I've got a lot better at reading books when I intend to, but when this topic from Long and Short Reviews came up I realised there were still a few sitting on my bookshelf that I've never got around to reading.
Part of the problem, I think, is that I read everything on my Kindle these days, so when I have something in paperback I tend to forget it's there. I've been halfway through "Men, Women and Chain Saws" for ages for that very reason. And then there are these:
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath. I originally picked it up because it sounded like an interesting take on depression and haven't touched it since.
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller. Again it sounded interesting, but I think the war angle may have put me off.
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess. I know why I haven't read this one - the violence got in the way. However, I'm determined to read it one day.
So what have you been meaning to read?
Good post and I completely understand forgetting print books! Here are some of mine.
ReplyDeleteI've picked up some new print books recently so will have to make sure I don't forget them.
DeleteI started the Bell Jar years ago and never finished it. I just didn't get back to it. Good list!
ReplyDeleteI'll get to it eventually, I'm sure...
DeleteThe Bell Jar was a great book. I hope you get to read it sometime.
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I need to get round to it.
DeleteAll classics, Tanith... well worth reading. But I know the problem of forgetting you even HAVE ebooks!
ReplyDeleteI get behind and then suddenly go on a rush of reading everything.
DeleteGood post, thanks for sharing. I have the same problem, if the book gets violent, I don't usually continue. Enough violence in the news, on TV, don'e need to read it. I've read Catch-22 when it was required reading.
ReplyDeleteHeres my list: https://www.tenastetler.com/books-i-keep-meaning-to-read-but-havent/
I definitely need to read that one.
DeleteFrom a psychological perspective, I loved A Clockwork Orange. That said, I'm not sure I could *read* it either.
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It certainly sounded hard to read.
DeleteYeah, the Kindle has kind of gotten me out of the habit of picking up paper books - not completely, though. But I am finding that some of the things I read in my youth were printed in amazingly small fonts, and without an ebook they're nearly impossible to re-read!
ReplyDeleteSome books well worth reading.
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