2013 BOOK CHALLENGE! Are you in?

[KimR]

Goal 72

#10 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Read a lot of mixed reviews for this one, but had to read it for myself.
I thought it was just "ok"

I thought the same. I'm currently reading 'Dark Places' by the same author and I'm enjoying this one so much more. One of my biggest literary pet peeves is when the main character is too perfect. I don't want to read about some striking beauty who is compassionate, brilliant, athletic, kind to children and animals, ambitious, brave, witty, and a friend to all. I like to read about people I can relate to, flaws and all. Gillian Flynn certainly delivers in that regard.

 

[luvmarypoppins]

Well I hope I can join in if its not too late.

I will try for a goal of 24, so thats 2 a month.

I usually read books I win from blogs.

Somehow I never manage to win anything from Goodreads.

Dont know what I can get from the library. They are having a major move and relocation during construction soon I think.

 

[Debbie19]

Goal 30


Book 3. Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

This was one of my favorites as a child. The story was still pretty good but think I need a break from rereading these.

Next up. Confessions of A Prairie *****. By Alison Angrim

 

[tinkerbellandeeyor]

I am considering changing my book is that allowed

 

[kimblebee]

I am considering changing my book is that allowed

I don't see why not. No point reading something you aren't enjoying.

 

[phorsenuf]

I am considering changing my book is that allowed

I don't think there are any rules.

 

[Caseheidi]

Book 6 of 50

Ever After by Kim Harrison (book 11 in the Hallows Series)
Fantasy

(From Amazon) The ever-after, the demonic realm that parallels our own, is shrinking, and if it disappears, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to fix the ever-after before the fragile balance between magic users and humans falls apart.

Of course, there's also the small fact that Rachel is the one who caused the ley line to rip in the first place, and her life is forfeit unless she can fix it. Not to mention the most powerful demon in the ever-after—the soul-eater Ku'Sox Sha-Ku'ru—has vowed to destroy her, and has kidnapped her friend and her goddaughter as leverage. If Rachel doesn't give herself up, they will die.

Forced by circumstance, Rachel teams up with elven tycoon Trent Kalamack—a partnership fraught with dangers of the heart as well as betrayal of the soul—to return to the ever-after and rescue those she loves. One world teeters on the brink of interspecies war, the other on the brink of its very demise—and it's up to Rachel to keep them both from being destroyed.

I really enjoyed this book. It really builds on the series and brings back / resolves many issues that were in the first 10 stories. If you enjoy urban fantasy, I would highly recommend the series.

 

[Caseheidi]

Originally Posted by tinkerbellandeeyor
I am considering changing my book is that allowed

I have already stopped reading two books. If you are not enjoying, go for it!

 

[tinkerbellandeeyor]

I don't see why not. No point reading something you aren't enjoying.

I don't think there are any rules.

Thanks everyone

 

[willowsnn3]

I don't see why not. No point reading something you aren't enjoying.

I agree. Just had to set aside "Where'd You Go Bernadette?". Didn't seem to strike my fancy, lol. Not when I had 5 other books I wanted to read waiting on the shelf.

 

[nemofans]

Finished book #5: The Fault in our Stars by John Green

I really liked this book. Read it in 16 hrs. It's a very moving story about these teenagers with cancer & how they deal with life and love. It tugged at my heart strings & I shed some tears. Thanks to who recommended it on here!

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazels story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Greens most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

 

[disneyfanforever]

Finished book #5: The Fault in our Stars by John Green

I really liked this book. Read it in 16 hrs. It's a very moving story about these teenagers with cancer & how they deal with life and love. It tugged at my heart strings & I shed some tears. Thanks to who recommended it on here!

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazels story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Greens most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

I really liked this book as well!

 

[disneyfanforever]

#8 The Perfect Summer by Luanne Rice
This was a good book about a family torn apart when the father goes missing and some secrets are revealed. The mother/wife, Bay, is a very likeable character and this book kept me interested until the end.

#9 The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
I thought this book was okay. It was a quick read. It is about Father Time, and two other people and their lives as they learn the meaning of time.

Currently reading Defending Jacob due to all of the positive reviews.

 

[Swimnoid]

13 OF 75

Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card

I've enjoyed many OSC's books (author of Ender's Game). This one involved time travel and was very confusing the way OSC tried to explain it. The story line was really good but some of the theories got in the way. This is the first of a trilogy. Not sure if I will pursue the second one.

From Goodreads: Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.

 

[tinkerbellfan6880]

I am considering changing my book is that allowed

I started reading some books I didn't like and I took them off my reading list in Goodreads. So it okay to do that.

So far I have read 7/80 books. Currently reading book number eight which is "The Necromancer" by Michael Scott. Already read the first three in the series and am on the fourth book. Two more in the series and then I am done with that series.

 

[quietgirll]

Just finished book 4- crooked letter crooked letter by Tom Franklin. BLECH- quite the disappointment. It started slow for me, and probably took a week to finish cause I just couldn't quite get into it. Then it picked up some, but when it was over I was horribly disappointed I wasted the time. I'm off to find something really good to make up for that one!

 

[Maridw]

So I am reading slower than usual and only finished #2 - 30 Pieces of Silver by Carolyn McCray.

Really liked it - lots of action and a lot of twists & turns. Kind of a controversial like Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, but still very good. When reading this type of book, I go into it with the attitude that it is fiction and to take it as such.

 

[tinkerbellfan6880]

Now make that 8 out the 80 books I have read so far. Will start reading another book later today.

 

[PigletsPal2]

Goal: 52 books this year

Book #9 down and done.

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny. This is one of a series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, head of homicide of the Surete du Quebec. The mystery is a murder, with enough suspects and motives to keep one interested right to the very last page. The dialogue between Gamache and Inspector Jean Guy Beauvoir, his second-in-command, is witty yet respectful and provides insight to their relationship not often found in other police procedurals. If this is your genre, I highly recommend this author.

I was going to read the novel by my friend, Rainy Kirkland, next, but it's on my Kindle, which I use when I travel, which I'm doing next week. So I'll take Rainy with me to Washington on Tuesday.

On to book #10 - A Fatal Grace, also by Louise Penny. A summary and review when I'm finished reading the book.

Queen Colleen

 

[quietgirll]

Goal: 52 books this year

Book #9 down and done.

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny. This is one of a series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, head of homicide of the Surete du Quebec. The mystery is a murder, with enough suspects and motives to keep one interested right to the very last page. The dialogue between Gamache and Inspector Jean Guy Beauvoir, his second-in-command, is witty yet respectful and provides insight to their relationship not often found in other police procedurals. If this is your genre, I highly recommend this author.

I was going to read the novel by my friend, Rainy Kirkland, next, but it's on my Kindle, which I use when I travel, which I'm doing next week. So I'll take Rainy with me to Washington on Tuesday.

On to book #10 - A Fatal Grace, also by Louise Penny. A summary and review when I'm finished reading the book.

Queen Colleen

Hmm...I've heard good things about Louise penny, maybe I'll check these out!