Ann A’s Comments (group member since Apr 18, 2010)

Ann A’s comments from the Challenge: 50 Books group.

Charlaine Harris is good for a fun, light read.

I've read so many varying opinions on Room - guess I'll have to read it one of these days to see which camp I fall into...

#38-Real Murders-Charlaine Harris

Oh dear, I just bought another 24 books from the Library Used Book Sale (two separate trips). Hence, all the additions to my "To Be Read" list. I have decided to embrace my addiction/obsession - at least I'm not addicted to anything ELSE. I am starting to get rid of some books I know I won't read again - that's real progress for me.

#37-Amy and Isabelle-Elizabeth Strout
Very good novel about the complicated relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter.

#36-Club Dead-Charlaine Harris
This series is my current guilty pleasure.

What a fun (and controversial) question! It's interesting to see the different opinions. For example, I loved The Elegance of the Hedgehog and The Catcher in the Rye

Here are my 1-stars:

The Wedding - Nicholas Sparks
Beyond sappy, and I guessed the "secret" near the beginning of the book.

Tricky Business - Dave Barry
I think Dave Barry's other books are hilarious, but this foray into fiction was not.

Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Made me feel like I needed to take a shower.

Interview With the Vampire - Anne Rice
I know a lot of people love this series. I just don't like the way she writes - too many superfluous adjectives or something.

Isle of Dogs - Patricia Cornwell
Possibly the worst of the bunch. Patricia should stick with her Kay Scarpetta novels and NOT try to be funny.

I did finish all of these because I'm obsessive-compulsive that way.

"Whew" is right! You have inspired me to plan my reading better (I keep picking up random stuff, and my TBR list keeps getting longer).

Wow - you're a reading machine!!

Never too late! You're right on pace to finish 50 by year's end!

Or maybe Compulsive Overreaders?! :)

#35-The Secret of the Old Clock-Carolyn Keene
Love to re-read a childhood favorite now and then...

#34-Room on the Roof-Ruskin Bond
I read a LOT last weekend!

#33-For One More Day-Mitch Albom
Moral: appreciate your mother!

#32-The House on Mango Street-Sandra Cisneros
Classic story of a Latina girl growing up - told in a series of vignettes.

#31-T is for Trespass-Sue Grafton
Have read all these except for 'U'...will read that soon. I feel like Kinsey Milhone is an old friend. I hope she doesn't leave us after 'Z'...

Anya wrote: "18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
I loved this book as well. I was surprised at how entertaining it was, since the format was so unusual.

30 so far! I have been able to read a lot the last few months. My highest yearly count ever was 62 (last year), so I hope to top that this year.

Alex, I recommend Jane Austen's other books as well. I've read them all except Persuasion. I find her wit highly entertaining!

#30-Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy-Ed. by Peter S. Canellos
I do love a well-written biography, and I've always been fascinated with the Kennedys. I doubt we'll see another Senator as devoted to public service as Ted was.

Most of my re-reads are classics - ones that I read many years ago and my daughters are reading now. I find I enjoy most of them more the 2nd time around - probably because a teacher isn't MAKING me read it! :)