Books, books, and more books

[tellingmelies]

So I took this from lampshade_days  You put an X next to the books you've read. I'm gonna copy her and just bold those I've read in their entirety, with added commentary in adjacent parentheses.

Supposedly the average person has read only six out of these hundred books deemed "important" by the BBC. (I'm not sure why Hamlet is listed separately from the "

Comments

[lampshade_days]

Yeah, the list is a little off. All the series books should be listed separately, and the Shakespeare plays, and so on. Plus, there are a few I'd include in the list that aren't there.

[tellingmelies]

Yeah, I agree. Cause I've read a bunch of Shakesphere but not all...etc. And I'm pretty sure I read more from like school and stuff, I just can't remember...lol

[winterhearts]

I've read 17! That's actually better than I thought. There are also loads on there I started but never finished.

[grass_stained]

Hmm. this doesn't look like Jackson pictures... ;) I kid, I kid! :D

Yeah, someone at the BBC apparently failed, because if you're going to list the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter as one entry, you should definitely do it for Chronicles of Narnia. I've only read 25 of them.

[tellingmelies]

*hangs my head in shame*
Jasper is coming, I promise! Since my camera broke in the middle of the con I have to get everything from my 3 friends whose cameras I overtook. I'm trying to get everything together so I can just make one massive post..lol

[grass_stained]

Aww, I was just teasing. :D No sweat, babe, take your time. ;D

::sort of resists urge to make a comment about how Jasper sure is coming. ::

[tellingmelies]

hahahahahahahahaha...I just burst into a fit of giggles at my office...and am now getting weird looks from my co-workers!

Awwwww....Jasper.....

[hale_yes]

Ok. So I must be a moron. I have seen about 75 of the film adaptiations of those books.

[tellingmelies]

I was thinking the same thing. I would go to bold it, and then be like "nope, I saw the movie"...lol