Book Challenge 2014

[Belowen]

01: A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
02: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
03: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
04: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
05: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
06: Beauty by Lauren Conrad
07: Intensity by Dean Koontz
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong

 

[peacelover142002]

March Reads:

40. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
41. The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
42. Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham
43. The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey
44. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
45. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
46. The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger
47. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
48. Dangerous Women: The Perils of Muses and Femme Fatales by Laure Adler
49. Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton
50. I Want to Be Her!: How Friends and Strangers Helped Shape My Style by Andrea Linett
51. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
52. Building Stories by Chris Ware
53. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
54. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
55. Missed Connections: Love, Lost & Found by Sophie Blackall
56. Muses: Women Who Inspire by Farid Abdelouahab
57. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
58. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson
59. Writers Between the Covers: The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas, Coquettes and Cads by Shannon McKenna Schmidt
60. On Love: Poems by Edward Hirsch
61. Little Birds by Anais Nin

Got lots of reading done this month, especially on spring break. I've been in a bit of a slump the past few weeks though, due to being busy with school and looking for a job. I can't seem to find a book to hold my interest.

 

[TanyaKiller]

01. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ***
02. Philosophy for Life by Jules Evans ****
03. Between Two Worlds by Roxana Saberi ***
04. It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han ****
05. Coming of Age on Zoloft by Katherine Sharpe ****
06. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell ***
07. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson ***
08. Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton ****
09. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins ****
10. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan **
11. The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman ****
12. Wicked by Sara Shepard ***
13. Killer by Sara Shepard ****
14. Heartless by Sara Shepard ***

15. How to Live by Sarah Bakewell

 

[ChristyLeReveur]

1. Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
2. The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern
3. The Ivy: Secrets by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
4. The Ivy: Rivals by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
5. The Ivy: Scandal by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
6. On China by Henry Kissinger
7. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
8. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
9. Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi by Katherine Frank
10. The World of Suzie Wong by Richard Mason
11. Daughter of the East: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto
12. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
13. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett
14. The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes
15. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

 

[barbaraaa]

1. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton
3. Ivanov, by Chekhov
4. The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
6. A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
7. Mr Palomar, by Italo Calvino
8. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez
9. Ariel, by Sylvia Plath
10. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
11. Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen

 

[Candice89102]

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynm
2. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
3. Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
5. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
6. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
7. Four: The Transfer by Veronica Roth
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

 

[Candice89102]

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
3. Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
5. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
6. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
7. Four: The Transfer by Veronica Roth
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflowers by Stephen Chbosky
9. Adaptation by Malinda Lo

Currently - Inheritance by Malinda Lo

 

[ChristyLeReveur]

1. Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
2. The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern
3. The Ivy: Secrets by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
4. The Ivy: Rivals by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
5. The Ivy: Scandal by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
6. On China by Henry Kissinger
7. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
8. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
9. Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi by Katherine Frank
10. The World of Suzie Wong by Richard Mason
11. Daughter of the East: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto
12. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
13. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett
14. The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes
15. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
16. Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said
17. Pakistan: A Personal History by Imran Khan

 

[TanyaKiller]

01. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ***
02. Philosophy for Life by Jules Evans ****
03. Between Two Worlds by Roxana Saberi ***
04. It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han ****
05. Coming of Age on Zoloft by Katherine Sharpe ****
06. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell ***
07. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson ***
08. Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton ****
09. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins ****
10. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan **
11. The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman ****
12. Wicked by Sara Shepard ***
13. Killer by Sara Shepard ****
14. Heartless by Sara Shepard ***
15. Wanted by Sara Shepard ****
16. How to Live by Sarah Bakewell *****

17. The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson

 

[VersaceVixen009]

I know I'm late but now I have more time to read since Im off for school. Anyway, my goal is to read 14 this year!
1. The Power of Auras by Susan Shumsky
2. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
3. Friends Forever by Danielle Steel (Current read)

 

[Belowen]

01: A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
02: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
03: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
04: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
05: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
06: Beauty by Lauren Conrad
07: Intensity by Dean Koontz
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong
14: Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews

 

[ChristyLeReveur]

1. Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
2. The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern
3. The Ivy: Secrets by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
4. The Ivy: Rivals by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
5. The Ivy: Scandal by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
6. On China by Henry Kissinger
7. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
8. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
9. Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi by Katherine Frank
10. The World of Suzie Wong by Richard Mason
11. Daughter of the East: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto
12. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
13. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett
14. The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes
15. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
16. Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said
17. Pakistan: A Personal History by Imran Khan
18. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
19. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life by Donald Spoto

 

[TanyaKiller]

01. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ***
02. Philosophy for Life by Jules Evans ****
03. Between Two Worlds by Roxana Saberi ***
04. It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han ****
05. Coming of Age on Zoloft by Katherine Sharpe ****
06. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell ***
07. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson ***
08. Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton ****
09. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins ****
10. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan **
11. The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman ****
12. Wicked by Sara Shepard ***
13. Killer by Sara Shepard ****
14. Heartless by Sara Shepard ***
15. Wanted by Sara Shepard ****
16. How to Live by Sarah Bakewell *****
17. The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson ****
18. When I Am Playing with My Cat, How Do I Know that She Is Not Playing with Me? by Saul Frampton **

19. How Children Succeed by Paul Tough

 

[ChrissyM]

It's been awhile since I've been in here!

