10-04-2007, 08:13 PM
I took your lead and went through the list. It's curious that upon my first reading of the lists I agreed with neither but with the Reader's list much the least, due to the unfortunate inclusion of the LRH books. And yet, I stand like this:
Board's List: 10 of 100
Reader's List: 21 of 100
...putting me exactly 1/2 of a book ahead of CF. Many of the unread books are on a list my older brother gave me years ago.... that I almost entirely ignored after attempting the first on his list - The Brothers Karamatzov. Never again with the Russian authors for me.
Still, there are a couple on the list I've picked up a number of times but never finished: Ulysses, The Magus, Finnegan's Wake, Lord Jim, The Worm Ouroboros (has ANYONE finished that???). I remain an uncultured boob, I suspect.
But am I happy?
Board's List: 10 of 100
Reader's List: 21 of 100
...putting me exactly 1/2 of a book ahead of CF. Many of the unread books are on a list my older brother gave me years ago.... that I almost entirely ignored after attempting the first on his list - The Brothers Karamatzov. Never again with the Russian authors for me.
Still, there are a couple on the list I've picked up a number of times but never finished: Ulysses, The Magus, Finnegan's Wake, Lord Jim, The Worm Ouroboros (has ANYONE finished that???). I remain an uncultured boob, I suspect.
But am I happy?