I selected Canterbury Tales because I think it would increase the experience to hear it, rather than just read it oneself. Also I picked Sense and Sensibility because I'm going to start that after I finish My Life In France. Also, I picked Siddhartha because I read that one and would recommend it. And Moby Dick because I want to read it but am scared.
Around the World in Eighty Days is one of those stories I think would be excellent read aloud; I once heard a version (though I think it was a radio play) with ambiance of the different locations and great accents. Sounds fun as hell to me.
Haha, sucks, my favorite books here are the ones that take the longest (2 days!) to listen to!
Count of monte cristo is an awesome story. I highly recommend reading it, though if it is too long to help you reach your goal it can be put off. But it's a great book.
The Jungle is awesome, but it may make you never want to eat things like hot dogs ever again. Great book though. One of the few I had to read forcibily in high school that I actually enjoyed.
Sense and Sensibility is funny. Tess of the D'Urbervilles was definitely readable, I enjoyed it. Haven't read Uncle Tom's cabin, but it's high on my list and I've heard good things about it. That rounds out the five I voted for.
Emma, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick bored me silly. Blech. The Scarlet Letter... has its ups and downs. I read it because in high school we were given a reading list of 10 books and had to choose 2, and my dad found it and said that was the only book he read in school that he liked, so I was curious (since my dad can't really read...) and though there are some parts that you have to slog through, and the characters are not likeable in general, it's not awful. Have only read parts of Canterbury Tales, and I do agree with whoever above me said it'd probably be a lot easier to listen to than read.
The rest of the stuff I haven't read, so I have no opinions, really. Of them, I'd be most interested in ... Around the world in 80 days, Divine Comedy, Man in the Iron Mask, Portrait of the Artist.. and Siddhartha, just based on things I've heard about them and some of the others.
I. Hate. The Scarlet Letter. We're talking to the extent you hate Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. Absolutely hated, hated, HATED that book. (And it was coupled with The Crucible in 11th grade lit, FML.) Canterbury Tales was fun to read in 12th grade lit. I really liked it. And I go through A Knight's Tale and pick out all of the people from Canterbury Tales and giggle.
I vaguely remember reading The Wind in the Willows back when I was in 8th grade and sick as a dog. I do recall enjoying it. (Though this was also the year I read Watership Down, so if you hate That Book About Bunnies, you may not like it.)
ummmm okay. hmmm. a) no idea who's doing the reading, and that might be important, b) i've read most of them in regular form, and it would be just weird hearing them, i mean good christ the canterbury tales in audio? weird weird weird, c) lol alexandre dumas is a 2 day audio book wtf at least you don't have ivanhoe on there
probably the only ones that would be remotely fun to listen to imho would be the dickens or austens. maybe?
Ha! I was the only person who picked three out of the five I voted for. I've read The Divine Comedy and enjoyed it immensely... I think it would be a pleasure to hear. The other four I picked (The Last Man, Journal of a Plague Year, The Sleeper Awakes, Uncle Tom's Cabin) are books I haven't read and have always wanted to.
I agree with the people who've said that knowing who reads them would make a difference.
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Count of monte cristo is an awesome story. I highly recommend reading it, though if it is too long to help you reach your goal it can be put off. But it's a great book.
The Jungle is awesome, but it may make you never want to eat things like hot dogs ever again. Great book though. One of the few I had to read forcibily in high school that I actually enjoyed.
Sense and Sensibility is funny. Tess of the D'Urbervilles was definitely readable, I enjoyed it. Haven't read Uncle Tom's cabin, but it's high on my list and I've heard good things about it. That rounds out the five I voted for.
Emma, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick bored me silly. Blech. The Scarlet Letter... has its ups and downs. I read it because in high school we were given a reading list of 10 books and had to choose 2, and my dad found it and said that was the only book he read in school that he liked, so I was curious (since my dad can't really read...) and though there are some parts that you have to slog through, and the characters are not likeable in general, it's not awful. Have only read parts of Canterbury Tales, and I do agree with whoever above me said it'd probably be a lot easier to listen to than read.
The rest of the stuff I haven't read, so I have no opinions, really. Of them, I'd be most interested in ... Around the world in 80 days, Divine Comedy, Man in the Iron Mask, Portrait of the Artist.. and Siddhartha, just based on things I've heard about them and some of the others.
Yay for probably unhelpful blabbering comment!
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I vaguely remember reading The Wind in the Willows back when I was in 8th grade and sick as a dog. I do recall enjoying it. (Though this was also the year I read Watership Down, so if you hate That Book About Bunnies, you may not like it.)
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That said, Count of Monte Cristo is a great "read" if you have the time.
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probably the only ones that would be remotely fun to listen to imho would be the dickens or austens. maybe?
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I agree with the people who've said that knowing who reads them would make a difference.
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