tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post959152514939019867..comments2023-05-26T09:43:26.163-06:00Comments on Robin Ambrose: 100 Best Beloved (or not) BooksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14628412968169366744noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-67090579733629301312010-12-28T08:58:10.335-07:002010-12-28T08:58:10.335-07:0052 Faces--nice to meet you, too! Danyelle is aweso...52 Faces--nice to meet you, too! Danyelle is awesome. <br><br>If you're having trouble with finishing "adult" books, you haven't read I Am Not a Serial Killer, by Dan Wells. I've been snooping on your site and I think you'd like it.... No reason.... Just a hunch....<br><br>YA is the best genre, though. You are very wise to prefer it.<br><br>Oh, except anyone on Team Jacob is delusional. Just sayin.<br><br>I get along well with wise and delusional people, so welcome!Robin Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-29131640920109335582010-12-28T01:36:26.791-07:002010-12-28T01:36:26.791-07:00Oh gawd these always make me look like the most il...Oh gawd these always make me look like the most ill-read 3-year-old. lol<br><br>And now I can't even get through the first chapter of an "adult" book anymore! :D<br><br>Surfed here from your comment on Danyelle Leafty's blog - nice to meet you!52 Faceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10946233873722107937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-22914011268221413462010-12-27T22:38:10.670-07:002010-12-27T22:38:10.670-07:00Okay, if you want recommendations on the ones you&...Okay, if you want recommendations on the ones you've never heard of: Pick up anything by Terry Pratchett. He has a slightly off-kilter (but not off-color) sense of humor. For example: the Disc World actually does rest on the back of four elephants. And it is flat. The Librarian at the Unseen University is an orangutan. Get the picture. Any of those listed is good, although I'd probably pick up either GUARDS! GUARDS! or THE NIGHTWATCH (I can't remember which is first, chronologically). But that's probably because I just love Carrot (the six-foot-tall dwarf). <br>Or, if you want to stay with YA, pick up one of the Tiffany Aching books set in the same world.meredithmansfieldhttp://meredithmansfield.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-41337844326781897932010-12-24T08:27:02.109-07:002010-12-24T08:27:02.109-07:00I can only guess that's probably what happened...I can only guess that's probably what happened--getting people together and asking which books they loved. My friend Donna Hosie (http://musingsofapennilesswriter.blogspot.com/) said she's seen a similar (but not exact list) floating around.<br><br>Robin, "The Shell Seekers" follows Penelope Keeling's story from the days of WWII through the time it was written. It deals with love, loss, and survival, telling not just Penelope's story (though she's the main character and the glue that holds everything else together) but that of her children. It goes back and forth timewise as it tells the backstory of various characters.<br><br>Very satisfying ending. There's another book "September" that continues the story of one of her children. I guess I'm kind of dense because it wasn't until I read "September" the 3rd time that I realized the most compelling storyline for me was Penelope's son's tale and gave a good resolution to him that "The Shell Seekers" didn't. Oh, and the title of the book is a famous painting done by Penelope's father.<br><br>Mortense, I love "Dune" but I'm with you on any subsequent books in the series. A complete waste of reading time, imho. A friend recommended "Dune" to me but I took a couple of years to actually pick it up when I was in college, and I ended up cutting classes to finish reading it.Donna Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158114738303231773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-36182126181773955352010-12-23T20:43:37.188-07:002010-12-23T20:43:37.188-07:00Mortense--don't even get me started on the boo...Mortense--don't even get me started on the books that should be on the list! :) I have no idea where they got this list, but I'm assuming there was some fancy statistical magic trick involved somewhere. Like, if you got a few thousand people together and had them list their favorite books, these would be the top 100?<br><br>I can't argue, since I wouldn't even know where to start answering that kind of question!Robin Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-87329396539914369562010-12-23T20:38:23.040-07:002010-12-23T20:38:23.040-07:00The only problem I have with this list and others ...The only problem I have with this list and others similar lists that I have seen lately is that it contains a lot of Modern novels but does not include many of the great early 20th century books that were written and some of the less popular classical authors.<br><br><b>From those on the list.</b><br><br>I am not certain if I have read Rebecca but the movie was great<br><br>I read Dune once and couldn't follow it, I have just recently listened to it as a book on tape and liked it a lot better. I wouldn't recommend any of the Dune books the follow.<br><br>I love David Copperfield by Charles Dickens<br><br>I of course love Tolkien, JK Rowlings, Dumas, and Jane Austen<br><br><br><b>Books that I have read that I feel should be on the list but are not</b><br><br>Atlas Shrugged (Sp) by Ann Rand - I don't agree with some of the message but it is still a well written book.<br><br>Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens (this has become my favorite Dickens book)<br><br>The Three Musketeers - Dumas<br><br>Arundel and Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts (Great Great historical fiction about the revolutionary war; Reading them will give you a whole new perspective on Benedict Arnold)<br><br>Ivanhoe by Scott (Scotts story Kenilworth is also a great book)<br><br>The Mutiny on the Bounty by I don't remembermortensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07270741884770623737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-49284944662389400792010-12-23T19:45:22.895-07:002010-12-23T19:45:22.895-07:00Donn--There are no words to describe how much I lo...Donn--There are no words to describe how much I love Brandon Sanderson's books. Mostly because he's already used them all up! :)<br><br>I'll have to read Shell Seekers. It's not sad or "literary" is it? Dare I ask if it's fantasy? <br><br>Pratchett is also on my list. I really ought to at least try each of those books. (Hm.)<br><br>As for the color coding, organizing information is one of my great loves. Organizing my house, however....Robin Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09413777557796110450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282612866471682237.post-7045610632396859072010-12-23T19:38:23.411-07:002010-12-23T19:38:23.411-07:00I love your color coding! Now that's an attorn...I love your color coding! Now that's an attorney for you! I shouldn't talk, since I tend to color code, too.<br><br>I noticed you've never read "The Shell Seekers". It was recommended to me by one of the librarians when I was making a long commute, and I fell in love with most of what Pilcher writes, but "The Shell Seekers" is my favorite. Hallmark even made a TV movie of it staring Angela Lansbury but they butchered the story. It was one of those--did you even get what the story was about??? kind of adaptations.<br><br>I've never read anything by Pratchett either, but his books keep coming up in one of the forums I mod, so I'm aware of his works and have thought about picking one up.<br><br>P.S. I love everything by Brandon Sanderson, too, and I've gotten to talk with him twice. He lives in the city next to mine, and he came to our library for The Big Read events this fall.Donna Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158114738303231773noreply@blogger.com