tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107110337665377241.post1567419299330274622..comments2023-10-22T16:59:51.624+01:00Comments on Fluffy Pink Duck: I Can Haz A Reading ListFluffy Pink Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795462371793193205noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107110337665377241.post-58718320407669972442008-05-09T16:32:00.000+01:002008-05-09T16:32:00.000+01:00Hmmm, it's not a very interesting list. In fact, i...Hmmm, it's not a very interesting list. In fact, it looks to me like a list of books that people were asked to read at school or college - and couldn't be bothered to. If that's their definition of "pretentious"...?<br><br>Anyway, glad to see you hated Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance :) It <em>is</em> rubbish!<br><br>But you should give Madame Bovary another chance. It really is the most devastating expose of romance ever!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107110337665377241.post-62936778126249685182008-05-09T23:19:00.000+01:002008-05-09T23:19:00.000+01:00Shame that Dead Souls by Gogol isn't on the list, ...Shame that Dead Souls by Gogol isn't on the list, one of the funniest books ever written.<br><br>And if you are going to read The Unbearable Lightness of Being I suggest you read Anna Karenina first, because it plays quite a significant part in the novel.<br><br>Oh and you best have a box of tissues handy for Anna Karenina - well I cried and I'm not ashamed to admit it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107110337665377241.post-11937480885534913332008-05-11T09:55:00.000+01:002008-05-11T09:55:00.000+01:00Thank you for stopping by my blog and showing your...Thank you for stopping by my blog and showing your support. It's very much appreciated!<br>Btw, you've read an impressive number of books on this list! It reminds me that I just don't have as much time to read anymore. Must try harder!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107110337665377241.post-44279060268826841552008-05-11T15:35:00.000+01:002008-05-11T15:35:00.000+01:00I can wholeheartedly recommend Les Mis, even if yo...I can wholeheartedly recommend Les Mis, even if you skim the big chunks of minute detail about the Napoleonic wars. The writing is just beautiful, especially the chapter on love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107110337665377241.post-87234636089842794962008-05-26T13:42:00.000+01:002008-05-26T13:42:00.000+01:00I've read all of 40 of them and not finished sever...I've read all of 40 of them and not finished several more (how many people read the <i>whole</i> of the Canterbury Tales? Of those, I thought that 'The God of Small Things' and 'Love in the time of Cholera' were particularly overrated and 'The Name of the Rose' was the most pretentious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com