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My New TBR List for 2010 and beyond...

-Carlos-

-Carlos-

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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (309 pp) - 12 :star5:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (493 pp) - 20 :star4:
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (533 pp) – 21
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino (260 pp) - 26
The Tin Drum by Güntar Grass (589 pp) - 23
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (245 pp) - 22
The Brothers Karamazov By Fyodor Dostoevsky (702 pp) - 28
The Source by James A. Michener (1088 pp) - 43
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (246 pp) - 10
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (417 pp) – 20
Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
Genghis: Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
Genghis: Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (206 pp) - 8
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (335 pp) - 13
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (362 pp) - 14
Independent People by Halldor Laxness (461 pp) - 22
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (183 pp) - 7
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (242 pp) - 10
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (398 pp) - 16
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (54 pp) - 2
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (211 pp) – 8
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (694 pp) - 28
Animal Farm by George Orwell (139 pp) - 5
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (442 pp) - 18
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (543 pp) - 22
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (165 pp) - 10
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle (226 pp) - 9
Atonement by Ian McEwan (351 pp) - 14
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (215 pp) – 8
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (502 pp) – 20
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (259 pp) - 10
Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (152 pp) - 6
Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote (235 pp) - 9
The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips (251 pp) - 10
The Known World by Edward P. Jones (400 pp) - 16
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (219 pp) - 9
Gielad by Marilynne Robinson (247 pp) - 10
Home by Marilynne Robinson (225) - 13
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (293) – 21
Anthem by Ayn Rand (105) - 4
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (513 pp) 20
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (438 pp) – 17
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (288 pp) – 11
Snow by Orphan Pamuk (426 pp) – 21
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (543 pp) – 22
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (256 pp) – 10
Time’s Arrow by Martin Amis (165 pp) – 7
So You’re One of Them by Owen Akpan (354 pp) – 14
Rabit Run by John Updike by (284 pp) - 11
Rabbit Redux by John Updike (407 pp) – 16
Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (437 pp) – 17
Rabbit At Rest by by John Updike (512 pp) – 20
Rabbit Remembered by John Updike
The Chosen by Chaim Potok (291 pp) – 12
Shadow Country by Peter Mattiessen [Part 1] (248) – 10
Shadow Country by Peter Mattiessen [Part 2] (249) - 10
Shadow Country by Peter Mattiessen [Part 3] (396) – 16
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje (273 pp) – 11
March by Geraldine Brooks (273 pp) – 11
Libra by Don Dellillo (456 pp) – 14
The God of Small Things by Abundhati Roy (321 pp) – 13
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (522 pp) – 21
Arrowhead by Sinclair Lewis (430 pp) – 17
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (529 pp) – 21
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (357 pp) - 14
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Good books huh?
 
Good books huh?
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And so what?

You alway think that book are like clothes carlos and that because you have a good selection in you wardrobe,it will make you look good.
It does not.
Or like a "book DJ" doeing a specialy nice mix that will get us all clapping like mad sea lion. The difference is, a DJ know the records he is playing, you just guess at the quality.

So your new list, the last of born of many, is not specialy good, lot's of Hemigway and Updike, of classics, Conn Iggulden "lord of the bow" is untertaining but not escencial and to be honest, you should stick to this type of reading.You would be the more happy for it.
In short you are the only one ever impressed by your bloddy List and knowing you, this one is not the last.
 
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle (226 pp) - 9

This is an excellent book. Follow up with the sequel, Paula Spencer.
 
You have inspred me Aqua! I will make a list of my own, it will not be as long, but i think I do need a plan for this years reading! I have many books in my TBR pile.
 
My list? Well, currently savouring Matt Hilton's 'Judgement and Wrath', then:

Mark Billingham - Scaredycat; Lazybones

Peter James - The Roy Grace Series

Simon Kernick - Relentless

Lee Child - Without Fail

Sean Black - Lockdown
 
Yes, Aqua, a lot of good reading there. And enjoyable too.
I hope you find the time to make a significant dent.
And by all means read the books you enjoy.
Sincerely
Peder
:flowers:
 
Hey Aqua Blue,
Nice list, beginning with the right book, IMO. :D
In some ways, Lolita was the beginning of the door opening into new and more interesting vistas of reading for me. So, good choice.

