I’ve never got through Ulysses.
Taste & recommendation
Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list?
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Read by age
Any age
In their thirties 5
In their forties 7
In their fifties 10
In their sixties 6
Seventy and beyond 4
Any unread book a friend bought me.
My own biography! Being serious, there’s an Australian novel by Gregory Roberts called Shantaram that I didn’t read through.
This year, I was asked to be a judge for the Women’s prize for fiction and I’ve read 75 books in six months, so I’m parking shame for the time being.
Absolutely none. I’ve had three run-ups at Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and I conclude it must be boring because I’ve never finished it.
Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
Ulysses – I’ve tried many times and never got through it.
None. I’m not ashamed. I’m dyslexic so I don’t read a lot of books.
I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.
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