Challenge: 50 Books discussion
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Fran's 50 in 2009
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Fran
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Jan 25, 2009 08:46AM
Hi, I'm new here, and new to all of this, so please excuse any etiquette mistakes. Since this is the year I turn fifty, this seems to be a perfect challenge for me. Now if I can just figure out the system! and remember what I've read since Jan. 1.
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#1- The Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer, A until he goes to Yale, C-, after#2, The World According to Bertie, Alexander McCall Smith, B+, lots of fun
#3- Gilead, Marilynne Robinson, A Wonderful
welcome! and happy 50! I've been doing 50 for 6 years and it's not too bad!
#4 Why Him, Why Herby Helen Fisher - still not too sure what I thought of this one, but I did keep picking it up over the novels I'm reading, I need to find a discussion on this one, B
#5 Lord John and the Hand of the Devil = C=
#8 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows - Loved it! A
#9 Blue Smoke and Murder, Elizabeth Lowell - C
#11 Whistling in the Dark, Kesley Kagen, A, absolutely loved it
#12 The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, c
#13 Plum Lucky, Janet Evanovich, C#14 Land of a Hundred Wonders, Lesley Kagen, B
#15 The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday, Alexander McCall Smith, C
#16 Mistress in the Art of Death, Ariana Franklin, A
#18 The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, D, a disappointment.
#20 The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry, A. loved it!
Hi Fran-I really enjoyed The Lace Reader too! What did you think of The Road?
Melanie, Hi, I'm not sure about The Road. It was beautifully written, but not my cup of tea? I can understand why so many people love it, and I've recommended it to my sons, but not something I really enjoyed. Now, the Lace Reader I want to go back and reread to see what I missed all along.
I really liked The Road but I understand what you mean about not really being a book one enjoys because the content/concept is very dark and downright disturbing.I am hoping that Brunonia Barry releases another book soon - I think that The Lace Reader was her first one, which is pretty impressive.
#23 The Masque of the Black Tulip, by Lauren Willig
Fran wrote: "#12 The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, c"What did you think of Pink Carnation - I have this on my to read list
Hi, They're fun. I didn't absolutely love it, but I did go back to the library for two more in the series. Sometimes a little too much romance, but addicting. Fran
#25 The Serpent's Tale, Arianna Franklin, B
#27 Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris, B
Hi Fran,I just finished Living Dead in Dallas too. What did you think?
It was fun! My first Sookie, and now I'm anxious for another. How about you?
Congratulations on 28 books Fran!I just read my first Sookie and I just received the next one and I'm anxious to begin!
Thanks. Hope you enjoy it. I'm looking forward to another. I just wish I'd started at the beginning.
Fran wrote: "It was fun! My first Sookie, and now I'm anxious for another. How about you?"
Same here! They are good to read after the "heavy", more serious books - kinda like candy for the brain : )
Oh Melanie, I love "candy for the brain"! What a great description!
#29 Bones of the Barbary Coast, Daniel Hecht, B. I loved it until the end, too many loose ends, I mean, give me a break, it was fiction, a few more could have been tied up!
that last post sounded strange, a few more LOOSE ENDS could have been tied up!#30 Slumdog Millionaire, Vikas Swarup, A Very good.
# 31 People of the Book, Gerladine Brooks, ran across it by accident in the library, fantastic, A
#32 A Version of the Truth, Jennifer Kaufman, A light, fun read, B#33 Grave Good, Ariana Franklin, #3 in the series, also a B
#34 Tall Grass, Sandra Dallas, A loved it.
#35 Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks, Fantastic
#36 The Writing Class, A Novel, Jincy Willett, Very good
#37 The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Joshilyn Jackson, Loved it!
#38 The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, Lauren Willig
#39 Dead as a Doornail, Charlaine Harris, B
