I'mRose Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Books read January 1. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green 2. The Way Of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 4. The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell 5. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz Febuary 6. Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott 7. The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle by Patrick Rothfuss March 8. Paper Towns by John Green 9. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult 10.Post card killers by Liza Marklund and James Paterson April 11. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 12. Anna and the french kiss by Stephanie Perkins May June 13. His dark materials series: Northern lights by Phillip Pullman July 14. Divergent by Veronica Roth 15. Shade by Jeri Smith Ready August 16. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky 17. Marked by PC and Kristen Cast (audioboook) 18. Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruez 19. van Gogh by Gerard Knuttel 20. How to Succeed in Business without really Trying by Shepherd Mead September 21. The Left hand of God by Paul Hoffman October November December 22. Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Leviathan Edited December 29, 2011 by I'mRose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) To be read list BOOKS READ: 20 BOOKS TBR:59 1. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins 2. The Runaway Jury by John Grisham 3. Flowers in the Rain by Rosmund Pilscher 4. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 6. Populärmusik från vittula by Mikael Nemi 7. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 8. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 9. 1984 by George Orwell 10. Vägen till Jerusalem by Jan Gulliou 11. Walden by Henry David Therou 12. Dubliners by james Joyce 13. Catch 22 by Joeseph Heller 14. The grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 15. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne 16. Sofies Värld by Jostein Gaarder 17. The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams 18. Stuffed and starved by Raj Patel1 19. Riket vid vägens slut by Jan Gulliou 20. The man who smiled by Henning Mankell 21. Sidetracked by Henning Mankell 22. Before the frost by Henning Mankell 23. Pyramiden by Henning Mankell 24. Den hedersvärda mördaren by Jan Guillou 25. The two towers by J.R.R Toliken 25. Selected short stories 27.Oscar Wilde complete collection - The Cantervile Ghost - The Sphinx Without a Secret - The Model Milionaire - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - The Picture of Dorian Gray 28. Anna Karenina part 1 and 2 by Leo Tolstoy 29. His dark materials series: Northern lights by Phillip Pullman 30. His dark materials series: The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman 31. His dark materials series: The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman 32. Mr Darcy takes a wife by Lisa Berdoll 33. Royal assassin by Robin Hobb 34. The Valley of Horses by J M. Auel 35. Heavens Net is Wide by Lian Hern 36. Pigs Have Wings by P.G Woodhouse 37. Gösta Berlings Saga by Selma Lagerlöf 38. Hemsöborna by August Strindberg 39. Tom Sawyers adventures by Mark Twain 40. 73. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and Davis Levithan 41. Wicked by Gregory Maguire 42. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky 43. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michale Chabon 44. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown 45. Naturally Thin by Bethenny Frankel 46. Shade by Jeri Smith Ready 47. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 48. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 49. Ulysses by James Joyce 50. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 51. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 52. Ireland’s Master Storyteller- The Collected stories of Eamon Kelly 53. An abundance of Kathrines by John Green 54. Paper towns by John Green 55. Post card killers by Liza Marklund and James Paterson 56. Norweigen Wood by Haruki Murakami 57. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz 58. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 59. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer(Abandoned) 60. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult 61. The Left hand of God by Paul Hoffman 62. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 63. Anna and the french kiss by Stephanie Perkins 64. van Gogh by Gerard Knuttel 65. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer 66. How to Succeed in Business without really Trying by Shepherd Mead 67. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 68. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel 69. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 70. Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruez 71. Divergent by Veronica Roth 72. Across the Universe by Beth Revis 73. The Emerald Atlas: The Books of Beginning by John Stephens 74. Irish Ghost stories 75. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. 76. About a boy by Nick Hornby 77. Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain. 78. Roots by Alex Haley 79. Hamlet by Shakespeare. Wish list Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris Bones- series by Kathy Reich The Road by Cormac Mccarthy P.S I love you by Cecelia Ahern Things I want my daughters to know by Elisabeth Noble Wicked by Gregory Maguire Howards End is on the Landing by Susan Hill Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Will greyson, will greyson by John Green Player one by Douglas Coupland The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland Miss Wyoming by Douglas Coupland Good wives by Louisa M Alcott The Girl In The Lighthouse by Roxane Tepher Sanford Room by Emma Donoghue Eleven by Mark Watson Books bought in 2011 1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 2. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins 3. Legend by David Gemell 4. Norweigen Wood by Haruki Murakami 5 Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz 6. The Left hand of God by Paul Hoffman 7. van Gogh by Gerard Knuttel 8. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer 9. How to Succeed in Business without really Trying by Shepherd Mead 10. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 11. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel 12. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens1 13. Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruez 14. Divergent by Veronica Roth 15. Across the Universe by Beth Revis 16. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and Davis Levithan 17. Wicked by Gregory Maguire 18. Naturally Thin by Bethenny Frankel 19. Shade by Jeri Smith Ready 20. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky 21. The Emerald Atlas: The Books of Beginning by John Stephens 22. Irish Ghost stories 23. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. 24. About a boy by Nick Hornby 25. Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain. 26. Roots by Alex Haley 27. Hamlet by Shakespeare. Books Borrowed in 2011 1. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer(Abandoned) 2. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett(abandoned) 3.Uglies by Scott Weserfeld 4. Anna and the french kiss by Stephanie Perkins 5. 