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Ecem's 250+ books in 2016 - Challenge Completed with 275 books^^
Here are the books I've decided to read for Around the World in Books Challenge too:1. France - La Chatte by Colette -- READ
2. Greece - Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn -- READ
3. Japan - The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa -- READ
4. Iran - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi -- READ
5. UK - American Gods by Neil Gaiman -- READ
6. Germany - The Double-Bass by Patrick Süskind -- READ
7. Pakistan - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai -- READ
8. Italy - Inferno (La Divina Commedia #1) by Dante Alighieri -- READ
9. South America - Memories of My Melancholy Whores
by Gabriel García Márquez -- READ
10. Ireland - So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, #1) by Diane Duane -- READ
11. USA - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou -- READ
12. Turkey - Kediler Güzel Uyanır by Yekta Kopan -- READ
13. Brazil - Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho -- READ
14. Norway - Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4) by Jo Nesbø -- READ
15. Austria-Hungary - The Trial by Franz Kafka -- READ
16. Australia - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion -- READ
16/16 -- Challenge Completed
Good luck with your challenge, I hope you enjoy the book thief, I did.
Ellen Rory wrote: "Good luck with your challenge, I hope you enjoy the book thief, I did."Thank you so much Ellen, I watched Book Thief's movie and i really enjoyed it, so i am sure the book will be better :)
I have read 15 books so far, will finish the 16th tonight.#10. The Dark Tower, Volume 1: The Gunslinger Born
by Peter David
#11. The Dark Tower, Volume 2: The Long Road Home
by Robin Furth
#12. The Dark Tower, Volume 3: Treachery
by Robin Furth
#13. The Dark Tower, Volume 4: Fall of Gilead
by Robin Furth
#14. The Dark Tower, Volume 5: Battle of Jericho Hill
by Robin Furth
#15. Kediler Güzel Uyanır
by Yekta Kopan
Currently reading : The Stand by Stephen King
Also, i have decided to change my challenge number and i am increasing it up to 150 from 110, coz i have a feeling that i can do it ^_^
Thank you so much for your support! :D will do my best :)
Okay, just to have all the books I wanna read in the same place, I'm posting my Popsugar Reading Challenge in here too:1. A book based on a fairy tale - Cinder by Marissa Meyer -- READ
2. A National Book Award winner - The Color Purple by Alice Walker (National Book Award for Fiction) -- READ
3. A YA bestseller - Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer -- READ
5. A book set in your home state - Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku (English: But Müzeyyen, It's a Deep Passion) by İlhami Algör -- READ
6. A book translated to English - Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami -- READ
7. A romance set in the future - Divergent by Veronica Roth -- READ
8. A book set in Europe - A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway -- READ
9. A book that's under 150 pages - Les dix enfants que madame Ming n'a jamais eus by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (115 pages) --READ
10. A New York Times bestseller - The Stand by Stephen King -- READ
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year - The BFG by Roald Dahl --READ
12. A book recommended by someone you just met - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens -- READ
14. A book you can finish in a day -Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami -- READ
15. A book written by a celebrity - In His Own Write by John Lennon -- READ
17. A book at least 100 years older than you - Inferno (La Divina Commedia #1) by Dante Alighieri (It was completed in the year 1320) -- READ
18. A book that's more than 600 pages - American Gods by Neil Gaiman (the author's preferred text, 635 pages) -- READ
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club - The Color Purple
by Alice Walker -- READ
20. A science-fiction novel - A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet, #3) by Madeleine L'Engle -- READ
21. A book recommended by a family member - In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan -- READ
22. A graphic novel - The Dark Tower, Volume 1: The Gunslinger Born by Peter David, Stephen King -- READ
24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation - N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto (I am a translator and nearly everyone is a translator in the book, including the protagonist) -- READ
25. A book that takes place during summer - Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan -- READ
26. A book and its prequel -The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya, #1) by Nagaru Tanigawa -- READ and The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya, #2) by Nagaru Tanigawa -- READ
27. A murder mystery - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler -- READ
28. A book written by a comedian - Getting Even by Woody Allen -- READ
29. A dystopian novel - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick -- READ
30. A book with a blue cover - A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2) by Terry Pratchett (Its Turkish cover is light blue) -- READ
31. A book of poetry - Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire -- READ
33. A classic from the 20th century - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -- READ
