# 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:** 2
**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, 2:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/21 "2022-07-25T14:51:02Z")
I liked it okay. It was a bit of a struggle to get through at times, but I thought it was unique for its time and the narrative was pretty layered. ‘Tuesdays With The Dying Old Man Everyone Loves and Who Knows Everything About Life’ on the other hand… well, let’s just say I’m glad it was only like a hundred pages or something. ---
**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, 2:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/22 "2022-07-25T14:52:00Z")
> [@DrewC](#): > > ‘Tuesdays With The Dying Old Man Everyone Loves and Who Knows Everything About Life’ on the other hand… well, let’s just say I’m glad it was only like a hundred pages or something. I was smart enough not to get within reading distance of that one… 🙂 ---
**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, 2:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/23 "2022-07-25T14:52:12Z")
![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/f/f/ff2148371207d09cdd020363dfbfa3eef2b1dd3c.jpeg) Much better, I’ve heard. Never got to it. Bought it. Never got to it and then I moved to Taiwan without it ---
**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, 2:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/24 "2022-07-25T14:52:27Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > I was smart enough not to get within reading distance of that one… 🙂 You mean you avoided airports between the years 1996 and 2004? 😉 ---
**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, 2:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/25 "2022-07-25T14:52:55Z")
> [@DrewC](#): > > You mean you avoided airports between the years 1996 and 2004? I’m near-sighted. ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/26 "2022-07-25T14:55:42Z")
> [@Mr\_PBH](#): > > Much better, I’ve heard. Never got to it. Bought it. Never got to it and then I moved to Taiwan without it Hmm, looks interesting. Going on the reading list. ---
**Author:** ![rooftopclown](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rooftopclown/32/58063_2.png) [@rooftopclown](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/rooftopclown)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/27 "2022-07-26T02:42:46Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > One of the most pretentious pieces of wishy-washy New Age claptrap I’ve ever read… You sure haven’t read enough wishy-washy New Age claptrap. ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/28 "2022-07-26T02:46:58Z")
> [@rooftopclown](#): > > You sure haven’t read enough wishy-washy New Age claptrap. Any reccos? ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/29 "2022-07-27T03:52:47Z")
The titles I can’t make out are _The Haunting of […?]_ (top center) and something by Kazuo Ishiguro (top right). I don’t think the one to the left of Tolkien is Salinger btw. :2cents: Anyway, I score at least 5, maybe 6 depending on which Ishiguro it is. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/30 "2022-07-27T03:57:49Z")
> [@yyy](#): > > depending on which Ishiguro it is It’s Never Let Me Go. > [@yyy](#): > > I don’t think the one to the left of Tolkien is Salinger btw. :2cents: Pretty sure it is. ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/5/a/5a932e35b0ca5b5fb307c9d534b00d61b6358666.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/31 "2022-07-27T04:24:57Z")
Hmpf, okay, 50’s style. For that, You get 1 year of your centuries-long stay in Purgatory upgraded to Purgatory Premium™, but you still need to pay for any alcoholic drinks you order in the PP Lounge, or any drinks at all after hours. 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/32 "2022-07-27T12:40:51Z")
Read 0. ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/33 "2022-07-27T12:43:24Z")
> [@OysterOmelet](#): > > Read 0. Did you go to high school in the U.S.? ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/34 "2022-07-27T12:51:03Z")
5/10, but I didn’t pretend to read the others. :idunno: ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/35 "2022-07-27T13:12:01Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > Did you go to high school in the U.S.? Yes. This was the AP English list. Pride and Prejudice\* Crime and Punishment\* Washington Square Siddhartha\* Brave New World Macbeth \*Didn’t read ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/36 "2022-07-27T14:07:10Z")
> [@OysterOmelet](#): > > Yes. But no Orwell? No Homer? ---
**Author:** ![MikeN1](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@MikeN1](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/MikeN1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/37 "2022-07-27T14:14:04Z")
I’ve read seven; eight if the one to left the of The Hobbit is The Catcher in the Rye. Can’t make out the three in the top row to the left of (_retch_) The Alchemist (anybody know?). The title-card (presmably) comes from the book by the Italian novelist Italo Calvino, called _If on a winter’s night a traveller_. It starts with an unamed second-person Reader rummaging through a bookshop for the latest Calvino novel, and having to avoid various classifications of novels including Books You Long Pretended To Have Read But Now Actually Have To Get Around To Reading. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/38 "2022-07-27T14:37:40Z")
> [@MikeN1](#): > > the three in the top row to the left of (_retch_) The Alchemist The Haunting of Hill House, Bel Canto and The Secret Garden. ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/39 "2022-07-27T15:50:00Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > But no Orwell? No Homer? No. We had to read the Odyssey in college but \*didn’t read. ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/40 "2022-07-27T16:05:35Z")
> [@OysterOmelet](#): > > No. Interesting you had to read Brave New World but not 1984. [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048.md?page=1) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048.md?page=3)