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Book Club Ping.

Are these 10 Books that You should NOT read before you die -- or is the author a Twit?

31 posted on 09/18/2008 7:16:54 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter.)
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To: Tanniker Smith
Well, considering that Pride and Prejudice is my all-time favorite, next to Gone With the Wind, I'll say twit. ;)
77 posted on 09/19/2008 5:20:33 AM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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10: Ulysses – James Joyce—— Agree It just hasn't held up.

9: Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien ——Disagree

8: For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway ——Disagree Read this one and then you have read them all.

7: À la Recherche du Temps Perdu – Marcel Proust —— Disagree One sometimes needs to discipline one's brain.

6: The Dice Man – Luke Reinhart ——huh?

5: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S Thompson -—Agree Made me want to blow my brains out.

4: The Beauty Myth – Naomi Wolff Agree -— Pop feminism

3: War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy Disagree ——If I can do it you can do it.

2: The Iliad — Homer -— Really disagree. Foundational for Western lit

1: Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Disagree. Fun book and a snapshot into a different era.

93 posted on 09/19/2008 1:59:46 PM PDT by Chickensoup ('08 VOTING for the SUPREME COURT that will be BEST for my FAMILY and voting for SARAH PALIN!!!)
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