List Junky Alert: A friend just told me about these Newsweek reading lists. I've only superficially perused them so far, and I'm particularly interested in the "50 Books For Our Times" list. I'll be taking a closer look later, but for others who hadn't seen them, here are links:
Newsweek's 50 Books For Our Times
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List
Great posting for book lovers... Thanks!
ReplyDeleteShellie ~ You're welcome! I know a lot of us out here love our lists, and I hadn't seen this one making the rounds yet.
ReplyDeleteLezlie
I love lists! Thanks for posting these.
ReplyDeleteJoAnn ~ You're welcome! The Top 100 List isn't too surprising as it is a mixture of other lists, but the "Books For Our Times" list looks really great! There is a ton of stuff on there I'm interested in reading.
ReplyDeleteLezlie
Yes, that was by far the more interesting list.
ReplyDeleteI have a bookmark around page 350 in The Way We Live Now. I started it with an on-line group and then got behind schedule and really need to get back to it. It was excellent!
Brooklyn was a surprise; I recently listened to that and loved it. Hope to get to Elegance of the Hedgehog soon, too.
I LOVE LISTS! I'm always so excited when I find a new list off which to read. Thanks for posting these!
ReplyDeleteJoAnn ~ Cool! I saw The Looming Tower (I think that's the title) at the library today and almost snapped it up. It's going to be a fun list to play with.
ReplyDeleteVeronica ~ You're welcome! It *is* really fun to find lists that don't look like rehashes of all the other ones we've seen.
Lezlie
We're doing a joint reading project to get through the 50 books list. Just one book per blogger..hope you'll join in. :)
ReplyDeleteAmy ~ I'll definitely check it out!
ReplyDeleteLezlie
I love looking through book lists to see how many books I've read :)
ReplyDeleteI just saw the 50 list on Vasilly's blog. Thank you for the link to the meta-list. Yay, more books to either check off or add to my radar.
Iliana ~ Amy at My Friend Amy is also hosting a really cool group challenge on her blog with the 50 list, if you want to check it out. It looks like it's going to be fun!
ReplyDeleteLezlie
Interesting... haven't read hardly any of these books. I wonder if they are actually books I would enjoy or if they are all serious reads. They kind of all sounded serious to me, with the exception of a few.
ReplyDeleteKim ~ I thought the list looked a little daunting also, although I still would like to take a run at it sometime!
ReplyDeleteLezlie
I was REALLY surprised by some of the titles that popped onto this list. These lists always make me wonder just who those list-markers are anyway.
ReplyDeleteTrish ~ For every list-maker, there will be a different list. :-) Variety is the spice of life, or so they tell me!
ReplyDeleteLezlie
ooh thanks, I hadn't seen these and I'm definitely a list junkie!! :-)
ReplyDeleteJoanna ~ I'm always happy to help a fellow list junkie! :-)
ReplyDeleteLezlie