05 - A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads

[Milena]

I am listening to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for this prompt. I read the entire series once many years ago, and have seen the movies many times. I thought the audiobooks would be an interesting and different experience.

[☕️Hélène⚜️]

Hey! I might try that! I also read all the series LOVED it and also watched all the movies. Will check out the audiobooks that would good to try! Thanks never taught of that

[Milena]

Helene wrote: "Hey! I might try that! I also read all the series LOVED it and also watched all the movies. Will check out the audiobooks that would good to try! Thanks never taught of that"

It's wonderful. I am really savoring them.

[Teri]

I've been listening to Harry Potter on audiobooks since about September. Just about to start the last one. It's been a fun way to reconnect with a favorite series. I watch the movie after I finish each book just for even more fun.

[Milena]

Teri wrote: "I've been listening to Harry Potter on audiobooks since about September. Just about to start the last one. It's been a fun way to reconnect with a favorite series. I watch the movie after I finish ..."

I want to do that too, but there was only about a day between when I finished the first book and when the second one came in from the library.

[Carol]

I love the Harry Potter audiobooks. Jim Dale is excellent.

[Alix]

Another prompt I can use to check harry potter off the list! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

[Mel]

I was surprised when I scanned my tbr list and only found one book that qualified: Jane Eyre. Well, I guess that's my incentive to grab it off my bookshelf and read it this year! :)

[Chana]

For this challenge prompt I finally read Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone.

[Megan]

The Handmaids Tale officially qualifies for this prompt!

[Victoria]

I finally bit the bullet and read A GAME OF THRONES by George RR Martin. I'm all caught up on the TV series and I usually struggle a lot when I read a story after seeing it adapted but this was so good! I want to rewatch season 1 and 2 after finishing this! if you have seen the show, don't let that stop you from reading the novel. I was able to understand so much more of the characters and story because of it.

[Melissa]

I read The Hobbit for this prompt. I have never read any of the Lord of the Ring books but I love the movies so I figured I would check it out. I really did enjoy it even though it's not normally the kind of book I read.

[Frogli]

I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and it wasn't really for me. I don't know if I just wasn't in the mood or what, because it's not bad but I just didn't connect with it and my attention kept wandering.

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Tracy wrote: "Nadine wrote: "I've got over 1500 titles on my TBR list, and only ONE of them has more than one million ratings. I guess this is the year I finally read Life of Pi"

ooOOOOHHHhhhh........."

I LOVED this story...i had a very hard time putting it down

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Hands down reading the little prince...its one of my favorite stories.

[Kristen]

I guess that I will have to go with a reread, I've already read all the books that I want to read on this list.

[Robyn]

I have read most of the books on the million ratings list too (and am not enamored by the few left I haven't)--so if any of you have read Ender's Game or Gone with the Wind and haven't rated them--please do! Both are within about 16k of a million so I'm hoping they get there by the end of the year! Help me out :)

[Kimberly]

I decided to read The Lightning Thief for this one and then I'll use the second in the series for my book based on mythology

[Teri]

Robyn wrote: "I have read most of the books on the million ratings list too (and am not enamored by the few left I haven't)--so if any of you have read Ender's Game or Gone with the Wind and haven't rated them--..."

Good luck! I've already rated both of them and they are among my favorite all-time reads.

[Sherri]

I just downloaded The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood for free from Amazon because I am a prime member.

[Valerie]

Please let us know what you think of this book. I have attempted to read it on 2 occassions and have not been able to get throught it. It was not interesting to me at all.

Please let us know what you think.

[Norpio☽✧]

I started to marathon the Harry Potter series this month and I'm having the time of my life!

[Teri]

Norpio☽ wrote: "I started to marathon the Harry Potter series this month and I'm having the time of my life!"

I just finished listening to all of them on audiobook and watching all the movies. It was fun to recapture the magic for sure. The audiobook I'm listening to now isn't as entertaining.

[Teri]

Monkiecat wrote: "I read Ender's Game, and I'm hoping it hits 1 million before the year is out :D"

Too bad I've already rated it - 5 stars. Good luck!

[Nadine in NY]

Oh it's so close!! Less than 8000 more ratings needed!

[KF-in-Georgia]

The Lightning Thief has more than one million ratings, has a hero with superpowers, is based on mythology, and is written by a guy whose first and last name start with an R. It's also a fun read.

[Karissa]

I read Eat, Pray, Love and really enjoyed it. I had seen the movie in the past.

[Sherri]

I read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. I really liked it. I was surprised.

[Isa]

I'm reading The Fault in our Stars (a YA book). Some other YA books for this prompt are:
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
-The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
-Divergent (Divergent, #1)
-The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower

[Nadine in NY]

Monkiecat wrote: "I ended up sticking Life of Pi in this spot"


Same! And I used it for "journey" in AtY, too. Can't say I'm exactly glad I read it though. More like I'm glad to have this category behind me now and I hope we never see it again.

[Michelle (RavenLily)]

Rachael wrote: "I'm going to cheat slightly, and read the illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. The normal version has over 1 million ratings, I..."

The illustrated edition has over 2 million ratings.

[Michelle (RavenLily)]

Anabell wrote: "I changed the settings on my "want-to-read" list to show "num ratings" and then sorted from highest to lowest. So I can pick from my TBR list.

These are some of the books with over 1 mio. ratings:..."

I just did that. The only books I have over 1 mil are Harry Potter or Animal Farm.

