A Book Meme

This courtesy of Ms. Cornelius: *Look at the list of books below.
*Bold the ones you’ve read.
*Italicize the ones you want to read.
*Leave blank the ones that you aren’t interested in.

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) -- details details details
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) I know a guy reading this one, but I liked it.
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)-- Best book I read from high school, over and over and over again.
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien) I was a young man who went to middle school and, yes I like Dungeons & Dragons. Every geek read this.
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)see comment to #5
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)... see comment to #5
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)-ehh
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling) wisdom wrapped up in story, every Harry Potter is worth its weight to read.
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown) Da Vinci code prequel, more development of Langdon though.
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving) Read at behest of my wife--not imprssed.
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) Very impressive.
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling) read out of sequence, but still read it.
17. Fall on Your Knees(Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King) Not a horror fiction guy..
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling) First HP book read.
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) Thanks to college Lit courses
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien) See comment to #5
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger) I must be an idiot, but I don't this one. Holden needs a serious attitude adjustment, he just struck me as weak.
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)-- .
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) -- Actually got this one in via books on CD.
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) -- High School AP English teacher loved this one, so we all had to read it and talk about it--for weeks
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) Brilliant!!
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) Mom's recommendation--ehh, not generally my cup of tea.
31. Dune (Frank Herbert) Perhaps one of the greatest Sci-fi writers ever.
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)-- NOT.
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) Loved the Fountainhead so this was a natural follow on.
34. 1984 (Orwell) I like the Van Halen Album by the same name better.
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) Pretty good.
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb) I generally avoid any Oprah book club selection like the plague.
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel) My father recommended this series and it didn't disappoint.
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom) After Tuesdays with Morrie, this just didn't make the cut
45. Bible-- Read it, but don't recommend reading the Catholic way.
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)--still don't get Tolstoy, but not bad.
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) Revenge at its best.
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt) I'm Irish Catholic, get over it.
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) Read in conjunction with a high school history paper.
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)--A little much more me at the time, but might be worth a revisit.
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)--classic sci-fi and worthy lit.
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)--Blame AP English.
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)--took me a while to get it.
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling) Harry Potter, duh!
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)--not what I thought it would be, but still not bad.
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)--When 10 words wouldn't do, use 50. Also, need a cheat sheet for the characters.
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice) It took a long time to get to read this, but I loved the set up and story.
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)World Lit class assignment. I don't get it.
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) This book hit me about six months later. Don't recommend it while actually in the military.
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding) Read it after seeing the movie at wife's request. Liked the book better.
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell) Went through a real Japanese Samurai phase in high school.
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith) Wasn't this practically required in Jr. High.
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)Absolutely, didn't like the ending as a kid.
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck) classic
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)--didn't really get into Goodkind's stories, but the writing has always been first rate.
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams) punishment reading that turned out to not be such punishment. Classy and classic
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) Wow. Dad suggested it, he still hasn't let me down.
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding) Not for the faint of heart.
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)Love Ludlum's work.
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton) Another book that hit me later.
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield) I don't get it, never have, still doubt I could.
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)-- Far and away teh hardest read I have ever understaken. I have to say that some tech manuals hold more interest for me. But I dared myself to read it and said I would--it took months.
101. Jurassic Park --Live Crichton's story telling. Many people don't but I like it.
102. Learn Me Good

52 books on the list. Not bad, better than half.