Am I as well read as Rory Gilmore?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2022
- Today we're finding out if I'm as well read as, literary phenomenon, Rory Gilmore! The short answer...no hahaha
Hi friends!
I'm so excited to be retaking the Rory Gilmore reading challenge checklist!!! The first time I filled out this list I had read 46 out of Rory's whopping 339 books! Since then, I've hosted a few 24 hour Rory Gilmore readathons, as well as tried/still trying to work through this list slowly over time. Today we are finding out how much progress I've made and how much progress I still need to make!
I sense some Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge content coming your way in the near future!
I'd love to know how many books you've read on the RG reading list, so feel free to share that in a comment!
I hope you're doing well and reading some amazing books!
Best wishes and COPPER BOOM!
Carolyn Marie :)
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I just wanna say it doesn’t matter how many you’ve read, it’s better to a couple of books intimately then a couple hundred superficially.
I love Rory, I love this challenge, and I loooove the thumbnail of your video - and, of course, THE video itself! hahahaha
Awww hahaha I’m so glad!!! 💕
Something that might be fun would be rating books Rory is seen reading
/talking about and compare them with Jess’ books to see who’s reading taste you like better!
One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich is on the 'unofficial' list, Paris mentions it in the Yale daily news room. She says it's super fast of course! 📚
We should definitely read "One Hundred Years of Solitude" together this summer ! I heard Emmie wants to re-read it too...
It's a joy to read, and a surprise that I have not yet re-read it.
Love this..love Rory..love any reading challenge lol..so yes please I'd love to see more updated Rory Gilmore reading vlogs.
yes Carolyn i sent on the road haha, i love any of the videos you do about Gilmore Girls! your enthusiasm for it is awesome!
I’m convinced I have so many more books to be read on this list. Great video!
I love Gilmore! That series gives me all the nostalgic vibes❤️ I had read 95 books. There is so many classics that I haven’t read🙈 But I must admit that there is a fair amount of books on that list that I have no desire to read.
A lot of the books on this list are actually only referenced by their movie in GG, since Rory and Lorelei love their movie nights, but I always say it’s nice to think that Rory would want to read the book first. 😄
i can highly recommend reading “The master and Margarita” exactly in summer!! It’s that “summery” kind of book and the heatwave plays such an important role there. Also there are loads of funny, hilarious moments 🌞☀️🔥
I'd love to see vlogs dedicated to this list and also to Jess Mariano's books! It'd be also fun to read some of them all together :)
I am really really excited about watching this video and looking forward to seeing this video please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 love your family friend John xxx
I love Huckleberry Finn……
Your pictures when you were little are so endearing, such a darling child 💕
Highly recommend A Tree Grows In Brooklyn and Flowers For Algernon!
43 so far ;) Last year my friend and I actually started our book club where we read the books from Rory's list. We're currently reading One Hundred Years of Solitude. (Well, she's finished already and is waiting for me :p). Well done on your score! It would be great to see some more Rory related content on your channel. :)
So fun to take another look at this challenge! I scored 50, but have several titles on my shelves, ready to go!
I recommend "Daughter of Fortune" by Isabel Allende. That story really gripped me and has stayed with me for years. Happy reading!
Turns out I've read 32 books on the list, which is more than I thought. I'm thanking my teenage self for being curious about classics
Another huge Rory fan here. There were a few books on here that I've read and you haven't and I was like "oh that one will make you cry" lol.
You baby picture was AWESOME - so cute!
138 of 339 · 41%
You did better than 99% of users on this list.
Of course, I am quite a bit older than you, or Rory Gilmore for that matter.
I find lists like this rather frustrating - like I have read 4-5 Hemingway, but not necessarily the ones on this list. Same with Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Vonnegut and Dickens, many other authors. You (and I) could net another 5+ by taking an afternoon and reading some children's books, if this list was true 'goal'.
I loved Lord if the Flies!! I read it at 14(72 now) and I bought it again. I wrote on of the best papers in college on it!! Haha
The kite runner is a tear jerker!!
yes!!! rg read-a-thon
let's do the plays and SHORT novels!!
I read 62! You read 73, congrats! Love the video, Carolyn!!!! 💖
Rory Gilmore still remains my all time favorite character on TV she inspired me to read as a young person I used to go to the library and check out books she had in the shows as it was airing to read along with her . We need more Rory and Jess characters in TV today bring back the books in the phone tablet world. 🙏 I enjoyed seeing the things you have read. I myself have read 123 which is at 36% would love to see another Rory readathon and would like to participate as well! Cheers!
I read Ella Minnow Pea earlier this year and definitely recommend it! It’s a quick little epistolary novel that’s both fun and thought provoking. Also, “pop-up scary” is the cutest description of a jump scare I’ve ever heard. 😄
I really liked Ella Minnow Pea. It's quick too.
I've read 26 haha, On The Road and A Separate Peace are high up on my tbr :) loved this video :)
I've read On the Road several times. It's one of those novels that you can't put down, and then can't believe it's over so quickly.
I’ve read 56 of them and none of them particularly recently. It’s interesting to see how much my tastes have changed since reading these books.
