Update: Thank you to everyone who voted! The results of the game are now posted here.
Thank you to all of you brave enough to publicly compete in a game of Humiliation. Now, it's time to vote, and find out just which book(s) are the most and least read among the entrants. (You can participate even if you don't have an entry in the running. I'm afraid you don't be able to vote if you don't have a LiveJournal account - that's just the way LJ polls work.)
Go through the following list and check the boxes next to ALL of the books you have read. What counts as reading a book is ultimately up to you, but here are some guidelines: A few chapters doesn't count. Skipping just the epilogue does. (See this post for the full rules of the game.)
The winner will be whoever is ahead as of 4 pm BST on Friday. It might well be obvious who's winning well before that, but if it's not, that's when a narrow lead will matter most. May the worst-read contestant win.
Notes: The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit are also collected in The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus. Peter Rabbit collected in a number of comprehensive Beatrix Potter collections, including Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter and The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter.
Thank you to all of you brave enough to publicly compete in a game of Humiliation. Now, it's time to vote, and find out just which book(s) are the most and least read among the entrants. (You can participate even if you don't have an entry in the running. I'm afraid you don't be able to vote if you don't have a LiveJournal account - that's just the way LJ polls work.)
Go through the following list and check the boxes next to ALL of the books you have read. What counts as reading a book is ultimately up to you, but here are some guidelines: A few chapters doesn't count. Skipping just the epilogue does. (See this post for the full rules of the game.)
Which of these books have you read?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, R. Dahl (
carmen_sandiego)
carmen_sandiego)0(0.0%)
James and the Giant Peach, R. Dahl (a_d_medievalist)
a_d_medievalist)0(0.0%)
The Secret Garden, F.H. Burnett (vschanoes)
vschanoes)0(0.0%)
Charlotte's Web, E.B. White (square_egg and tisiphone)
square_egg and tisiphone)0(0.0%)
Little Women, L.M. Alcott (chickenfeet2003 and snowdrifted)
chickenfeet2003 and snowdrifted)0(0.0%)
The Wizard of Oz, F. Baum (momiji)
momiji)0(0.0%)
Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery (aquitaineq)
aquitaineq)0(0.0%)
Little House on the Prairie, L.I. Wilder (tammabanana)
tammabanana)0(0.0%)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone (griffinick and lazyknight)
griffinick and lazyknight)0(0.0%)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (alysonwonderlan)
alysonwonderlan)0(0.0%)
Alice in Wonderland, L. Carroll (evieb)
evieb)0(0.0%)
Through the Looking Glass: and What Alice Found There, L. Carroll (pittenweem)
pittenweem)0(0.0%)
Where the Wild things Are, M. Sendak (haggisthesecond)
haggisthesecond)0(0.0%)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, B. Potter (aerinah)
aerinah)0(0.0%)
Treasure Island, R.L. Stevenson (lady_octavia and andromakie)
lady_octavia and andromakie)0(0.0%)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. Lewis (rjw1)
rjw1)0(0.0%)
Tuck Everlasting, N. Babbitt (retsuko)
retsuko)0(0.0%)
Watership Down, R. Adams (curtana)
curtana)0(0.0%)
Bridge to Terabithia, K. Paterson (
angevin2 and easterbunny)
easterbunny)0(0.0%)
Pollyanna, E. Porter (verlaine)
verlaine)0(0.0%)
Black Beauty, A. Sewell (morganlf)
morganlf)0(0.0%)
The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit, J.C. Harris (kashmera)
kashmera)0(0.0%)
The Book of Three, L. Alexander (henchminion)
henchminion)0(0.0%)
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie (littleowl)
littleowl)0(0.0%)
The Weird Stone of Brisingamen, A. Garner (fjm)
fjm)0(0.0%)
The Wind in the Willows, K. Grahame (suffisaunce)
suffisaunce)0(0.0%)
The Velveteen Rabbit, M. Williams (wakarusa)
wakarusa)0(0.0%)
Goodnight Moon, M.W. Brown (Colin)
0(0.0%)
Madeline, L. Bemelmans (larkvi)
larkvi)0(0.0%)
The Little Prince, A. de Saint-Exupéry (saffenn)
saffenn)0(0.0%)
A Wrinkle in Time, M. L'Engle (marzapane)
marzapane)0(0.0%)
Gullver's Travels, J. Swift (juniperus)
juniperus)0(0.0%)
Noddy goes to Toyland, E. Blyton (black_faery)
black_faery)0(0.0%)
The Bad Beginning, L. Snicket (paul_skevington)
paul_skevington)0(0.0%)
Northern Lights/The Golden Compass, P. Pullman (stormwindz)
stormwindz)0(0.0%)
The Polar Express, C. Van Allsburg (owlfish)
owlfish)0(0.0%)
The winner will be whoever is ahead as of 4 pm BST on Friday. It might well be obvious who's winning well before that, but if it's not, that's when a narrow lead will matter most. May the worst-read contestant win.
Notes: The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit are also collected in The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus. Peter Rabbit collected in a number of comprehensive Beatrix Potter collections, including Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter and The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter.
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But as only myself and one other have read it, it hardly matters.
FF, not sulking really.
At least six people have now admitted to reading it. I'm intrigued by its influences that I've run into lately - a good incentive to read it myself.
and there's no enid blyton in here (is there?)! or the misty of chincoteague books, for that matter, on the US side.
There is a notable preponderance of bunny books and a real lack of horse books on this list. Very few cat or dog books too.
Thanks for the poll recommendation, by the way!
I'm better at "I haven't done" games when they don't involve books. Like, when I can say I've never eaten meat ... and then everyone else loses ;-)
If you've never eaten meat, then presumably your parents were vegetarian?