2014-02 - Thought Provoking - what will you be reading?

[Judeanne]

I'll be finishing -
, and

Then I'm moving on to B.B. King.

[D.G.]

Debi wrote: "Is there a way to do a search on the thought provoking list, in particular? With so many to choose from I like to see if some from my TBR are on the list."

There isn't an easy way to search books in the lists, I'm afraid. You have to check them page by page to see what it has. In general, I check between 10-15 pgs to come up with a good list - but then I like to have tons of choices. Books that are on your To Read shelf here at GR, will be marked as such on the list but if you don't have many books, then you won't see many.

[Dogsandbooksanddogsandbooks]

D.G. wrote: "Debi wrote: "Is there a way to do a search on the thought provoking list, in particular? With so many to choose from I like to see if some from my TBR are on the list."

There isn't an easy way to ..."

I'll add reading the list to my reading list. Haha :-)
Have a great day

[Evička]

I'll be reading

[Melissa]

Bea wrote: "I found these 5 which are presently in my home: 3 library books , and , an..."

I loved Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close... I am not one to tear up but that one made me wish for a tissue. Did not see the movie though.

[LynnB]

Debi wrote: "Is there a way to do a search on the thought provoking list, in particular? With so many to choose from I like to see if some from my TBR are on the list."

Unfortunately you have to pick page-by-page, but I wish there were a way to filter personal shelves with other shelves. It would make finding books much easier! Maybe they'll add that feature someday.

[Bea]

Debi, I don't know of any way. I usually scroll through the pages and check the column to the right. If a book is on my TBR, it will say WANT TO READ.

Alternately, you can go to the book page and then look on the right side of the page. Just under TOP GENRES you will see "see more shelves". Click on that and it will show you the shelves that particular book is on. Look for the name of the shelf - THOUGHT PROVOKING.

Those are the only two ways that I know.

[Leo(nie)]

I will try to read and , as those two have been waiting to be read for ages already.

[D.G.]

Leo wrote: "I will try to read and , as those two have been waiting to be read for ages already."

Frankenstein is fabulous!

[Carol]

I'm reading

[Julia]

orig msg#-48 > JuliaC. wrote: "I'm going to try to read , , and "

I got the sample of the Bell Jar on my Nook and I must be in the minority because it's really not doing anything for me. I may have to pass on this one.

I did start reading "Anne Frank: Diary Of A Young Girl". I both love and hate this book. I may also have to put this aside as I just lost my cousin 2 weeks ago and am still very raw emotionally and don't know if I'll be able to handle this. I'm going to give it a shot though b/c this book is all I can think about.

[Julia]

Bea wrote: "I found these 5 which are presently in my home: 3 library books , and , an..."

I read "My Sister's Keeper" and loved it, hope you also like it. .

[Santiago]

I just finished so I'll do my review later.

[Dogsandbooksanddogsandbooks]

Onward to my 2nd book for this challenge and it will be .

[Grace]

Some of my lost books are on the first few pages of this list:
I'd also like to read:

But I don't think I'd survive all that heaviness in a three weeks! I'll aim for two of those four, starting with Hamlet.

[Sarah]

I'm going to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I've been interested in reading it for a while now.

[Dogsandbooksanddogsandbooks]

Carol wrote: "I'm reading "

Loved that book. Enjoy!

[Kaitlin]

I'm new to the group and will be doing my first read with you all. I'll be reading for Feb... When I finish that one I'll pick another one!

[Susan]

Kaitlin wrote: "I'm new to the group and will be doing my first read with you all. I'll be reading Ender's Game for Feb... When I finish that one I'll pick another one!"


Good choice, Kaitlin!

[Serena]

im reading a range of genres at the moment, loving A Storm of Swords A Storm of Swords and reading Lady Chatterly's Lover but havent picked it up in quite a while, i was surprised by the strong feminist undertones that are seemingly the authors opinions but not really having anything to do with the plot. im also reading The Alchemyst which is for younger readers so im finding it hard to get into due to the writing style which feels a little too cliched but im getting through it quite quickly which is good

[Wendy]

The Help was the first on this list that I had not read. It was also on my to-read list, and I have heard wonderful things about it.

[LyndiLea]

I am going to read Go Ask Alice as my thought provoking book. I read it once before about 12 years ago. I will be interested to see how my perspectives have changed.

[D.G.]

JuliaC. wrote: "orig msg#-48 > JuliaC. wrote: "I did start reading "Anne Frank: Diary Of A Young Girl". I both love and hate this book. I may also have to put this aside as I just lost my cousin 2 weeks ago and am still very raw emotionally and don't know if I'll be able to handle this. I'm going to give it a shot though b/c this book is all I can think about. "

I'm sorry about your cousin, Julia. That's a rough book to read while on bereavement. I started reading it while I was on Amsterdam last year but couldn't continue after going to the Anne Frank Museum. It was so tough!!

[Julia]

D.G. wrote: "JuliaC. wrote: "orig msg#-48 > JuliaC. wrote: "I did start reading "Anne Frank: Diary Of A Young Girl". I both love and hate this book. I may also have to put this aside as I just lost my cousin 2 ..."

Thank you, D.G - I just saw your message.

I'm having a really rough time with this book. There are times in the book that I want to jump into the past and shake and yell and say "please get along and love each other b/c I know how this ends".

[Julia]

Finished reading "Anne Frank" and have started "Flowers for Algernon"

[Sean-michael]

Finished Searching for.Alaska and almost finished with Enders Game.

[Julia]

I'm reading Flowers for Algernon. I think this a great book and I think this should be required reading for all schools, but at the same time it's very upsetting.

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[Melissa]

JuliaC. wrote: "I'm reading Flowers for Algernon. I think this a great book and I think this should be required reading for all schools, but at the same time it's very upsetting.

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I'm fairly certain I did read it in the 7th grade, but I don't recall that it was required. I had a habit then of reading the parts of our anthologies that had NOT been assigned. Go figure.

[Melissa]

Well, I've torn up the house and can't find Speak. So instead I have picked up Uglies, which has been sitting on a shelf waiting to be read for three or four years now.

[Tara]

JuliaC. wrote: "I'm reading Flowers for Algernon. I think this a great book and I think this should be required reading for all schools, but at the same time it's very upsetting.

[spoilers removed]"

I read this book after I observed a 10th grade English class and they were book talking it (and I was so intrigued I had to pick it up). I think it is a really good book for discussion and would make a good required reading. That class really had some interesting thoughts about it as well.

[Julia]

I didn't realize "Flowers" is also a movie.... When I told my BF that I was reading this book, he had said he'd never heard of it, but when I started describing the book to him he said "Oh, that's Charlie.. It's a really good movie."
I'd like to finish the book first before I watch the movie. Has anyone else seen the movie?

[Matt]

Just finished now going to start .

[Tara]

JuliaC. wrote: "I didn't realize "Flowers" is also a movie.... When I told my BF that I was reading this book, he had said he'd never heard of it, but when I started describing the book to him he said "Oh, that's ..."

No, I had no idea it was a movie. Will have to look it up.