Nali

2012 Genre Challenge - my progress Jan - Modern Classic - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Feb - Romance / Erotica - Northen Lights by Nora Roberts Mar - Autobiography /Biography / Memoir - The Fry Cronicles by Stephen Fry April - Action / Adventure - Digital Fortress by Dan Brown May - Children’s / Young Adult - Twilight by Stephenie Meyer June - Horror / Thriller - The Sum of all Fears by Tom Clancy July - Historical Fiction - The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory Aug - Western - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Sep - Comedy / Satire - America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart Oct - Newly Published in 2012 - Book Nov - Saga - North and South by John Jakes Dec - Fantasy / Urban Fantasy - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

My reads for late 2011-2012. I'll be adding titles as I find more of them, aswell as my thoughts and reflections! Roberson,Jennifer - The Chronicles of Cheysuli; Shapechangers, Song of Homara, Legacy of the Sword, Track of the White Wolf, A Pride of Princes, Daughter of the Lion, Flight of the Raven, A Tapestry of Lions My thoughts on the series Watson,S.J - Before I go tosleep Hicks,Robert - Widow of theSouth McMurtrly,Larry - Lonesome Dove Wilder Ingalls, Laura - Little House on the Prairie; Little House in the Big Woods, Farmer Boy, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years Chopin,Kate - The Awakening Tolkien, J.R.R - The Silmarillion Tolkien, J.R.R - The History of Middle-earth (partly ot fully, depending on time) Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird Roberts, Nora - Northen Lights Fry, Stephen - The Fry Cronicles Brown, Dan - Digital Fortress Meyer, Stephenie - Twilight Clancy, Tom - The Sum of all Fears Gregory, Philippa - The Other Boleyn Girl Stewart, Jon - America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction Jakes, John - North and South Baum, L. Frank - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Christie, Agatha - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd My thoughts on the book

Ok... Maybe its just me being really daft... but how does one sign up for this? Do I create my own page and link to that or what? It says: "Sign up by leaving a comment with your name, a link to your sign-up post / page, and the challenge option you have chosen." It's late here and maybe I just don't get it

Hey Danielle and welcome to the forum!

Conn Iggulden's Emperor series is rather good, its not finnished yet tho, but they are worth reading all the same: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_(book_series) there you can read a little about them. Spartacus by Howard Fast deals with life in Rome shortly after the third and final slavewar. Its well written and it feels like the author's done his research

Many of the poems listed here are very good but I think my favourite has to be "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" by William Blake, and in particulary this one: ON ANOTHER'S SORROW Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow filled? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, an infant fear? No, no! never can it be! Never, never can it be! And can He who smiles on all Hear the wren with sorrows small, Hear the small bird's grief and care, Hear the woes that infants bear - And not sit beside the nest, Pouring pity in their breast, And not sit the cradle near, Weeping tear on infant's tear? And not sit both night and day, Wiping all our tears away? O no! never can it be! Never, never can it be! He doth give His joy to all: He becomes an infant small, He becomes a man of woe, He doth feel the sorrow too. Think not thou canst sigh a sigh, And thy Maker is not by: Think not thou canst weep a tear, And thy Maker is not near. O He gives to us His joy, That our grief He may destroy: Till our grief is fled and gone He doth sit by us and moan. But the entire collection is worth reading, many very good poems in that one! /Nali

I dunno if it would work this way, but I read some of my books on my phone (HTC Desire, Android phone) there are some nifty ebookreaders in the app store for nothing or next to nothing and they have one for almost every format out there. It all depends on if you have 1. A good phone (doesnt have to be android as long as the screen is big enough for you not to have to turn the page every 2 seconds) 2. your library allowes you to move the file from your pc to your phone. There are also a lot of free books online that you can download (I beleive they have to be older than 80-100 years? for them to be free and legal) http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ http://www.manybooks.net// Might want to try one of those links for that. If you need help/advice on an ebookreader for your phone, just pm me and I'll tell you what to look for.

