A meme now and a real post later today;)

[musicalsguru]

Below are the top 106 books tagged “unread” in LibraryThing.
The rules:
Bold what you have read, italicize books you’ve started but couldn’t finish, and strike through books you hated. Add an asterisk to those you’ve read more than once. Underline those on your tbr list.

Jonathan Strange & M. NorrellAnna Karenina

Comments

[georange]

At first I didn't see any, but it looks like you only had one italicized . . . so I'm wondering if you just "make it through" all books, or really liked all of these?

[musicalsguru]

You mean the bold ones right? Some I had to read for school that I wouldn't have read otherwise (like the Dubliners and Grapes of Wrath) but the other bolded titles I actually liked quite a bit and most I would reread. I started Once and Future King when I was in Jr. High (also Uncle Tom's Cabin) and maybe I was too young but I didn't like either so never finished them. Maybe I should give them a second chance...
Since then I don't think there are any books that I haven't finished (unless I only read an excerpt for a class). I try to finish what I started, and sometimes the dullest book will pick up in the last couple chapters and be worth it (I once read a 1776 plot novel and I hated the first 200 pages but the end was good).

That answer your question?

[georange]

That is actually impressive to have finished almost all the books you've ever started. I can look over at my shelf and probably find several that have bookmarks in them, but I lost interest and hope to maybe come back to them someday. Like David Copperfield. I'm sure it's a great book, but I haven't felt like picking it up after getting about half way through.