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Chan790

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45. I've read everything by James Joyce.

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 07:58 AM

Jul 2014

If I ever win the lottery, I'm going back to school for an English Ph.D. My doctoral dissertation will probably be on James Joyce or Roberto Bolaño in some form. I really love difficult long slice-of-life novels.

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20 Books You Pretend to Have Read [View all] KamaAina Jul 2014 OP

Read them all except War and Peace (started it), Infinite Jest, and Fifty Shades of Grey. onehandle Jul 2014 #1

Breakfast At Tiffanys /George Costanza Initech Jul 2014 #2

Does watching half the movie at someone else's house count? arcane1 Jul 2014 #4

Did you both kind of like it? Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #67

That's one thing we got. arcane1 Aug 2014 #68

Or did you wind up spilling grape juice on the couch? Initech Aug 2014 #69

I've got Moby Dick, most of the Bible (probably more than many fundies), KamaAina Jul 2014 #3

The last book ruined the entire series for me. Coventina Jul 2014 #15

Ha, I was skimming titles and thought you were talking about the last book of the Bible cemaphonic Jul 2014 #65

I've read about half of em. OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2014 #5

Read 7 of them and parts of others. n/t JimDandy Jul 2014 #6

Of that list I have only read Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #7

I read "My Pet Goat"... Tom_Foolery Jul 2014 #8

LOL! BlueJazz Jul 2014 #33

I pretended... CanSocDem Jul 2014 #9

I've only read 3 (and one wasn't the bible). nt valerief Jul 2014 #10

LOL!! ailsagirl Jul 2014 #26

I've read 10 and parts of others NV Whino Jul 2014 #11

Impossible to keep them straight. redwitch Jul 2014 #16

I would never claim to have read either Jenoch Jul 2014 #12

Nice post, Muggle! KamaAina Jul 2014 #13

I'm really a Mudblood. Jenoch Jul 2014 #19

I've read 18 of those. LWolf Jul 2014 #14

That's quite an interesting list! Coventina Jul 2014 #17

Do Cliff's Notes count? antiquie Jul 2014 #18

Who reads Cliff's notes? Now you can watch them progressoid Jul 2014 #24

This gen has it so easy, why in my day... antiquie Jul 2014 #29

I have read 6 of them. nt ohnoyoudidnt Jul 2014 #20

there were only two on that list I haven't read, nor will I. niyad Jul 2014 #21

Ok I'm fucking pissed at my laptop!!! raptor_rider Jul 2014 #22

I don't pretend raptor_rider Jul 2014 #23

Ah, there is no frigate like a book... ailsagirl Jul 2014 #25

Oh to translate Shakespeare!!! raptor_rider Jul 2014 #27

One could make Shakespeare his/her hobby for a lifetime ailsagirl Jul 2014 #36

A girl with the same heart raptor_rider Jul 2014 #41

.... ailsagirl Jul 2014 #55

..... raptor_rider Jul 2014 #59

In a surprise to nobody, I've read all 20. Chan790 Jul 2014 #28

You read 50 Shades Of Derp? KamaAina Jul 2014 #30

Uh oh... raptor_rider Jul 2014 #42

I've been asked that question twice lately... Chan790 Jul 2014 #43

Atlas Shrugged didn't make the list? Marie Marie Jul 2014 #31

DUzy! KamaAina Jul 2014 #32

It's damn hard to read when it's propping up a wobbly table. bluesbassman Jul 2014 #35

Good one. Marie Marie Jul 2014 #39

Another DUzy! KamaAina Jul 2014 #49

It was but was bumped off the list by 'Fifty Shades of Grey' LynneSin Aug 2014 #74

I read a decent amount of them when I was young (8-14) BlueJazz Jul 2014 #34

I've met a few people who've actually finished Ulysses but if you mackerel Jul 2014 #37

I've read everything by James Joyce. Chan790 Jul 2014 #45

Have you been to bloomsday? mackerel Jul 2014 #64

Not in Dublin, no. Chan790 Jul 2014 #66

I don't pretend to read any books. kentauros Jul 2014 #38

Read 8, parts or more of a dozen and a half. Fearless Jul 2014 #40

I have read most of the Bible. Of the others... Glorfindel Jul 2014 #44

I've read eight ... surrealAmerican Jul 2014 #46

You should. It's actually quite short. A bit dated, but a good read. Glorfindel Jul 2014 #47

I didn't read The Great Gatsby until I was inspired to read it by Chris Bohjalian's novel seaglass Aug 2014 #70

But I have read all those! joeybee12 Jul 2014 #48

I listened to the Harry Potter series on tape. Does that count? Still Blue in PDX Jul 2014 #50

Of course. KamaAina Jul 2014 #54

I thought I was the only person of my generation who has never read NewJeffCT Jul 2014 #51

Seven bikebloke Jul 2014 #52

Some I finished, some I started... MattSh Jul 2014 #53

I've read several of those sakabatou Jul 2014 #56

I've read The Bible, War and Peace and The Lord of the Rings. None of the others. Kaleva Jul 2014 #57

Read them all jrandom421 Jul 2014 #58

I've actually read all of those except Fifty Shades of Grey. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2014 #60

Read them all except for the wizard and spanking titles Tom Ripley Jul 2014 #61

1984 and The Lord Of The Rings. Iggo Jul 2014 #62

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #63

I've read all of them except Fifty Shades of Grey and Infinite Jest. Never even sinkingfeeling Aug 2014 #71

I've read a lot of those! Raffi Ella Aug 2014 #72

Read 12 of them, but some were decades ago Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #73