tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post2121947061010725629..comments2024-02-15T17:04:14.226+01:00Comments on Jane Is The One: tell me what you've read, and I'll tell you...janestheonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-31170767213763733322010-11-24T18:16:37.336+01:002010-11-24T18:16:37.336+01:00Well Jonny - I guess any list like this has to be ...Well Jonny - I guess any list like this has to be subjective and will look odd to somebody. A list of my top 100 books would probably look pretty odd to you and vice versa. (46 of this list btw). Incidentally, a certain Mr W. Shakespeare might have something to say about your 'no poetry' comment....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-88763340434635187592010-11-24T17:21:01.729+01:002010-11-24T17:21:01.729+01:00Poeple who read books are the best conversationali...Poeple who read books are the best conversationalists because their reading informs their thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-14825612598973690842010-11-24T11:39:24.176+01:002010-11-24T11:39:24.176+01:00anon 1017 that is for others to judgeanon 1017 that is for others to judgejanestheonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-90830266011139406512010-11-24T10:49:21.857+01:002010-11-24T10:49:21.857+01:0076 here. A most peculiar list, though - a mix of w...76 here. A most peculiar list, though - a mix of what are deemed classics and loads of recent "Oprah" type selections. No poetry though.Jonnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-55194848640158360432010-11-24T10:17:38.509+01:002010-11-24T10:17:38.509+01:00Conversation not your strong point then.Conversation not your strong point then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-58020182083846895252010-11-23T17:44:28.318+01:002010-11-23T17:44:28.318+01:0086, me86, mejanestheonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-39355725766349725582010-11-23T16:48:22.148+01:002010-11-23T16:48:22.148+01:00The Faraway Tree is part of a series of four Blyto...The Faraway Tree is part of a series of four Blyton books, including The Enchanted Wood.<br /><br />There is a tree that the children climb ( one is called Fanny) and in the tree they meet their friend, MoonFace.<br />Atr the top of the tree, there are various different worlds that they visit. You never know which world it is going to be - and if the world 'moves on' it will spin away from the Faraway Tree and the children are trapped in the world and can't get back.<br />The worst world was the one controlled by a terrifying figure called Dame Slap. It was always fantastic if the world happened to be something like The Land of Sweets - but there was absolutely no guarantee.<br /><br />They were excellent books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-55486697603613960242010-11-23T16:15:16.148+01:002010-11-23T16:15:16.148+01:00Well, I was required to read the listed Dickens an...Well, I was required to read the listed Dickens and Shakespeare at school. In the Fifties. So that's half a dozen for starters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-37469899885284366862010-11-23T16:03:29.750+01:002010-11-23T16:03:29.750+01:00Secret History and Cloud Atlas! Excellent. Yes, ...Secret History and Cloud Atlas! Excellent. Yes, the list is "Anglocentric", but as I am a monoglot Anglo myself, what else am I expected to have read? I reckon that I have completed at least 36 from this list, and dipped in to many others, so I am feeling a bit smug. There seems to be a bit of double counting - CS Lewis and Shakespeare appear under two headings, one of which includes the other.<br /><br />Certain about the Enid Blyton, though. My first assay into the minefield of literary criticism, at the age of 8, was trying to persuade my young brother of its virtues. He was not convinced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-42195786284221426422010-11-23T12:06:07.450+01:002010-11-23T12:06:07.450+01:00A Prayer For Owen Meany is one of my very favourit...A Prayer For Owen Meany is one of my very favourite books, I've never read anything else quite like it.Mr London Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05141191628680903646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-11166505986676490482010-11-23T10:24:40.632+01:002010-11-23T10:24:40.632+01:00What a sad, restrictive and unambitious list. BILL...What a sad, restrictive and unambitious list. BILL BRYSON?!! Pretty perlease!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com