BSchultz19 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Les Miserables-Victor HugoThe Scarlet Letter-Nathaniel HawthornePride & Prejudice-Jane Austen The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud- Ben Sherwood The Longest Ride- Nicholas SparksUncle Tom's Cabin-Harriet Beecher StoweThe Last of the Mohicans-James Fenimore CooperSense & Sensibility - Jane AustenEmma- Jane AustenPersuasion Jane AustenA Walk to Remember- Nicholas SparksThe Lucky One- Nicholas SparksDavid Copperfield- Charles DickensHard Times- Charles DickensLife of Pi- Yann MartelJane Eyre- Charlotte BronteDon Quixote- Cervantes Nights in Rodanthe- Nicholas Sparks East of Eden- John Steinbeck The Guardian- Nicholas Sparks The Choice- Nicholas Sparks The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger The Iliad - HomerHeart of Darkness- Joseph ConradHamlet- ShakespeareGreat Expectations- Charles DickensMoby Dick- Herman MelvilleOthello -Shakespeare Picture Perfect- Jodi Picoult The Vow- Kim and Krickitt CarpenterOur Mutual Friend- Charles DickensThis Side of Paradise- F. Scott FitzgeraldA Midsummer Night's Dream- ShakespeareThe Beautiful and Damned- F. Scott FitzgeraldLittle Dorrit- Charles Dickens Perfect Match- Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper- Jodi Picoult The Pact- Jodi PicoultAlice in Wonderland- Lewis CarrollDr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde- Robert Louis StevensonCatch-22-Joseph HellerThe Crucible-Arthur MillerA Game of Thrones Martin Divergent series - Roth The Book Thief - Zusak The rest of A Song of Ice and Fire Martin An Abundance of Katherines John Green Four Roth The Storyteller Jodi Picoult A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway Northanger Abbey- Jane Austen Of Mice and Men- Steinbeck 1776- McCullough 12 Years a Slave- Solomon Northup Message from Nam- Danielle Steel Dance with Me- Luana Rice True Blue- Luana Rice The Murder Book- Jonathan Kellerman 1st to Die 2nd chance 3rd degree 4th of july ---- James Patterson The 5th Horseman The 6th Target This is just a starting list for the year. More to be bought for sure Edited December 1, 2014 by BSchultz19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Wow, that's one intelligent-looking TBR! Hope you have fun with it - Our Mutual Friend, A Game of Thrones and all the Shakespeares are brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 I just bought 100 best-loved poems from the kindle store. I hope to read a good portion of them throughout the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 That's a lovely idea - I may just steal that to do myself! Despite loving poetry I don't read enough of it. Happy reading in 2014, you have a great TBR list there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Perks of being a Wallflower and Uncle Tom's Cabin are two of my favorite books. I can highly recommend Divergent, as I am on the last book and have devoured these in a matter of DAYS. Which one are you looking forward to the most? Edited December 28, 2013 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 That's a lovely idea - I may just steal that to do myself! Despite loving poetry I don't read enough of it. Happy reading in 2014, you have a great TBR list there. I am the same way. I love reading poetry, but for some reason I don't read nearly enough of it. I just love how poetry makes everything so relatable. The fact that some poet who might even be dead by now is going through the same joys and sorrows that I'm going through is so interesting and comforting. Perks of being a Wallflower and Uncle Tom's Cabin are two of my favorite books. I can highly recommend Divergent, as I am on the last book and have devoured these in a matter of DAYS. Which one are you looking forward to the most? I actually just finished Perks of being a Wallflower yesterday. I read it in two days so I'd say it was pretty good. As far as the book I am looking forward to the most...that's a hard question to answer. I think I'd have to go with Pride & Prejudice. I've heard so many great things about it and it will be the first Jane Austen book that I read, which I am really excited about because I've heard she's an amazing author. It's a shame that I haven't read any of her books yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 That's a very interesting list of books you're planning to read! Hope you have a good time reading in 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Happy Reading in 2014 ! I loved Northanger Abbey, but I think Persuasion is my favourite Austen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I loved Northanger Abbey, but I think Persuasion is my favourite Austen. I think those are my two favorites Although if push came to shove, I'd say NA wins the battle... But nobody's pushing or shoving I hope you have a great reading year in 2014, Schultz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Happy Reading in 2014 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I think those are my two favorites Although if push came to shove, I'd say NA wins the battle... But nobody's pushing or shoving What about foot-tripping ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 What an amazing TBR list. You've got quite a few books that feature on my all-time favourites list there: Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen Sense & Sensibility - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen David Copperfield - Charles Dickens Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Moby Dick - Herman Melville My favourite Austen is S & S (one of my top 5 books ever), so now you've got three different favourites (but have to admit P&P is superb too): P&P would be a good one to start with though, I agree. Copperfield only runs second to Bleak House (also in the top 5) in my Dickens list. Melville is demanding, but incredibly rewarding. Having said that, you've got some others I loved too. May not be 6-star ratings, but definitely recommended to at least give a go. