Originally Posted by sandpat
About 30 of these....I'm not sure how this list should make one feel "well read"....after all...how does reading the Harry Potter series make me more "well read"? If GWTW qualifies to be on the list, why doesn't Scarlet? The classics..yes, I can see that, but a lot on the list are/were just popular fiction of a given time. If I haven't read those, well it doesn't make me any less intelligent :roll: (or more for that matter )
I agree that, although there are some wonderful books on this list, I have only read 12 of those, but sooo many other things, when I was younger. Don't read much now, bc I will fall asleep. (ppl w/ fibro. don't get the quality sleep they need at night).
Oh well, I know what my middle daughter's i.q. is, and we'll just say, we get by, lol. Hers is just a bit above mine. Her mother was healthier, lol! Not going to say the name of the town I live in, but many of these books were not available to us.
Daughter is an avid reader, but smart enough to spend her time with books that she really loves, - romance novels, history, and mysteries.
I don't know how many books she has read in her lifetime, but in 02, she owned 350. That's got to be a tiny fraction of what I have seen her read. She can program your computer, fix your tv, repair your car, or crochet you a baby blanket. She didn't get all that from me, but I am proud to say she's mine.
I'm just as proud of my other two girls, and they read, but not like that. It doesn't matter. This was interesting, and might help, if you want to go on Jeopardy :wink: