Book Challenge 2013

[Pradable]

I don't know if it's the proper place but can you please suggest me a good book to read? A teacher of mine is irritating me saying I should read more

 

[Alvedansen]

^do you have a particular genre in mind? maybe start with young-adult books first, if you just want to get back into reading, they're usually quick and fun reads.

1. Angelfall by Susan Ee
2. Gone girl by Gillian Flynn
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4. Blue Nights by Joan Didion
5. Paris, My Sweet by Amy Thomas (too bad to finish)
5. Einstein's refrigerator by Steve Silverman
6. A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson

 

[Hazel]

I've got a really slow start this year ...
1. A Question of Honor - Lynne Olson, Stanley W. Cloud
2. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

Currently reading:
3. American Pastoral - Philip Roth
4. Women - Charles Bukowski

 

[barbaraaa]

I don't know if it's the proper place but can you please suggest me a good book to read? A teacher of mine is irritating me saying I should read more

What do you usually like to read, or what themes interest you? I'm usually told I'm great at recommending books, but I mostly read classics and cult classics so I'm definitely not for everyone's taste

 

[ALAUU]

1. This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz [3/5]
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows [4/5]

 

[Alvedansen]

1. Angelfall by Susan Ee
2. Gone girl by Gillian Flynn
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4. Blue Nights by Joan Didion
5. Paris, My Sweet by Amy Thomas (too bad to finish)
5. Einstein's refrigerator by Steve Silverman
6. A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson
7. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
8. Skin by Mo Hayder

 

[barbaraaa]

1. Atonement by Ian McEwan
2. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
3. Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West
4. Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger
5. The White Man's Burden by William Easterly

 

[heelscatchfire]

1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
4. The Walking Dead: Book 5 by Robert Kirkman
5. The Walking Dead: Book 6 by Robert Kirkman
6. Candide - Voltaire

Currently reading: Carrie by Stephen King

 

[kokobombon]

The Mortal Instruments:
1) City of Bones
2) City of Ashes
3) City of Glass
4) City of Fallen Angels
5) City of Lost Souls

Someone suggested starting with YA books to get you going and they were right. They´re fun and an easy read to get you on a daily habit on reading

 

[cloudyshambles]

1. Escape from Camp 14 - Blaine Harden
2. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson
3. Siddharta - Hermann Hesse
4. Operation Shylock: A Confession - Philip Roth

 

[Hazel]

1. Escape from Camp 14 - Blaine Harden
2. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson
3. Siddharta - Hermann Hesse
4. Operation Shylock: A Confession - Philip Roth

How was Operation Shylock? I started reading American Pastoral by Roth and somehow I can't get into it.

 

[cloudyshambles]

How was Operation Shylock? I started reading American Pastoral by Roth and somehow I can't get into it.

I started it twice in the past and stopped after about 50 pages it was difficult to get into as well, but now I'm glad I finished it! his style is quite wordy sometimes and a bit difficult, I read Operation Shylock in English which is not my first language and there were quite a few words I've never heard before (despite reading a lot in English and having done my MA in England). I started appreciating his style though, the book definitely had its moments! It was my first book by Roth so I cannot tell you whether this one is similar to his other work. I definitely want to read another one of his in the future though!

 

[Niusity]

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
3. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
4. Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
5. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
6. Saving Grace by Darlene Ryan
7. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
8. Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
9. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
10. Princess in Love by Meg Cabot
11. Ulysses by James Joyce
12. The Trial by Franz Kafka
13. The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell - OMG, I'm stunned. Best contemporary fiction I've read in so much time. I'll leave a small review in the review thread.

 

[Hazel]

I started it twice in the past and stopped after about 50 pages it was difficult to get into as well, but now I'm glad I finished it! his style is quite wordy sometimes and a bit difficult, I read Operation Shylock in English which is not my first language and there were quite a few words I've never heard before (despite reading a lot in English and having done my MA in England). I started appreciating his style though, the book definitely had its moments! It was my first book by Roth so I cannot tell you whether this one is similar to his other work. I definitely want to read another one of his in the future though!

Thank you for your reply. Yeah, the wordiness is where my problem with American Pastoral lies. I think that it may be a great book content-wise, as Roth is a good observer of social issues, but I’m not quite sure, if I like the style of his later books (of course, it’s an observation made only on the basis of one book ).

I read only one book of Roth before – Portnoy’s Complaint and I loved his style there. It was fresh, interesting and humorously chaotic. Now that I’m reading AP, I miss that kind of writing. Yes, maybe he’s more mature and insightful as a writer, but also more boring imo. But I hope it’ll get better, I’m not going to give up on it.

1. A Question of Honor - Lynne Olson, Stanley W. Cloud
2. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
3. Women - Charles Bukowski
4. Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut

Currently reading:
5. American Pastoral - Philip Roth
6. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynnoth
7. White Noise - Don DeLillo

 

[ALAUU]

1. This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz [3/5]
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows [4/5]
3. The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick [4.5/5]

 

[Karen0193]

1. Fall of Giants-Ken Follet
2. Savages-Don Winslow
3. Atonement-Ian McEwan

 

[rox_yr_sox]

1. Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
2. Selected Poems by Walt Whitman
3. The Rattle Bag edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes
4. The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
5. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
6. In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
7. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce
8. Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
9. Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
10. Wolf Speaker by Tamora Pierce
11. Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce
12. The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce
13. Rome: An Empire's Story by Greg Woolf
14. First Test by Tamora Pierce
15. Page by Tamora Pierce
16. Squire by Tamora Pierce
17. Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce
18. Program Evaluation: Forms and Approaches by John M. Owen and Patricia J. Rogers
19. The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine - Antiquarian, Architect, and Visionary by Jenny Uglow (currently reading)

 

[paz2992]

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Sabados de Super Acción by Veronica Schulman (currently reading)

 

[cloudyshambles]

I read only one book of Roth before – Portnoy’s Complaint and I loved his style there. It was fresh, interesting and humorously chaotic. Now that I’m reading AP, I miss that kind of writing. Yes, maybe he’s more mature and insightful as a writer, but also more boring imo. But I hope it’ll get better, I’m not going to give up on it.

that sounds good! I think you just helped me decide which one of his books I'm going to read next I'm definitely going to add it to my already-too-long-to-read-list....

 

[lizbabe09]

1.) Dead Is the New Black (Fashion Avenue Mysteries) by Christine DeMaio-Rice
2.) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
3.) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde