What book have you always wanted to read?

**Tinks** · November 14th, 2009, 04:11 PM

But never got around to it?

I've always wanted to read Wuthering Heights. It's been sitting on my bedside table for a year or so but I never get around to actually reading it. I've also wanted to read Emma for years but have never gone and got myself a copy.

**~*lilla*~** · November 14th, 2009, 04:15 PM

Atonement, the Colour Purple and Angelas Ashes

**berrme** · November 14th, 2009, 04:28 PM

American Psycho. Does that make me weird? I think it is because it is banned from the normal sections of libraries.

Also Gone with the wind.

**Lulu** · November 14th, 2009, 04:41 PM

I wouldn't mind actually finishing Crime and Punishment.

**Laranna** · November 14th, 2009, 05:40 PM

I've actually been meaning to read Lance Armstrong's "It's Not About the Bike". Haven't got around to it yet. Too many unfinished books on my bedside table as it is!

***TripleJ*** · November 14th, 2009, 05:53 PM

my sisters keeper

**Glamourcide** · November 14th, 2009, 06:38 PM

Another one for Wuthering Heights here. I borrowed it from the library years ago but couldn't get past the first chapter

I've been wanting to give it another go.

I had always wanted to read 'Catcher in the Rye' and finally did it a few years ago. It was pretty awesome

**Inanna** · November 14th, 2009, 06:39 PM

To Kill a Mockingbird...

**Lolli** · November 14th, 2009, 07:11 PM

The Lord of the Rings trilogy (it's a trilogy, right?)

Maybe I should just watch the movies

**AnyDream** · November 14th, 2009, 07:21 PM

Read the books, LR, then the movies are so much more satisfying!

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. (hmmm yeah, I know, cheerful...)

A room of one's own by Virginia Woolf (technically an essay...yeah, fascinating!)

More recently - Buddhism for Mothers.

**Chocaholic** · November 14th, 2009, 08:06 PM

Heidi. I just bought the book and will read it by Christmas hopefully.

Inanna - To Kill A Mockingbird is so amazing. Also the movie is fantastic. Gregory Peck is spellbinding in it.

Twelve Angry Men is another. Seen the old black and white movie with Henry Fonda in it and want to see if the book is just as awesome.

**mrscricket** · November 14th, 2009, 08:54 PM

I wish I could say one of the classics but mine is one that my DH brought for me last Christmas. He was so proud because he picked it all by himself (I work in a bookshop so read a lot). It is called "Things I want my daughters to know" by Elizabeth Noble and it is about a woman who writes a farewell letter to each of her 4 daughters. The tag-line on the back says "How would you say goodbye to those you love most in the world".. The thought of it makes me want to bawl.. I am a huge sook and don't think I'll be able to cope with reading it. DH has actually asked me a few times if it's on my 'favourites' list and I just smile and say yes. I can't admit to him I can't read it!

**Oorki Galoorki** · November 14th, 2009, 09:07 PM

"Why Does He Do That" by Lundy Bancroft

Buddhism for Mothers

**LionsandBears** · November 14th, 2009, 09:36 PM

The Art of War, Sun Tzu

I loved Wuthering Heights. Haven't read it in years. I was actually thinking of To Kill a Mockingbird yesterday - has to be one of the best books I've ever read and the movie is fantastic too.

**montyp** · November 15th, 2009, 06:10 PM

I had always wanted to read 'Catcher in the Rye'

Me too

The Lord of the Rings trilogy (it's a trilogy, right?)

Maybe I should just watch the movies

We have it in a 7-part volume (a septology?) ... watch the movies!

The Art of War, Sun Tzu

Learned about it when doing a course on war and peace through the ages

Leo Tolstoy War and Peace is my contribution to this list ... don't know if I could, though

**Roryrory** · November 15th, 2009, 07:14 PM

I used to have all these books I "should" get around to reading but then a few years back I thought "hang on, how about I just read what I like?" . So now if I don't get past the first chapter, out it goes. That said, some books need to be read once you are older. For me it is Simone de Beauvoir's "The Mandarins". It is about a group of French intellectuals after WW2 and their turmoils and relationships. I have started it twice and got a bit further each time, but I've decided its a book IU will revisit every five years or so and read further as I age.