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1. 1984 - I read this book in high school. I didn‘t really like it.
2. The Catcher In The Rye - This book was okay but I didn‘t really care for it.
3. Lord Of The Flies - I didn‘t like this book when I read it.
4. The Lord Of The Rings - I really enjoyed reading the books and watching the movies. I read the books first and then watched the movies. I liked The Hobbit too. The best part is that it‘s a finished book series.

#threelistthursday

Abysmal. Hemingway and high school assignments were four of the five. Lord of the Flies is disturbing, but is one of my favorites from this list. (So disturbing). Fun fact - I have been grumbling at most of these lists because The Quiet American is the only Graham Greene they usually list and it isn‘t the one I‘ve read. Only, I just checked The StoryGraph and apparently I read it in 2021 and just didn‘t like it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #tlt #threelistthursday

I own an edition of this book and have used it as a checklist for more than a decade and i still didn't recognize all the books on the list. 😂

It's not necessarily we're not “well-read“ but rather a specific effort was made to create an international list so, for example, it includes classics from Scandinavian countries that are not well-known elsewhere.

Three books I don't remember reading:
The Roots of Heaven
The Guiltless
Death Sentence

#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

I S.U.C.K.! For the first time, I actually counted how many books I actually recognized: only 28/100! That means I have never even heard of 72 of them! 😱 Of the nine I actually read, here are three faves:
1. THE LONG GOOD-BYE: love Philip Marlowe and Chandler.
2. THE GO-BETWEEN: beautifully written, reminded me of ATONEMENT (though this one came first).
3. THE LORD OF THE RINGS. #ofcourse

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
We're on to list 5, all from the 1900s. I'm getting worse, not better! 😅
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-list5
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag if you want.

EVERYONE is tagged; ALL are welcome. 🤗

I haven't chimed in on one of these posts in awhile, but as I've read a few of the books selected from the tagged book I felt like doing a post. 3 favorites from this list would be:
*Larsen's Passing
*Schulz's Street of Crocodiles
*Sayers' Murder Must Advertise
*Tolkien's The Hobbit
*Du Maurier's Rebecca
(you really thought I'd stop at 3?! LOLOL)
3 books I want to read from the list:
*Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
(CONT)

#TLT @dabbe

Ugh!! 8. Just 8.

I recommend these three books that I would not have read without this list:

The Bridge on the Drina
Chess Story
The Street of Crocodiles

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe

link to survey: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-list4

10/100 Faves in photo. All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the few books assigned in 9th grade that I managed to finish. Rereading Their Eyes Were Watching God taught me that no one reads the same book twice. Our life experiences rewrites how we respond to the text. A Farewell to Arms started my obsession with Hemingway, and it also sparked a running joke Junior year of high school about being blown up while eating cheese. Kids…🤣🤣 #tlt

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
We're on to list 4, all from the 1900s.
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-list4
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag if you want.

EVERYONE is tagged; ALL are welcome. 🤗

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe

There is no in between in this survey, I had either never heard of the book or I had read the book and a lot of the ones I did read I didn‘t like. My collection of 1001 Books to Read Before You Die is very different. It was nice to see E M Forster, Evelyn Waugh, James Joyce, and Virginia Wolfe. Special shout out to The Charwoman‘s Daughter for making the list.

This is too funny. I thought that the 1700s would be my worst showing, and my scores would improve by the 1900s. But the 1700s were my best score, and they've gotten progressively worse. If I'm 100% honest, I don't know about some of these titles. 🫠 My only thought besides shame after this quiz is that I would like to read more Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf. 😉😏😂
#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

#ThreeListThursday

Not good but still missing 3 from my older edition. Hoping to do better in the next century 😁

@dabbe

I 💜 Zola and also ❤ Gide (not pictured, I couldn't choose)

I may have marked a couple of books that I never quite finished. But so many good-and-long reads on this section of The List.

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe

I have often thought about purchasing this book. So many I do not know. Ivanhoe, Bleak House, and Wuthering Heights are three I enjoyed reading. Although, I do remember finding 6 pages of describing a dress quite tedious. Talking to you, Sir Scott. #TLT @dabbe

#ThreeListThursday

Not great especially since 6 of them are DNF‘s.

