Am I as well read as Rory Gilmore?

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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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@nursemain3174 2 года назад

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.

@sarabug7885 2 года назад

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!

@MellFerraz 2 года назад

I love Rory, I love this challenge, and I loooove the thumbnail of your video - and, of course, THE video itself! hahahaha

@CarolynMarieReads 2 года назад

Awww hahaha I’m so glad!!! 💕

@ChandnaBear 2 года назад

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! 📚

@distheone9120 2 года назад

We should definitely read "One Hundred Years of Solitude" together this summer ! I heard Emmie wants to re-read it too...

@jamesduggan7200 2 года назад

It's a joy to read, and a surprise that I have not yet re-read it.

@eweindesign 2 года назад

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. 😄

@emmalydia4869 2 года назад

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.

@jessicagallant8303 2 года назад

Love this..love Rory..love any reading challenge lol..so yes please I'd love to see more updated Rory Gilmore reading vlogs.

@annamarena1181 2 года назад

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 🌞☀️🔥

@vinireads 2 года назад

Your pictures when you were little are so endearing, such a darling child 💕

@thebasedgodmax1163 2 года назад

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!

@savannahremi Год назад

I’m convinced I have so many more books to be read on this list. Great video!

@Alessandra-yx8hp 2 года назад

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 :)

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

The kite runner is a tear jerker!!

@jenniferpalmblad9589 2 года назад

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

@ewelinahernon6556 2 года назад

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. :)

@Littlegizmoemmy 2 года назад

Highly recommend A Tree Grows In Brooklyn and Flowers For Algernon!

@lisasstitchingandsuch 2 года назад

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.

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

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

@johnsaxongitno4life588 2 года назад

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

@EmersSarah 2 года назад

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!

@jmsl910 2 года назад

yes!!! rg read-a-thon let's do the plays and SHORT novels!!

@denisefreitas6727 2 года назад

I read 62! You read 73, congrats! Love the video, Carolyn!!!! 💖

@breannawilliamson9787 2 года назад

I love Huckleberry Finn……

@kurtfox663 Год назад

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'.

@jay_poet 2 года назад

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.

@regisneilson5414 2 года назад

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. 😄

@kimbarbeaureads Год назад

I really liked Ella Minnow Pea. It's quick too.

@IV-Star_Dust-IV Год назад

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!

@jasmineelizabeth3342 2 года назад

I can’t believe it’s been two years, I feel like I JUST watched your last video about this list 😂

@asteriareads 2 года назад

I've read 26 haha, On The Road and A Separate Peace are high up on my tbr :) loved this video :)

@jamesduggan7200 2 года назад

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.

@sziakonyv 2 года назад

ahh Carolyn + Gilmore Girls = ❤️‍🩹

@Emiliemooles 2 года назад

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!

@ShaniFox 2 года назад

I highly recommend Rosemary’s Baby! It’s a great psychological thriller/horror but it’s not jumpscary - just really tense and claustrophobic.

@josephcossey1811 2 года назад

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.

@differentisbeautiful9415 2 года назад

Yes I would love to see you read like rory for a week or how ever long

@erin_explorestheoutdoors Год назад

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.

@MartinDSmith 2 года назад

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)📚🌸

@KatieFinnElliott 2 года назад

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!

@user-kt5um3ou8r 2 года назад

36! and there are a lot of books on this list that i would like to read someday 😊

@GiuliaSlade 2 года назад

The Master and Margarita would be a good summer read, it matches the weather in the book. I just finished it recently.

@belencampos341 2 года назад

So no one is going to mention your baby photos?? Those photos were sooo cute!!

@crescentpages 2 года назад

I would love any videos to do with gilmore girls!!

@MaBelleIndifference 2 года назад

You should definitely read Madame Bovary! It reminded me a lot of Anna Karenina. One of the best books I’ve read this year!

@queentatoune 2 года назад

True ! The character of Emma Bovary annoyed me in exacly the same ways Anna Karenina did haha.

@yanaposts8924 2 года назад

You should definitely read Daisy Miller by Henry James! It's a perfect short novella to include in a 24 hour readathon 😏

@mahritty 2 года назад

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!

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

The Lottery!! Short and powerful!!

@darkwitnesslxx Год назад

Truly one of the best short stories of all time.

@dsalet1 2 года назад

I got 10/339.