I have a modest goal of 12 books this year – I think I'll meet it, but I've been trying to read some of the bigger, bulkier books I've been avoiding this year.

1. Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
2. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
3. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
6. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
7. Broken Harbour by Tana French - currently reading

 

[lucy92]

I know I'm late but now I have more time to read since Im off for school. Anyway, my goal is to read 14 this year!
1. The Power of Auras by Susan Shumsky
2. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
3. Friends Forever by Danielle Steel (Current read)

i've always wanted to read a Danielle Steel novel. is it really trashy? with a lot of sex scenes?

 

[BerlinRocks]

i don't know if we have to post only about books published in 2014, in which case i'm out of place, but so far :

- Morrissey's Autobriography
- Elliot Allagash by Simon Rich (such a surprise!)
- Jorge Luis Borges' Selected Non-Fictions
- Baudrillard's Cool Memories IV (i've re-read that... the Cool Memories has nothing to do with his "theoretical" essays, and are, imo, the Baudrillard's books to read in priority! I love them, and had just bought this one in english at Strand 2 weeks ago - so weird, for me, to read Baudrillard in english...)
- The Elementary Particles by Houellebecq (in French)
- Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (EN translation: A Few Hours of Sunlight and A Little Sun in Cold Water) by Francoise Sagan
- Hiroshima, mon amour (because I found an amazing edition at Strand)/ Le ravissement de Lol V. Stein/ La maladie de la mort (The Malady of Death) by Marguerite Duras
* i really wanna know how it is translated so will probably buy Destroy, she said... soon.

 

[lucy92]

It's been awhile since I've been in here!

I have a modest goal of 12 books this year – I think I'll meet it, but I've been trying to read some of the bigger, bulkier books I've been avoiding this year.

1. Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
2. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
3. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
6. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
7. Broken Harbour by Tana French - currently reading

i am not going to attempt the george rr martin books until he actually finishes the series (havent watched the show yet either)

i'm actually not sure if i'll like the martin books. there might be too many characters.

i'm also holding off on starting hilary mantel's series about cromwell etc. until she finishes her series.

 

[Belowen]

01: A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
02: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
03: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
04: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
05: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
06: Beauty by Lauren Conrad
07: Intensity by Dean Koontz
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong
14: Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
15: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling

 

[lucy92]

i don't know if we have to post only about books published in 2014, in which case i'm out of place, but so far :

- Morrissey's Autobriography
- Elliot Allagash by Simon Rich (such a surprise!)
- Jorge Luis Borges' Selected Non-Fictions
- Baudrillard's Cool Memories IV (i've re-read that... the Cool Memories has nothing to do with his "theoretical" essays, and are, imo, the Baudrillard's books to read in priority! I love them, and had just bought this one in english at Strand 2 weeks ago - so weird, for me, to read Baudrillard in english...)
- The Elementary Particles by Houellebecq (in French)
- Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (EN translation: A Few Hours of Sunlight and A Little Sun in Cold Water) by Francoise Sagan
- Hiroshima, mon amour (because I found an amazing edition at Strand)/ Le ravissement de Lol V. Stein/ La maladie de la mort (The Malady of Death) by Marguerite Duras
* i really wanna know how it is translated so will probably buy Destroy, she said... soon.

you've got good taste (ie highbrow) taste in books. did you know that morrissey rescued a woman at the strand bookstore. i thought morrissey's book was a bit of a washout. the passages about the headmaster are the best of all. the 100 pages about the court trial should have been shortened.

the reason i've been avoiding Jorge Luis Borges is that he may be a bit too english centric. would you say so?

i tried to read Marguerite Duras's the lover, but i didnt like it. too many short sentences and fragments.

 

[ChrissyM]

i am not going to attempt the george rr martin books until he actually finishes the series (havent watched the show yet either)

i'm actually not sure if i'll like the martin books. there might be too many characters.

i'm also holding off on starting hilary mantel's series about cromwell etc. until she finishes her series.

For me, it's taken a long time to really get into (and enjoy) the George R. R. Martin books for that reason – there are so many characters and they're referred to by so many different nicknames that it kind of makes your head spin.

But once you get a handle on it the books become more enjoyable. My boyfriend relies heavily on an app to remind him of who the characters are when they're brought back into the picture hundreds of pages later.

I personally found the 3rd book to be really enjoyable because I finally felt like I had wrapped my head around how everything was working.

Also, I have the first book of that Hilary Mantel series but I haven't read it yet. Might just continue to wait until the third book is out (or nearly out so I don't have to wait too long).