I can’t believe it’s been two years, I feel like I JUST watched your last video about this list 😂
I highly recommend Rosemary’s Baby! It’s a great psychological thriller/horror but it’s not jumpscary - just really tense and claustrophobic.
I did the checklist and got 32 which honestly I’m impressed with. I thought I’d have a lower score. Will definitely have to improve my score!
The one and only time I called a radio phone-in was to speak to Kurt Vonnegut on one of his rare visits to the UK. Much as I love "Slaughterhouse Five" I have to say that my favourite novel of his is "The Sirens Of Titan" which I re-read every year! My battered paperback copy is only 224 pages long and can be comfortably read in a couple of days although the effect it has will resonate for infinitely longer.
Definitely need another readathon soon to tick off more on the list! Maybe even a week long one to have time to get to one of two bigger ones? Regardless, more Reading like Rory vlogs would always be welcome!
36! and there are a lot of books on this list that i would like to read someday 😊
I've never watched Gilmore Girls but that actress is excellent as Emily in the series The Handmaid's Tale.I'm currently reading Sonnets From The Portuguese,and The Divine Comedy(which I dipped into last year)📚🌸
The Master and Margarita would be a good summer read, it matches the weather in the book. I just finished it recently.
Yes I would love to see you read like rory for a week or how ever long
ahh Carolyn + Gilmore Girls = ❤️🩹
You should definitely read Daisy Miller by Henry James! It's a perfect short novella to include in a 24 hour readathon 😏
I just took the quiz, and I have read 34 of 339. Ooof, a mere 10%. What is more astonishing though is the number of books on the list I was meant to have read in school but didn’t. 😬 I suppose I can only improve from here.
The list is definitely missing some books! I kept waiting for Oliver Twist and The Old Man and the Sea, but they never showed up :O
So no one is going to mention your baby photos?? Those photos were sooo cute!!
I feel like Rory and me dont really share a similar taste in books. I only got 5 as an result of that list! :( Anyways, she had a good like maybe 10 on her list that i own but yet not read or dont own but have it on my to read list for sure! Just getting into classics tho, maybe thats why!
I also hit 73!!! With the caveat that I counted some children’s classics I only vaguely remember reading 😅
I’m surprised I hit so many!
I got 10/339.
You should definitely read Madame Bovary! It reminded me a lot of Anna Karenina. One of the best books I’ve read this year!
True ! The character of Emma Bovary annoyed me in exacly the same ways Anna Karenina did haha.
Ahh you have to read the house of spirits! Also an easy read i'd say.. hoping to reread it in the original Spanish soon!
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris is a quick read if you’re looking to knock one off the list in December! I read it in a few hours… some stories were better than others 👍🏻
i've only read 44....so embarrassing... hopefully by the end of next year (so in january 2024) i'll make it to at least 100
I have read 97 but I'm 45 years old so have had a lot longer to read them. Some of the modern books on the list don't appeal to me, but Rory is definitely well-read in the classics and that is what I love the most. I have a few of the titles on my TBR shelf. I absolutely love Russian lit and I just read The Master and Margarita but I didn't love it... I am wondering if the translation is partly to blame. I read the Pevear and Volkhonsky translation and I actually ordered 2 other translations off Thriftbooks to compare them. I'm going to see if either of those is more to my liking. And regarding the Divine Comedy - I just read that as well. I enjoyed the Inferno, the Purgatorio was just ok, and I was kind of disappointed in Paradiso. I think the Inferno and Master and Margarita complement each other though, so maybe pick them up one after the other. :)
Oh I've only read 66, some others I've seen the films, some other on my TBR, others I have no intention of reading. Life of PI is fantastic, I didn't think I could suspend disbelief but I did and loved it.
Gilmore Girls was my favourite show growing up. I still remember sitting in front of the tv at exactly 7:10 pm and having a massive crush on Jess. Well done on your score! :) I think I've read 53 books so far. I actually made a similar video on my channel about a month ago. :) Are you going to organise more Rory Gilmore readathons this year? :)
Thank You!!! I read “catching of rye” this winter and I hated it!!!
You should definitely read something by Stephen King! If you're not into horror you could try Lisey's Story (mostly a romance), The Green Mile or Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (both prison settings), 11/22/63 (historical thriller/romance/time travel), or The Eyes of the Dragon (young adult fantasy/fairy tale).
Also, this format is so obvious and simple. I wish I would have done it for my recent list video.
Shawshank and Green Mile were both great stories.
I love “Horton hears a Who”
Only 266 more to go...onward and upward!
I have a list of her books I’ve read about 50 so a long way to go !
You should definitely read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. One of my favorite novels of all time.
The Lottery!! Short and powerful!!
Truly one of the best short stories of all time.
House of sand and fog? Another one that brings the tears!!
i got 57... very humbling
indeed
64, I didn't expect to have read so many! Rory Gilmore, an inspiration to verbivores everywhere
What about 1 vlog per month reading like Rory Gilmore? 😁 That’ll be nice! I’m just like you: I have some of this books in my shelves but haven’t read yet. One of the books you haven’t read that I can say that I love is The time traveler’s wife.
Would love you to do Rory reading vlogs
Hmmm, I didn't see "The Subsect" by Jess Mariano or "Jaglon" by Asher Fleming on the list!
You need to read Autobiography of a Face - it's so good! I'm always surprised that more people haven't even heard of it, let alone read it.
Ella Minnow Pea is a sweet book, though there's not much of a plot. I think about it a lot, though, so that's something! 🙂
I've only read 17 of the books on this list, but I don't much care... I tried watching Gilmore Girls and got bored during the first episode, lol.
For Stephen King you should try these: Carrie, Misery, IT, Pet Sematary (Although, now that I think you have pets, so maybe not this one.), The Dark Half, or Rose Madder. He has a lot of books to choose from and he is still writing. Wicked is great. I cheated and marked ones that were books I started to read, but DNFed. So technically I did read them. A lot of them are books I have but haven't started yet and some of them are books where I have seen the movie but haven't read the book.
Did you ever read Ella minnow pea? It's such a fabulous book. 😊
Read Uncle Toms Cabin. It’s a must. Not an easy read but a huge part of U. S. History!!🥰
I’m not understanding who Rory Is and where do I find THE list!!
Do the updated one of 518 with the mini series.
I've read 63. All the King, All the Austen, and all the Shakespeare padded the result. Also pretty much all the children's stories helped. I don't consider myself a super prolific reader, so not too bad.
My score was 34. I was surprised it wasn't slightly higher, but also I don't think the list was incredibly diverse.
The children's hour is a play made into a great movie with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley mcclaine. I highly recommend the movie
These are just books mentioned in the show and one of them is a movie, not a book.
Candide is the book. Voltaire is the author.
I hated Lord of the Flies but that's because when I read it I was a chubby, glasses wearing school boy at an all boys school in England so it hits a bit close to home. I've read 76, which includes ticking the 'Several Biographies of Churchill' box. (On a separate count I've probably read 20 books about Churchill. Maybe more.) I liked Tender is the Night a lot. I read Waiting for Godot at University a long time ago because I acted in it. Considering I'm probably twice your age your 73 is pretty good going. There's some odd books on that list though.
As a chubby woman I enjoyed Lord of the Flies, but I read it when I was older. It is a perfect metaphor of Junior High.
I never done 24 hour
I personally think you should count DNFs like Huck Finn and As I Lay Dying, since it's by no means certain that Rory finished them either. She was just seen reading them. She might have ended up feeling just as you did. I mean, you should give them a decent attempt, as Rory would have done; but I don't think you're obliged to have finished.
54.5 (reading War and Peace now)
I'm approx like you, in numbers. I've read almost everything by Dickens... But I've also read about 10 books by Hamsun etc. So, the paths cannot really be compared. 🤷🏾 Whatever
I got 103. I have to warn you Peyton Place is nothing at all like Dead Poets Society. It is the original soap opera, really but it is a fun read.
My first time trying the list. 47. Not bad I guess
Well, i got a pitiful 16% but it says I am better than 75% of people so I don't feel too bad...specially for a 49 year old panamanian guy who watched like 2 episodes of Gilmore Girls in his life jaja. You are a very well read young lady and you are reading quality, so dont mind the quantity. Take care
How would you describe Rory’s reading taste?
I think you would have to call it 'eclectic' or 'encyclopedic,' no?
All I can think about is the loss of Roe.
Emily Brontë is coming out with a movie soon about her life soon
I read Gore Vidals United States
i'm reading the house of spirits and hardly recommend it as much as Eva Luna
The jungle is a good book.
Hello
339 books in 153 episodes.
That is 2.21 books per episode.
One episode covering two weeks (22 episodes per season, minus the summer).
So, a little bit more than a book by week (2.21/2).
Average height of a book, let say 300 pages.
So Rory reads 300 pages per week, incessantly, during 7 years. That is, a little more than 40 pages by day.
Wich seems doable... Although complicated when you are a student and have a lot of homeworks, and boyfriends!!!
Lol
Which Frankenstein did you read?? Read the Shelly 1818. I don’t like the 1838. Too much Percy input!!
Read Stephen kings Needless Things.
Okay, I don't get it... This is like the third person (or possibly fourth) who has said that they didn't like Huck Finn.... I LOVED that book! It always confuses me when someone says that they didn't like it. If someone is reading this comment, and doesn't like the book.... reply with your reason as to why....I'm honestly curious.
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38, 39 if you count and then there were none
there's a lot of the books I'd never read, especially King, can"t stand King. Lot of books that I won't ever read.
Several are quite good. For example, the one referred to as "Rita Hayworth" is the story that became the Shawshank movie, and of course The Shining. However - possibly because there are so many - some are not that compelling.
@@jamesduggan7200 I did watch The Stand, which wasn't too awful, but I'm really not a fan of psychological fear making books or horror. These give me nightmares! Really I am a bit of a wuss when it comes to this stuff. Have never been a fan of these types of genres. And I find Mr King freakishly weird, he worries me!
@@kathy2539 Fair enough, tho many people - myself included - have praised 11/22/63.
As I lay dying is 100 times better than Mark Twain!!!