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Laine · 09-29-2009, 11:31 AM

I've read 59 but some were 45 years or so ago so I don't remember much.
Some I'd never read again. Some I like.
We did Portrait of the Artist as a Young man at school so I tried Ulysses and didn't get far. (Didn't count it.)

It seems like a lot I read when young - teens, early 20s and a lot in the last 10 years and not so much midlife. Too busy living a life?

I don't feel specially clever for reading this many. I read 2 books a day after I went home from primary school. I lived in a very small village. I was never sporty. TV was limited and my mother was strict about what we watched. Then I went to an all female teachers college in Hertford.

I think people growing up now will read less of future lists due to all the alternatives they have. We didn't have mobileread so we read instead of discussing our reading.

09-29-2009, 11:31 AM	#115
Laine Addict Posts: 341 Karma: 1162396 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia Device: Aura H2O, Voyage	I've read 59 but some were 45 years or so ago so I don't remember much. Some I'd never read again. Some I like. We did Portrait of the Artist as a Young man at school so I tried Ulysses and didn't get far. (Didn't count it.) It seems like a lot I read when young - teens, early 20s and a lot in the last 10 years and not so much midlife. Too busy living a life? I don't feel specially clever for reading this many. I read 2 books a day after I went home from primary school. I lived in a very small village. I was never sporty. TV was limited and my mother was strict about what we watched. Then I went to an all female teachers college in Hertford. I think people growing up now will read less of future lists due to all the alternatives they have. We didn't have mobileread so we read instead of discussing our reading.