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1varielle
Editado: Nov 18, 2007, 9:35 pm

I was 11, the first year I started to sit up and really pay attention. New Year's Eve 1969 just prior to the launch of 1970, I seem to recall that CBS ran Chamber of Horrors. It snowed and my Dad and the next door neighbor got completely blitzed and had a terrific time pushing all of the neighborhood kids down hill until the neighbor fell and broke his arm.

1. Love Story, Erich Segal 497 copies on LT

2. The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles 1,377 copies

3. Islands in the Stream, Ernest Hemingway 498 copies

4. The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart 1,186 copies

5. Great Lion of God, Taylor Caldwell 81 copies

6. QB VII, Leon Uris 326 copies

7. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Jimmy Breslin 50 copies

8. The Secret Woman, Victoria Holt 53 copies

9. Travels with My Aunt, Graham Greene 686 copies

10. Rich Man, Poor Man, Irwin Shaw 127 copies

This was also the first year when I have read a fair number of these books. Absolutely loved Travels with my Aunt. Saw the movie Rich man, Poor Man, nothing particularly memorable there. I went through a Victoria Holt and Mary Stewart phase and although I don't remember these in particular I read everything they wrote during my high school years. I know Fowles is a great author, but couldn't get into the French Lieutenant's Woman. The scene where she whips out the tea pot and makes over it still sticks in my mind. We were desperate to see Love Story when the movie came out, but were told that it was a dirty movie and we were too young. I read the book when I was about 13. I remember being mystified wondering what a prepie was and why the girl was so rude to the guy. 30 years later I rented the movie to see what I had missed. It was a real stinker. No wonder they don't show it in re-runs on TV.

2Storeetllr
Nov 18, 2007, 10:01 pm

Woot! The very first year that I've read more than one (if that many) of the best sellers and also the first year that I've recognized all of them.

I read Love Story (meh), French Lieutenant's Woman (excellent), The Crystal Cave (a favorite), QB VII (excellent), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (I remember it was funny, but I couldn't tell you anymore what it was about), and maybe Great Lion of God (it sounds familiar but I'm not sure). Five out of 10 ~ wow!

3Shortride
Nov 19, 2007, 7:50 pm

I read The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight earlier this year, and thought it was just average.

4varielle
Editado: Feb 26, 2008, 8:32 am

US Non-Fiction

1. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex but Were Afraid To Ask, David Reuben, M.D. 111 copies on LT

2. The New English Bible 90 copies

3. The Sensuous Woman, "J" 44 copies

4. Better Homes and Gardens Fondue and Tabletop Cooking 57 copies

5. Up the Organization, Robert Townsend 81 copies

6. Ball Four, Jim Bouton 351 copies

7. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, William Morris 1,143 copies

8. Body Language, Julius Fast 165 copies

9. In Someone's Shadow, Rod McKuen 45 copies

10. Caught in the Quiet, Rod McKuen 16 copies

I think I got my hands on #1 as a curious teen. I read #8 when I first got into human resources.

5vpfluke
Feb 26, 2008, 3:17 pm

The church I attended in the 1980's had a New English Bible and I frequently read from it out loud to the congregation. I prefer the Jerusalem Bible and the New International Version for readability. I couldn't use any other edition, because the couple who donated the Bible sat in the front row and could easily tell what you reading from (like a surreptitious photocpy of another version).

I really liked the American heritage Dictionary as it had an Indo-Euopean root dictionary in the back.

My wife has the Rod McKuen poetry.

6aviddiva
Feb 27, 2008, 2:07 am

I read #1 & #4 as a teenager, and I also owned some Rod McKuen then, but not those two. I think I still have a copy of The American Heritage Dictionary some where.

7keren7
Abr 18, 2008, 11:54 am

I have read and did own The French Lieutenant's Women.

8BonnieJune54
mayo 29, 2013, 9:45 am

I only got about two thirds through The French Lieutenant's Woman in February. I like it enough to keep going but I doubt if I read anymore of Fowles. I'm reading it on my iPad and I keep looking up definitions and googling names used. I've seen paintings by Millais and and learned who Mr. Jorrocks and Mad Jack Mytton were. My favorite word is Ernestina being souffrante. It is French for unwell. That is perfect for a Victorian lady who wishes to call in sick to her life of paying calls. I suppose I'm a bit of a hypocrite because I complained about the author going off on tangents and I keep going off on ones of my own making.
I loved Travels with my Aunt. I read The Crystal Cave as part of the King Arthur series.

9rocketjk
Editado: Jun 3, 2013, 5:44 pm

Great stuff! I was 15 this year. Of course I gobbled down Ball Four as soon as it came out. I also loved the sequel, I'm Glad You Didn't Take it Personally. I think I've read The French Lieutenant's Woman, but maybe I'm just remembering the movie. I've also read Rich Man, Poor Man. Regarding the "movie" version of that book, without looking it up, I'm almost positive that a) it was originally a TV mini-series, b) it was a huge hit and c) it launched the career of Nick Nolte. Of course, memories from that long ago are further away than they appear in the mirror, and contents may settle during shipping.