Barbie's comments
(member since Jan 03, 2009)
Barbie's comments from the 50 Books A Year group.
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18. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
17. Pieces of Georgia
Great coming of age YA book written in prose about a young artist
13. True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman
14. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer ? Just had to...
15. Time is a River by Mary Alice Monroe
16. The Film Club by David Gilmour
a memoir. LOVED This book! About a Canadian journalist who allowed his son to drop out of high school if he watched 3 films with him each week. Great father/son bonding and coming of age with film history and info.
Dini wrote: "Barbie, what did you think about Oryx and Crake? I've read Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and thought it was amazing."
I REALLY like it. It's a satirical but thought provoking commentary on where we might be headed in the future. Told in flashback by a narrator called "Snowman", the story tells about basically the end of humans due to technology and our own greed and misplaced values. Parts are very amusing but is also very depressing! The Road by Cormac McCarthy is another dystopic/post apocolypse book but without the funny bits.
Mary Todd wrote: "great job on 10+"
THANKS!
12. Netherland
I thought Hunger Games was excellent but I always feel manipulated by series books where the ending is such a cliffhanger! Have you read Graceling?
12. Learning To Drive and other stories by Katha Pollitt. Thougth provoking book of essays about women's issues from communism to feminism to botox.
10. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
11. Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
12. Saavy
I watched an episode of the HBO series #1 Ladies Detective. It's very true to the books I think, has the same tone, lighthearted detective plot with a strong sense of place, as the author puts it. I was at a friends watching it so will have to wait until it comes out on netflix! Very enjoyable!
8. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimen
9. Izzy Wily Nily by Cynthia Voight
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What's bookmooch??
7. Debbie Harry sings in French
YA novel about a teenage boy questioning his sexuality.
5. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
6. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Both WONDERFUL young adult novels. Strong female characters. Graceling is fantasy - adventure and Chains historical fiction account of a slave girl during revolutionary war era America.
4. Mutant Message Down Under
Given to me by a friend. Researched this to discover it's considered complete fiction and offensive to Aborigines as well as Aussies.
erin, i'm so jealous! how was The Graveyard Book. is it everything its supposed to be?? i still can't get my hands on a copy.
Yes, i heard later it is going to be at trilogy because I was a little put out by the ending! Wondering if Peeta will turn against Katniss now...:)
3. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Disturbing but a page turner. Not for the faint of heart.
I've also heard that The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimon, kind of like The Jungle Book,is very good too. My library doesn't have it yet. Hope they have the money to buy it.... :(
Hi Dini,
I liked Neverwhere too. I REALLY liked Coraline, the children's book. Have you read that?
