Book Challenge 2014

[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
20. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
21. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan & Daniel Freedman (Contributor)

 

[rox_yr_sox]

1. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoğlu
2. Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer
3. Rajasthan, Deli and Agra by Lonely Planet Guides
4. The Time Keeper by Mitch Albon
5. My Sh*t Life So Far by Frankie Boyle
6. Scotland's Jesus: The Only Officially Non-Racist Comedian by Frankie Boyle
7. Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
8. Brave New Word by Aldous Huxley
9. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
10. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
11. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh
12. A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
13. The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (currently reading)

 

[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
12. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates

 

[VersaceVixen009]

1. The Power of Auras by Susan Shumsky
2. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
3. Friends Forever by Danielle Steel
4. The Everything Career Tests Book by A. Bronwyn Llewellyn and Robin Holt (current read)
5. Why Men Love B*****s by Sherry Argov (current read)

 

[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
20. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
21. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan & Daniel Freedman (Contributor)
22. Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World by Jean Sasson
23. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman

 

[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
12. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
13. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson

 

[lucy92]

12. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates

i have read all of richard yates' books and i liked revolutionary road the least - even though it's really really good.

i can really recommend easter parade by him.

 

[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
20. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
21. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan & Daniel Freedman (Contributor)
22. Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World by Jean Sasson
23. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman
24. The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power by Kim Ghattas
25. Maus, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

 

[peacelover142002]

April Reads:

62. Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
63. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
64. On Love by Alain de Botton
65. Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood by Alida Nugent
66. 32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics by Adrian Tomine
67. My Dirty Dumb Eyes by Lisa Hanawalt
68. The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger
69. Watchmen by Alan Moore
70. Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman
71. Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughn
72. Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson
73. Batman Hush by Jeph Loeb
74. And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman
75. Batman: Noel by Lee Bermejo

 

[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
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves

 

[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
20. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
21. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan & Daniel Freedman (Contributor)
22. Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World by Jean Sasson
23. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman
24. The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power by Kim Ghattas
25. Maus, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
26. Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase
27. Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

I actually already achieved my goal of reading 25 books this year... I I didn't expect that I will have time to read more than 25 when I set my goal. So I will just keep reading.

 

[barbaraaa]

i have read all of richard yates' books and i liked revolutionary road the least - even though it's really really good.

i can really recommend easter parade by him.

Thank you! I will add it to my list on Goodreads for future reference. I didn't like Revolutionary Road much - I liked the idea behind it, so I guess it might have been the translation...

I actually already achieved my goal of reading 25 books this year... I I didn't expect that I will have time to read more than 25 when I set my goal. So I will just keep reading.

Congrats!

 

[kokobombon]

I´m amazed by how many books some of you read so far, specially cause I recognize you from the Movie Challenge. How do you manage to read so much and also watch so many movies?

My modest list:

001 Ender´s Game (Orson Scott Card, 1985)
002 Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn, 2006)
003 Dark Places (Gillian Flynn, 2009)
004 Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple, 2012)
005 The Wolf Gift (Anne Rice, 2012)

006 The Wolves of Midwinter (Anne Rice, 2013) (currently reading)

 

[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
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
18: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving

 

[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
9. Adaptation by Malinda Lo
10. My First New York by The Editors of New York Magazine

Currently: Gravel Queen by Tea Benduhn

 

[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
20. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
21. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan & Daniel Freedman (Contributor)
22. Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World by Jean Sasson
23. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman
24. The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power by Kim Ghattas
25. Maus, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
26. Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase
27. Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje
28. The A-List: Hollywood Royalty by Zoey Dean
29. Sunset Boulevard by Zoey Dean

 

[BerlinRocks]

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.

about Morrissey's autobiography, here is the same ! Was mostly interested in the childhood and debut parts.

i dont know much about about Jorge L. Borges, and I'm not sure to understand correctly what you're saying (english centric?). I've, weirdly, discovered him via Adolfo B. Casares (everybody should read The Invention of Morel ! One of the best 20th Century Fictions Ever), so I mostly read the works they did together under the Domeq pseudo. His book Pierre Menard is a must-read, though!
But seriously what is "english centric" ?

About Duras, I won't argue, because it might not end. But I do know what you're saying, and that's what I love about her (not mostly, but in part). You see it's not Proust or Zola (with endless sentences and descriptions - I like that, as well). She captures everything with few words and a complex plot, so it leaves me enough to picture the storyline in my head. And the way she tells stories is so complex, that I love it !
* french snobism......
To me Duras and Sarraute are the 2 French female authors, everybody should read. Love them ! Forget about Colette, George Sand, etc. Just read Duras and Sarraute.

 

[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
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
18: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
19: Cell by Stephen King

 

[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 ****
20. Prato Sujo by Marcia Kedouk ****
21. Ética e Vergonha na Cara by Mario Sérgio Cortella and Clóvis de Barros Filho ****

22. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Very much into TDHFLB.

 

[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
20. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
21. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan & Daniel Freedman (Contributor)
22. Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World by Jean Sasson
23. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman
24. The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power by Kim Ghattas
25. Maus, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
26. Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase
27. Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje
28. The A-List: Hollywood Royalty by Zoey Dean
29. Sunset Boulevard by Zoey Dean
30. City of Angels by Zoey Dean
31. Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren
32. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot