Are there any books you have pretended to have read but actually haven't?

Question: Are there any books you have pretended to have read but actually haven't!?

For me it's Joyce, Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man!.

I own it and really like Joyce, but haven't got round to reading it yet, and lied that I had!. It's actually been on my shelf for 2 and half years!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I never finished Moby Dick (what a hike for a young teen!) but I'd cite it as one of the classic books I've read!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

To be honest with you, I don't see the point of lying about what I have read and haven't read!.

I love to read and I love reading the classics too!.

My goal is to read all the important novels before my life is over, but I have a feeling I won't reach that goal!.

Of course, I have books on my shelf that I haven't read, but I don't pretend that I read them!. I still don't understand why I would pretend about that!. Who am I trying to impress!? Who am I trying to fool!? What do I gain by it!?

I win only by reading and I lose when I don't - the race is by myself and not with others!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A friend gave me a beautiful edition of "Dune" - I tried, but I just couldn't read much of it!. He kept asking how I like it!. I knew there was no way I was ever going to read it, but I lied and said "you're right, it's a great book, thank you"!. That was more than ten years ago and I haven't opened it since!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I began reading The Communist Manifesto in 7th grade, and everyone was amazed by the fact that I was reading it!.

I soon became bored and stopped, but when those same people (teachers mainly) asked me if I had finished it, I said I had!.

I read it a few years ago though, and it was very interesting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

hahaha so many!.!.!.

the day of the triffids (i read the first paragraph before doing an essay on it!. hey i got 18/20!!!)
across the barracades (that was gay! i read a couple chapters)
and so many others!.!.!.

oh i had to read the book of ezra in the bible!.!.!. lets just say i really love wikipedia right now!
and half of my school textbooks!.!. never actually read them i just guess the answers!. the teachers never check our books anyway so i wouldnt have to write anything at all!.

? kaila elisabeth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That sounds a good book, I would read that!. An old woman I work with gives me two books a week, they are all the same, bright young southern lawyer battles against injustice in the south, I pretend to read them and give them back!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have an entire shelf of books mostly purchased a YEAR ago left unread, including the one you named!.!.!.!.
- Virginia Woolf 'Orlando' 'Mrs Dalloway'
- Joyce 'Ulysses'
- Hardy 'Far From The Madding Crowd'
-Eliot 'Middlemarch'

and pleenty moreWww@QuestionHome@Com

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I never finished Frankenstein when we read it in school!. I just couldn't stand it!.

I did, however, use the handy Perma-Bound book as a hat!. It was a much better hat than novel!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try reading James Joyce's Ulysses!.

I have tried a few times but never really managed more than a few pages!. Now, 'Portrait!.!.' is a much more accessible book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In 9th grade we had to read the Odyssey by Homer!.

Oh My God, I loathed this story!.

So I never really read it, I just let the teacher explain everything!.=]Www@QuestionHome@Com

I lied about reading Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace!. I can't exactly remember why, but I think I was having an argument with my english teacher!. I'll spare you the details!. Lol!.

:)Www@QuestionHome@Com

You should!. It's very readable!. It won't prepare you for Finnegan's Wake though

(which I didn't finish!)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I've got a bunch of Sigmund Freud essays on dreams that I have collecting dust on my shelves that I'm supposed to be reading!. :xWww@QuestionHome@Com

I said I had read pride & prejudice once!.!.!.!.!.!.actually, I just watched the film lol!.!.!.!.!.!.I have the book and I started to read it but the language was just too difficult and boring for meWww@QuestionHome@Com

I never read the books for teachers that can't teach me!. I read sparknotes all tenth grade schoolyear and I made A's!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

great expectations by charles dickens!.!.i really couldn't read that book!.!.!.!.it is sooooooooo boring!.!.!.i read a tale of two cities though!. it is soooo much better!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah,,
Loads,,
I Lied Bout Reading Harry Potter Books Own Them All Read One,,
Nd A Load Of Books Need To Read For Sme Award,,
Online Reviews Jst As Good,,!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ha Ha, Anything by dostoievskiWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yup - This Big Thick Book Not Sure What Its Called Though :SWww@QuestionHome@Com

the bible!.!.!.just read the blurb, I got the jist!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My textbooks all through school!Www@QuestionHome@Com