tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post334077745268072817..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Malaysia's Top Tenbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-50513500029149390072007-12-03T06:42:00.000+08:002007-12-03T06:42:00.000+08:00it's a good book all right, but i think the reason...it's a good book all right, but i think the reason it is on the list at all is because it is a common college text! i think many people don't read much beyond the set books they had to study. how did you come to read it??<BR/><BR/>i remember reading "the scarlet pimpernel" as a kid and enjoying it. it was always considered a children's classic for some reason<BR/><BR/>(i also used to get thrilled when i found the tiny flower growing in the grass!)bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-36931486416968754462007-12-03T03:01:00.000+08:002007-12-03T03:01:00.000+08:00I can't believe Catcher In The Rye only came in 10...I can't believe Catcher In The Rye only came in 10th!!! Such a fantastic book with one of the best protagonists ever! <BR/><BR/>And doesn't anyone love The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy? I swear i've read it no less than 30 times!!! Aren't we all waiting for a hero.....Ninjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662534777630349095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-63881330480516717732007-05-05T16:32:00.000+08:002007-05-05T16:32:00.000+08:00Oh I just saw your comment Amir. Thanks for your b...Oh I just saw your comment Amir. Thanks for your book "Secret History" which you gave me years ago and it appears on your book list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-24644422676031335352007-05-05T16:29:00.000+08:002007-05-05T16:29:00.000+08:00Dear Sharon, I would like to congratulate you on y...Dear Sharon, I would like to congratulate you on your foresight in displaying the first edition dust jacket of "Catcher in the Rye" instead of that boring cover in the newspaper article. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-49352754643362084012007-05-01T22:55:00.000+08:002007-05-01T22:55:00.000+08:00Er.. hmm, let's see :1. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie2. ...Er.. hmm, let's see :<BR/><BR/>1. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie<BR/><BR/>2. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll<BR/><BR/>3. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll <BR/><BR/>4. Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon<BR/><BR/>5. Little Women - Louisa M. Alcott (taught me the difference between poverty and destitution.) <BR/><BR/>6. The Horse and His Boy - C. S. Lewis<BR/><BR/>That's it, basically. Can't afford that many others, so pretty much read those that are free to read/download.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-37099818568635348362007-05-01T06:34:00.000+08:002007-05-01T06:34:00.000+08:00yes, viz, i don't think c.s.lewis would be on ther...yes, viz, i don't think c.s.lewis would be on there if the film hadn't brought the narnia books to the public attentionbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-68123599659685746232007-05-01T00:16:00.000+08:002007-05-01T00:16:00.000+08:00that was actually what i first noticed about the l...that was actually what i first noticed about the list. ALL of the books have been filmed.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The Viz<BR/><BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-11943052507030602712007-04-30T22:08:00.000+08:002007-04-30T22:08:00.000+08:00dean - do you have a link to the australian list? ...dean - do you have a link to the australian list? yes it is intriguing. maybe part of it is the film verison of "pride and prejudice"? also these are books often read at school (in the UK at least)bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-64050087229422627652007-04-30T18:44:00.000+08:002007-04-30T18:44:00.000+08:00Interesting how the Starmag list echoes recent pol...Interesting how the Starmag list echoes recent polls in Britain and Australia. The presence of Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, especially.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-29612623165096920072007-04-30T17:22:00.000+08:002007-04-30T17:22:00.000+08:00yes Chet. his most readable and accessible work, b...yes Chet. his most readable and accessible work, but no less great.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The VizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-72617206026195851462007-04-30T16:47:00.000+08:002007-04-30T16:47:00.000+08:00Light in August - same author as Sound and Fury?Light in August - same author as Sound and Fury?Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-37452300498029037852007-04-30T16:40:00.000+08:002007-04-30T16:40:00.000+08:00thanks amir - v. nice list, with a few nudges to m...thanks amir - v. nice list, with a few nudges to me to read some things i haven't and to finish "money" and "the secret history"- keep getting distracted by other things i'm supposed to be reading<BR/><BR/>viz - thanks too. 'light in august" should look out for.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-61842194913094988782007-04-30T16:25:00.000+08:002007-04-30T16:25:00.000+08:00One Hundred Years Of Solitude and Light In August ...One Hundred Years Of Solitude and Light In August should be on everyone's list.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The VizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-5836154065698395692007-04-30T15:49:00.000+08:002007-04-30T15:49:00.000+08:00(in alphabetical order of writer)Martin Amis, Mone...