1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

I love the blatancy of this title! It's like, well, you're going to die, so you must read all these books before that happens. ha ha ha

I HAVE ANOTHER MISSION IN LIFE!!!

Well of course I'm not going to read all 1001 books, and I'm not even going to read the ones that it says in here. I will use them as a guide only. I don't agree with a fair few of the books that are in here, and I think that there should be others in here, which are not! I will have to create my own list of 1001 books you must read before you die.

Now I love this book, because it contains the 1001 most popular, most talked about books in our time, ranging from the past till now. It has descriptions of the books, summaries, about the author, pics etc. Pretty hefty book if you ask me, but it feels good in the hands. I first saw this book in Angus and Robertson, retailing for $65 AU, and thought what? I want it, but I don't want it for that much. So I decided to buy it from Amazon... As per usual, I got it for less than half that price. Gotta love Amazon. I still look forward to and will celebrate the day when an official Amazon Australia is launched! I really want to the No Postage Policy within that country!!! Grrrrr! I'd be saving soooo much more! If you love books as much as I do, you will be thinking the same thing!

Can you believe that "The Da Vinci Code" is NOT in this book! ha ha, I love it! I still haven't been able to get into that book. I've read about 5 chapters, and just cannot get into it. I think the hype has turned me off. I will eventually complete it but for the time being it remains on my bookshelf with a bookmark early on in its story. Geeze, I should put that one on here too.

I'm also surprised that "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" is not in this book, as I think it's a wonderful book and should receive mention. I thank Angus & Robertson for placing it in their top 100 list for 2006.

Result 4 of 5 Great for a reference book. I think I will like this book the more I read its recommendations.