!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312515005865122767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-69197059037726026092012-09-14T09:20:34.038-04:002012-09-14T09:20:34.038-04:00I haven't read any of these! I read The Alche...I haven't read any of these! I read The Alchemist and hated it, but I've heard that Eleven Minutes is better. Someday I will read The Handmaind's Tale. Kimberly @ Midnight Book Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649785182080499981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-46453101763937137912012-09-13T09:53:09.897-04:002012-09-13T09:53:09.897-04:00Those are good choices too, though I have not read...Those are good choices too, though I have not read any Piers Anthony, a thing we have discussed.<br /><br />I still remember the shock and horror when I figured out why her name was Offred. Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-69774049276867328292012-09-12T20:46:12.283-04:002012-09-12T20:46:12.283-04:00I agree with you completely on The Handmaid's ...I agree with you completely on <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> (it scared the shit out of me), and that's the only one from your list that I've read. <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four</i> made me do a lot of thinking, as did <i>Flowers for Algernon</i>, <i>My Sister's Keeper</i> (though I usually avoid chick-lit), and the <i>Incarnations of Immortality</i> series by Piers Anthony. I'm sure there are others that are more important and all to me, but I'm tired and don't want to think about it. :-PKayla Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02063162666132410730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-65019190426068852682012-09-12T10:59:08.085-04:002012-09-12T10:59:08.085-04:00Yup. That's the edition that I have. They'...Yup. That's the edition that I have. They're beautiful, black and white and red. :) It is VERY long.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-193820419302352392012-09-12T10:56:37.078-04:002012-09-12T10:56:37.078-04:00Look who read all of The Gulag Archipelago. Be imp...<i>Look who read all of The Gulag Archipelago. Be impressed, folks.</i><br /><br />I'm impressed.<br />When I go to the library, I like to pause in front of the shelves for Russian literature. The Gulag Archipelago is in three volumes, about 650-700 pages each (although I think it's a critical edition with introduction and possibly footnotes). Still, I suppose it's quite a long book.Alessandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652990135572677170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-46824358707808825532012-09-12T08:49:01.764-04:002012-09-12T08:49:01.764-04:00I can never think of the phrase jumping to conclus...I can never think of the phrase jumping to conclusions without thinking of Phantom Tollbooth. Also, it shows just how amazing wordplay is. I suspect it's partly why I am so literal.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-42870868928404659822012-09-11T20:36:07.184-04:002012-09-11T20:36:07.184-04:00The Phantom Tollbooth. <3 I read that in sixt...The Phantom Tollbooth. <3 I read that in sixth grade for school and it has stuck with me since. I think about it all the time.Bekkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17940606116740260845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-75023049792001771912012-09-11T15:47:35.892-04:002012-09-11T15:47:35.892-04:00That's how I feel looking at other people'...That's how I feel looking at other people's lists too, so no worries!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-53464984388288873892012-09-11T15:42:15.986-04:002012-09-11T15:42:15.986-04:00omg. I am shamed to admit.. I haven't read any...omg. I am shamed to admit.. I haven't read any of these! Will have to get on that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285058468065601191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-75784883348963422632012-09-11T14:54:08.465-04:002012-09-11T14:54:08.465-04:00I might read Utopia someday, but I didn't actu...I might read Utopia someday, but I didn't actually know it was a book most people had actually read. <br /><br />The Yellow Wallpaper makes me think of Margot Thomsen's class. UGH. I got to argue from the husband's perspective. It was pretty great.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-4404033396797302012012-09-11T14:49:06.129-04:002012-09-11T14:49:06.129-04:00Totes shocked. Actually, I AM surprised you haven&...Totes shocked. Actually, I AM surprised you haven't read or been forced to read Utopia. I keep wanting to add The Yellow Wallpaper because it's indelibly marked in my brain, not because it influenced my world view as much as CREEPERS. I actually have a blog post I need to write about that.Steenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254893646539431640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-60650089307186730112012-09-11T14:12:07.548-04:002012-09-11T14:12:07.548-04:00I forgot Middlesex! Ahhhhhh! I probably would swap...I forgot Middlesex! Ahhhhhh! I probably would swap that with Eleven Minutes. Sigh. Oh well. I considered 1984, and Crime & Punishment mostly made me think about how awful that epilogue was. I haven't read the others (you're shocked, right?).Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-74380375473379610672012-09-11T13:45:55.439-04:002012-09-11T13:45:55.439-04:00I think Eleven Minutes might make my list. I would...I think Eleven Minutes might make my list. I would add 1984, Utopia, The Great Divorce, Middlesex, Orthodoxy, Crime & Punishment, The Women's Bible (though I did not read all of it), and I can't think of two more at this moment. I'll have to consider that. Steenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254893646539431640noreply@blogger.com