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Week 24 - Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
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RLS! I do think that I like Treasure Island a bit more than Kidnapped but both books were read and reread in my childhood. I recently listened to the audiobook of Treasure Island so maybe that is where my preference comes from... These are often thought of as boys' stories, but I am proof that girls can enjoy them too :)
Laura, you mentioned somewhere that you don't much like adventure stories - am I remembering correctly? This is definitely an adventure story...
I am doing pretty well on this list so far -- out of the 24, there are only 3 I haven't read yet (Sybil, Pilgrim's Progress, and The Scarlet Letter). I won't mention how many of them I have read in the past 12-18 months :P
Did you stop needing sleep during the past 12-18 months by any chance Leslie? :D
Jean wrote: "Did you stop needing sleep during the past 12-18 months by any chance Leslie? :D"LOL! No, but I have drastically reduced the amount of television I watch :D
Leslie wrote: "Jean wrote: "Did you stop needing sleep during the past 12-18 months by any chance Leslie? :D"LOL! No, but I have drastically reduced the amount of television I watch :D"
Yes, that would help my reading, if I did that.
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You're unbeatable Leslie, but I'm right behind you:
Clarissa, Gulliver’s Travels, Sybil, Kidnapped
But I think that the more we get close to the XX/XXI century the less I'll have read!
There's a sort of "Parkinson's Law" of good books...
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Which is? The more time you have to read the more books come out to be read?
Exactly, Laura :) Or even, the more books you want to read, the more there seem to be!
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