Over the holidays, a colleague and I browsed a book fair being held in our downtown lobby. This gem was among the relatively normal selection of books.
Thought I’d share this now that Idol is moving into the competition vs. all the audition crap.
An American Idol Soul. We didn’t even bother looking inside the cover.
Okay, between packing, appointments, rebooking flights, and every other ridiculous chore I had today, I thought about the 10 novels I would recommend reading before death. Or at least before you claim to be a grown up somewhere in your 30s.
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
- War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
- The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
- 1984, George Orwell
- Catch-22, Joseph Heller
- Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White
- The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
- The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
- The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
While I think the AOL book list sucked, it’s not easy to compile. And even though this is my own rant based on Dan Brown delirium, I can’t help but meme it – so let me start with Erin, Jason, Ron, and Nancie. Feel free to share.
Gone With the Wind.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
The Catcher in the Rye.
Atlas Shrugged.
Harry Potter…
Angels and Demons…..
The Da Vinci Code…….
Seriously? Dan Brown twice? This is truly a weird mix of books with no clear logic.
And not to pick on Mr. Brown, I enjoyed Angels and Demons, but for what sounds like such a critical list, I wouldn’t rate his work above say, that of Hemmingway, Dickens, Swift, even Austen. Should I go on? I do find the inclusion of Stephen King’s The Stand interesting.
So, I guess I must pull my own list(s) together or quit bitching. Mhm.
