Melody's comments
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Melody's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.
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I'm about 80 pages in to Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. So far so good.
10.10 This is actually the third book I have read in this challenge with the word ‘dog’ in it. A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas.
25.4 Read a book where Pearl, Ruby or Peridot is named in the title or is part of the author's name. I read Iris and Ruby which I just loved. Set in Cairo it was really interesting.
I'm finished and total points amount to 350. Yippee!! This I think is my highest score ever.
10.6 I read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto for 10 pts.
315 pts
50.1 What a fantastic task Roseann. Because of this I have added so many new books to my “to be read” list. I read Book Lust by Nancy Pearl and was favouring reading another Ian McEwan novel. Instead I chose Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger simply because it was listed as a three hanky read and some of the best books I have ever read have been the ones that made me cry. I actually laughed out loud for most of this book and it was only the end that really teared me up.
New total = 305 pts
5.9. I read Murder in Foggy Bottom by Margaret Truman as my crime novel.
15.4. Quiz Me? – I was delighted when Flowers for Algernon appeared as the first book I hadn’t read. I have been wanting to read this for ages and am really glad that I did.
Total = 255 pts
Yhe only Lisa See book I have read is Peony in Love and I loved it. So am so looking forward to reading Snow Flower and Shanghai Girls as most reports are that they are even better!
25.2. I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld for the dystopian novel. I really enjoyed this book.
Total = 235 points
I have just finished Uglies and I really liked it. Am looking forward to the other books in the series. Am about to start Flowers for Algernon which I have been wanting to read for ages.
I’m changing The Shipping News from 5.1 to 30.8 as it is on the 1001 books list. I also read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I had read this book in high school and it is one of the few books I have ever re-read. It affected me then and it did so again now but I still think it is a great novel.
New total = 210 pts
I have just finished Amsterdam by Ian McEwan and I liked it. There are many different opinions on GR about his novels but I am keen to read more. The only other novel I have read of his is Atonement and I liked it too.
I am about to start reading Uglies.
15.10 My initials are MA and I read Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones and Amsterdam by Ian McEwan. I enjoyed both books. I have read a lot about Ian McEwan’s books – people seem to either love him or hate him as an author. I am keen to read more of his books.
New Total = 185 pts
I am currently reading Amsterdam by Ian McEwan and just started listening to Lord of the Flies. Enjoying both.
25.6 Read a book that takes place in or is about the capital city of the country you live in.
I read The Trojan Dog by Dorothy Johnston which is set in Canberra, Australia. There is only one other review for this book in Goodreads and this particular reader gave it one star. I didn’t think it was that bad. I started reading it knowing that it was possibly a terrible story but was pleasantly surprised. I gave it 3 stars.
I particularly like this sentence "Some people lose too young what they love best, while others anticipate, with every breath, the loss that has not yet crippled them, so that in the end they cannot tell the difference between being given something and having it taken away."
New total = 170 pts
20.1 I share a birthday with Ken Follett (June 5) and read The Man from St Petersburg. I thoroughly enjoyed this and will probably read more of his.
30.2 I read High Five and Seven Up with one of the main characters Ranger aka Ricardo Carlos Manoso.
New total = 145 pts
Thanks Donna Jo. Your instructions were great.
30.9. Judge a Book by Its Cover. I read From Baghdad with love: a Marine, the war and a dog named Lava. I don’t know how to post the cover. If someone could do it for me or tell me how to do it I will. I’m a sucker for a cute dog and when I saw this book it fitted this category perfectly for me.
New total = 95 pts
We have 2 alpacas, 2 pigs, 1 chook and 1 dog. Our dog Emma is a great dane and she had a friend Lily (cross maltese shitzu) who was killed by a car about a year ago now and I still miss her badly. The pigs are miniature and they are so intelligent. They come when called and they love to play tag with the kids.
I've just finished reading A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson which was absolutely delightful. I will now read From Baghdad with love: a Marine, the war and a dog named Lava.
10.4 A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson. I listened to this on audio and it was an absolute delight. Set in Nairobi, Kenya. I loved it!
New total = 65 pts
Life of Pi
The Book Thief
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Steve and Me
The Thirteenth Tale
Mao's Last Dancer
These are my 5 star reads of 2008/2009
