Megan's comments
(member since Jan 19, 2009)
Megan's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.
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Carmen wrote: "First of all, thank you very much for this opportunity to promote our books.I am a teacher and am looking forward to reading your book! :)
Irene wrote: "Barbara Kingsolver - Poisonwood BibleAnything by Miriam Toews
Anne Marie MacDonald - Fall on Your Knees , As the Crow Flies
Jane Smiley - esp. Horse Heaven, My Year at the Races
Pat Barker - e..."
Wow, I love Kingsolver, Toews and MacDonald. I need to write down the rest form your list! I like your taste.
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald is probably my favourite novel.
Megha wrote: "I am from India and my favorite Indian author is Salman Rushdie. If any of you are interested in Indian writing, I highly recommend [b:Midnight's Children|14836|Midnight's Children|Salman Rushdie|h..."I'll have to look into Midnight's Children. I tend to really like novels that are set in India. I find they are written very poetically and have interesting characters.
Anna wrote: "I just realized that Sky Is Falling is part of a trilogy...guess I know what I'm going to read next"The first novel in the Guest of War Trilogy is the best, but the third is pretty close. They are all well written. Hope you enjoy them. I love Historical fiction as well.
Liz wrote: "The Giver, YES ... did you know there are sequels? Guests of War Trilogy? Never hard of these. What's the attraction??"A really well written series about some British children who are sent to Canada during WWII as guests of war. There are interesting characters and a lot of universal themes. The first book in the trilogy is the novel that got me into reading quality books.
Anna wrote: "I'm new to the group and just read this thread...such a wonderful trip down memory lane. I haven't been reading much YA lately but childhood favorite are:[b:Sky Is Falling|936500|Sky Is Falling|K..."
Just curious, are you Canadian? A lot of your books are novels I read in school as well, and Canadian Kit Pearson's Sky is Falling was my favourite. I still re-read it as well.
I was just wondering why you think it is that you tend not to like YA lit? I find some of my favourite books are still children's/YA books. I feel like they have more heart, and I get sucked in and more attached to the characters.
A lot of the books that really made, or still make, me cry are YA books.Where the Red Fern Grows
The Book Thief
Bridge to Terabithia
Jacob Have I Loved
Lori wrote: "I'm an English major, so I have a ton of reading for class, most of which I don't particularly enjoy. I absolutely have to be reading something outside of class to keep my sanity. But I feel like..."I did my BA in English, and reading a novel of my choice for even 15 minutes before bed kept me sane. What kind of English classes are you taking? After my obligatory well rounded courses, I took almost exclusively post WWII novel classes and enjoyed most of the books I read. Of course, I am not the most well rounded of scholars, but I enjoyed my degree and am filling in the gaps on my own at a much slower pace now that I am done school.
Anne of Green GablesLittle House Series
The Sky is Falling by Kit Pearson (Excellent WWII novel)
Sweet Valley Twins
Fear Street
A Ring of Endless Light by L'Engle (always liked the Austen series more than the Wrinkle in Time, but I read that too.)
The Giver by Lowrey
Wait till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
The Golden Compass Pullman
A Traver in Time
Under the Blood Red Sun
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Harry Potter
Tomorrow When the War Began series
Ella Enchanted Levine
Holes Sachar
The Hollow Tree by Lunn
Everything that won the Newbery or was an honours book.
I swear I could go on for days. These are just a few I still have in my bookshelves... minus the bad series which I grew out of, thankfully.
Paula wrote: "Great Expectations by Charles Dickens"I have this book and have tried to read it a couple of times. I loved the movie version with Ethan Hawke and Gwenyth Paltrow. I haven't gotten very far into the novel but you have inspired me to give it another try soon. I tend to stay in my safety zone of post WWII novels. I need to read more classics.
JG wrote: "Laurel, I love Guy Gavriel Kay too! In fact, I was just going through my books and realized that some of my all-time-favorite authors (Charles de Lint and L.M. Montgomery) are Canadian also, so I ..."I share the love for Montgomery. Anne is probably my favourite heroine of all time.
Laurel wrote: "Tango, I loved "Dirt Music" by Tim Winton.I'm Canadian and must recommend Guy Gavriel Kay. His character development is amazing!"
I need to check out Kay. I am Canadian and tend to really like Canadian authors. I am embarrassed to say that I have never heard of him...
For me it depends how into the book I am. If it is good, I read one, but if I am not really enjoying it or am not really in a reading mood I will read 3 or so and alternate between the to try to keep myself inspired.
Meghan wrote: "Jon wrote: "Im also going to go out on a limb and say i couldnt get trough either 'Life of Pi' or 'Secret History', i suspect im in a huge minority though, I dont think i was in a big reading fren..."Oh, Beloved is one of my favourite books, though I did read it for school, so perhaps that forced me to get more into it than I otherwise would have?
Welcome! So what are some of your favourite books?
Liz wrote: "JG wrote: "Is there a specific time period you like to read about?"I really like a lot of medieval historical fiction, as well as historical fiction involving the American West (pioneers, settler..."
Mistress of the Art of Death is a good medieval thriller, and I love The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman; it is a very short novel for kids that won the Newbery in 1996. Year of Wonders was also good, though it did miss something in my opinion. I felt like I could have been great and fell short. I also recommend The Red Tent.
I love historical fiction taht takes place during the twentieth century. There are some fantastic Family Dramas that take place during that time period such as "Fall on Your Knees," and A Fine Balance is good.
Fall on Your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald is one of my favourites.
Thank you. I didn't know that we had to do that, but I will for sure now. :)
