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Thank You! More books to be added during the year =)
Frankenstein is amazing, completely different to what I expected.
I second Jody about Frankenstein. a very good read that is still relevant today.
I'm not going to be too ambitious this year. My aim is to read 15 - 20 books.
Finished my first book of the year: Adulthood is a Myth =D
What did you think of The Goldfinch? It's on my TBR and I've been eyeing it up but it's so long...
Martha wrote: "What did you think of The Goldfinch? It's on my TBR and I've been eyeing it up but it's so long..."I know! I started it last year, and put it aside because I didn't have time to finish it. As far as I've read, it was okay. Not gripping from the start, but has potential.
Went shopping for books today and added a couple more to the list.
Just finished reading Garland (#14 on my list).Would definitely recommend this novel to anyone who can read Arabic.
My Review:
"Noura Gamal takes the reader on an amusing adventure across the Indian subcontinent through the eyes and experiences of her characters. With authentic dialogue and relatable characters, this story truly embodies the desires and heartaches of today's youth. "
Finally read The House of Mirth. This book has been on my TBR list since I bought it about six years ago.
Just finished The Handmaid's Tale. As it is this month's Our Shared Shelf selection, I decided to hit two birds with one stone. A powerful story that I would recommend reading.
Nice going Baheya! I am also reading The Goldfinch for the really long book prompt.
Just finished To Kill a Mockingbird. Yet another book that has been on my TBR list for years. I can't believe I finally read it. My Review:
"A story of karmic justice told through the innocent eyes of a little girl, who's yet to understand human nature and the role society plays in shaping it. My favorite part was the comparison between the treatment of the black citizens of Maycomb and the persecution of the Jews in Germany, and how the situation highlighted the true hypocrisy of the white southerners in the county and the extent at which racism against blacks is embedded in their culture. "
Finished Orlando.Was not an enjoyable read. :(
Just finished The Outsiders. Definitely worth reading, whether you are a teen or an adult.
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✔1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 - Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen ★★★
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 - The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe Hall
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" - 1Q84 BOOK 1 by Haruki Murakami
5. A historical fiction
✔6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (TV Series) ★★★★★
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
✔8. A book written by a person of color - Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou ★★★
✔9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list - God Help the Child by Toni Morrison ★★★
10. A dual-timeline novel
✔11. A category from another challenge - Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi ★★★★
(A to Z Challenge - L)
12. A book based on a myth
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
✔14. A book with a strong female character -جارلند by Noura Gamal ★★★★
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations
18. A really long book (600+ pages) - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
✔19. A New York Times best-seller - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ★★★
✔20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading - The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton ★★★★
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
✔22. A book by an author you haven't read before - Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover ★★★
✔23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link) - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ★★★★
24. A book written by at least two authors - The Diary of a Nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith
25. A book about a famous historical figure
✔26. An adventure book - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson ★★★
27. A book by one of your favorite authors - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
✔28. A non-fiction - Letters to a Young Novelist by Mario Vargas Llosa ★★★★
✔29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions - The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir by Sarah Manguso ★★★
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link) - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
33. A magical realism novel
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
✔35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ★★★
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
37. A book you choose randomly - The Sand Fish: A Novel from Dubai by Maha Gargash
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature - West Side Story by Irving Shulman (inspired by Romeo & Juliet)
39. An epistolary fiction - Lady Susan by Jane Austen
40. A book published in 2017 - قبل بنتا حزينة by Hamdy AbdelRehim
✔41. A book with an unreliable narrator - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton ★★★★★
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
✔45. A book with a one-word title - Orlando by Virginia Woolf ★★★
46. A time travel novel
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book
✔49. A book from someone else's bookshelf - The Allegory of the Cave by Plato ★★
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
✔51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) - The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ★★★★★
52. A book set in a fictional location
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