I like the way you mix classics, after all they'll give you a good base to work from. Reading them is never a waste. They're classics for a reason, even if they are not our particular taste at the moment. Good reference material.
 
Great list, thanks for sharing it. It has given me a few ideas of books to put on my "would like to read" list.
 
saliotthomas said:
Oh Carl Rivers, i totally changed my mind,:flowers: , your list is so unlightening and original :flowers: like the 30 others you posted here.
I remenber the one you made like a video clip on Youtube and finished by this oh so modest
Please keep posting those wonderfull yet incredibly clever and sharp TBR list as well as you purchases.:flowers:
You are like a literary god to me:flowers:
peace and love, if sometime you decide to found an ashram for lover of TBR please informe :flowers:
Hugging trees
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Thomas, There is nothing wrong with posting 30 TBR lists...

I commend Aqua for displaying his interests for all of us to see. He has aspirations of reading these. I know what it is like to set goals and having real life get in the way of reading. I went almost 2 years without really reading anything because I had no focus due to a family problem.

Sometimes making a list and sharing solidifies your intentions...take for example new years resolutions...many times people repeat and have the same resolutions...read more, lose weight, start running, spend time with family...and sometimes people actually follow through with it!
 
And actually...starting off with a nice wardrobe is a step in the right direction to look good Thomas...
 
I finally decided to do the count, since this topic is still around.

Of the 65 books listed, I have read 16 of the specific books listed and 32 of the authors listed overall. So, to answer AquaBlue's original question, I have to think it is a pretty good list. 25% of the books read is about usual for any list of books I see.
 
So a good list to you then, Peder.
I would rather consider good a list with authors and books i don't know anout.
My point is Aqua will do another list in 1 or 2 month, he will read maybe 1 or 2 of the books of this and forget about it, and if we where all to boast about our the book we want and might read, there would be no end to it.
I could do a list of a least 200 to 300 books(and so could you) i wil most certainly read in the next few years, at the very least, and there would be mostly good books (huh !) but what would be the interest of it.
Daily i compusle lists of books that are all interesting on a certain angle if one is open minded.

Now a close look to this precious list show it is a very basic gathering of Booker and pulizer prize winner, heavy classic , and ulra referenced books.
No Surprises. no hidden gems, nothing personal showing a true reader charactere.

To conclude this, Aqua himself does not give a goat pellet about it and he as not post here since.
But gladly about his 80's FM band, or the subtility of pilling adjectives in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
 
Hi Thomas,
Well, we all view lists differently. And you are right. I could make up a list 100-200 books I wanted to read. I don't know whether it would be interesting to many people, but I do know -- because I did make up such a private list once before -- that new books would come along and divert my interests and I would soon be ignoring the list, reading whatever book caught my eye or ear most recently in some forum discussion here or elsewhere. So, my TBR list, and the number of unread books in my library, both continue to grow. :(

As for what gets posted here, or how frequently, I have a very relaxed attitude. These are open forums so, in my opinion, considerable variety should be expected and tolerated. I don't know whether you saw a very strongly-felt discussion that arose on a sister forum, on pretty much this same topic of repeated list postings. It led to a very unfortunate brawl that spread across several forums with several members being ejected before it was all over. I would prefer that that not happen here, so I raise the issue because I think this discussion treads dangerous ground and can quickly lead to bruised feelings, or worse.

I've posted further thoughts upstairs on my blog.
 
Even knowing you wont bother to answer me Aqua, I'm still gonna ask: What do the numbers after the page number mean?
 
We can try guessing. Mine is that they are numbers from a pre-existing list which has been re-ordered before posting here. Lists are such fun. :cool:
 
I had considered that but there are some numbers that show up multiple times. Maybe that number refers to a list number? Hmmm

I also wonder why the page count was included.
 
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