Date: 2004-08-14 11:32 Subject: me am so un-733t! Security: Public Mood: Irredeemable, and Loving It. Music: "Dare You to Move" - Switchfoot

taking a page out of smo's book + recent thebookyoucrew wanks, here are
my so un-733t top 20 books, in no particular order that makes any sense:

1. Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne, and Borderliners by Peter Høeg — no, i didn't read them in their original language. i just like knowing the original titles of books because i'm a dork for languages ^.^ i even like Sense of Snow despite one of the characters being a rather bizarre caricature of someone of my ethnicity. as for Borderliners, my lil sister & i fell in love with it after we took turns reading, so it has sentimental value for me.
   
2. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett. and Stardust by Neil.
   
3. Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji — okay so i've only read book 1, The Way of the Samurai. still, i was sufficiently impressed when i took it up after my father bought it for my sister who used it for a book report she did for school. i also wanted to read about the historical Musashi because i think it was around that time i'd been watching Yaiba.
   
4. Emma by Jane Austen
   
5. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
   
6. Harry Potter by JK Rowling
   
7. The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
   
8. Midnight Is a Place by Joan Aiken — a Victorian gothic novel. and a _kiddie_ Victorian gothic novel, at that. heheh.
   
9. Charlotte's Web by EB White — what can i say, i'm a fervent devotee of children's lit. and authors with initials where their first names ought to be *lol*
   
10. The Eyes of the Dragon, and Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
    
11. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
    
12. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    
13. My Antonia by Willa Cather
    
14. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
    
15. Das Doppelte Lottchen [Lisa & Lottie] by Erich Kästner — The Parent Trap is based on it. no, i didn't read it in the original German either.
    
16. Dragonlance: Legends by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman — it's a veritable trend...i like books about twins :)
    
17. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster — i like Dear Enemy too, but feel this one is superior.
    
18. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
    
19. A Wizard of Earthsea, and The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin — although i s'pose the booksnob choice would be The Left Hand of Darkness, which i've never read.
    
20. Homecoming, and Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt

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yeah i know they don't add up to 20 yet. will revisit this later, it's hard doing this off the top of my head. clearly i'm a sucker for chick lit.

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