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Fill-in-the-Gaps List

Feb 01, 2011 00:00

So my friend moonrat started this project last year where she made a list of 100 books she had trouble finishing, kept putting off in favour of other books, or had built up a resistance to reading. A gaps list usually includes a variety of classics, books missed in school, books that society claims you should should read to be well-educated, friend ( Read more... )

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theironchocho December 31 2010, 17:35:14 UTC

I can't recommend Till We Have Faces and Dracula enough. They are two of my favorite books. I always return to passages from them.

newsboyhat January 1 2011, 07:15:48 UTC

I look forward to them! I remember a presenter explaining Till We Have Faces during Sirens 2009, and have been thinking about it since.

ext_282595 January 2 2011, 00:35:25 UTC

YAY!!! YOU MADE YOUR LIST!!!!

awesome awesome awesome

I am confused by your categorization of WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS as British. Isn't that the most American book ever?

newsboyhat January 2 2011, 00:50:02 UTC

Crap. I know what happened. I had Old Yeller there instead, and then someone told me Where the Red Fern Grows was better, so I replaced it. Aaaaah.

angelbluekisses January 6 2011, 04:06:53 UTC

Wide Sargasso Sea is perhaps the only book that I can say I've actively disliked. Make sure you read Jane Eyre first, in case you didn't know that already.

The Handmaid's Tale and The Time Traveler's Wife are two of my absolute favorite books. The Handmaid's Tale is especially fantastic.

I'm kind of curious as to what your issues were with The Eye of the World re: sex/gender. Anyway, I enjoyed those books, though I've only gotten through about five..that series is dense and long to say the least.

I really enjoyed reading this list, btw, and seeing the categories you picked! :) Some of these books are ones that I'd like to read eventually too. One of these days I'll get around to making an actual list and tackling it instead of thinking of the books every once in a while and then forgetting about them.

newsboyhat January 6 2011, 05:59:20 UTC

I have not read Eye of the World, but I suspect I've passed the age where I soak up everything like a sponge and not question why the author wrote something this way. My roommate is a really big fan of the series, and I've heard some her illuminating discussions on sex and gender... though the more I hear them, the less I want to read the books, sadly. Also, they're loooong.

Online, I can think of swan_tower's thoughtful post.