What started out as a list of the UK’s top one hundred novels, as voted by the people, has now been purple-monkey-dishwashered into a list of one hundred books of which the BBC believes that most people will only have read six.
But why let the truth get in the way of a good story I say, let’s do the count up… and bang on. I have read six out of the one hundred. I have, however, read The Little Prince in both French and English. Does that count for anything? I also bought the movie for $9.95. Never finished watching it.
1. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
3. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
4. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
5. Charlotte’s Web - EB White
6. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Of course, as can only be expected - by read, I mean finished. There are another forty that I have started, bought or borrowed and never read.
I would love to commit to finishing this list, but there are a few problems.
Oliver Twist – the movie scared me as a child. Though my mother has now lovingly bought me two copies of the book. I don’t have the heart to tell her. Nor the stomach to read it.
Grapes of Wrath. As it turns out, not about a man with haemorrhoids. Very hard to continue on with the plight of drought affected farmers when you were expecting donut pillows!
And don’t get me started on The Da Vinci Code. Not only did I not finish the book, I fell asleep during the movie. Twice.
Maybe I’ll start with Little Women. I may not be able to get past the opening credits of the movie without crying but I will just close my eyes during those bits when I read it!
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