@Hannahlizmay88 2 года назад

Thank You!!! I read “catching of rye” this winter and I hated it!!!

@aubreyholt279 2 года назад

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

@martasgreatlibrary Год назад

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

@chelleandpoppy6379 2 года назад

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!

@sarahsperusals 2 года назад

i got 57... very humbling

@CarolynMarieReads 2 года назад

indeed

@jillc4720 Год назад

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 👍🏻

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

I love “Horton hears a Who”

@kimswhims8435 Год назад

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.

@iherzmusic Год назад

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!

@katietatey 2 года назад

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. :)

@hollyludlow2460 2 года назад

I have a list of her books I’ve read about 50 so a long way to go !

@WhiteRaven43 4 месяца назад

You should definitely read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. One of my favorite novels of all time.

@creativelytorn 2 года назад

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.

@kimbarbeaureads Год назад

Shawshank and Green Mile were both great stories.

@josephcossey1811 2 года назад

Only 266 more to go...onward and upward!

@hollyludlow2460 2 года назад

Would love you to do Rory reading vlogs

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

House of sand and fog? Another one that brings the tears!!

@etasbookshelf Год назад

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? :)

@abitlikemercury 2 года назад

64, I didn't expect to have read so many! Rory Gilmore, an inspiration to verbivores everywhere

@ABrunnaGoncalves 2 года назад

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.

@jackiesliterarycorner 2 года назад

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.

@circleofleaves2676 Год назад

My score was 34. I was surprised it wasn't slightly higher, but also I don't think the list was incredibly diverse.

@Aunt-Rachel Год назад

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.

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

Read Uncle Toms Cabin. It’s a must. Not an easy read but a huge part of U. S. History!!🥰

@emileconstance5851 2 года назад

Hmmm, I didn't see "The Subsect" by Jess Mariano or "Jaglon" by Asher Fleming on the list!

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

I’m not understanding who Rory Is and where do I find THE list!!

@darkwitnesslxx Год назад

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.

@RocketRoketto Год назад

The children's hour is a play made into a great movie with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley mcclaine. I highly recommend the movie

@RocketRoketto Год назад

Do the updated one of 518 with the mini series.

@carolynbennett1867 6 месяцев назад

Did you ever read Ella minnow pea? It's such a fabulous book. 😊

@zinaberger8211 2 года назад

I never done 24 hour

@M.H.I.A.F.T. 2 года назад

Candide is the book. Voltaire is the author.

@Mentat1231 2 месяца назад

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.

@katherineperez7681 2 года назад

How would you describe Rory’s reading taste?

@jamesduggan7200 2 года назад

I think you would have to call it 'eclectic' or 'encyclopedic,' no?

@Lokster71 2 года назад

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.

@kimbarbeaureads Год назад

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.

@breannawilliamson9787 2 года назад

These are just books mentioned in the show and one of them is a movie, not a book.

@laurakuhlmann1626 Год назад

54.5 (reading War and Peace now)

@sherrirabinowitz4618 Год назад

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.

@carlosbranca8080 Год назад

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

@hyliannative9247 2 года назад

My first time trying the list. 47. Not bad I guess

@meryuk 2 года назад

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

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

I read Gore Vidals United States

@Lionhearted626 2 года назад

All I can think about is the loss of Roe.

@fabieleloterio8429 2 года назад

i'm reading the house of spirits and hardly recommend it as much as Eva Luna

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

The jungle is a good book.

@marcogavinol8894 Год назад

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

@brandytaylor1485 Год назад

Emily Brontë is coming out with a movie soon about her life soon

@zubaerchaudhari8267 2 года назад

Hello

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

Read Stephen kings Needless Things.

@myrarucker7953 2 года назад

Which Frankenstein did you read?? Read the Shelly 1818. I don’t like the 1838. Too much Percy input!!

@ingridbjrnstad4763 2 года назад

38, 39 if you count and then there were none

@seulgithebear8985 8 месяцев назад

@naahhhhHHHHHHHHHH Год назад

anyone feeling bad about not reading all the books read by rory gilmore... I just want to remind everyone she is a fictional character and an amalgamation of the over 20+ individual writers who contributed to the creation of the show. also, sorry, but we all know that anyone who actually read all of those books would be way less of an asshole than rory is.

@MotherofMax-he6mj Год назад

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.