tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post8913012311522634805..comments2024-03-26T13:05:44.788-04:00Comments on The Once Lost Wanderer: Top Ten Most Unusual Books I've Read - Top Ten Tuesday (April 11, 2017)Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-56952782801453087682017-04-15T13:00:41.600-04:002017-04-15T13:00:41.600-04:00So many books eh? Thanks Rob.So many books eh? Thanks Rob.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-54330191963432329072017-04-15T13:00:10.077-04:002017-04-15T13:00:10.077-04:00I, Claudius is definitely a good read.I, Claudius is definitely a good read.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-6087887224500631902017-04-14T18:14:59.622-04:002017-04-14T18:14:59.622-04:00I, Claudius and Beloved have both been in my to-re...I, Claudius and Beloved have both been in my to-read pile for far too long.<br /><br />Thumbs up for the 'unique' rant too!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225859948546847678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-53854843201566874572017-04-12T21:27:30.647-04:002017-04-12T21:27:30.647-04:00Great list there. I agree on Beloved and Call of t...Great list there. I agree on Beloved and Call of the Wild.<br />I, Claudius is a book I've wanted to read since I first heard of it.Zezee with Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942259282896597134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-34587404064025266252017-04-12T17:38:41.663-04:002017-04-12T17:38:41.663-04:00I had a teacher in college that made us write a sh...I had a teacher in college that made us write a short story from POV of an animal...and we had to draw animals from a hat. I had to write from a snake's POV...got an A. Another time we had to write from the POV of our opposite gender...got a C. I loved that Prof though and her challenging assignments. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-63294990377457821392017-04-12T17:36:28.925-04:002017-04-12T17:36:28.925-04:00I'm glad to have read Ulysses, but I certainly...I'm glad to have read Ulysses, but I certainly didn't enjoy it at the time. Thanks Jane.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-5407658104860896252017-04-12T17:35:16.851-04:002017-04-12T17:35:16.851-04:00Thanks Fanda. I'm sure you're right about ...Thanks Fanda. I'm sure you're right about historical fiction...but since this is unusual books I'VE read, and I haven't read others like it, it's still unusual for ME. :)Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-39334173494650306022017-04-12T17:33:27.784-04:002017-04-12T17:33:27.784-04:00Thanks for the feedback. I'll check your list....Thanks for the feedback. I'll check your list.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-82554374373032377862017-04-12T16:25:00.121-04:002017-04-12T16:25:00.121-04:00I love your thoughts on the word unique and that i...I love your thoughts on the word unique and that it can't have a qualifier. I hadn't given it any thought but you're so right! Great list! I had to read Portrait of the Artist by Joyce in high school and I haven't recovered. I feel like I should read Ulysses but I haven't been able to make myself. Call of the Wild is definitely unusual and unique. I don't think anyone's voice is quite like London's.Katherine Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-47435464358177633312017-04-12T16:02:14.345-04:002017-04-12T16:02:14.345-04:00Excellent list of unusual books. It's not jus...Excellent list of unusual books. It's not just you, btw :)<br /><br />Now...I haven't read most on your list, but I agree that Beloved was unusual (as well as interesting, powerful, and memorable).<br /><br />I read 100 Years of Solitude roughly 40 years ago, so needless to say, it isn't fresh in my mind, but it made me fall in love with magical realism.<br /><br />I don't need to like animal stories all the much, but I loved Call of the Wild--read it twice in fact. If you ever get the chance, I recommend a visit to the remains of Jack London's Wolf House in northern CA. It's amazing.<br /><br />I loved I, Claudius. I tried watching the mini-series from the 70's after reading it, but just couldn't get past the datedness of it. Excellent book, though.<br /><br />I've officially given up trying to read Ulysses. All I ever think about when reading is what else I could be reading, and that life is too short to devote that much time to something that inaccessible.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-28819082480544691282017-04-12T01:53:46.225-04:002017-04-12T01:53:46.225-04:00Agree for Beloved, that's one haunting novel!
...Agree for Beloved, that's one haunting novel!<br />The Trial - agree too. Lord of the Flies is also an allegory, but the moral value is clear. While this one... hmmm...<br />Call of the Wild - Black Beauty is written from the horse's POV too. There're not many of that kind book though, so in a way, maybe it's a bit unusual.<br />I, Claudius - don't agree. It's a great novel, but I think there are other historical fictions written as autobiography too.Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-18253789281062663752017-04-12T01:22:32.742-04:002017-04-12T01:22:32.742-04:00I completely forgot about the "Call of the Wi...I completely forgot about the "Call of the Wild" when making my list!Vedika @ Poems and Poetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897669780777070634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-25589754259341776532017-04-11T20:53:03.422-04:002017-04-11T20:53:03.422-04:00Yes, I think both The Trial and Invisible Man are ...Yes, I think both The Trial and Invisible Man are books I'll need to reread someday.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-69407252700792351662017-04-11T20:24:11.992-04:002017-04-11T20:24:11.992-04:00This is a great list. I have read quite a few of t...This is a great list. I have read quite a few of them. I probably should re-read The Trial and The Invisible Man because I think with age and experience I will perceive them differently than I did 20-30 years ago. <br /><br />BTW: Rebecca is also one of those well-known books where the narrator is never named. It is funny how that is something that readers (myself included) rarely pick up on until it is pointed out to them.Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.com