Books You Own But Have Not Read (1 Viewer)

[persephone]

When I buy books I sometimes don't get time to read them all....or I buy them because they look pretty or I thought that they would be useful or whatever...but I have a growing pile of books which I have not read...

- Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
- The Illiad - Homer
- Tess of D'ubervilles - Thomas Hardy
- The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan
- You Don't Know Me - Nick Glass (or something like that)
- The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
- Middlemarch - Eliot
- Paradise - Toni Morrison
- Blood Work and The Poets - Michael Connelly
- Hegel: A Very Short Introduction - Peter Singer (I suck at Philosophy thought it would help)
- Jung: Aspects of the Feminine
- The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
- Alexander: Child of a Dream - Valerio Massimo Manfredi

I suppose I will read them eventually.....

 

[Olsen]

The Bible - i guess one day i will complete it. But 66 different books collated into one geez its hard!

 

[persephone]

I have the Bible too...haven't read it either...I suppose no one will actually read the entire bible.

 

[Sarah168]

hmmmmm the bostonians which i have read about 12 pages

the lovely bones

 

[Emma-Jayde]

There's never been a bible in my house...

There isn't a single book that I own that I haven't read the entirity of.

 

[dead cactus]

I have the lisat to end all lists - i went on an extended spending spree not too long ago, and thanks to uni and work have read barely any of them Here's my list, some of them are complete trash, lol:

Wicked - gregory macguire
A long way down - nick hornby
peter pan
glamorama - bret easton ellis
American Psycho - bret easton ellis
The Informers - bret easton ellis
Fame Game - Claudia Patterson
Fashioneistas
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Secret Garden
A Little Princess
The Sppooks Apprentice - Joseph Delaney
A bunch of buffy books
dead famous - ben elton
animal farn
the hobbit
pagan babies - elmore leonard
tashamingo blues - elmore leonard
cause celeb - helen fielding
trainspotting - irvine welsh
how to be good - nick hornby
wuthering heights
Emma
Little women
a christmas carol
Artemis fowl 1
Spellbound - Jane Green
Wow! - Claudia Patterson
Tattoo Blues - Michael McClellan
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

Has anyone read any of these? Can you recommed where i should start chipping my was through the list?

 

[Tenille]

A clockwork orange (tried to read by gave up after 20 pages)

then i have a pile to read in the following order:
- the power of one
Dr Jekyll and mr hyde.
Holy cow (travel book)
a tale of two cities
the search fo the panchen Lama
Gullivers Tales
Don Quixote
Dracula
little woman
a whole buch of those penguin brief reads
wuthering heights
Tess of D'ubervilles
jane eyre

yeah all of tha classics were like $2-$4 so now i have a pile

 

[Sarah168]

ooo ok from tenille's and dead cactus's list, i would recommend

a secret garden (i like this more than a little princess)

wuthering heights (its a cliche but read it on a cold winter's night)

catcher in the rye on the train. Ooo little women is also very very good (one of the few books i scoffed at but ended up crying over)

dracula (oh so good quality horror)

dr jekll and mr hyde (one of my favs and i never fail to physically recoil at one "certain scene")

i would say avoid "jane eyre" and "gulliver's travels" like the plague...then again, thats only my opinion lol

 

[Lundy]

I bought about 30 books during the holidays I still haven't had teh chance to start.

 

[scoby_2000]

LOTR!!! i have always wanted to read it but never have!

i plan to once my hsc is over!

 

[heybraham]

I have a Bible, and I haven't read it yet.

people aren't supposed to read encyclopedias, they are for reference

 

[jennylim]

the prince - machiavelli (thought it would be interesting, it is the epitome of dull)
the fiftieth gate - mark raphael baker
great expectations - dickens (i feel i should read it as a classic but it's honestly so boring)
mansfield park, northanger abbey, persuasion - all by austen (only read p&p and emma so far and love them, but don't have time for these yet)
meditations - marcus aurelius (bought it cos it was pretty and because i was like "hey! marcus aurelius...that was the emperor in gladiator!!")
the silmarillion - tolkien (not that it was a waste because my sister adores it, but i should probably get around to reading it once).
the power of one - bruce courtenay

dead cactus, of your list i have read and loved:
Secret Garden (sweet)
A Little Princess (ditto...)
animal farm (bit depressing)
the hobbit (i enjoy it more than LotR)
wuthering heights (bit scary and weird but good)
Emma (i can read it again and again and again)
Little women (LOVE it!!! better than the movie!! such a lovely book)
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (rather dry, ironic and amusing)

 

[MedNez]

The Silmarilion by Tolkien. That's for post-HSC ;D

 

[gordo]

temple by matt reilly

 

[Nashie]

temple by matt reilly

*cough* dickhead */cough* great book, read it!


My list: (note, all school books were read under duress)
*Pride and predjudice
*20,000 leagues under the sea (original)
*Letters from the inside, john marsden
*tomorrow when the war began

 

[Sarah168]

read "letters from the inside" nashie. its a pretty good book. Abit on the thin side but a good read

 

[^CoSMic DoRiS^^]

Hmm, I've read every single book I own at least once through if not more. Actually no, I haven't read my Bible all the way through - sadly I gave up on it after about 20 pages, which i thought was a valiant effort given that the writing in it is tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny and all faded and stuff.

 

[persephone]

I forgot about Alice in Wonderland and LOTR.

I also bought Mansfield Park and Eragon (only because it was marked down from $39.95 to $10).

 

[Rafy]

Bob woodward's plan of attack. Got it around the Iraq war and have only ever gotten around to reading about 100pages......Finish it over summer i probally will.

 

[lourai*87]

Hm i tried to read the bible once. I picked a random page, read a line or two, thought this is bullshit and put it back where it came from..

What i own and havent read
Byzantium - Stephen Lawhead (it was long, and cheap - never got round to getting past the first page)
LOTR - started the first one, got about half way and realised it bored me to tears. Movies so much better
Daivid Copperfield - Dickens (same as someone above, thought i should read it, being a classic - but im say 1/4 through and it is not holding my interest)
Also about 4 John Grishams that i didnt get around to reading before i got over his stuff, all the same story really
Four Past Midnight - Stephen King (i dont like nightmares :s)

umm cant think of anything else. Oh yes, i never finished Alice in Wonderland either.

Ps: Animal Farm is actually quite good - despite only reading it due to school