Books I want to read but don't think im intellectual enough to understand

Well the title pretty much speaks for itself.I used to work in a book store and for the avid reader,trust me,you get a lot of book boners in there.I carried around a little notepad with me all the time.When i was supposed to be organizing the shelves I'd really just be scanning through books reading the back covers,drooling over blurbs,and taking little notes as to what I'd read next.I'm proud to say i got through a lot of my little lists, but there were some Moby Dicks in there that still to this day I feel a little intimidated to conquer.


Gravity's Rainbow
Now,this particular book I don't actually want to read at all, but it has been name dropped by so many people i find incredibly amazing...so I figure it's gotta be good right?I mean even if it's not how pseudo intellectual would i look sitting at a Starbucks sipping on some chai and proudly displaying this baby for everyone to look at and awe at my incredible taste in post modern literature?



The Savage Detectives
Ok so this is a book i definitely want to read.I have to admit i found out about this one while swooning over a Coconut Records video which makes me both lame and awesome.The plot line sounds like something i can get really into but the intimidating part?This book has been called by some the Mexican Dharma Bums.Really?I find it incredibly difficult to get through any Kerouac book without wanting to fall asleep or make a fire out of sticks and shit in my backyard with the intention of burning the book i just wasted 2 weeks of my life trying to like.And there's also the fact that a good meaty part of the book is pure history.boooorrrriing!



Franny and Zooey
See the thing about Salinger is i really don't think it can get better than Catcher.I may be alone in this sentiment but i feel like reading this would be like watching another Kate Hudson movie just to see if maybe she'll ever be as good as she was in Almost Famous again.



Ulysses
Direct quote from Amazon "Ulysses has been labeled dirty, blasphemous, and unreadable."Sign me up!I look at this as my Mount Everest of books.I can barely comprehend what this shit is even supposed to be about but that alone makes me want to at the very least give it a try.

So i guess what I'm tyring to say is I'm really a masochist when it comes to reading.