I have the 2006 version of the book and have read/dnf‘d 24. In my version, and not on the survey, are Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, A Christmas Carol, Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women, War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Tess of the D‘Urbervilles. It‘s hard to imagine that these didn‘t make the list.

Classics are hit or miss for me but have added some to Mt TBR

Hahahahhahaha anyone else on Team Zero 😆😆There were maybe two that I “read” in high school lit, which meant I actually just used CliffsNotes. I am very much not a classics kind of girl.
#TLT @dabbe @TheSpineView thanks for the tags!

ETA- I‘ve tried to read several like Austen and just really not cared for them.

I got 7%: 7 out of 100😂 Had it not been for my High School Jr and Sr English Teachers it would have only been 2 😂

Top 3:
The Scarlett Letter
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of Usher

Last 2 HS

#TLT #Threelistthursday @dabbe

#TLT @dabbe

Only 19 😣. Hopefully that means my scores will just improve from here. 🤞🏻

#TLT #ThreeListThursday #1001BooksToReadBeforeYouDie @dabbe

Besides the Austens, my fave on this list is Vanity Fair. Thought it was a hoot!🦉🌟 📚

I chose the poetry class over the lit class for this era in college. 🤣 Random thoughts:
💚 I was one of the only people in my class who loved Candide when we read it in high school. This still baffles me.
🩵 I saw the netflix series based on House of Usher, and it was so strange. I really want to read the story now.
💙 I hadn't heard of A Dream of Red Mansions before today, and now it's on my tbr.
#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

Thanks @dabbe for sharing!

I expected this to be higher with my MA in 18th century studies, but 27! And I'm not sure the Brontes and Dickens should be on this list - I think they are late 1800s authors.

#tlt #threelisthursdays

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Well, this one oughta be fun! I'm such a sucker for book lists. 🤣
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging Littens who played last week. 🤩

This year I read 37 books from the #1001books list. I think 2 of those were rereads, so my current Goodreads tally is 289 completed books from the complete list of 1318 books.

Some of the most interesting/memorable included Cloud Atlas, Year of the Hare, Perfume, and Storm of Steel.

#ReadingStats #2024Stats #DaiseysReadingSummary

I completed 45 books from the #1001books list this year for an updated total of 253 out of 1,318!

A few were rereads but from long enough ago that I didn‘t have dates in Goodreads. As usual, there were books I just pushed through to finish as well as fantastic reads.

Several were read for the #Reading1001 group, including 13 for #TBRTakedown. Many others were read with or for various readalong groups and challenges listed in the comments.

I‘m compiling my reading statistics for this year, which also includes updating the tabs in my copy of this book. Whenever I look at the list and think it‘s never ending, this print copy helps me realize I am making progress. It also makes me wish for an edition with all 1,300+ books on the list because I sometimes have to add tabs for a book that has been removed or added in a newer edition.

#2023stats #1001books #DaiseysReadingSummary

So, I went down a rabbit hole yesterday. Not for the first time, I came across this list. This time around, I decided to add this list to my book challenges spreadsheet as well as tag any books that I‘ve read using Goodreads. Surprisingly, I‘ve read more than I expected! But there‘s still soooo many! Ah well, it‘ll be a lifetime project and a labour of love. 💜😉📚
(February 18, 2023)

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView
Thanks for the tag @JenReadsAlot 😊💕

1) Oh it's chaos! Desperately trying to fulfil reading challenges... Assiduously avoiding the books I'm SUPPOSED to be reading... Book happened to be in my hand... Someone mentioned the book and I got book envy... Wanted to get a rubbish looking book over and done with... In the mood for a mystery...

2) Every day is book day 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I'm gonna say Monday though 😁

In 2022 I read 36 books from the #1001books list. 2 were recent rereads that didn‘t add to my cumulative total of 208 books from the list of now over 1300 books.

I read books for #FoodAndLit, #ReadingAfrica2022, #PemberLittens, #WhartonBuddyRead, & #Reading1001 including all 12 of the #TBRTakedown choices.

Ulysses was the greatest challenge. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and Suite Francaise were favorites.

#ReadingStats #2022Stats

Stolen from Book Riot‘s instagram last week, but I thought I should share (even if it is advice I don‘t always follow).

