Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday (June 30, 2015)



Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish


 
June 30: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2015
 
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Dune by Frank Herbert
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Emma by Jane Austen
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
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  1. Lois TinúvielJune 30, 2015 at 6:59 AM

    Good choices! There are some on here I don't know. I really enjoyed Dune when I read it last year. Someday I hope I can get around to the rest of the books in that series.

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  2. Lauren StoolfireJune 30, 2015 at 2:13 PM

    Yay Frankenstein!

    Check out my TTT.

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  3. Sue JacksonJune 30, 2015 at 7:23 PM

    Great list! All classics. I read and enjoyed Frankenstein last Halloween. Also read Emma last year, but didn't love it. I've been meaning to get to David Copperfield.

    Enjoy the rest of your reading this year!

    Sue

    2015 Big Book Summer Challenge

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  4. Literary FelineJuly 1, 2015 at 10:29 AM

    I haven't yet read many on your list, although Frakenstein and Dune are two I hope to get to at some point. Both are books I have wanted to read for awhile now. I really like Emma too. It's one of three Austen books I have read so far.

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    1. JosephJuly 8, 2015 at 9:33 AM

      You should definitely get to Frankenstein and Dune then. They are genres I'm not overly fond of, and I still found them fascinating.

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  5. ChristineJuly 1, 2015 at 7:05 PM

    I love One Hundred Years of Solitude. Marquez is on my list to read more of.

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    1. JosephJuly 8, 2015 at 9:31 AM

      Yes, 100 Years was certainly an unexpected pleasure. I'm afraid I won't get around to anything else by Marquez anytime soon though.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 2, 2015 at 8:29 AM

    I've got I, Claudius on my TBR. I really should get to it soon. I have read Dickens for years but I have yet to read David Copperfield. My mom has a very old copy from her college days. I'm just afraid it will be a soppy romance. Evidently this one has somewhat of a plot. Rare for Dickens :)

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    1. JosephJuly 7, 2015 at 9:41 PM

      Oh my goodness yes....PLEASE read David Copperfield. I first read it some years ago, like it, didn't love it...always a little annoyed that it is considered his greatest over A Tale of Two Cities (which I still consider his greatest). But DC improved DRASTICALLY with the second read. NOT a soppy romance.

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