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How Anna Already 19 I feel miserable.In tour list thre some really good books.Some of them I can understand its hard to put it down.I currently reading [book:Shutter Island.I don't have to say much I'm only at page 21...I haven't see the movie.but saw some previews Now I see the characters like in the previews.I'm not happy about that.....What are you reading now?
Amanda, Re #18...I offered a comment in reply to Evanston Public Library's review of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg:"Thank you for your review, Barbara. I love the question in the Goodreads review, "What would you do...?" Just thinking about what I would do about, in, toward, in spite of...or to escape from...has me thinking about my own life, and what I could change if I dared. I immediately marked this as a To Be Read."
So, thank you Amanda, and I hope you got a lot out of the stories...reading the reviews I think I'm really gonna like this one (I relate to the 'older crowd').
Thank you for your comments... I liked The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation and actually recommended it to my book club. We found that a book of short stories is a bit difficult to discuss all at once, but we did like it.
Right now I'm working on The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage. So far it's an interesting story but the author's writing is not to my taste. It was recommended by a friend who's going to get an earful about it. :)
I'm also finishing up Comeback America by David Walker. Also, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley is finally in at the library so I'll be picking that up tonight. I loved The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and have been waiting eagerly for Flavia DeLuce #2. :)
Amanda, that kind of piqued my interest, too. I mean, having the protagonist be a 12-year-old girl. I envision having memories play in my mind of when I was 12 if I were to read about Flavia.I have to say, as a fan of the concept of trying to figure out what a book is like from it's title, I'm trying to get the connection of a hangman's bag (whatever that is) and weed, especially a stringy one that would literally (I assume) go through loops around a 'hangman's bag' which, assuming again, is a kind of pouch...I suppose I would find out if I read the book, duh!
April 15-June 22Oops, I accidentally deleted part of my list!
20. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
21. The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage
22. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
23. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
24. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
25. Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich
26. Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
27. The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder by Daniel Stashower
28. Birthright: The True Story of the Kidnapping of Jemmy Annesley by A. Roger Ekirch.
29. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
June 22-July 13Been slowing down... must pick up the pace to stay on track!!
30. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
31. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster
32. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
33. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
34. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Should these YA books count? Probably not. But I did read 'em.
Up next:It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita by Heather B. Armstrong, The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman and The Boy on the Bus: A Novel by Deborah Schupack. Also My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira and The Birth House by Ami McKay for bookclub are coming up, and anxiously awaiting my turn with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest from the library.
I don't think Memoirs of a Geisha, The Forgotten Garden, and The Lost Symbol are YA books.Rose
...but The Phantom Tollbooth and A Wrinkle in Time are.
Oh--I agree. I'd thought you'd meant all the books you listed were.
Nope! Just struggling with whether or not to add them!
Well, I did read A Wrinkle in Time and I would certainly count that!
July 13-July 2735. It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita by Heather B. Armstrong
36. The Boy on the Bus: A Novel by Deborah Schupack
37. Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman
38. The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
39. Cradle and All by James Patterson
July 28-Aug 2640. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
41. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
42. Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
43. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
44. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
almost done!
Aug 27-Sept 845. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King
46. The Birth House by Ami McKay
47. Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
48. My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
Two more to go!! :)
Sept 8-2149. Faithful Place by Tana French
50. A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King
DOONE!! Of course, I'll keep reading and keeping track. I've started #51 already! :)
Sept 21-Dec 151. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
52. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
53. Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese by Brad Kessler
54. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson
55. The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer
56. Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
57. Big Girls Don't Cry by Rebecca Traister (working on it)
58. The Moor by Laurie R. King
59. The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeer
60. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
61. fame by Daniel Kehlmann
62. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
63. Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
64. If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You by Kelly Cutrone
What did you think of the Life of Pi? It's on my "to-read" list, but I'm not so sure.
life of pi was great--one of the best on this list. beatrice & virgil was not as good but i think still worth a read.
:) Thanks a lot. I'll be sure to check it out.
Challenge: 50 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
The Phantom Tollbooth (other topics)Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (other topics)
Memoirs of a Geisha (other topics)
Life of Pi (other topics)
Cradle and All (other topics)
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Jan 1-Apr 14
1. Breathless by Dean Koontz
2. A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
3. A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
4. End the Fed by Ron Paul
5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
6. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
7. Sherlock Holmes Reader by AC Doyle
8. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
10. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
11. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
12. The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath by Ronald Hayman
13. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
14. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
15. Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by Shannon Brownlee
16. Riding the Rap by Elmore Leonard
17. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
18. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg
19. The Princess Bride by William Goldman