REPOST - These are books I‘ve read and am happy to pass along to other U.S. readers. All of them are on the #1001books list. I posted once in the evening and am posting again in case people missed it. Specific titles are tagged in my previous post. If you are not in the U.S. but interested, comment including country and I will check on postage as I‘ve had little interest so far. #Giveaway

Litsy friends, especially those of you working on the #1001books list, I am happy to pass these books that I have already read on to other readers in the U.S. I‘ll tag the individual titles below. Please comment about any books that interest you. I don‘t expect overwhelming interest for most of these, but if multiple people are interested in any particular titles, I‘ll draw names this weekend (2/12/22) and then request addresses. #Giveaway

I read another short story today to bring my #1001books total for 2021 to 36 plus 3 rereads. This brings me to a cumulative total of 174 books from the list.

A few were included for #FoodAndLit, and many were completed with the #Reading1001 group on Goodreads. However, I‘ll admit I wasn‘t great about reviewing or participating in discussion there. It includes all 12 of this year‘s #TBRTakedown books.

#1001books #2021Stats #ReadingStats

Another end of the year wrap-up. In 2021 I only read 13 books from the #1001books list. I have now read 650 of the listed books.

Have just spent the last hour or so logging on Goodreads which of these books I've read so far... turns out I've managed 53 / 1001 (which isn't too bad to say I'm 33 and only started reading seriously about a decade ago!)

I feel inspired to write my own book of book lists... I own and ❤ so many of them (several are in storage) and this one has some dodgy choices for the 2000s 😅

I may try to recruit some Litsy help when I start the project!

2020 hasn‘t been the best year for reading books of the list of #1001books to read before you die.
I did finish Proust though and fell in love with Americanah.
With 23 books this year my total now equals 637 out of 1001.

I read 30 more books from the #1001books list this year, plus 3 rereads of Austen novels that I did not count. This is just under my goal to average 3 per month but exactly the same number as last year. I read my #Reading1001 group #TBRTakedown book for every month of the year although not always within the month. Some of these also worked for #ReadingEurope2020, and I enjoyed reading Moby Dick with #LitsyBookClub.

#ReadingStats #2020Stats

Today I got a new iPhone and my other favorite app, 1001 books, is no longer supported by Apple. So now I no longer know if I‘m on track in finishing those 1001 books before I die 😢🤷🏻‍♀️
I loved that feature and keeping track of the books I read. Now it‘s back to the spreadsheet I guess.

Clara, after catching a glimpse of my TBR pile.

In other news, she‘s balding and growing chins like a tiny old man and it‘s hilarious. 😍

Thank you for the tag @NeedsMoreBooks Question 1: when I learned to read when I was around 4 years. Question 2: impossible to answer because not every book is good for every person, though I could come up with a list of a hundred or so I would feel good about recommending 😊. Tagging @LeahBergen #Two4Tuesday

We did it! 24 hours of reading in 48 hours! With 2 hours to spare! Look for an upcoming episode recounting our journey. #24in48 #not24in48 #1001books

We‘ve got a fun little book recommendation episode for you. These are our favorite books that cameo to our lives in 2019. #yearinreview #applepodcasts #googleplay #soundcloud

Finally, as part of my year end wrap up, here are the 30 books I read from the #1001books list in 2019. It‘s not quite as many as I was hoping for, but I did manage to read my #Reading1001 #TBRTakedown book every month, a few of the books of the month for that group, a few with Litsy readalongs, and a few random choices.

#1001Discoveries #Genji #Hugonuts #ReadColdBlood
#2019Stats #ReadingStats

Hey, friends! I‘m itching to do another buddy read of a big, fat classic tome, but not sure what book to tackle. I‘ve gained so much from the discussions and group insights in the past.

I‘ve tagged a few former buddy readers, but no pressure. Anyone who‘s interested, please feel free to jump in with ideas!

A #BucketList is a list of all the things you want to do before you die. Like reading this selection of 1001 books, perhaps.

#SelfImprovementSept
@OriginalCyn620
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Lol. #bookaddict #tbrpile

#1001books #readaroundtheworld So I did a thing. I mostly cleaned up the nationalities from the complete GR list of authors in the tagged book. Then I got a complete list of countries/sovereign states. Then I combined the two. It should be viewable here: https://bit.ly/30y0xg7. Might add column for #readwomen later.

Read harder AND smarter, Littens. I don't know if I'll ever real all 1200+ books, but I want to read as diversely as possible.