10 Books Not To Read Before You Die.

[Shannon]

You can also manage a good life without being in the least familiar with anything written by Toni Morrison.

I managed to get through about 10 pages of Beloved. It was horrible.

[Gingersnap]

I managed to get through about 10 pages of Beloved. It was horrible.

The Bluest Eye - just awful. I don't even have blue eyes.

[Bubba Dawg]

I enjoyed The Lord of the Rings and the Iliad and the Odyssey.

I also really like Hunter Thompson.

[Bubba Dawg]

I love Fear and Loathing in LV, though Campaign Trail '72 is better.

I agree. I didn't much like the movie.

[Phillygirl]

I vehemently disagree w/ No2



I read it and enjoyed it!

I thought the same thing.

I would switch that with Beowulf. I might also throw in Don Quixote.

[Molon Labe]

I know I'll probably get killed by Ian for this but... Atlas Shrugged.

I would imagine it's a fantastic book, but I cannot seem to even finish Rand's, "The Fountainhead"...and Atlas is twice as long. I think something like 1200 pages...est. I just don't ever think I'll get to it until I'm retired.

[Gingersnap]

I thought the same thing.

I switch that with Beowulf.

Beowulf is quite a bit more stirring in the original, also, spookier. :D

[Bubba Dawg]

Beowulf is quite a bit more stirring in the original, also, spookier. :D

Seamus Heaney's translation is very good.

[Phillygirl]

Beowulf is quite a bit more stirring in the original, also, spookier. :D

I don't care what language it's in...the damn thing sucked!!! Although apparently I was the only one in senior lit that preferred more of Shakespeare's sonnets. Or at least something uplifting like Emily Dickinson.

[Phillygirl]

I know I'll probably get killed by Ian for this but... Atlas Shrugged.

I would imagine it's a fantastic book, but I cannot seem to even finish Rand's, "The Fountainhead"...and Atlas is twice as long. I think something like 1200 pages...est. I just don't ever think I'll get to it until I'm retired.

I only read Anthem. That was enough for me.