January Monthly Key Word Challenge

[Diane]

JAN– Secret, Heaven, House, Country, Only, Know


The Secret History – Donna Tartt
Possessing the Secret of Joy – Alice Walker
The Secret Agent – Joseph Conrad
The Discovery of Heaven – Harry Mulisch
The Roots of Heaven – Romain Gary
House of Leaves – Mark Z. Danielewski
The House of Doctor Dee – Peter Ackroyd
The Cider House Rules – John Irving
The House of the Spirits – Isabel Allende
The House with the Blind Glass Windows by Wassmo
House Mother Normal – B.S. Johnson
House in the Uplands by Caldwell
The House in Paris – Elizabeth Bowen
The Professor’s House – Willa Cather
Claudine’s House by Colette
The House on the Borderland – William Hope Hodgson
The House of Mirth – Edith Wharton
The House by the Medlar Tree – Giovanni Verga
Bleak House – Charles Dickens
The House of the Seven Gables – Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Fall of the House of Usher – Edgar Allan Poe
Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
In the Heart of the Country – J.M. Coetzee
The Country Girls – Edna O’Brien
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – Jeanette Winterson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou

[Diane]

There are some really great choices in January. What will you be reading?

[Rosemary]

I don't have any of the January books on hand, but I think I will go for The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary. I can get the French paperback for a good price on eBay, and I haven't read anything in French for a while. It's set in Africa, so there may be a lot of words I'm not familiar with, but it will be good practice!

[Pamela]

I plan to read The Country Girls.

[Jane]

I am torn between The House of Seven Gables, Claudine's House, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Any suggestions or advice appreciated.

[Diane]

Jane wrote: "I am torn between The House of Seven Gables, Claudine's House, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Any suggestions or advice appreciated."

The only one I read was Claudine's House which I enjoyed. I can recommend the movie based on the author Colette staring Keira Knightley.

[Jane]

You know I like a movie tie in!!

Diane wrote: "Jane wrote: "I am torn between The House of Seven Gables, Claudine's House, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Any suggestions or advice appreciated."

The only one I read was Claudine's House whi..."

[Gail]

I have House Mother Normal and it is pretty short so I will probably go for that.

[Diane]

I am going uber short with The Fall of the House of Usher – Edgar Allan Poe.

[Rosemary]

I'm struggling with my book, The Roots of Heaven. I found it too dense to read in French, so I ordered it in English, but it took two weeks to arrive so I'm not sure I will finish, with everything else I'm reading.

[Jenna]

I just finished listening to the Secret History. It definitely kept me entertained, although I liked the second half with all crack ups better than the long build up it took to get us there. I'm not sure that was fully necessary from a character perspective since I didn't find anyone too fully convincing as a rounded out human anyway.

[Claire]

Finished The House of Mirth and really enjoyed it a lot. The way Edith Wharton decribes the constraints of women in those times is very light and often witty, but while reading the book you feel all the time the threatening of a bad ending in one way or another. A five star read for me.