34. A book from the library - The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
35. An autobiography - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing by Maya Angelou -- READ
39. A book that takes place on an island - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs -- READ
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion -- READ
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#16. In His Own Write by John Lennon#17. The Stand by Stephen King
#18. The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1)
#19. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House (The Sandman, #2)
by Neil Gaiman
#20. Edward Scissorhands #1 by Kate Leth
#21. The Princess and the Pea: A Very Short Tale by Diane Setterfield
Currently reading: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
#22. American Gods by Neil Gaiman #23. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing by Maya Angelou
Currently reading: Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
#24. Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer #25. Inferno (La Divina Commedia #1) by Dante Alighieri
#26. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Currently reading: To Kill A Mockingbird
I really enjoyed to kill mockingbird, hope you do too.
I'm so in the beginning of the book right now, but I kinda had good vibrations from it, so I think I will like it :) Thank you :)
#27. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee#28. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
#29. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
#30. The Deal (Off-Campus, #1) by Elle Kennedy
#31. ホリミヤ 1 (Horimiya #1) by Hero
#32. ホリミヤ 2 (Horimiya #2) by Hero
#33. Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
#34. ホリミヤ 3 (Horimiya #3) by Hero
#35. ホリミヤ 4 (Horimiya #4) by Hero
#36. The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa
My challenge status so far: *Popsugar Reading Challenge - 11/32
*Around the World in Books Challenge - 5/16
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge - 8,433 / 20,000
Recommended by Reading Challengers Challenge: I'm in for 26.1. Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor -- READ
2. Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth -- READ
3. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs -- READ
4. The Color Purple by Alice Walker -- READ
5. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin -- READ
6. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde -- READ
7. The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey -- READ
8. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett -- READ
9. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut -- READ
10. Room by Emma Donoghue -- READ
11. Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2) by Ransom Riggs -- READ
12. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran -- READ
13. Wonder by R.J. Palacio -- READ
14. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai -- READ
15. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro -- READ
16. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern -- READ
17. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer -- READ
18. Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches #1) by Terry Pratchett -- READ
19. Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones -- READ
20. A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1) by Deborah Harkness -- READ
21. Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) by Victoria Aveyard -- READ
22. Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1) by Brandon Mull -- READ
23. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins -- READ
24. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes -- READ
25. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt -- READ
26. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi -- READ
26/26 - Challenge Completed
I've changed the goal I set before and made it 200 books for 2016. I've read 45 books so far.#37. The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3) by Lemony Snicket
#38. The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch
#39. Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 (Fruits Basket, #1) by Natsuki Takaya
#40. The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore
#41. A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
#42. Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel
#43. Talking with Planets by Nikola Tesla
#44. The Talisman (The Talisman, #1) by Stephen King
#45. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
Wow, you've read so much already Ecem! Great job :)
Aurora wrote: "Wow, you've read so much already Ecem! Great job :)"Thank you, you as well, you've read so much already too! ^_^
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge: 10,590 / 20,000*Popsugar Reading Challenge: 15/32
*Reading Challengers Challenge: 1/ 26
*Around the World in Books Challenge - 5/16
Review: The Color Purple by Alice Walker Reading "The Color Purple" was like watching a caterpillar transforming into a beautiful butterfly. Celie starts as an African- American, illiterate, ugly young girl, who is oppressed and used by men and doesn't speak up for herself. The transformation she gets through as she grows older, lucky and unlucky encounters in her life, the things she starts to discover about herself that she wouldn't even imagine, and the things she starts to learn enchants the reader.
