tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post4816932365824941498..comments2023-10-23T16:56:24.871-04:00Comments on Wandering the World: My TBR PileMsTypohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405552178619579820noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-8980960605422070672008-10-28T15:28:00.000-04:002008-10-28T15:28:00.000-04:00Is it a good thing to have someone find your blog ...Is it a good thing to have someone find your blog and then go back and read all the posts? Well...this seals the deal...a fellow book lover. This has got to be the most eclectic book list I have ever seeen. I am not sure what to think about a list that has James Patterson on it :-)<BR/><BR/>Two that are not there...that should be: <BR/><BR/>Donna Tartt's "The Secret History"<BR/>and <BR/>"The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova.Keys to the Magic Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634829064005032831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-89766127509691232312008-10-28T08:48:00.000-04:002008-10-28T08:48:00.000-04:00Great list-- but yes, I think some are missing too...Great list-- but yes, I think some are missing too. The Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth books are awesome, so is Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams...but I read SO much I could add another 100. BAHAHAHA I did see some new ones though, and I'm adding them to my "to read" list.Bramblemoon Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245480846208089568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-82973583949043824242008-10-23T04:33:00.000-04:002008-10-23T04:33:00.000-04:00It was totally awesome, and totally unexpected to ...It was totally awesome, and totally unexpected to get Blog of Note, and one of the big bonuses has been finding a lot more blogs to read, including yours!<BR/><BR/>It is an interesting list of Top 100 books, but I do think that there are some books missing!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-71723027860403301232008-10-22T03:02:00.000-04:002008-10-22T03:02:00.000-04:00Yay! Bookaholics Unite! :-) Thanks for the list, a...Yay! Bookaholics Unite! :-) Thanks for the list, although I have too many books sitting unread in my house right now (no time... sigh) so I shouldn't be shopping for more. Our dream home will have built-in bookcases in every room. But in the meantime, we make do with what we have, and have branched out with eBook readers and massive memory cards for all those eBooks out there.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667481504650498976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-40689420989049102112008-10-22T01:08:00.000-04:002008-10-22T01:08:00.000-04:001. Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling2. Twilight -...<B>1. Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling</B><BR/>2. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer<BR/><B>3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen</B><BR/>4. The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Isobelle Carmody<BR/>5. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult<BR/><B>6. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee</B><BR/>7. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak<BR/>8. Breath - Tim Winton<BR/>9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini<BR/>10. Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs<BR/>11. The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay<BR/><B>12. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk</B><BR/>13. Magician - Raymond E. Feist<BR/>14. The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons<BR/>15. Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin<BR/><B>16. Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden</B><BR/><B>17. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold</B><BR/>18. Cross - James Patterson<BR/>19. Persuasion - Jane Austen<BR/><B>20. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte<BR/>21. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger</B><BR/>22. The Secret - Rhonda Byrne<BR/>23. Marley and Me - John Grogan<BR/><B>24. Antony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough</B><BR/>25. April Fools Day - Bryce Courtney<BR/>26. North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell<BR/>27. In My Skin - Kate Holden<BR/><B>28. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte</B><BR/>29. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini<BR/><B>30. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory</B><BR/>31. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult<BR/><B>32. Atonement - Ian McEwan</B> (I think)<BR/>33. Shantaram Gregory - David Roberts<BR/>34. Pillars Of The Earth - Ken Follett<BR/>35. The Pact - Jodi Picoult<BR/><B>36. Ice Station - Matthew Reilly</B><BR/>37. Cloudstreet - Tim Winton<BR/>38. Jessica - Bryce Courtenay<BR/>39. A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle<BR/>40. The Princess Bride - William Goldman<BR/>41. Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs<BR/>42. Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes<BR/>43. Life Of Pi - Yann Martel<BR/><B>44. Seven Ancient Wonders - Matthew Reilly</B><BR/>45. People Of The Book - Geraldine Brooks<BR/><B>46. Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly</B><BR/>47. Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards<BR/>48. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz<BR/>49. Tully - Paullina Simons<BR/>50. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom<BR/><B>51. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger</B><BR/><B>52. Eragon - Christopher Paolini</B><BR/>53. Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert<BR/>54. It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong<BR/><B>55. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens</B><BR/>56. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry<BR/>57. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho<BR/>58. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell (want to! Very much so. I just have too much still to read!)<BR/>59 A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey<BR/>60. The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley (Again, want to)<BR/>61. The Notebook -Nicholas Sparks<BR/>62. Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen<BR/>63. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom<BR/>64. The Host - Stephenie Meyer<BR/>65. Dirt Music - Tim Winton<BR/><B>66. Eldest - Christopher Paolini</B><BR/>67. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon<BR/>68. It - Stephen King<BR/>69. World Without End - Ken Follett<BR/><B>70. Emma - Jane Austen<BR/>71. Temple - Matthew Reilly</B><BR/>72. Little Women - Alcott Louisa May<BR/>73. Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich<BR/><B>74. Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly</B><BR/>75. American Gods - Neil Gaiman<BR/>76. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez<BR/>77. P.S, I Love You - Cecelia Ahern<BR/>78. All That Remains - Patricia Cornwell<BR/>79. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch<BR/>80. Past Secrets - Cathy Kelly<BR/>81. The Persimmon Tree - Bryce Courtenay<BR/>82. Husband - Dean Koontz<BR/>83. Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult<BR/>84. Wicked - Gregory Maguire<BR/>85. Spot Of Bother - Mark Haddon<BR/>86. Always And Forever - Cathy Kelly<BR/>87. The Road - Cormac McCarthy<BR/>88. Cents & Sensibility - Maggie Alderson<BR/>89. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris<BR/>90. The Shifting Fog - Kate Morton<BR/>91. We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver<BR/><B>92. Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger</B> (Shittest book EVER)<BR/>93. Hour Game - David Baldacci<BR/><B>94. Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay</B> (All the Dexters are great!)<BR/>95. The Woods - Harlan Coben<BR/>96. Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<BR/>97. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides<BR/>98. Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis<BR/>99. Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali<BR/>100. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks<BR/><BR/>Colour me unsurprised that Matthew Reilly made it into this Australian list so much despite only being an average author!Aurennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745184271044441850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-10305003792840180982008-10-21T08:51:00.000-04:002008-10-21T08:51:00.000-04:00I too have read 'Life of Pi" and a few of the Jane...I too have read 'Life of Pi" and a few of the Jane Austens, of course. I am in the middle of another Patricia Cornwell although she isn't my favorite--I prefer Sue Grafton or even Anne Perry.<BR/>'Elephants' was a good book for the train. I enjoyed it as a change from my usual mysteries. <BR/>merthyrmumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-51299419551695803382008-10-21T06:04:00.000-04:002008-10-21T06:04:00.000-04:00Found your blog through Lulu's. Congrats on yo...Found your blog through Lulu's. Congrats on your Afrigator billing btw!<BR/><BR/>I too have my book obsession, and have had to turn to borrowing from the Library because books are getting so expensive to buy!!<BR/><BR/>Im pleased to say that I've read 20 out of the 100 on your A&R list. And there are lots there that I've wanted to read but never gotten around too.<BR/><BR/>Have a great Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>JustineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-8189485101441774722008-10-21T04:45:00.000-04:002008-10-21T04:45:00.000-04:00Four - Thanks!! *blush* How did you hear?!Lynda ...Four - Thanks!! *blush* How did you hear?!<BR/><BR/>Lynda - i have "Pillars." Next time i see you, remind me to brining it and you're welcome to borrow my copy. :)<BR/><BR/>Grouse - I don't really get why "Road" is getting so much love. It's good but it isn't the best book i've ever read by far!<BR/><BR/>Stewart - I love, love, loved the movie "Power of One" so i'll defintely have to pick up the book. :)<BR/><BR/>Mum- What did you think of "Elephants?"MsTypohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405552178619579820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-32284289156637674032008-10-21T00:39:00.000-04:002008-10-21T00:39:00.000-04:00Oooh, booklists, enough to get me to stop lurking!...Oooh, booklists, enough to get me to stop lurking! I've read roughly the same as you, but not The Road (couldn't get into it) and I've definitely read Life of Pi.<BR/><BR/>I also have about 10 boxes of books sitting in my mother's attic in Scotland that I haven't read in the past 10 years, but I absolutely cannot throw out..which means, as she's selling the house, shipping them here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-23426615194412388692008-10-20T15:04:00.000-04:002008-10-20T15:04:00.000-04:00You can never have to many books!! Moving all over...You can never have to many books!! Moving all over the world as a kid books were the one "have to have" that my parents always crated. I can still remember what book I was reading when we had to evacute Togo when I was 12.<BR/><BR/>I've read a bunch of those but now my goal is to knock them all out. Power of One I can definitly recommend. It's my favorite and as much as I read that's saying a lot!The Stewart Reporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198103435733907840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-67814188623233623152008-10-20T11:03:00.000-04:002008-10-20T11:03:00.000-04:00That list is compiled in Australia - so a little b...That list is compiled in Australia - so a little bias... I have read many of those - would recommend Dirt Music by Tim Winton (I wanted to weep when it was finished and didn't talk to anyone for days) - haven't been able to get my hands on Breathe yet.<BR/><BR/>Desperate to read the sequel to Pillars of the Earth - just too bloody big to carry as hand luggage - might read it over Xmas if I can get an English copy in Germany.<BR/><BR/>You can never have too many books - I am highly suspicious of people who say they never read or whom have no books in their homes...scaryLyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037350189933791568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-57674647356876828252008-10-20T09:26:00.000-04:002008-10-20T09:26:00.000-04:00I read the original Kathy Reich book 'Deja Dead' o...I read the original Kathy Reich book 'Deja Dead' on the train along with 'Water for Elephants' (Sara Gruen). <BR/>You haven't read 'A Tale of Two Cities'? Good book. I have read 'The Shadow of the Wind': now that is a good book to put on your list.<BR/>And of course all (well...most of) the mystery series books as long as they are in the cheap versions!<BR/>merthyrmumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17132364.post-23014648757473279702008-10-20T07:53:00.000-04:002008-10-20T07:53:00.000-04:00Hey, you made the list of top 45 women bloggers in...Hey, you made the list of top 45 women bloggers in Africa!<BR/>http://blog.afrigator.com/2008/10/20/top-45-female-african-bloggers/<BR/><BR/>(Actually, it's top African women bloggers, but that's not exactly right, is it?)<BR/><BR/>Congratulations!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com