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Messenger is my favorite in the Giver quartet. I read The Time Machine and Persuasion this year, they were nice and quick, not the best books I read but interesting on the cultural side.
I read The Giver last year, which encouraged me to read another one of Lowery's books. I read The Island of Dr. Moreau this year and loved it. We'll see how The Time Machine reads in comparison.
Wait, what edition of Orlando are you going to read? I'm pretty sure my copy was way over 200 pages. :D That aside, I found it at points incredibly frustrating. One of the few books I really felt, once or twice, deserve a swift meeting with a wall.I should re-read Frankenstein; I have a feeling I'll appreciate it more when I'm *not* reading it for an entrance exam.
Hey, we have the same book for week 50! A friend sent me a copy that's registered on BookCrossing, so when I'm done with it, it will go off and find a new reader.
My copy of Orlando is 162 pages; it's published by Wordsworth Classics. The font is quite small and there's barely any space between the lines, which is probably why they were able to squeeze into under 200 pages :P.
I loved it. Read almost all of it in a day. But I'm a huge Sherlock Holmes fan, so I might be a little bias. :)
great progress! i have just started my first book for this year. i want to read the unbearable lightness of being and one hundred years of solitude this year as well, look forward to discussing.
Thank you! I would love to discuss them with you.
I'll be reading Frankenstein, One Hundred Years of Solitude and Orlando too.
Just finished My life on the Road by Gloria Steinem. A truly inspirational book!
Went on a book shopping spree yesterday, so I decided to include a couple of my newly bought books to the list.Goal: still 25 books
Finished Fatherland.I would recommend it to anyone interested in WWII history, and would like to read an interpretation of what might have happened if the outcome had been different.
5/25
A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion): The Well of Loneliness instead of The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Finished Tuesdays with Morrie. Insisted on finishing the book on a Tuesday. :P
Baheya wrote: "Finished Tuesdays with Morrie. Insisted on finishing the book on a Tuesday. :P"
Did you like it?
Yeah, I really liked it. It really gets you thinking about your priorities. And it's written in a way that feels like you're speaking to a grandparent, which I found rather endearing.
I included my rating of the books I've read.
Added a new book to the list: On Identity by Amin Maalouf. I started reading it for a college course several years ago and enjoyed it, but I never got to finish it. So when I found it in a bookshop the other day, I decided to buy it and included to this year's list.
Are you doing half challenge too? I am planning to read 26 :) and because my weakness are graphic novels, I am doing a full challenge but just with graphic novels (mangas+comics) . Good luck with your challenge :)
My goal is actually to read 25 books, but my list has 28 so I can give myself a couple of extra options to choose from. Might end up doing a half challenge, who knows? One extra book won't kill me. :P
Good luck with your challenge. See you at the finish line! =D
Because I'm way behind on my reading, I've decided to cut down my goal to 20 books. The list has more to give myself options.
Added more books to the list, because I can't resist passing by the bookstore and not buying anything. Still behind though.
Take it on the positive side: all those books you won't be able to read this year will be ready choices for next year! ;)
Sophie wrote: "Take it on the positive side: all those books you won't be able to read this year will be ready choices for next year! ;)"So true =D
Just finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Expected more from it, but it really didn't live up to the original books. Was a quick read though.
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1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
2. A book set in a different continent - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare/Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
6. The highest rated on your TBR - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. A book about books
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages - Orlando by Virginia Woolf/The Undiscovered Self by C.G. Jung
9. A book that was mentioned in another book
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
12. A childhood classic
✔13. Reader’s Choice - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Album ★★★★
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago) - Persuasion by Jane Austen
✔16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels - The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle ★★★★★
✔17. A book with a beautiful cover - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi ★★★★★
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
✔19. A non-fiction book - The Art of War by Sun Tzu ★★★
✔20. A book with a first name in the title - Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie ★★★★
✔21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ★★★
22. The first book in a new to you series
23. The next book in a series you are reading
24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
✔25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you - The Last Asset by Edith Wharton (journalist) ★★★
26. A book everyone is talking about
✔27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion) -The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera ★★★★
✔28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir - My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem ★★★★
✔29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling ★★★
✔30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own - Cinderella: A Grimm's Fairy Tale by The Grimm Brothers ★★★★
31. A work of young adult fiction - Messenger by Lois Lowery
32. A historical fiction book
33. The 16th book on your TBR - The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
34. A book about mental illness - Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky
35. An award winning book - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
✔36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation - On Identity by Amin Maalouf ★★★★
37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
38. A book about an anti-hero
✔39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list - Fatherland by Robert Harris (an alternative history book). ★★★★
40. A novella from your favorite genre
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction) - From Moscow to Cuba and Beyond: A Diplomatic Memoir of the Cold War by Jeanne Sutherland
42. A top 100 fantasy novel
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
46. A crime story - الجريمة by Naguib Mahfouz
47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
48. A dystopia
49. A book with a great opening line - Seeds of Hiroshima by Edita Morris
50. A book originally written in a language other than English - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Marquez/Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
✔51. A short story from a well-known author – Morella by Edgar Allen Poe ★★★
52. A book published in 2016
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