tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post6908545560759658025..comments2024-03-26T13:05:44.788-04:00Comments on The Once Lost Wanderer: NOVA this week - The Greatest NovelsJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-52449456763220100482018-03-18T15:09:34.173-04:002018-03-18T15:09:34.173-04:00Hi Ruthiella. I definitely agree that there is val...Hi Ruthiella. I definitely agree that there is value in the difficult reads. I don't think I can say I regret reading anything I've finished. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-33825975513078308622018-03-13T01:38:31.709-04:002018-03-13T01:38:31.709-04:00Love the visuals! I am working on the Modern Libr...Love the visuals! I am working on the Modern Library's 100 best of the 20ths century which has a lot of overlap with your list. But I don't have every book. A part of me wishes I did...<br /><br />Yeah, Ulysses was tough. But I have since gone on to read Pynchon and David Foster Wallace and currently I am reading Gunther Grass and I think there is something in reading these "difficult" books...I think they have definitely made me a better, more rounded reader.<br /><br />King will likely continue to be read 100 years from now. I suggest you read IT next since you liked The Stand. There is a certain aspect of Americana that King captures in some of his books that I have read which elevates them over say Dean Koontz IMO. Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-71145636318369410332018-03-11T14:24:38.198-04:002018-03-11T14:24:38.198-04:00Yep to all that.
When I'm finished with these...Yep to all that.<br /><br />When I'm finished with these 100, I will have some version of my personal TOP something (I'm fussy about words you remember, and I can't bring myself to call it a personal canon), but something along those lines.<br /><br />Thanks for the feedback...I was particularly hoping you would comment.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-91160420619663091582018-03-11T09:57:05.563-04:002018-03-11T09:57:05.563-04:00There's also the issue that your life experien...There's also the issue that your life experience, mood, and interest in the telling of a potentially compelling argument might vary, depending on if you read the book for the firdst time in 2010, or say, 2020. Foor example, Wuthering Heights was one of my first classics. It's pretty acclaimed -- but I hated it. I have a weird feeling if I read it again, I might like it. (Possibly not.) So the reader's ability to immerse him or herself in the story, and grasp and appreciate its point -- varies. Possibly many of the books people call "great" really are great in some perspectives, and many books no one reads are great, yet no one has read them.<br /><br />You should list your 100 great novels when you finish. I think everyone has a list personal to them which varies with experience in life as well as literature. That's why the personal canon makes sense -- it exposes us to the great within us.*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.com