AbielleRose Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) There has been some discussion around the forum lately about several members wanting to do a book list challenge based upon the books that have been read or mentioned by the great Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls. The list is a whopping 250 books long so (more than likely) we won't be covering every single one. I was thinking of roughly 4-5 a year (just think, at that rate it would take us 62.5 years to complete the whole list!). If anyone has any input about how best to go about this (since we all have our own personal reading lists in progress) please comment, suggest, debate below. Once I have converted the list from the Excel spreadsheet to a Word doc I will be posting it below in the reserved spots. (If anyone already has the entire list on a Word doc and would be willing to email it to me please send me a PM!) Until then, here is the link for Shona's Book Shelves where the list we will be using can be found. http://shonasbookshelves.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/rory-gilmore-reading-project/ A few questions that need answering: Do we all want to agree upon a book to read and then discuss? Do we each want to choose our own books from the list and read separately? What kind of time frame should we have if we have one at all? Edited January 11, 2010 by CaliLily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) Rory's List (in alphabetical order) 1984 by George Orwell The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (TBR) The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Archidamian War by Donald Kagan The Art of Fiction by Henry James The Art of War by Sun Tzu As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Atonement by Ian McEwan Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy The Awakening by Kate Chopin Babe by Dick King-Smith Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie Bel Canto by Ann Patchett The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (TBR) Beloved by Toni Morrison Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney The Bhagava Gita The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Brick Lane by Monica Ali Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner Candide by Voltaire The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Carrie by Stephen King Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Charlotte's Web by E. B. White The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman Christine by Stephen King A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse The Collected Short Stories by Eudora Welty The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Complete Novels by Dawn Powell The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas p�re Cousin Bette by Honor'e de Balzac Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (TBR) The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber (TBR) The Crucible by Arthur Miller Cujo by Stephen King The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D David Copperfield by Charles Dickens The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Deenie by Judy Blume The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx The Divine Comedy by Dante The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells Don Quijote by Cervantes Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn Eloise by Kay Thompson Emily the Strange by Roger Reger Emma by Jane Austen Empire Falls by Richard Russo Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Ethics by Spinoza Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer Extravagance by Gary Krist Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson The Fellowship of the Ring: Book 1 of The Lord of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR) Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce Fletch by Gregory McDonald Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut Gender Trouble by Judith Butler George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg Gidget by Fredrick Kohner Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (TBR) The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford The Gospel According to Judy Bloom The Graduate by Charles Webb The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Group by Mary McCarthy Hamlet by William Shakespeare Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (TBR) Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry (TBR) Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare Henry V by William Shakespeare High Fidelity by Nick Hornby The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (Lpr) The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (TBR) How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss How the Light Gets in by M. J. Hyland Howl by Allen Gingsburg The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (TBR) The Iliad by Homer I'm with the Band by Pamela des Barres (TBR) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (TBR) Inferno by Dante Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront� The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Lady Chatterleys' Lover by D. H. Lawrence The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken Life of Pi by Yann Martel Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Love Story by Erich Segal Edited August 6, 2010 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) Macbeth by William Shakespeare Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert The Manticore by Robertson Davies Marathon Man by William Goldman The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (TBR) Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer Mencken's Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken The Merry Wives of Windsro by William Shakespeare The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The Miracle Worker by William Gibson Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (TBR) Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It's Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest Myra Waldo's Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 by Myra Waldo My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (TBR) The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich Night by Elie Wiesel Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born by Dawn Powell Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Old School by Tobias Wolff On the Road by Jack Kerouac One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan Oracle Night by Paul Auster Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Othello by Shakespeare Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan Out of Africa by Isac Dineson (TBR) The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton A Passage to India by E.M. Forster The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Peyton Place by Grace Metalious The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Property by Valerie Martin Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Quattrocento by James Mckean A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (TBR) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings Book 3 by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR) R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton Rita Hayworth by Stephen King Robert's Rules of Order by Henry Robert Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf A Room with a View by E. M. Forster Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi Sanctuary by William Faulkner Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller by Henry James The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (TBR) Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman Selected Hotels of Europe Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen A Separate Peace by John Knowles Several Biographies of Winston Churchill Sexus by Henry Miller The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Shane by Jack Shaefer The Shining by Stephen King Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut Small Island by Andrea Levy Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker Songbook by Nick Hornby The Sonnets by William Shakespeare Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sophie's Choice by William Styron The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach The Story of My Life by Helen Keller A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams Stuart Little by E. B. White Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Swann's Way by Marcel Proust Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry Time and Again by Jack Finney The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (TBR) To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (TBR) The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (TBR) The Trial by Franz Kafka The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Ulysses by James Joyce The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath (TBR) Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (TBR) Unless by Carol Shields Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Walden by Henry David Thoreau Walt Disney's Bambi by Felix Salten War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront� (TBR) The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Thanks frankie!) Edited August 6, 2010 by Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) Books completed so far in 2010 by those participating in the Rory Gilmore Book List Challenge: January: RGBLC is formed. February: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell March: Wurthering Heights by Emily Bronte April: The Crimson Petal and White by Michel Faber May: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire June: The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby (TBR) July: TBD August: TBD September: TBD October: TBD November: TBD December: TBD Edited May 20, 2010 by CaliLily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Can I just ask, and I can delete this post after - what on earth kind of show is it that mentions 250 books? How do they come up, is she a book worm, or quote them a lot or something? Just curious, I've never seen the show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Can I just ask, and I can delete this post after - what on earth kind of show is it that mentions 250 books? How do they come up, is she a book worm, or quote them a lot or something? Just curious, I've never seen the show She is a book worm Ivy League bound high school student. You should really watch the series, I think you would like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Once I have converted the list from the Excel spreadsheet to a Word doc I will be posting it below in the reserved spots. (If anyone already has the entire list on a Word doc and would be willing to email it to me please send me a PM!) You can do that if you select 'file' (under the Google icon), then download as... then select 'text' then when the box asks you how you want to open it, you can browse and select 'Word'. I also have a spreadsheet version of it where you can mark off the books read and work out the percentage done if anyone wants it uploaded - I did it last week when it was discussed somewhere but have decided I have enough challenges at the moment without adding another 250 books to the list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Nolliag, I almost want to say that you'll have to watch it to appreciate how the books play a part, but Rory is definitely an admirable bookworm and book titles and quotes play a (I feel) big role in the series - it surely makes for witty dialogue, anyway. I have already read a few books on the list. I would like to participate in the challenge if I have the time. That being said, and to answer one of CaliLily's questions, I think if I do participate I'd like to select the books myself. There are a lot of interesting reads on there, but also a lot that doesn't appeal or spark my interest at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Thanks Janet! I'll do that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 If it doesn't work, let me know and I'll send a copy to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I would love to join in - I'm a recent convert to the Gilmore Girls having been watching it Monday to Friday every week on E4 There's a few on the list I've already read but am definitely interested in the challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Oh I'd love to join in this one! I agree we should pick our own though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) Great to see so many people interested! I think that because everyone has different tastes and we have all probably read at least few books from the list we should choose our own, too. That way everyone can get the most out of this little challenge. The list is composed of some of the best traditional and modern classics out there so hopefully everyone can find a few they would enjoy reading. I would also like to note that you don't have to be a Gilmore Girls fan or even know anything about them to join in. It is a great show and Rory is one heck of a great character, but you don't have to know the whole background in order to