Mine would probably be called "Pins and needles... and a whole lot of buttons!" since I work in a shop that sells curtains, pillows, yarn etc and my main job is to sow the damn buttons in the pillowcases!

Cheers guys, will look into these ones too!

I'm so thankful for kindle and ebooks or my library would be 5 ballrooms big already with all the things I have on my to read list!

This is going on my reading list for sure! Sounds very interesting!

I read those books when I was in the 8th grade (so a long time ago) and I have always wanted to read them again, but I forgot the titles and the author and could only vaugly describe them so searching on bookforums have been of no use to me, and just the other night I thought of them again and wondered what they where called, and here is the titles and the author, and someone else who's looking for them!! They are now on the way to me and I can't wait to read them again and see if they are as good as I remember them!! \o/

Try pretty much anything from Marian Keyes - Lucy is getting married was a really good read I found. Her books are contemporary "chick-flicks" that deals with everyday problems in a funny and thoughtful way.

Thank you all for the suggestions! I'll start reading some of these and beg for more when I'm done! /Nali

I am currently reading the first of these 3 books, and I must say I am both intrigued and a little horrified by the book. It's almost like a car accident... You are pretty sure you want to stop watcing, but you just can't! The book hooks you, and I can recomend it!

Hi! I'm looking for suggestions on books that deals with people settling in the western part of the U.S. during the 17th - 19th century I would like to read fiction on this, but it can be based on actual events as long as its not like a schoolbook I'm also interested in books along the likes of "Gone with the wind" that deals with life in the South. Thanks for suggestions! /Nali

I'll do that... make sure the settings are ok on there too... *grumbles* I'm no genious when it comes to the internet. Edit: Seems to have been a settings issue in google, anyone up for trying the link again and see if it works?

I find that it varies with me. Some days I really just want to read things that I am really interested in, such as historical novels or fantasy, but after having done that a while I find that I want to sink my theeth into something completely different, and thats when I go looking for something new to read. Usually I don't have to go further than my mother and sister in law, they are both avid readers, and between the three of us we have completely different tastes, so when I have that urge to read something totally new to me, I just raid thier bookshlefs!! If I had to chose between the two, I would have to go with the latter one, because I would be too bored if I never tried anything new.

I totally agree! I have been here for less than a day and already I have at least 10 new books on my wishlist... I'm gonna have to go raid the library soon! *takes the wheelbarrow and heads for the library*

I have read the HP books at least 5 times now, starting when I was about ... hmm... 15(?) and the first ones became a hit. I read them all through my late teens and early adulthood, and I enjoy them as much today as I did then. It was a great help to me as a swedish person to learn english with these books because the language is easy enough for a 15-16 year old to read. I must say I don't enjoy the movies nearly as much as the books, but then again I rarely do when it comes to that, they are too... hollywoodized Also as a plus I finally managed to convince my hubby to give them a try, he is not an avid reader like me, and he has spead through the first 3 books reading one/day. The books might not be up to a litterary classic standard, but they are absolutly a great read for anyone!

I have managed to get 1/3 of the list down, still so many to go! I don't agree on the list either, like some of you. I think it's not a well thought out list, but I'm going to keep at it anyways! This is how far I've come: BBC The Big Read - my list

I find it really interesting to see what other people are reading at the moment and what is on thier list, so I thought I'll share mine too. Since I'm brand new here, and already have a system going for my books I figured I'll post the link here and if anyone is interested they can have a look. I'm not working on one list alone, I currently have 4-5 lists that are in the process of being shared with you all. To keep track on all the books I want to read I use google docs, wich is really neat because I can access it whereever I am, and since I'm a person who always forgets the shoppinglist at home its great to have it readily avaliable online. Anyways... Here is the link to my lists. Anything in bold is already read. Ill keep updating this post with my new reads, and let you all know when I add something new to my booklist!! My Booklist Oh and also - I'm happy to take suggestions on what to add next!! /Nali

I started reading this one last night, and ended up reading until the sun was almost up before I had the sense to go to bed. I really enjoy this one, and can't wait to keep going!!