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The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE, add an strikeout the books you read but didn't like.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read only 6 or less and make them read.
I’m also going to add a big agree to Zero_pixel_count’s caveat. FORCING someone to read a book is one of worst things you could ever do. Nothing kills love of the written word like being forced to read it (except maybe having to ANALYSE a text to DEATH). To this day I LOATHE poetry because my English teacher was so obsessed with poets in all their many guises. I also dislike the idea of classics - I’ve read too many that I couldn’t stand - the whole definition of what makes a classic a classic just seems rather snobbish and I’m sure many would have faded to obscurity if they hadn’t been called “classics.”
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1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE, add an strikeout the books you read but didn't like.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read only 6 or less and make them read.
I’m also going to add a big agree to Zero_pixel_count’s caveat. FORCING someone to read a book is one of worst things you could ever do. Nothing kills love of the written word like being forced to read it (except maybe having to ANALYSE a text to DEATH). To this day I LOATHE poetry because my English teacher was so obsessed with poets in all their many guises. I also dislike the idea of classics - I’ve read too many that I couldn’t stand - the whole definition of what makes a classic a classic just seems rather snobbish and I’m sure many would have faded to obscurity if they hadn’t been called “classics.”
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