# Books we pretend we've read **URL:** \ **Category:** Fun & Games\ **Created:** [July 25, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048 "2022-07-25T09:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/1 "2022-07-25T09:50:31Z")
_Note from mod: Originally posted in [Funny Pictures](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/funny-pictures-2022/215285), but it took on a life of its own._ ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/d/9/d9652ddc21783136e12c58fce4f50333920de6b5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bree](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bree/32/270345_2.png) [@Bree](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Bree)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/2 "2022-07-25T10:26:43Z")
6/10 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/3 "2022-07-25T10:29:05Z")
> [@Bree](#): > > 6/10 Same as me. Although I can’t really tell what the upper left one is. Or maybe seven…I think the one on the far lower left is Catcher in the Rye. ---
**Author:** ![Pizzaman](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/pizzaman/32/133113_2.png) [@Pizzaman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Pizzaman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/4 "2022-07-25T10:39:29Z")
The secret garden…the top left ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/5 "2022-07-25T10:44:37Z")
> [@Pizzaman](#): > > The secret garden…the top left Haven’t read it. ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/6 "2022-07-25T10:45:19Z")
> [@Pizzaman](#): > > The secret garden…the top left Puts me at 6 also ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/7 "2022-07-25T10:46:14Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > Haven’t read it. It is meant for adolescent girls, I read my sister’s copy when i was a kid a read everything in the house ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/8 "2022-07-25T10:48:09Z")
> [@TT](#): > > I read my sister’s copy Any good? ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/9 "2022-07-25T10:49:33Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > Any good? My 10 year old self wasnt impressed enougj to remember any details ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/10 "2022-07-25T10:49:58Z")
> [@TT](#): > > My 10 year old self wasnt impressed enougj to remember any details Did you read and like Little Women? ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/11 "2022-07-25T10:50:32Z")
Never read it ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/12 "2022-07-25T10:51:44Z")
> [@TT](#): > > Never read it OK, just trying to get a baseline. I remember thinking that one was an OK read as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/13 "2022-07-25T10:53:59Z")
My 10 year old self didn’t enjoy Tolstoy, so maybe not a good baseline 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/14 "2022-07-25T11:24:39Z")
> [@TT](#): > > My 10 year old self didn’t enjoy Tolstoy, so maybe not a good baseline I actually liked Tolstoy as a kid. Dostoyevsky on the other hand… 😅 ---
**Author:** ![DrewC](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/drewc/32/224499_2.png) [@DrewC](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DrewC)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/15 "2022-07-25T14:25:18Z")
I’ve read 2 of those and they were both a bit overrated imo. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/16 "2022-07-25T14:39:55Z")
> [@DrewC](#): > > I’ve read 2 of those and they were both a bit overrated imo. One’s gotta be The Alchemist… ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/17 "2022-07-25T14:43:31Z")
I finally got around to that one a few years ago. Completely un memorable ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/18 "2022-07-25T14:45:33Z")
One of the most pretentious pieces of wishy-washy New Age claptrap I’ve ever read… ---
**Author:** ![DrewC](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/drewc/32/224499_2.png) [@DrewC](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DrewC)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/19 "2022-07-25T14:45:59Z")
The cow wins a cookie! You know what it read like? The magical realism of ‘100 Years Of Solitude’ and the pretentious faux importance of ‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ were tossed in a blender with the worst kind of YA novella. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/20 "2022-07-25T14:48:33Z")
> [@DrewC](#): > > The magical realism of ‘100 Years Of Solitude’ Another one I had to force myself to finish. I kept telling myself, “It’s so famous…the profound part must be coming up soon.” [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048.md?page=2)