Alice Walker certainly wrote about the brave and strong women, who fight through the oppression and prejudices emerging from their state of being both black and woman, for the life they want to live. The women in this book reminds me the snowdrop flowers, which fight through the snow and blossoms beautifully in the end.
I definitely recommend it.
#47. Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku (English: But Müzeyyen, It's a Deep Passion) by İlhami Algör This is a story about an unemployed man who tries to write a novel and not being left by the woman he loves, Müzeyyen.
I've been meaning to read this book ever since I saw its movie trailer. It's not a great book, but I enjoyed the mess in the protagonist's head, how he constantly compares his situation to Turkish and foreign movies' scenes and pretend like the objects around him (like the door and the furniture) talk to him. It's a tale of desperation of a man, and you can feel that desperation and the dark comedy while reading.
It's a very thin book with not much to offer, but you can still enjoy it.
#48. The Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionIn BBC Sherlock TV Series, Sherlock repeats a line very often:
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."
While reading The Rosie Project, almost from the page third, this line of Sherlock kept roaming in my mind. (Not to mention, as a result I kept imagining Don Tillman as Benedict Cumberbatch ^_^) I loved Don Tillman from the very start; the way he appals people with his highly rational words, the very practical way he sees the world, have always alienated people around him - especially women. Struggling with not knowing how to act in dates, and how he turns off every single woman with being so dense, he could never go forward than a first date. So, as a very practical and a rational professor of genetics, he starts The Wife Project, by preparing a survey for the women out there, in order to find the perfect wife : She has to be punctual, a good cook, not smoking, not being a vegeterian or a vegan, smart enough to engage with complicated genetics discussions, and beautiful. When one day, a beautiful girl named Rosie barges in his office, who is the exact opposite of the criteria Don is looking for, little does he know he looks at the source of all his future problems that'll turn his world upside down.
I read it in one sit, it was a very sweet book to put down, and a fast read. My rating is more like 4 and a half stars, since the ending was a little bit wrapped up fastly. But I surely enjoyed the dialogues of Don, laughed many times, and there were some surprises in the story that saved it from getting stagnant.
This is a sweet and highly practical love story, and if you have a thing for super smart, high-functioning sociopaths (like Sherlock Holmes ^^) Don Tillman is your man. ;)
#49. La Chatte by ColetteLa Chatte is a story of a love triangle of a young man, his female cat and his newly-wed wife. Alain adores his cat Saha and she adores him back. But when Alain gets married to Camille, who is a shallow, rude, lustful and insensitive woman, Alain and Saha's happiness begins to fade. Camille starts to see Saha as her rival, she hates and gets jealous of this female cat which draws all of Alain's attention, and her jealousy will lead the three of them to a dramatical conclusion.
I liked the story, loved the relationship between Alain and Saha, and honestly appreciated Alain's thoughts and decisions and his loyal love for Saha. For the cat owners and lovers like me out there, this is a very nice book to read.
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge: 11,108 /20,000*Popsugar Reading Challenge: 16/32
*Reading Challengers Challenge: 1/ 26
*Around the World in Books Challenge - 7/16
#50. The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4) by Lemony Snicket#51. Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud
#52. The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll
#53. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter
#54. The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter
#55. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding by Beatrix Potter
#56. The Tale of Mr. Tod by Beatrix Potter
#57. The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle by Beatrix Potter
#58. The Tale of Ginger and Pickles by Beatrix Potter
#59. The Story of Miss Moppet by Beatrix Potter
#60. The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter
#61. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes by Beatrix Potter
#62. The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan by Beatrix Potter
#63. Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown
#64. Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown
#65. Goodnight Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown
#66. Darth Vader and Friends by Jeffrey Brown
#67. Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
#67. Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel BáThe best comic book I've ever read.
