Comments on: 876 books before I die

By: Siel

Siel — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:05:17 +0000

KateNonymous — It does seem a slightly strange list…. I was kind of impressed that a few surrealist classics made it on there though :)

Beth Terry — You can read novels on the internet you know :P

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:23:37 +0000

I have a hard time reading books when I’ve seen the movie first. That applies to the following from your list:

A Home at the End of the World
Like Water for Chocolate
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Clockwork Orange
Naked Lunch
A Room With a View

I have actually read most of those on your list. I’d check out the full list, but honestly, since this Internet thing started, I have had a hard time reading fiction in book form, so finding out what I’ll probably never read anyway would just depress me.

Plus, I’m procrastinating.

By: KateNonymous

KateNonymous — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:40:09 +0000

116, which seems pretty good. But no Homer? Really? Well, I haven’t read the compilation, so I can’t critique the results (much) when I don’t know the methodology.

By: Siel

Siel — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:05:46 +0000

Well some are really short stories, not novels — if that makes it any easier to, um, die well-read –

By: Don Hosek

Don Hosek — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:03:22 +0000

I’m at 167, but being older, I guess that just means that I’m closer to death. At some point I did the math and determined I needed to read one ever 2 or 3 weeks to finish before I was dead.