Top Ten Tuesday!

A weekly meme by The Broke and the Bookish

The Top Ten Books I Can't Believe I've Never Read
(in no particular order, so I guess it's not technically the "top ten")


1.  The Great Gatsby- somehow my English classes never covered this book, and I have been too lazy to get it from the library.  Most people that I know have read it, including some people who don't like to read.  What is wrong with me?


2. Gone With the Wind- My mother is a HUGE FAN of both the book and the movie, and I have seen the movie but not read the book.  She's been on me to read it since I was 13, and I am just intimidated by its large size.


3. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella- I have read every single one of her other books under this name (currently reading Twenties Girl because I JUST got a copy; no Madeleine Wickham books yet).  I have loved all of them dearly, but when I read the first few pages of Remember Me? I just did not like them.  I still need to give it a fair shot, though.


4. The Origin of Species- I majored in bio in college, and I have a huge intellectual crush on Darwin, but I have never read any of his beautiful writing.


5. Catching Fire- Okay, this one is not my fault.  I requested it at the library like 6 weeks ago, but I am still number 3 on the list and too broke to buy it.


6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo- same as number 5, except I'm like number 30 on the list, or something crazy like that.  I started at 80-something.


7. Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson #2)- I loved the first book SOOO MUCH that I went to the store and bought books 2-4 (kids books are cheaper!).  This was 2 months ago, and I still haven't finished book 2.


8. Macbeth- I refused to take AP Lang in high school, so when I got to AP Lit, everyone had taken AP Lang and read Macbeth except me.  Needless to say, I developed a sort of complex when the teacher constantly referenced this play and I had no idea what she was talking about.


9.  Shiver- just impatiently waiting to have time to read it, and feeling jealous of all the rave reviews.  I want to enjoy it too! 


10. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation-  this is a science trade book about sexual selection written as an advice column for various creatures including insects and birds.  I bought it a year ago and still haven't read it.  GRRRR to me.


So it was fun making this list, but now I'm kind of depressed about all the good books I am missing out on.  Time to read, no time to waste!