[Fatema]

The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - a classic, with ideas and themes that are still relevant to our times. Jay Gatsby will always be one of my favourite fictional characters.

[Rachel]

I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon for PopSugar's 2019 prompt #5, a "book with at least 1 million ratings on GoodReads."

[Erin]

The Time Traveler's Wife

I was really surprised at how much I liked this.

[Christy]

I'm currently listening to the audiobook of The Lightning Thief, and it's a fun story, and also a nice break from some of the heavier things I've been reading. I must admit, I was not looking forward to this prompt, because I'd already read most of the books above a million reviews I wasn't actively avoiding, but I'm glad I gave it a chance.

[Nevada]

So, apparently all of the Twilight books are rated 1+ million (Twilight actually has 4.4M ratings). Crazy.

[Nadine in NY]

Confession: I read Twilight before it blew up, and I enjoyed it. I think I gave it three stars.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Nadine wrote: "Confession: I read Twilight before it blew up, and I enjoyed it. I think I gave it three stars."

My husband convinced me that I should try reading Twilight because it really sounds like something I should enjoy--I'll probably give it a try after I finish the reading challenge for the year. (I did watch a couple of the movies way back when, and actually was avoiding the books because I was afraid I might like them TOO much, and it might be unhelpful for my emotions since I was very single at the time.)

If I'd realized they fit this category I might have tried them FOR the reading challenge, but then I would have put off reading The Help, which I ended up loving.

[Heather L]

The “Twilight” books would fit other prompts for this year as well:

— Mythological creature: vampires, werewolves

— Character with a super power: Edward can read minds, Alice can see the future, and Jasper manipulates emotions

— Wedding: Last book (Breaking Dawn) has a wedding

[Nadine in NY]

Monkiecat wrote: "I never understood all the love they books/movies originally got, but I think all the hate was just popularity backlash. The Beiber effect :D"


I don't know about the rest of the world, but USA society loves to denigrate anything that is popular with teen girls. If girls like it, it must be bad. I'm certain this is why Twilight had such a backlash. (Star Wars is wildly popular TOO, but I don't see the same level of backlash against it.) That's why the stupid "I'm not like other girls" trope exists too, it's this attitude that girly=lesser and not-girly=superior. I fall into this trap myself sometimes. And I don't mean that not liking something that many girls like means that you are being anti-feminist or something - sometimes, you just don't like it!!! (And to be sure, Twilight is not some masterpiece.) But I try hard to focus on why I'm not liking the thing, or why I'm more impressed with another thing.

[Nadine in NY]

Monkiecat wrote: "... ...except Vanilla Ice. Everybody liked him for about 5 minutes. I think the hate he got was just a reaction to our collective embarrassment by our overwhelming stupidity. ..."


LOL OMG!! Yes, okay, except Vanilla Ice. Sometimes a popular thing is just stupid.

[Katy]

Nadine wrote: "Monkiecat wrote: "I never understood all the love they books/movies originally got, but I think all the hate was just popularity backlash. The Beiber effect :D"


I don't know about the rest of the..."

I'm old and I like Taylor Swift. At least her music, her persona has been kind of annoying. And, I'm basically told I'm not allowed to because I'm not a teenage girl. It's so stupid. You can like what you want to like.

I'm also a fan of a certain TV show and I discuss it on a forum and people on there complain that there are too many teenage girl fans of the show and that's ruining it. Well, if you don't like it anymore don't watch it instead of blaming other fans, who guess what, aren't writing the show.

I admit to never having read or watched Twilight, but that's largely because I've never liked vampires.

[Megan]

Valerie wrote: "Please let us know what you think of this book. I have attempted to read it on 2 occassions and have not been able to get throught it. It was not interesting to me at all.

Please let us know what ..."

I thought the subject matter was interesting but I've never liked Atwood's style of writing.

[Leona]

I did not realize The Handmaid's Tale was in the million ratings. Thanks, I can use it. I personally did not care for the book.

[Oh My Bookness!]

I read ‘The Help’ for this. It’s a brilliant book.

[Kristin]

I read The Great Gatsby. It was short and seemed like a book I ought to have read a long time ago, but I was not overly impressed and didn't feel it lived up to all the hype.

[Drakeryn]

Monkiecat wrote: "I never understood all the love they books/movies originally got, but I think all the hate was just popularity backlash. The Beiber effect :D"

I haven't read Twilight, so I'm not the best person to be commenting, but I thought it got hate because it glorified toxic/abusive(?) relationships.

[Heather]

Drakeryn wrote: "I haven't read Twilight, so I'm not the best person to be commenting, but I thought it got hate because it glorified toxic/abusive(?) relationships.."

Lots of very popular media have toxic/abusive relationships without getting the amount of hate Twilight did. Twilight isn't perfect. It rightly deserved criticism. But it didn't really get criticism. It got overwhelming hate, mockery, contempt, etc. I agree that was because it was popular with teenage girls. From what I remember, it was the teenage girls pointing out the abusive relationships. Everyone else was making fun.

[Katy]

Drakeryn wrote: "Monkiecat wrote: "I never understood all the love they books/movies originally got, but I think all the hate was just popularity backlash. The Beiber effect :D"

I haven't read Twilight, so I'm not..."

I've always just steered clear because I hate vampires. With a passion. I read Dracula because it's a classic, but that is as far as I'm willing to go. If it's got a vampire, I'm not reading it. Now, watch, there will be a prompt next year: read a book with a vampire.