[R. S. Gwynn]

There’s cricket in Heaven,
All the bowlers zing,
There’s cricket in Heaven,
Hark, hark, those batsmen swing.
There’s cricket in Heaven.
There’s even J. L. Carr.
You get nice white sweaters and
Free rounds at the bar.

There’s cricket in Heaven,
And all rejoice because
The Indians can’t get there
And the Brits rock in Oz.

[Gail White]

Okay, full disclosure - I skipped the philosophical chapters of War & Peace. Otherwise, I've read just about everything a 19th c. Russian ever wrote. I think The Brothers Karamazov is the best novel ever written. (When I told my husband this, he read it and joined the Orthodox Church. Beware of what you recommend to people.)

I haven't read much Proust because I find him boring when he's not writing about the French gay life. But I've read most of Flaubert, including Salammbo, a little gem of costumed sadism.

BORING BOOKS THAT I'VE READ:
The Newcomes, The Virginians, and The Adventures of Philip - all by Thackeray
Barnaby Rudge, by Dickens

MOST FAMOUS BOOK I FOUND BORING:
Heart of Darkness, by Conrad (and never read another line of him except The Nigger of the Narcissus, which was forced on me in college).

TRASHY BOOKS THAT I LOVE:
The Three Musketeers and all its sequels, by Dumas.

(RSG - you really should give Confederacy of Dunces a try. As a former New Orleanean - I think it's priceless.)

[Brian Watson]

God bless you Marion.

[Marion Shore]

Thank you Brian. It wasn't easy, coming out like that.

There now, Gail. Didn't that feel good?

Thanks, Bob, for the Proust tip. Who knew? I'll put him on my reading list. In between Rowling, Grisham and Dan Brown, of course.