tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post1584523886850657786..comments2024-02-26T08:30:10.766+00:00Comments on 2606 Books and counting..........: Top Ten Tuesday: Books for TeenagersFalaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01296217731383114462noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-55796114175155591582011-07-24T13:58:20.413+01:002011-07-24T13:58:20.413+01:00I love your idea of a 1001 to read before 18. I h...I love your idea of a 1001 to read before 18. I have 2 teen boys. They only read those things directly connected to their computer and computer games. It's a sad state of affairs. However, the more we (as parents) push them to read the more they resist. They live in a house full of books, a library right at hand, e-readers and two parents that love to read. We can only hope that they will come to their senses and play catch up some day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-66518771697799598312011-07-22T21:28:50.342+01:002011-07-22T21:28:50.342+01:00"I’m prepared to make an exception for Anne R..."I’m prepared to make an exception for Anne Rice but that’s the limit."<br /><br />Well put!<br /><br />I'm also glad to see Wodehouse. I only started reading him a few years ago and thought, "Where have you been all my life?" A teenaged Kate would have been so delighted to have met him.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314153391153507955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-42799692015304783342011-07-21T08:42:39.449+01:002011-07-21T08:42:39.449+01:00It doesn't happen often that I'd agree wit...It doesn't happen often that I'd agree with most pieces on any best/worst/recommended book list, but you've done a great job here, especially including Orwell and Remarque.<br /><br />~OndrejLegends of Dunehttp://mostpopularbooks.org/good-reading/good-reading-legends-of-dune-the-butlerian-jihad/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-55907256370030569172011-07-20T19:19:09.677+01:002011-07-20T19:19:09.677+01:00#7 has been on my list for awhile, I need to read ...#7 has been on my list for awhile, I need to read it. I also second the Wodehouse recommendation. Sometimes I think we shove too much serious literature down kids throats and while some of us love that (me!), I think it scares off others. Mixing in some hilarious stuff teaches them that classics aren't dry and boring.Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-74325426550809741742011-07-20T10:48:22.943+01:002011-07-20T10:48:22.943+01:00+JMJ+
I'm happy to see Wodehouse here! Teens...+JMJ+ <br /><br />I'm happy to see Wodehouse here! Teens really do need happy reading to balance the serious books. =) <br /><br />What do you think of some Aldous Huxley to complement the double dose of Orwell? I think the former was even more prophetic with <i>Brave New World</i> than the latter was with <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four</i>.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-6793963914784179852011-07-20T03:31:00.913+01:002011-07-20T03:31:00.913+01:00I think it is fine to list Orwell twice. He was o...I think it is fine to list Orwell twice. He was one of the writers that influenced me the most as a teen.<br /><br />Come visit me at <a href="http://hawthornescarlet.blogspot.com/2011/07/top-ten-tuesday-required-reading.html" rel="nofollow">The Scarlet Letter</a>.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-61729144789743540772011-07-19T18:30:01.592+01:002011-07-19T18:30:01.592+01:00I'm ashamed to admit I haven't read All Qu...I'm ashamed to admit I haven't read All Quiet on the Western Front, and I am very well past my teens. Good thing I can have instant gratification with this Kindle I have here next to me-I'll add it to Slaughterhouse Five, which I've also resolved to read this summer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16606360048165203407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-28463369814439547252011-07-19T17:52:31.490+01:002011-07-19T17:52:31.490+01:00I haven't heard of 7, 8 and 10. They sound int...I haven't heard of 7, 8 and 10. They sound interesting the though. The rest of the list is great!...Songhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707280327803432082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-9032292434078996482011-07-19T17:49:17.958+01:002011-07-19T17:49:17.958+01:00You are right. Anne Frank and Dracula are a strang...You are right. Anne Frank and Dracula are a strange combination. Great books though. So many of your list I have yet to read. I am actually quite ashamed.KarenSihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875454663363953921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-89591735886418612692011-07-19T17:03:28.545+01:002011-07-19T17:03:28.545+01:00Lovely comments on The Diary of Anne Frank and cou...Lovely comments on The Diary of Anne Frank and couldn't agree more on your choice of Dracula.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-55006355266198224952011-07-19T14:14:31.043+01:002011-07-19T14:14:31.043+01:00Terrific list many of which I have on my list and ...Terrific list many of which I have on my list and would add if I had more than ten to choose.Jan von Harzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01911676835023825470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069628911357973492.post-85500490111204052452011-07-19T12:46:14.258+01:002011-07-19T12:46:14.258+01:00Great list! I'll have to ponder this subject ...Great list! I'll have to ponder this subject all day before I'm able to come up with a list of my own.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.com