enjoy this little challenge. (I would, however, personally encourage everyone to watch at least one episode because it is a great series!) Edited January 11, 2010 by CaliLily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Nice job setting up the thread CaliLily Great to see so many eager participants! I suppose it's best that we choose the books we're going to read on our own ourselves, but I don't mind trying to coincide my own reading of a certain book together with someone else. That means that if I know I'll be reading a Rory book I'll be mentioning it here beforehand to see if anyone's up for reading the same book. You can do the same thing if you please so maybe someone will be inspired to read the same book at the same time If eveyone wants to choose their own books, what do you all think about the timelines then? Do you think we should all read a Rory book at the same time (whichever book we individually choose) or are we to read them in our own time as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I'm happy to go along with the majority but it might be nice to be reading some of them at the same time, for an extra bit of encouragement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 I would also like to read them at the same time if we have the same one on our lists, that way we could discuss our thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I'm happy to go along with the majority but it might be nice to be reading some of them at the same time, for an extra bit of encouragement Me too, it's nice to know someone else is reading the same book and maybe compare notes afterwards And it doesn't mean that everyone who's taking part in this challenge has to be involved in reading that same book, but if there are other willing people then a little sub-group could be temporarily formed for that book. Wow that sounded really official but I do mean it in the most casual way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Frankie, that sounds a great idea I'm going to print off the list and tick off what I've already read - there's quite a few I wouldn't mind reading again though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Thanks for setting this up, Abby. I'm so glad to see a lot of people joining in. I've been looking at my list of Rory books on my TBR pile, and thought I'd mention a few to see if anyone is interested in joining me for a read one day. I'm pretty flexible so I can work around others' schedules. Mitch Albom: Tuesdays with Morrie Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca Jeffrey Eugenides: The Virgin Suicides Allen Ginsberg: Howl SE Hinton: The Outsiders Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Emily Bront�: Wuthering Heights Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn I have these also on my TBR (except for the Levin book but I think I can borrow that from the library and I've been wanting to read it for a long time) so I'd be happy to join you in reading some or all of them - but only if the book in question suits my mood at that time, otherwise I'll start to feel like I'm doing homework I think you know what I mean? You can go ahead and read them any time you like of course, and I'll just jump right in if it suits me The ones that are on my TBR and which I'd like to read at some point in the next couple of months are Vincent Bugliosi: Helter Skelter Truman Capote: In Cold Blood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I know exactly what you mean. You have to be in the right mood for the book at the time otherwise I've found that it can affect your enjoyment of it. I remember enough of In Cold Blood to discuss it with you when you read it, and I'm really tempted to buy Helter Skelter as well. I'll definitely let you know if and when I get to any of the books I listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Mitch Albom: Tuesdays with MorrieEmily Bronte: Wuthering Heights Jeffrey Eugenides: The Virgin Suicides SE Hinton: The Outsiders Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn I'll read these ones with you! I've already read Tuesdays With Morrie, Wurthering Heights, and The Outsiders but they are three of my favorite books so I would love to refresh them in my mind. Tuesdays With Morrie is in my top 5 favorites of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Haha Kylie, I'm psyched to hear you're getting the Helter Skelter fever as well I wanted to buy this book for ages because I discovered the fascination of true crime last year and my friend suggested HS. Then I finally ordered it during holidays, got it last week and only then noticed that it's on Shonali's Rory List! What good luck CaliLily, have you already gotten the Shonali-list as a Word doc? If not, I've just rewritten the whole list and put it in alphabetical order and you can copy+paste it from the first page of my reading list, in the Shonali section. Two posts needed for the whole list (When you copy+paste it you don't need to worry about my own overlining and bolding of the books because you'll find you'll get it the normal way when you paste it, but do notice that I've marked my own TBR's on it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca Jeffrey Eugenides: The Virgin Suicides Allen Ginsberg: Howl SE Hinton: The Outsiders Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn I'll read along with these - have read Tuesdays with Morrie more than once recently so will leave that but it's been a while since I read WH, Rebecca, Gone With The Wind or Huck Finn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Haha Kylie, I'm psyched to hear you're getting the Helter Skelter fever as well I wanted to buy this book for ages because I discovered the fascination of true crime last year and my friend suggested HS. Then I finally ordered it during holidays, got it last week and only then noticed that it's on Shonali's Rory List! What good luck CaliLily, have you already gotten the Shonali-list as a Word doc? If not, I've just rewritten the whole list and put it in alphabetical order and you can copy+paste it from the first page of my reading list, in the Shonali section. Two posts needed for the whole list (When you copy+paste it you don't need to worry about my own overlining and bolding of the books because you'll find you'll get it the normal way when you paste it, but do notice that I've marked my own TBR's on it ) I haven't had a chance yet! You rock my socks off Frankie! I will steal it and post it! Thanks (Alphabetical order? You list queen, you!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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