This is such a fun idea - I'm surprised you would change your rankings so much even in hindsight (although can't object to a greater weighting for Wodehouse!)
I would and yet I wouldn't, if you know what I mean. The difficulty of trying to decide whether my "then" or "now" choices better deserved a spot on the list made me glad that it really is only possible to choose favorites with the knowledge you have at the moment, instead of the feelings of several different points in time all at once!
I didn't start keeping a record of what I read until I was out of my teens, so I am spared exact knowledge of what I thought was best during those years. 😃
This is such a fun idea - I'm surprised you would change your rankings so much even in hindsight (although can't object to a greater weighting for Wodehouse!)
I would and yet I wouldn't, if you know what I mean. The difficulty of trying to decide whether my "then" or "now" choices better deserved a spot on the list made me glad that it really is only possible to choose favorites with the knowledge you have at the moment, instead of the feelings of several different points in time all at once!
I get this mostly with books I loved as teenager. Some are still good, while others are such utter rubbish!
And for books of a philosophical nature, I sometimes disagree violently with comments that a younger me wrote in the margins.
I didn't start keeping a record of what I read until I was out of my teens, so I am spared exact knowledge of what I thought was best during those years. 😃