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Kylie Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Lots of great reads here. Some of my favourite books from your list include Little Women, Catch-22, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Book Thief. I haven't read that particular Wodehouse that you have listed, but you can't go wrong with him, so I reckon you'll enjoy it! Happy reading, Rose! (I hope it's OK for me to post in your thread but if not, let me know and I'll delete it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thank you Kylie! You too, your list are amazing and you will most definitely have a great year of reading I hope to get a bit more organized this year and take the time to read. I also hope to not buy to many books since I have a lot and have declared war on my TBR-list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 An Abundance of Katherines Synopsis: When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washedup child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy–loving best friend riding shotgun—but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself. Review: Oh John Green how can anyone not like your books? This was such a pleasant read and a great way to start the year.I will be honest I probably would never have read any of his books or eve heard about John Green if it had not been for the excellent youtube-series(show??) called Vlogbrothers in which he an his brother Hank makes videos enlightening the world with funny facts, brilliant songs, touching moments and of course a whole lot of nerdfighting. Anyway this book is funny, had great characters, some really interesting facts and a slow but heart-warming storyline. Greens books are not action packed if you don't count that mathematical action that is going on in this book. But they are "heart packed" and they make you think and remember you teen age years. As usual his descriptions are wonderful, the characters are flawed and human. Although I thoroughly enjoyed this book I still think Looking for Alaska was one notch better since this one was a bit more predictable. But still if you have it read it! I give it 4/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 I did it again, I bought some books even though I shouldn't. But I really wanted Mockingjay to see how the story ends and then I found the god delusion really cheap and I've been wanting to read it for a while and then I bought one book for my boyfriend so he wouldn't get mad at me for buying more books...:-p I think I have a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Haha, I'm like that too, it's so bad isn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Today I sucessfully went in to at least 4 book shops and I cam out with zero books! I saw at least ten that I wanted and that I've been looking for but I knew I had books on the way (a bit annoyed that they are not here yet) and like 50 to read so buying more would just be stupid. I'm still working my way through The Way of Kings, I'm past pages 500 at least only 500 more to go! It's a great book I can even say one of the best I've ever read so it not torture. But 1000 pages is a lot for one book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson From www.brandonsanderson.com: "I long for the days before the Last Desolation. The age before the Heralds abandoned us and the Knights Radiant turned against us. A time when there was still magic in the world and honor in the hearts of men. The world became ours, and we lost it. Nothing, it appears, is more challenging to the souls of men than victory itself. Or was that victory an illusion all along? Did our enemies realize that the harder they fought, the stronger we resisted? Perhaps they saw that the heat and the hammer only make for a better grade of sword. But ignore the steel long enough, and it will eventually rust away. There are four whom we watch. The first is the surgeon, forced to put aside healing to become a soldier in the most brutal war of our time. The second is the assassin, a murderer who weeps as he kills. The third is the liar, a young woman who wears a scholar's mantle over the heart of a thief. The last is the highprince, a warlord whose eyes have opened to the past as his thirst for battle wanes. The world can change. Surgebinding and Shardwielding can return; the magics of ancient days can become ours again. These four people are key. One of them may redeem us. And one of them will destroy us." Review: This book was long, over 1000 pages and I liked almost every single one of them. There were parts when it felt like a bit more editing wouldn't have hurt but for the majority of the book I LOVED it. I'm not a big fantasy reader, at leat not this type on fantasy but this was a great book. It follows several characters which could get a bit annoying but it works I think. I liked all of them and though I preferred Kaladins story which really captivated me. Sanderson has also manages to build a world that feels believable and real and even thought it in most ways vastly different from our own there are many things that you can relate to. This is by no means a light book but it has an epic feel to it due to Sandersons writing. I think that is what made me love, the struggles, the goodness in people and will to fight when everything seems hopeless. In some ways it reminded me of LotR with it's grand battles, but it's truly a story about hope and courage and friendship. I give it 4,5/5 Edited January 19, 2011 by I'mRose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Today I went to a book shop with some friends and I just could not help my self, I got two book. Norweigen Wood by Haruki Murakami Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Synopsis: The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss Everdeen. Review: If you can use one word to describe The Hunger Games series it's Addicting. Mockingjay was no exception. I found it a bit hard to deal wit just how brutal these books are, definitely not for younger kids. I felt that it ws a good end to series and it tied up most of the lose ends. There were some truly sad moments and I felt overall that it was a very dark book. I think the best ting was that when it ended people were not okay, not everyone survived and I would not call it a happy ending. That made it a lot more realistic. I fore one was rooting for Peeta and Katniss but I felt that she never seemed happy but who could ever recover from what they all went through? Overall a really good series and I give the book: 3.5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) I've decided to try out the Rory Book List challenge. This will take time since I'm not really planning on buying a lot of books this year but there is always the library :-) Blue is for books I have in my book shelf TBR I've crossed out the once I already read. Rorys Booklist 1.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 2.Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3.The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 4. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser 5. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt 6. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 7. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 8. Archidamian War by Donald Kagan 9. The Art of Fiction by Henry James 10. The Art of War by Sun Tzu 11. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 12. Atonement by Ian McEwan 13. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy 14. The Awakening by Kate Chopin 15. Babe by Dick King-Smith 16. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi 17. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 18. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 19. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 20. Beloved by Toni Morrison 21. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney 22. The Bhagava Gita 23. 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 24. Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel 25. A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy 26. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 27. Brick Lane by Monica Ali 28. Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner 29. Candide by Voltaire 30. The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer 31. Carrie by Stephen King 32. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 33. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 34. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White 35. The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman 36. Christine by Stephen King 37. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 38. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 39. The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse 40. The Collected Short Stories by Eudora Welty 41. The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty 42. A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare 43. Complete Novels by Dawn Powell 44. The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton 45. Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker 46. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 47. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 48. Cousin Bette by Honor'e de Balzac 49. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 50. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber 51. The Crucible by Arthur Miller 52. Cujo by Stephen King 53. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 54. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende 55. David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D 56. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 57. The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown 58. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 59. Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 60. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 61. Deenie by Judy Blume 62. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson 63. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx 64. The Divine Comedy by Dante 65. he Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells 66. Don Quijote by Cervantes 67. Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv 68. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 69. Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 70. Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook 71. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe 72. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn 73. Eloise by Kay Thompson 74. Emily the Strange by Roger Reger 75. Emma by Jane Austen 76. Empire Falls by Richard Russo 77. Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol 78. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 79. Ethics by Spinoza 80. Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves 81. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende 82. Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer 83. Extravagance by Gary Krist 84. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 85. Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore 86. The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan 87. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser 88. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 89. The Fellowship of the Ring: Book 1 of The Lord of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien 90. Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein 91. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 92. Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce 93. Fletch by Gregory McDonald 94. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 95. The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem 96. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 97. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 98. Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger 99. Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers 100. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut 101. Gender Trouble by Judith Butler 102. George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg 103. Gidget by Fredrick Kohner 104. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 105. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels 106. The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo 107. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 108. Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky 109. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 110. The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford 111. The Gospel According to Judy Bloom 112. The Graduate by Charles Webb 113. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 114. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 115. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 116. The Group by Mary McCarthy 117. Hamlet by William Shakespeare 118. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling 119. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling 120. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers 121. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (TBR) 122. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry 123. Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare 124. Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare 125. Henry V by William Shakespeare 126. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 127. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon 128. Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris 129. The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton 130. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III 131. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 132. How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer 133. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss 134. How the Light Gets in by M. J. Hyland 135. Howl by Allen Gingsburg 136. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo 137. The Iliad by Homer 138. I'm with the Band by Pamela des Barres 139. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 140. Inferno by Dante 141. Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee 142. Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy 143. It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton 144. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront� 145. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 146. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 147. The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain 148. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 149. Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito 150. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander 151. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain 152. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 153. Lady Chatterleys' Lover by D. H. Lawrence 154. The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal 155. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 156. The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield 157. Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis 158. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke 159. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken 160. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 161. Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens 162. The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway 163. The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen 164. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 165. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton 166. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 167. The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 168. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 169. The Love Story by Erich Segal 170. Macbeth by William Shakespeare 171. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 172. The Manticore by Robertson Davies 173. Marathon Man by William Goldman 174. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 175. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir 176. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman 177. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 178. The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer 179. Mencken's Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken 180. The Merry Wives of Windsro by William Shakespeare 181. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 182. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 183. The Miracle Worker by William Gibson 184. Moby Dick by Herman Melville 185. The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin 186. Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor 187. A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman 188. Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret 189. A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars 190. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway 191. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 192. Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall 193. My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It's Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh 194. My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken 195. My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest 196. Myra Waldo's Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 by Myra Waldo 197. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult 198. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer 199. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 200. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 201. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin 202. Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen 203. New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 204. The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay 205. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich 206. Night by Elie Wiesel 207. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 208. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara 209. E. Johnson, John P. McGowan 210. Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A 211. Time to be Born by Dawn Powell 212. Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski 213. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 214. Old School by Tobias Wolff 215. On the Road by Jack Kerouac 216. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 217. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 218. The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan 219. Oracle Night by Paul Auster 220. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 221. Othello by Shakespeare 222. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens 223. The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan 224. Out of Africa by Isac Dineson (TBR) 225. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton 226. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster 227. The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan 228. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 229. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious 230. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 231. Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 232. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain 233. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby 234. The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker 235. The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche 236. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind 237. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 238. Property by Valerie Martin 239. Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon 240. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw 241. Quattrocento by James Mckean 242. A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall 243. Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers 244. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe 245. The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham 246. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 247. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 248. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin 249. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 250. Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman 251. The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings Book 3 by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR) 252. R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton 253. Rita Hayworth by Stephen King 254. Robert's Rules of Order by Henry Robert 255. Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton 256. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 257. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 258. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster 259. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin 260. The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition 261. Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi 262. Sanctuary by William Faulkner 263. Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford 264. Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller by Henry James 265. The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum 266. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 267. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand 268. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 269. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 270. Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman 271. Selected Hotels of Europe 272. Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell 273. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 274. A Separate Peace by John Knowles 275. Several Biographies of Winston Churchill 276. Sexus by Henry Miller 277. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 278. Shane by Jack Shaefer 279. The Shining by Stephen King 280. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 281. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton 282. Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut 283. Small Island by Andrea Levy 284. Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway 285. Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers 286. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore 287. The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht 288. Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos 289. The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker 290. Songbook by Nick Hornby 291. The Sonnets by William Shakespeare 292. Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 293. Sophie's Choice by William Styron 294. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 295. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov 296. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach 297. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller 298. A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams 299. Stuart Little by E. B. White 300. Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 301. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust 302. Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett 303. Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber 304. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 305. Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 306. Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry 307. Time and Again by Jack Finney 308. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 309. To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway 310. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 311. The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare 312. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 313. The Trial by Franz Kafka 314. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson 315. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett 316. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 317. Ulysses by James Joyce 318. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath (TBR) 319. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (TBR) 320. Unless by Carol Shields 321. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann 322. The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers 323. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 324. Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard 325. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 326. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 327. Walden by Henry David Thoreau 328. Walt Disney's Bambi by Felix Salten 329. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 330. We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker 331. What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles 332. What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell 333. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka 334. Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson 335. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee 336. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire 337. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront� 338. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 339. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 340. 1984 by George Orwell 341. The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum 342. Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington Edited August 1, 2011 by I'mRose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Yay, another Rory challenge reader! You're in for some great reads, and a lot of books What did you think of A Confederacy of Dunces? I didn't think much of it when I was reading it, but the main character really stuck in my mind and he's become a sort of a legend and I'm going to re-read the book again sometime. Have you noticed that the Rory reading group is reading Everything Is Illuminated next month? There are so many of us joining that I can't remember if you were one of them, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Yay! Glad you're joining us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yay, another Rory challenge reader! You're in for some great reads, and a lot of books What did you think of A Confederacy of Dunces? I didn't think much of it when I was reading it, but the main character really stuck in my mind and he's become a sort of a legend and I'm going to re-read the book again sometime. Have you noticed that the Rory reading group is reading Everything Is Illuminated next month? There are so many of us joining that I can't remember if you were one of them, sorry Thank you! I read A Confederacy of Dunces several years ago and remember really liking it I'm kind of mad about it because I lent it to a friend and never got it back I will check if my library had got everything is illuminated and join in if I can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thank you! I read A Confederacy of Dunces several years ago and remember really liking it I'm kind of mad about it because I lent it to a friend and never got it back Hmph, what a friend It would've been acceptable had the book been really bad and had you hated it, but that's just outrageous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I'd be pretty annoyed about that too, Rose. And welcome to the Rory Gang! I look forward to reading some books alongside you (if you don't mind! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hmph, what a friend It would've been acceptable had the book been really bad and had you hated it, but that's just outrageous! I'd be pretty annoyed about that too, Rose. And welcome to the Rory Gang! I look forward to reading some books alongside you (if you don't mind! ) I am a bit annoyed since she claims she doesn't have it. She also got my copy of On the Road by Jack Kerouac which I've read but still would like to have the copy in my book shelf. Thank you both I'm looking forward to reading some Rory books! I've been a fan of the show since it first aired. It really helped my passion for books and food! Those girls sure eat a lot. I've been thinking about reading Little women next but I saw that they have Everything Is Illuminated at the libraray so I think I'll try and read both ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thank you! I read A Confederacy of Dunces several years ago and remember really liking it I'm kind of mad about it because I lent it to a friend and never got it back This is why I only lend to friends who understand my relationship with books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) This is why I only lend to friends who understand my relationship with books. Here here, I'm the same And even then I don't like lending my books. I love recommending them to friends but feel squeamish when they ask me to lend the copy to them Edited January 29, 2011 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 I've absolutely learned my lesson. Now I only lend books to my closest friends whom I see on a regular basis. This way I can just take em back if I feel it is necessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 The man who smiled (Mannen som log) by Henning Mankell Synopsis: In this riveting Henning Mankell thriller, a disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself in a deep personal and professional crisis after killing a man in the line of duty. After almost a year of sick leave, he hits rock bottom and resolves to quit the police force for good. Against his better judgment Wallander stays on the force when unforeseen circumstances compel him to investigate the murder of a friend. While working closely with Ann-Britt Hoglund, the department’s first female detective, he stumbles on a horrific world where human body parts are traded like stock, and just as he comes close to uncovering the truth, the same shadowy threats responsible for the murders close in on Wallander himself. Review: This is the forth book in the Wallander series. I've read the first two but not the third one. Although these can be read as individual books I did feel that I had missed out. Mostly because as the synopsis says Wallander is very troubled in the book due to events that occurred in the former one. Nonetheless I did really like this one. It takes place mostly in and around Ystad which is always fun to read. The book keeps up a good pace and never gets boring. You do kind of figure out who did it pretty early in the book I feel but Mankell still manage to keep the suspense up and I was not disappointed by the ending. I also feel like he always manage to write well-rounded characters that you can relate to. I read this book in swedish but I've heard nothing but good things about the english translations. I give it: 3,5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz Synopsis: Schuyler Van Alen is confused about what is happening to her. Her veins are starting to turn blue, and she's starting to crave raw meat. Soon, her world is thrust into an intricate maze of secret societies and bitter intrigue. Schuyler has never been a part of the trendy crowd at her prestigious New York private school. Now, all of a sudden, Jack Force, the most popular guy in school, is showing an interest in her. And when one of the popular girls is found dead, Schuyler and Jack are determined to get to the bottom of it. Schuyler wants to find out the secrets of the mysterious Blue Bloods. But is she putting herself in danger? Melissa de la Cruz's vampire mythology, set against the glitzy backdrop of New York City, is a juicy and intoxicating read. Review: Yet another book about vampires. This one has a whole new take on how they live and work. I'm not going to spoil it by telling just how but for me it felt like, sure why not at least they don't sparkle. No wait they kind of do, but not really. The characters were okay, but nothing special and not very deep. The story kept a comfortable pace and I did find it interesting. However it was very Gossip girl meets Twilight and I feel a bit sad to say that I might be getting to old for this. I have read that the second book Masquerade is much better so I might give it a shot. On the whole I think that there is a whole lot better YA novles out there. I give it: 2,5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Apparently my version of Little Women, although it says complete and unabridged is only the first part? I got a bit confused when I saw that other version were around 400-500 pages and mine is only 217. I don't own the second part and I checked with my library and they only have the shorter version with 38 pages for kids! I hate when they change books. I saw that it was originally released in two parts but then they could have at least written part one on my copy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Louisa May Alcott wrote a sequel called Little Men. My understanding is that they're usually published together these days. I'm sorry your copy isn't like that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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