Troy's comments
(member since Dec 10, 2008)
Troy's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.
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Thanks for your comments, Lydia. There is most definitely a slant towards gay material, although we are currently reading Stone Butch Blues, which doesn't fit that category. It would be great of you to join and maybe bring in some people who can suggest and vote for something other than gay material. We just vote, so whoever votes gets to pick.
Picks so far have been: The Swimming-Pool Library, The Mayor of Castro Street, The Brothers Bishop, and we're currently starting At Swim, Two Boys.If you've read one of these books, feel free to add to the discussion and join the group! We need posters.
Come read with us.
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1103...
I read this book when it was released. Or started to, I should say. I think I ended up reading it over the course of a few months, on and off. In the end, I was happy to have read it, having enjoyed many parts, but I was disappointed that it read more like a history book than a novel. It's an amazing accomplishment for Clarke and entertaining taken in reasonably small doses, doses which do not in my opinion detract from the book given its historical tone.
Oh yes...Let's just say you all were right about how addictive this group is.
How does one create a hyperlink with the book titles?
1. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith2. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
3. Persuasion by Jane Austen
4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
6. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
7. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
8. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
9. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
10. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
11. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
12. The Gawgon and the Boy by Lloyd Alexander
13. Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith
14. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
15. A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East, by Tiziano Terzani
16. Dissolution, by C.J. Sansom
17. The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
18 The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
19. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
20. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
21. Blindness - Jose Saramago
22. The Giver - Lois Lowry
23. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
24. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
25. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
26. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
27. Suite Francaise- Irene Nemirovski
28. The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand
29. The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans
30. The Things They Carried-Tim O'Brien
31. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
32. The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
33. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
34. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
35. Little Women-Louisa May Alcott
36. The Island - Victoria Hislop
37. The Crown Conspiracy - Michael J. Sullivan
38. House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
39. Time and Again - Jack Finney
40. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hossieni
41. Watership Down by Richard Adams
42. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
43. Mistress of the Art of Death - Arianna Franklin
44. Everything that Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
45. Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
46. Book of Lost Things by Connolly
47. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
48. Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Carrell
49. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
50. Just one look by Harlan Coben
51. Water For Elephants by Saru Gruen
52. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
53. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
54. Mahabharata by R. Rajagopalachari
55. Straight Man by Richard Russo
56. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
57. The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
58. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
59. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
60. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
61. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
62. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Lori wrote: "Troy wrote: "So...is there a thread on this forum where I can learn about your group processes? Like during what period of time are the books still being read? When do you pick new ones? When do..."Thanks, Lori. :)
Jeane wrote: "...I am glad Troy....,why did I make you laugh? :-)))"The excitement over your fudge, and your brilliant sentence fragment that followed, "A big piece."
hmm only 14 all the way through. A few I was suppposed to read in high school but didn't...hopefully I have many reading years ahead of me, cause there's a lot on that list I'd love to discover.
Wow I really love how friendly you all are! I think after I'm done with school for the semester I'll pick up one of your current reads.
I used to have to read a book completely whether I liked it or not. I've come to the realization that I read too slowly and there's simply not enough time in the world to justify doing that anymore. If it's a book that I should know about for some reason, there's probably enough information available about it on the internet for me to be adequately informed about the title.
Jeane wrote: "I have fudge coming from Sparta since yesterday!!! A big piece."You actually made me laugh audibly, Jeane.
I recently created a book club that focuses on books that are somehow connected to Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender people, Queer-identified people, and/or Allies. We will be starting The Swimming-Pool Library on December 17th, and we are currently accepting suggestions for January's book. Most of the technical details of our little startup have been worked out, so come and visit.
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1103...
New members are always welcome! So bring yourself and your friends and let's get this party started!
Robin wrote: "Interesting topic I can't say that I can put anything on this list...which is strange for me. I usually either like it or hate it but don't have a lot of - oh that would have been good if only......."
:) It is indeed a book. And oddly enough, I've read it. I remember enoying it, although I must've been in middle school at the time. I remember it was much grander than the movie though. How did the movie end again? In the book, there was a mass gathering in Washinton, D.C. or something.
J.a. wrote: "Hello, Troy (and everyone else here), My sister lives in Michigan (Big Rapids) but I don't care for the cold winters there. Here in New Mexico it gets cold a few days but a day or two later it co..."50s and 60s would be nice right about now. It's holding steady at 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
Okay, kids. It's time to list the most frustrating novels you've ever read. But what do I mean by frustrating? I mean novels that you liked but made you angry in the end. I mean novels that displayed so much potential at times while you read, but which never quite followed through. So this is not a place to list novels you simply never liked. Which ones made you scream because they were so close and yet so far? If you want to, include some reasons with each title.
My list:
1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
See my review
2. Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel
I was so excited with the summary on the dust jacket! I kind of liked what I was reading inside, but he ended up boring the crap out of me by the middle and through the end.
3. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
I already knew the story when I went to read this one. I quite enjoyed the movie and talking to my friends who loved the tale. I tried reading it three times and never got past chapter five because Tolkien's writing in this one is clearly not for me. Everything moved way too slowly. I wanted to fall asleep.
So...is there a thread on this forum where I can learn about your group processes? Like during what period of time are the books still being read? When do you pick new ones? When does posting start/end? Any group-specific rules?
When does this group choose books? Say for January?
Jeane wrote: "How funny, jsut got a new member from Wisconsin, now Michigan...is it Goodreads week there??????"It's cold. We haven't anything else to do. :)