Recently, some conversations with a friend of mine, made me think that life consists of a chain of moments, so the more good moments you have, the better your life is spent. This book came along right after this thought, showing that life is really a chain of moments, and so damn short.
Having the name of a Beatles song and nice artwork made me intrigued by the book, so I bought it knowing nothing about the story. First I thought it is about death. But then I realized, like it is said in the book, it’s actually about life – those important chain of moments, weaving one’s life one knot after another – and the death has a big part in it. And you shouldn’t take anything for granted.
Towards the end, the story made me very emotional, and when I turned the page and saw the last page of the story, I’m not sure if it’s because of the artwork or the last lines of the letter that protagonist was reading at the time, probably both, I started to cry and even though it was 5 am in the morning, I wanted to wake everyone I love and hug them. Coz it makes you remember the things you are actually living for and face your deepest fears, both we all often put in some boxes and shelve deep inside us and choose to forget momentarily, thinking we will have lots of time for a postponed look – though you may actually not have that time.
Probably the most profound and close to the heart story I’ve read in a long, long time.
Great job, Ecem! Congratulations on being over a quarter of the way through your challenge already. :)
#68. Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton#69. Star Wars: Jedi Academy (Jedi Academy, #1) by Jeffrey Brown
#70. Room by Emma Donoghue
#71. The Key by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Currently reading: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge: 13,589 /20,000
#72. A Calendar of Tales by Neil Gaiman #73. Hotel Iris by Yōko Ogawa
#74. Getting Even by Woody Allen
#75. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
#76. So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, #1) by Diane Duane
Currently reading: Peaches for Father Francis (Chocolat #3) by Joanne Harris
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge: 14,604 / 20.000 *Popsugar Reading Challenge: 17/32
*Reading Challengers Challenge: 3/ 26
*Around the World in Books Challenge - 9/16
#77. Peaches for Father Francis (Chocolat, #3) by Joanne Harris #78. A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle
#79. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
#80. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
#81. Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
#77. Peaches for Father Francis (Chocolat, #3) by Joanne Harris Again, a great story of Vianne.
While I was reading this book, I kept thinking how much I missed losing myself in Vianne's world of magic, chocolate, peach jam, tolerance, accepting and loving people as they are. The book has a great plot, which ended up unfolding in a way I wasn't expecting. Also, I liked seeing things from the eyes of Father Francis too, and the things he faces makes the story more exciting that you cannot put down the book till you see how things are going to end up.
Also, this book made me try to make my own jam for the first time (which is not surprising, if you consider that I also tried to make chocolate after reading Chocolat^^) and I am quite content about the result :D After all, we all do a little bit of magic in our kitchens every day (though I can't say I'm a domestic type, but again) and reading Vianne Rocher's stories makes one think that we all have a sorcerer in us, who can relate to other people different from us if we really try and put our prejudices on the side, who can bring some ingredients together and create another magical thing to feed ourselves.
This book made me think that our relations with other people and everything ordinary that we do in our daily lives can be magical, and all we need to see it is a little bit of awareness.
#81. Fortunately, the Milk by Neil GaimanGod, I love Neil Gaiman!^^ He can turn even a simple, buying a bottle of milk action into the greatest adventure of a lifetime :D
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge: 15,669/20,000 *Popsugar Reading Challenge: 18/32
#82. The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1) by Terry Pratchett#83. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer
#84. Marvel's Jessica Jones #1 by Brian Michael Bendis
Currently reading: Red Queen
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge: 16,462/ 20.000 *Popsugar Reading Challenge: 19/32
*Reading Challengers Challenge: 4/ 26
*Around the World in Books Challenge - 9/16
#85. N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto#86. The BFG by Roald Dahl
#87. I Am No One You Know: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates
#88. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge: 17,230 /20,000 *Popsugar Reading Challenge: 21/32
*Reading Challengers Challenge: 4/ 26
*Around the World in Books Challenge - 9/16
#89. Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) by Victoria Aveyard*Reading Challengers Challenge: 5/ 26
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) by Victoria Aveyard ReviewRed Queen surprised me with its every twist. Not that the events were unusual - when you watch Game of Thrones, you become accustomed to the notion of "trust no one, when it comes to gaining benefits on the way to the throne", however, as a reader who usually can guess where the story goes and thus, not impressed with the twists much, this book succeeded to surprise me alongside with the protagonist, Mare Barrow, while the story unfolds itself. I'm looking forward to read the second book, Glass Sword.
