Books Meme

Jul 03, 2008 20:15


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pedanticliberal July 4 2008, 02:49:41 UTC
::sigh::

I only have 19. And I'm not doing all that HTMLing, so fugheddaboudit. Although some of my favorite books are on the list: 1984, Lord of the Flies, Lolita, Swallows and Amazons (which is the beginning of a whole series, which I have read cover to cover, tyvm), The Wind in the Willows...

Can we talk about the sucktasticness of the list, though? Since when is The Chronicles of Narnia only one book? Since when are the complete works of Billy Shakespeare only one book? And MITCH ALBOM?? Are you kidding me? One of these things is not like the others...one of these things doesn't belong.

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danu_scathach July 4 2008, 03:35:42 UTC
I think there might be a big book of the total collection of Shakespeare, but yeah, there are some inconsistencies with this meme. Like they put down the complete works of Billy, but then Hamlet gets a special listing all by itself. Very weird.

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sandwell July 4 2008, 19:31:43 UTC
there is; i have it. Hamlet *is* included, naturally.

obviously any list can only be restrictive; i'd have only put one book by each author on it. There are of course many classic books that aren't included in it ... Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe, The Power And The Glory, It, All Quiet On The Western Front ...

... also if they have The Bible, why not The Mahabarat, or The Koran?

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springiswrath July 9 2008, 02:44:27 UTC
Whomever wrote the list isn't so much with the actually reading, methinks. A lot of these "books" are actually a series. Also, "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" are both on the list. TLTWATW is *part* of the Chronicles. A lot of this seems to be highschool lit class and then the Oprah book club for the last 5 years.

Sorry, Damn that was bitchy.

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springiswrath July 9 2008, 02:46:00 UTC
Oh yeah, The Complete Works of Shakespeare, and Hamlet too? WTF?

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Off Topic - The SSHG Quiz morethansirius August 9 2008, 15:13:15 UTC
It's Party Time! The wonderful people over at portus_envy have turned the community into the Room of Requirement and are keeping us all entertained while everyone else is off at Terminus. Always up for a good party, the quiz_sshg has once again contributed to the party games with a Special Edition SSHG Quiz created especially for portus_envy's Terminus_Envy celebration. You will probably recognize quote #12 as it's from you very own Missed Me. Thanks for showing us how much fun Severus can be when he's well into his cups!

The Drunk!Snape Quiz

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Re: Off Topic - The SSHG Quiz danu_scathach August 9 2008, 22:55:18 UTC
Egads! I'm really flattered quiz_sshg decided to use something from one of my stories. Thank you for letting me know!

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