Comments on: I Read Books

By: JD

JD — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:04:46 +0000

Fergus Mayhew: Hello, and welcome! How funny that Richard Thompson brought you here. I’m a big fan, as well.

So! Music, books…what else do we have in common? I’m off to check out your site…

By: Fergus Mayhew

Fergus Mayhew — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:27:24 +0000

Found you in a strange way … looking for information about Richard Thompson, one of my favorite artists, and you popped up because of those lyrics.

Very nice to have arrived here … what a marvellous list of books. Serendipity indeed.

Fergus Mayhew’s last blog post..Nice Day With the Family

By: JD

JD — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:29:55 +0000

Lydia: Isn’t that funny! That whole site is great. I enjoyed Great Gatsby too, but the condensed version will do in a pinch.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:05:00 +0000

The condensed version of The Great Gatsby is hilarious! I enjoyed the book, though.

By: JD

JD — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:40:25 +0000

Canucklehead! Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll mentally un-highlight it and italicize it instead. I loved A Confederacy of Dunces, too—almost ready for a re-read of that and A Heartbreaking Work. Did you ever read Dave Eggars’ other book You Shall Know Our Velocity? It’s not quite as good as Heartbreaking, but still very weird and funny. Also had a book of short stories that I didn’t much care for.

Thanks for the comment! READ MORE BOOKS!!!111@@@@

By: Cancuklehead

Cancuklehead — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:21:34 +0000

MAN - what a great list of books. Based solely on what you have read, you should really look into “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.” It’s a good book and I think you would enjoy it. There are SO many good books there - one of my faves will always be “A Confederacy of Dunces” - but it hard to recommend to others. Heartbreaking work is good as well - man - I could go on all day … ok, I’ll stop now.

By: JD

JD — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:39:15 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Dan. Credit where credit is due…

By: dcr

dcr — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:32:34 +0000

Thanks for playing. And, just to avoid any confusion, it’s not “my” meme. I saw it on Doug’s blog, and he had been tagged with it by another blogger…

By: JD

JD — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:14:25 +0000

No! No one is allowed to feel stupid. Remember, this is the list of titles that most users marked as “unread,” so you’re in good company. I was an English major, so reading a lot of these books was mandatory and not necessarily enjoyable (tho I do have quite a few favorites).

I LOVED Heartbreaking Work, or as Dave calls it A Staggering Work of Heartbreaking Genius.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:06:27 +0000

Oh, boy. Kathy feeling stupid now. So many of those are on my “to read before I die” list. My husband has probably read more of the classics listed than I have. Maybe I could cheat and combine our readings? I can spot four immediately that he recently read. Most of the ones I’ve read were college reading. My favorite of the ones I have read? A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. That’s one I could read twice.