#90. Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher #91. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez
#92. George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
#93. The Tale of Pigling Bland by Beatrix Potter
#94. From Me to You (The Lonely Hearts Club, #1.3) by Elizabeth Eulberg
#95. Les choses by Georges Perec
#96. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
#97. All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
#98. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
#99. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28) by Terry Pratchett
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway“This was the only truly sad time in Paris because it was unnatural. You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person died for no reason.
In those days, though, the spring always came finally; but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.”
This book amazed me while reading. Hemingway not only tells us how he kept writing in his early years in Paris, when he and his wife Hadley "were so poor, and so happy", he also tells us about the great writers, poets and painters, such as Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, Sylvia Beach, Picasso and James Joyce. I also enjoyed picturing the places he'd go, take a walk, or sit and drink, since I've been in Paris twice myself, understanding why he felt what he felt about these places.
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know,” was how Hemingway motivated himself to keep writing. He would panic, lose his confidence when it comes to writing, yet he would face all his fears and wouldn't mind to write a sentence over and over and over, till he finally wrote that one true sentence. The book contains his Paris memories, with his wife and others, and reading it is like you are sitting at a fine Paris café with him, and he is telling you about those early memories, interesting people, how Fitzgerald was an awfully odd person sometimes, yet how loyal he was to Hemingway, how crazy and jealous Zelda Fitzgerald was, what shook his friendship with Gertrude Stein, how he taught boxing to Ezra Pound, what came between him and Hadley and many more - even though sometimes he draws a line and doesn't tell you more about some subjects - subjects that are close to his heart. And you listen to Ernest Hemingway, the great American writer, Tatie, a loveful husband, Hem, a loyal friend, Ernest, a strong person to beware, Hemingway, a nice fellow author, Papa, a respected old man, and you sit there, amazed of what he tells you, while you are laughing, sometimes smiling, sometimes wiping your tears, sometimes gaping with astonishment.
And when he finishes his café crème and decides it's enough to talk about his old days, when he was so poor but so happy, he leaves some money on the table while you say "It was a good talk Papa", smiles and walks away, while you sit there, thinking how enchanting Paris is, even when it rains.
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge: 19,521 /20,000 *Popsugar Reading Challenge: 22/32
*Reading Challengers Challenge: 5/ 26
*Around the World in Books Challenge - 10/16
#100. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeI'm 50% done with my reading challenge with this.
Last year, i read 55 books in my challenge, while at first i set my goal as 100 books, but this year i wanna read 200 books and i read 9 of them so far. Here is the list of the 9 books i have read:
#1. Still Life With Woodpecker - Tom Robbins
#2. Bonjour Tristesse - Françoise Sagan
#3. Diary of a Mad Old Man - Junichiro Tanizaki
#4. No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
#5. The Lake - Banana Yoshimoto
#6. Drive My Car - Haruki Murakami
#7. Men Without Women - Haruki Murakami
#8. Les dix enfants que madame Ming n'a jamais eus (Madam Ming's 10 children that she never had) - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
#9. Strange Weather in Tokyo - Hiromi Kawakami
Tomorrow, I'll start my own book club with my friends and we will be 6 members, and we will determine a long reading list with one book from each genre. I'll add the last version of that list here too and maybe some of the friends in here can find something that they'll be interested in. :) Also, i'll welcome any of the friend requests, the more bookworm friends, the merrier ^_^