Comments on: Embarassed by top 100 http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:18:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: KIM http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-495 KIM Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:35:40 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-495 i'm at 13 1/2, with another one checked out from the library ... but i do think that harry potter and to kill a mockingbird can be on the same list. i would not put harry potter on my "classic novels" (aka "books one must read to be sufficiently snobby") list. of course it's all subjective, but i really think they're both excellent works of art. sure, they're different genres of art, but i would put them both on my top 100 books list. i’m at 13 1/2, with another one checked out from the library …

but i do think that harry potter and to kill a mockingbird can be on the same list. i would not put harry potter on my “classic novels” (aka “books one must read to be sufficiently snobby”) list. of course it’s all subjective, but i really think they’re both excellent works of art. sure, they’re different genres of art, but i would put them both on my top 100 books list.

]]> By: Steve Kryger http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-408 Steve Kryger Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:41:38 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-408 The New York Times has just released its 100 Notable Books of 2008: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/review/100Notable-t.html?em The New York Times has just released its 100 Notable Books of 2008:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/review/100Notable-t.html?em

]]> By: Crez http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-406 Crez Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:01:42 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-406 I clocked 8. Was surprised to see Scar Tissue... Not because it isnt a good book (it is in fact a great book!), but because pop culture is usually shunned in these types of surveys. I clocked 8. Was surprised to see Scar Tissue… Not because it isnt a good book (it is in fact a great book!), but because pop culture is usually shunned in these types of surveys.

]]> By: Steve Kryger http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-393 Steve Kryger Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:22:31 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-393 I agree Bill - the person on work experience could have been the lucky one who decided what made the top 100 for the SMH list. I've found a couple of other lists of top 100 books: TIME - http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews Random House - http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html The books on these lists look like they're more on the money. I agree Bill – the person on work experience could have been the lucky one who decided what made the top 100 for the SMH list.

I’ve found a couple of other lists of top 100 books:

TIME – http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
The Guardian – http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews
Random House – http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html

The books on these lists look like they’re more on the money.

]]> By: Bill Goodall http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-385 Bill Goodall Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:29:52 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-385 I, with my many more reading years, could tally only nine, Steven. But I read the list with interest and question its validity: who decided which books should be included and what were the criteria? - Bill I, with my many more reading years, could tally only nine, Steven. But I read the list with interest and question its validity: who decided which books should be included and what were the criteria?
- Bill

]]> By: Steve Kryger http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-383 Steve Kryger Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:05:09 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-383 I hope so, otherwise I'm in a lot of trouble! I hope so, otherwise I’m in a lot of trouble!

]]> By: Hayley http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-382 Hayley Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:55:16 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-382 Does watching the movie based on the book count? Does watching the movie based on the book count?

]]> By: Steve Kryger http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-381 Steve Kryger Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:48 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-381 You're right - perhaps I shouldn't be embarassed! How Harry Potter and To Kill a Mockingbird end up on the same list is anyone's guess. Must be the most read, rather than the books with the most literary credibility. Nice work on 18/100! You’re right – perhaps I shouldn’t be embarassed! How Harry Potter and To Kill a Mockingbird end up on the same list is anyone’s guess. Must be the most read, rather than the books with the most literary credibility.

Nice work on 18/100!

]]> By: Bob http://talkingtiger.org/2008/11/12/embarassed-by-top-100/#comment-380 Bob Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:36:31 +0000 http://talkingtiger.org/?p=640#comment-380 I make 18 that I've read; but how on earth did Matthew Reilly end up on the list so many times? Was it written by a 16 year old? I make 18 that I’ve read; but how on earth did Matthew Reilly end up on the list so many times? Was it written by a 16 year old?

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