Can you name the last 100 books you've read?
In this age of instant information, can you name the last book you read? Have you even read 100 books in your lifetime?
Maybe the better question is, when was the last time you picked up a book and read it cover to cover and it wasn’t a school book?
The New York Times today published a list of what it considers the 100 best books, both fiction and nonfiction, published this year.
I haven’t read any of them. I’ve heard of a few of them. I even plan to read some of them someday. But 100 books is a lot of reading, especially within one year.
I tend to buy books rather than borrow from the library for two reasons; I don’t like return deadlines and I have a problem with the Patriot Act, which allows the government to look over your shoulder when you go to a library (check out my archives). I do visit the library for the purpose of researching my family genealogy. But I haven’t checked out a book since my school days.
I also tend to buy two or three books at a time, and then read them when I have time. This means my house is piled high with books that I’m still working through.
Just looking around my sitting room, I am surrounded by the books I have earmarked for reading as well as the one I am actually reading. Well actually, I’m reading two at the moment; “Cross” by James Patterson and John Sanford’s latest mystery. Can’t remember the title of the Sanford book because it’s not a Lucas Davenport novel. The Davenport novels’ titles all are “something Prey,” as in “Mind Prey.”
Next on my list...one of Bill Cosby’s collection of essays on life...
three books by Chester Himes, including a collection of his short stories, also novels “A Rage in Harlem,” and “Cotton Comes to Harlem.” I’ve read “Cotton” before, and I’ve seen the movies based on the books..
James Thurber’s short story collection..
Two books by former Supreme Court Justices
and a book by John Ashcroft..
I still read several newspapers daily albeit via the internet, several magazines weekly in addition to the aforementioned books.
So, can I name the last 100 books I’ve read in my life...yes....can you?
No fair counting books you’ve read more than once, more than one time.
I’ll make it easy for you....name the last ten and email me...I’d love to know..
In this age of instant information, can you name the last book you read? Have you even read 100 books in your lifetime?
Maybe the better question is, when was the last time you picked up a book and read it cover to cover and it wasn’t a school book?
The New York Times today published a list of what it considers the 100 best books, both fiction and nonfiction, published this year.
I haven’t read any of them. I’ve heard of a few of them. I even plan to read some of them someday. But 100 books is a lot of reading, especially within one year.
I tend to buy books rather than borrow from the library for two reasons; I don’t like return deadlines and I have a problem with the Patriot Act, which allows the government to look over your shoulder when you go to a library (check out my archives). I do visit the library for the purpose of researching my family genealogy. But I haven’t checked out a book since my school days.
I also tend to buy two or three books at a time, and then read them when I have time. This means my house is piled high with books that I’m still working through.
Just looking around my sitting room, I am surrounded by the books I have earmarked for reading as well as the one I am actually reading. Well actually, I’m reading two at the moment; “Cross” by James Patterson and John Sanford’s latest mystery. Can’t remember the title of the Sanford book because it’s not a Lucas Davenport novel. The Davenport novels’ titles all are “something Prey,” as in “Mind Prey.”
Next on my list...one of Bill Cosby’s collection of essays on life...
three books by Chester Himes, including a collection of his short stories, also novels “A Rage in Harlem,” and “Cotton Comes to Harlem.” I’ve read “Cotton” before, and I’ve seen the movies based on the books..
James Thurber’s short story collection..
Two books by former Supreme Court Justices
and a book by John Ashcroft..
I still read several newspapers daily albeit via the internet, several magazines weekly in addition to the aforementioned books.
So, can I name the last 100 books I’ve read in my life...yes....can you?
No fair counting books you’ve read more than once, more than one time.
I’ll make it easy for you....name the last ten and email me...I’d love to know..
1 comment:
Like you I'm up to my ears in magazines and newspapers, but I'm up to the challenge. The last books I remember reading are:
1. 360 Manager
2. 7 Reasons Employees Leave
3. The Troubled Last Days of MLK
4. The 3 Fates
5. Montana Sky
6. What Successful WLS Patients...
7. Leader & Organizational...
8. Devil in a Blue Dress
9. The Colour of Love
10.Fate
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