Reading List Quotes

There are so many books I want to read. Difficult books. That's what I intend to do and what I'm longing for.

When people ask for book recommendations, I say this: Do some math. If you read one book every week for the rest of your life, and if you're lucky enough to live for 50 more years, you're only going to get to 2,600 books.

Well, I'm reading about the battle of New Orleans right now. I've got an eclectic reading list.

Books are like eggs -- best when fresh.

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

None of us, of course, will ever read all the books we'd like, but we can still make a stab at it.

I wish I had more time to read. I'm always traveling.

In my class - in all fifth-grade classes - we were required to read 'classics,' books like 'Shiloh,' which is about a white boy and the dog he rescues. And 'Old Yeller,' which is about a white boy and the dog that rescues him. And 'Where the Red Fern Grows,' which is about a white boy and the two dogs he trains.

My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.

I'm a great reader that never has time to read.

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.

I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.

I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one.

Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.

I always have several books on the go at any one moment, so it's no good you asking 'What's on the bedside table at the moment, Emma?' because often I can't even see the table!

My to-do list is the only form of organization I have, other than my iCal. It's not all work stuff; it's a lot of movies that I want to watch sooner rather than later. I have a list that's like, 'Read an essay from this book, then this one, then go back to this one.'

I try to read 20 books a year.

My only dream is to get old and finally have time to read all the books that I'm collecting.

But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.

There are so many books I mean to read, and things I mean to see.

I'd sit at my kitchen table and start scanning help-wanted ads on my laptop, but then a browser tab would blink and I'd get distracted and follow a link to a long magazine article about genetically modified wine grapes. Too long, actually, so I'd add it to my reading list. Then I'd follow another link to a book review. I'd add the review to my reading list, too, then download the first chapter of the book—third in a series about vampire police. Then, help-wanted ads forgotten, I'd retreat to the living room, put my laptop on my belly, and read all day. I had a lot of free time.

I don't read much, I don't have the time. But I'm not at all happy about that; I want to read more. It's a promise I made to myself. I think it's important.

I must read. I must read. I must read.