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson (liked pretty much all RLS) Persuasion - Jane Austen Life of Pi - Yann Martel (a marmite book!) I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Don Quixote, and have been on and off for over a year now. That might sound like hard work, but in fact I'm enjoying it a lot. Not sure if I would have the stamina to read it - but may have to if I'm ever going to finish! Good luck with all of them, whichever you land up reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Happy Reading in 2014 Schultz! You've got some brilliant reads ahead of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 For everyone's information, there are a lot of classics because I figured that some of my first book purchases should be classics because they obviously have a lasting effect. I just recently started buying my own books because I'm a teenager and any books I owned before are children's books. My collection is very small compared to most of the people on this website, but I hope that someday it can grow to the sizes of some of the members here. That said, a lot of the books that I will buy in the near future will probably be more towards the Young adult/romance/fiction genre and less classics. The current list has a large amount of classics, but I by no means plan on reading all of those in one long string. I have decided to read in a pattern of classic-nonclassic-classic and so on. I hope that this way I can read a lot of books this year and at the same time introduce myself to some of the great literature that is out there. I hope for 2014 to be a good reading year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Hi Bschultz you got some great books on your TBR. Good luck for 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I can't believe it's taken me so long to realise who that is on your avatar I guess this means I'm to start kissing your ass, acting as we're best friends... Although I guess mine is being his old self, not the character... We only need Pam and Dwight now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Haha yes I think that my avatar is a reaction to yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 It's Michael knocking on Pam and Jim's door early on a Saturday morning, trying to peep in through the peep hole... And Jim finding out about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Read Divergent today. It was so good that I only put it down to eat dinner. I am just glad that I already have the second book in my possession. I plan on starting it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I enjoyed Divergent. I haven't read the sequels though. It's great when a book is so good that you literally can't put it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I thought the avatar was of yourself! Pray tell who is it then? I don't recognise him.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 B- I think you have a good plan to read some Classics ,but sprinkle in some YA since they seem to be very popular right now and would give you a nice switch -up from time to time . Best of luck with your reading this year . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Good luck with your reading this year. Your teenage years are the perfect time to experiment with your reading, I read everything from Enid Blyton to Thomas Harris and Thomas Hardy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 I thought the avatar was of yourself! Pray tell who is it then? I don't recognise him.... He is a character on The Office (US) B- I think you have a good plan to read some Classics ,but sprinkle in some YA since they seem to be very popular right now and would give you a nice switch -up from time to time . Best of luck with your reading this year . Good luck with your reading this year. Your teenage years are the perfect time to experiment with your reading, I read everything from Enid Blyton to Thomas Harris and Thomas Hardy. Right now I have a lot of classics on my TBR because those are the ones that I know I will want to hold onto for awhile. I have read and will most likely read a lot of YA books throughout the year because my friends usually suggest them to me at random times. I also end up borrowing those books rather than buying them unless I really really enjoy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 You have some fantastic books on your list, i read my first Austen when i was in my teens so i'm quite envious of you discovering them for the fist time. Happy reading in 2014 BSchultz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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