# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![superking](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/superking/32/197217_2.png) [@superking](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/superking)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/41 "2022-07-27T16:18:48Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > Did you read and like Little Women? I think that’s a very fair baseline for Secret Garden. They are quite similar in tone. The secret garden can be read and enjoyed by adults. It’s not too long or taxing and the story itself is charming. ---
**Author:** ![superking](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/superking/32/197217_2.png) [@superking](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/superking)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/42 "2022-07-27T16:26:09Z")
> [@OysterOmelet](#): > > This was the AP English list. > > Pride and Prejudice\* > Crime and Punishment\* > Washington Square > Siddhartha\* > Brave New World > Macbeth All white authors. Mostly romantic/tragic novels. Pretty bland selection of books they had you reading. You read the shortest three? ---
**Author:** ![MalcolmReynolds](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/malcolmreynolds/32/258535_2.png) [@MalcolmReynolds](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/MalcolmReynolds)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/43 "2022-07-27T23:19:54Z")
0/10 I hate to read anything other than technical/computer manuals. ---
**Author:** ![volv1992](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/volv1992/32/105503_2.png) [@volv1992](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/volv1992)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/44 "2022-07-28T00:04:39Z")
I pretend i’ve read a thread before contributing a message. Books= Long term sustained effort, nah ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/45 "2022-07-28T00:27:10Z")
When I was traveling in the late 80s the pretentious book de jour was the Brothers Karamazov. People would haul that around like it was the holy gale. ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/46 "2022-07-28T01:51:33Z")
3/10. I carry a 3 others of those on my e-reader and in case I get inspired. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/47 "2022-07-28T02:36:13Z")
> [@MalcolmReynolds](#): > > I hate to read anything other than technical/computer manuals. 1984 is definitely worth a go. Or you could just read the news. 😅 ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/48 "2022-07-28T03:01:30Z")
Well, The Secret Garden I’ve read, but not the other two. ---
**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, 3:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/49 "2022-07-27T03:19:26Z")
> [@Funny Pictures 2022](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/funny-pictures-2022/215285/2459): > > > [@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. True. There are _other_ books by the same guy! 😱 ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/50 "2022-07-28T04:02:33Z")
> [@the\_bear](#): > > When I was traveling in the late 80s the pretentious book de jour was the Brothers Karamazov. People would haul that around like it was the holy gale. Can I ask where? Most of the travellers’ books I noticed people reading were books connected (often loosely) to the area (often defined loosely). _The White Nile_ by Alan Moorehead was all the rage in Africa, _One Hundred Years of Solitude_ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Central America (and I heard in South America, never went there), _The Snow Leopard_ by Peter Mattheissen in Asia, _Midnight’s Children_ by Salman Rushdie especially in India, _The Songlines_ by Bruce Chatwin in Australia- often met with pretended astonishment you hadn’t read them. ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/51 "2022-07-28T04:33:46Z")
South east Asia ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/52 "2022-07-28T04:34:55Z")
> [@the\_bear](#): > > South east Asia The Beach ---
**Author:** ![Gain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Gain)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/53 "2022-07-28T06:28:28Z")
I’ve read 1984 and I did not like it and I’ve probably read The Alchemist when I was very little, but I don’t remember anything. Not terribly interested in the rest either. Not a very fun selection imo. ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/54 "2022-07-28T12:31:29Z")
There is a strange similarity between Marquez and Rushdie ---
**Author:** ![zender](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zender](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/zender)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/55 "2022-07-28T13:45:49Z")
Two of my all-time favorites are “Midnight’s Children” and “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” I’m almost afraid to reread them. ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/56 "2022-07-28T14:02:51Z")
> [@the\_bear](#): > > When I was traveling in the late 80s the pretentious book de jour was the Brothers Karamazov. People would haul that around like it was the holy gale. so, like, the davinci code? ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/57 "2022-07-28T14:08:33Z")
have read the hobbit from that pic. I am curious why anyone would pretend to read a book. that seems insanely counterproductive. is this an actual thing, or am I missing the punchline? if it’s about school time reads. the only ones I found mildly entertaining as a child in middle school were the Chrysalids and the hobbit (loved the hobbit as a kid). otherwise, better books outside of school time. we were limited in english, and biology, by Christian groups so the pickings were fairly filtered. if thread is about passing school tests without reading: everything shakespear! ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/58 "2022-07-28T14:48:08Z")
Playboy. I swear takes me YEARS to read one ---
**Author:** ![BigDave](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bigdave/32/181371_2.png) [@BigDave](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BigDave)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/59 "2022-07-28T14:50:07Z")
Because the pages are stuck together? ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/books-we-pretend-weve-read/222048/60 "2022-07-28T14:50:22Z")
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