(in alphabetical order of writer)<BR/><BR/>Martin Amis, Money<BR/>Anthony Burgess, The Malayan Trilogy<BR/>Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho<BR/>Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education<BR/>George Gissing, New Grub Street<BR/>Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle<BR/>Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita/Laughter in the Dark/Pale Fire (tie)<BR/>Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children<BR/>Donna Tartt, The Secret History<BR/>Mario Vargas Llosa, The War at the End of the World/Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (tie)<BR/><BR/>what a male list. even donna's book has a male narrator.Amir Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-5113257630968847972007-04-30T06:24:00.000+08:002007-04-30T06:24:00.000+08:00dreamer idiot - i have to keep reading "jude the o...dreamer idiot - i have to keep reading "jude the obscure" to see if the ending changes to a hppy ever after this time round!! <BR/><BR/>dan brown makes the list 1) because most people do actually enjoy the book 2) most people are not convinced readers and it's a very easy read 3) bookshops shove the book at you as if it is the pinnacle of human achievement. the challenge is to lead readers to other titles that they will have a positive experience with <BR/><BR/>greenbottle - yes, i echo your sentiments, i also like the books on the list esp. "lord of the rings" (though the film spoilt it for me), "catcher in the rye" and "to kill a mockingbird"bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-85333929274490753182007-04-29T23:49:00.000+08:002007-04-29T23:49:00.000+08:00harry bloody potter notwithstanding, the list isn'...harry bloody potter notwithstanding, the list isn't too bad! i was half afraid the likes of sophie fucking kinsella might make it...thank goodness she didn't and mitch albom almost make it...lucky he failed too...Greenbottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316111272589161400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-86471483631509592672007-04-29T23:07:00.000+08:002007-04-29T23:07:00.000+08:00Hey, I recognise all the titles on the Malaysian T...Hey, I recognise all the titles on the Malaysian Top 10 list!<BR/><BR/>Actually, some of them are my favourites, too. But for some reason, when I was thinking about my top 10, I didn't think of them. Looks like I have at least a Top 20.Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-65608940190279482142007-04-29T22:40:00.000+08:002007-04-29T22:40:00.000+08:00I know its to each its own, but the Malaysian top ...I know its to each its own, but the Malaysian top 10 is...I only like Pride & Prejudice, Catcher in the Rye, and Little Women, and even then, they're not my favs. I don't understand why people like Dan Brown so much. <BR/><BR/>Its a shame that not even Alexandre Dumas made the list =/ Or Anne Rice... *snickers*<BR/><BR/>Thats just me of course =pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-87786514194961733252007-04-29T22:12:00.000+08:002007-04-29T22:12:00.000+08:00You have two of my top 10 favorites. Crime and Pun...You have two of my top 10 favorites. Crime and Punishment, 1984. :)<BR/><BR/>You like Jude the Obscure... that's very dark, but perhaps Crime is equally if not darker too, but at least there was a glimmer of light and hope at the end. I really like Hardy's prose style though. <BR/><BR/>Oh yeah... I nearly forgot, will call u and the others tmw about the Tuesday lunch thing.dreameridiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124953269206273794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-223325103658825342007-04-29T22:09:00.000+08:002007-04-29T22:09:00.000+08:00The Visitor - true. but don't you think local book...The Visitor - true. but don't you think local bookshops have a responsibility to help local writers too? their own way of giving back to the community, to use a cliche. in the end, everyone wins if the planning goes well. <BR/><BR/>big bookshops in the west do a lot to promote writing and help writers out, but malaysian ones are still counting the bucks too much, imho.<BR/><BR/>ah well. at least we've got people working in the right direction (we're on one sich person's blog right now!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-80144155591689341292007-04-29T18:20:00.000+08:002007-04-29T18:20:00.000+08:00you've some of my favourites there too ah soo (1,3...you've some of my favourites there too ah soo (1,3,5.8,10) and all the others i'm interested in now!! thanksbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-74672839732588902382007-04-29T18:09:00.000+08:002007-04-29T18:09:00.000+08:001. Lord of the Flies - William Golding2. Waiting -...1. Lord of the Flies - William Golding<BR/>2. Waiting - Ha Jin<BR/>3. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Oscar Hijuelos<BR/>4. Little Birds - Anais Nin<BR/>5. Of Mice & Men - John Steinbeck<BR/>6. Under the Banyan Tree - R.K.Narayan<BR/>7. Crazy in Alabama - Mark Childress<BR/>8. Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri<BR/>9. The Poet - Michael Connelly<BR/>10. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe<BR/><BR/>..None of my books got nominated...hmmm, I must be reading the wrong material...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-43090540456421635432007-04-29T15:58:00.000+08:002007-04-29T15:58:00.000+08:00and you are quite right!and you are quite right!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-11855126478294510642007-04-29T15:31:00.000+08:002007-04-29T15:31:00.000+08:00i'm continuing this comment as from the comment bo...i'm continuing this comment as from the comment box of the previous entry.<BR/><BR/>Sharon, you complained that the bookstore had a tough time looking for two copies of The Gift Of Rain, and Animah said MPH had the same difficulty with two copies of Kam's book (whatever its called).<BR/><BR/>now look at this list here. Lord Of The Rings??? Harry bloody Potter??? DA VINCI CODE???????<BR/><BR/>now this is the crap that ppl read. but this crap SELLS. so is it any wonder if the bookshops arent exactly very enthusiastic in displaying books with titles like The Gift Of Rain and I Am Muslim, or any books by Msian writers?<BR/><BR/>2 + 2 = 4.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The VisitorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com