2011 Group Challenge Showing 301-350 of 1,212

[Cathy]

Haha...all set! Thanks!

[Tara]

Cathy wrote: "Haha...all set! Thanks!"

LOL! I think I did it before to, in the beginning. :)

[Suzanne]

Stacy wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "199. The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate"

What did you think of that Suzanne? I loved it!"

I really liked it! I thought it was kinda predictable, but I still loved it anyway!

[Suzanne]

215. Delirium by Lauren Oliver

[Stacy]

216. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched - Meg Cabot

LOVED IT!!!!!!!

[Jen B]

217. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef - Gabrielle Hamilton

[Tara]

218. Me & Emma-Elizabeth Flock

[Susan]

I just finished that book Tara...it broke my heart!!

[Stacy]

Susan wrote: "I just finished that book Tara...it broke my heart!!"

What's it about?

[Tara]

Susan wrote: "I just finished that book Tara...it broke my heart!!"

I know Susan! I had tears a lot through it. I couldn't put it down.

[Susan]

The title characters in Me & Emma are very nearly photographic opposites--8-year-old Carrie, the raven-haired narrator, is timid and introverted, while her little sister Emma is a tow-headed powerhouse with no sense of fear. The girls live in a terrible situation: they depend on an unstable mother that has never recovered from her husband's murder, their stepfather beats them regularly, and they must forage on their own for food.
Stop here and you have a story told many times before, as fiction and nonfiction in tales like Ellen Foster, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings --stories in which a young girl reveals the horrors of her childhood. Me & Emma differentiates itself with a spectacular finish, shocking the reader and turning the entire story on its head. Through several twists and turns the reader learns that things are not quite the way our narrator led us to believe and everything crescendos in a way that (like all good thrillers) immediately makes you want to go back and read the whole book again from the start.

[Stacy]

Sounds really good. I marked it to read. :)

[Tara]

Stacy wrote: "Sounds really good. I marked it to read. :)"

You should read it! I loved it :)

[Susan]

Read it Stacy, you will love it!!

[Kourtney]

And now I want to read it too! You really sold that one Susan :)

[Stacy]

She did, didn't she?

[Susan]

hahaha it really was soooo good and sad and heartbreaking!! The ending......oh just hurry up and read it!!! LOL

[Stacy]

LOL, I'll try!

[Alicia]

219. A Desirable Residence, Madeleine Wickham
220. Fixing Delilah, Sarah Ockler
221. Friday Night Cocktails, Allison Rushby

[Ashley]

Alicia wrote: "219. A Desirable Residence, Madeleine Wickham
220. Fixing Delilah, Sarah Ockler
221. Friday Night Cocktails, Allison Rushby"

How was Fixing Delilah? I liked Sarah's first book...

[Alicia]

It was pretty good. I did like the first one a little better but definitely worth reading.

[Kourtney]

Susan wrote: "hahaha it really was soooo good and sad and heartbreaking!! The ending......oh just hurry up and read it!!! LOL"

Just ordered it from PBS! You have me wanting to read it the second I get it :)

[Tara]

Kourtney wrote: "Susan wrote: "hahaha it really was soooo good and sad and heartbreaking!! The ending......oh just hurry up and read it!!! LOL"

Just ordered it from PBS! You have me wanting to read it the second..."

Read it when you get it Kourtney! It was that good!!! :)

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

222. The Summer We Came to Life by Deborah Cloyed

[Kourtney]

Tara wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "Susan wrote: "hahaha it really was soooo good and sad and heartbreaking!! The ending......oh just hurry up and read it!!! LOL"

Just ordered it from PBS! You have me wanting to rea..."

Even the lady I ordered it from on PBS sent me a PM saying "oh the ending was so great! Enjoy!" AAAAHHHH!!!! You all are killing me! She promised to get it in the mail to me today, so I have a week of waiting!!!

[Ashley]

223. Fairy Tale Fail by Mina V Esguerra

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

224. Romantically Challenged by Beth Orsoff

[Stacy]

Ashley wrote: "223. Fairy Tale Fail by Mina V Esguerra"

Ooh! How was that, I've been wanting to read it.

[Ashley]

Surprisingly, it was pretty good. It's a very quick read, only 110 pgs, and I got it super cheap on Amazon- that's why I got it.

It's very light, and quick, and I could probably really find faults in it if I tried, but for some reason, it was just a fun, quick read. I liked it.

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

225. The Life O'Reilly by Brian Cohen

a great little read

[Stacy]

Ashley wrote: "Surprisingly, it was pretty good. It's a very quick read, only 110 pgs, and I got it super cheap on Amazon- that's why I got it.

It's very light, and quick, and I could probably really find fault..."

Cool, can't wait to read it!

[Stacy]

226. Confessions of a Serial Dater - Michelle Cunnah

227. Need - Carrie Jones

[Jen B]

228. Deeply, Desperately - Heather Webber

I just finished this one on my Nook, and it is lendable. If any of you ladies with Nooks would like to read it, let me know and I'll be happy to loan it to you!

[Suzanne]

229. Beastly by Alex Flinn

[Kourtney]

230. The Agency by Ally O'Brien

I can't believe I forgot to post this...

[Tara]

231. Hex Hall-Rachel Hawkins

[Kourtney]

232. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult

[Stacy]

Did you cry Kourtney? I did and it sucked because I listened to the audiobook at work (back when it was ok to do that, grrrrr) and tried so hard not to cry.

[Kourtney]

Would it make me an awful person if I said I didn't cry?

I think because I just finished Columbine about 5 books ago, and already went through all of my emotions, it felt more like fiction to me (albeit realistic fiction). And I figured out the ending about 75% of the way through. The fact that the author used exact events that occured with Columbine I was able to take myself out of the story and say "Oh that happened at Columbine" - like the mother committing suicide, the crosses that were erected for the victims and the shooter, and the teacher that wrote on the shooter's essay that they would "trust them" after reading the essay (whereas the essay was a lie). All three of those plot points, and a couple of others, brought me out of the story and into reality. While I couldn't put the book down at the end, it was powerful but didn't move me to tears.

[Kourtney]

233. Princess in Love - Meg Cabot

[Becky]

234. Babyville - Jane Green

[Suzanne]

235. Dreaming in English - Laura Fitzgerald

Really enjoyed this book. It was predictable, but I loved it.

[Cathy]

236. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
237. Misery Loves Cabernet by Kim Gruenenfelder

Eh...both just okay.. MLC had its laugh out loud moments but ended a little too neatly I thought but I'd recommend it to anyone who loved the first book, A Total Waste of Makeup.

[Kourtney]

238. Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot

[Tara]

239. Sweet Valley Confidential-Ten Years Later-Francine Pascal

[Kourtney]

240. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

SO GOOD! I can't wait to get home and start reading the next one!

[Tara]

Kourtney wrote: "240. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

SO GOOD! I can't wait to get home and start reading the next one!"

I LOVED that series too!

[Nicole]

Tara wrote: "239. Sweet Valley Confidential-Ten Years Later-Francine Pascal"

I just read it too!!! What did you think? I was driven a bit crazy by the continuity issues. A book that will obviously appeal only to fans of the series should at least get the plots from the previous books correct!

[Nicole]

So I pretty much suck at remembering to post what I read here. Here's some of them:

241. Bumped by Megan McCafferty
242. Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal
243. Love You More by Lisa Gardner
244. Murder Takes the Cake by Gayle Trent
245. Welcome to Last Chance by Hope Ramsay
246. The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis

[Jen B]

247. The Peach Keeper - Sarah Addison Allen