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(group member since Jul 17, 2017)
Andrea’s
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from the Diversity in All Forms! group.
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Any genre? If so, here are some suggestions for romance and historical romance:Glitterland
A Fashionable Indulgence
The Soldier's Scoundrel
Leo Loves Aries
Also:
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Fingersmith
So I will be starting today. I really don't know what to expect from this. I've spent some time in the US, but since I live in Germany most of this will be completely new territory for me. I'm actually really curious to see how I'll feel about this book.
Raymond wrote: "Just out of curiosity, how long did it take you all to realize that the title was also an acronym for THUG?"Until I got the UK edition for some reason, put it on a shelf and saw it say "THUG" on the spine :D:D Then I turned it over, suddenly afraid I had gotten the wrong book and saw it. I felt so stupid :D
Yay! I already have a copy, so I'll see if I can keep from reading it until then :)
Ok so I'm still skimming... I think it's time to call it quits and DNF this :( I'm glad this worked for all you guys, and I agree with Choko, it was upsetting. But I don't want to waste any more time on a book I'm not enjoying
at least you all really seemed to enjoy it in the end. It's the only things that's keeping me going right now :)
Candace wrote: "I just finished chapter 36. It explains Prentisstown origins, the reason for the noise, the war and the Law. We hook up with Todd's father again in this chapter. Hung in there with reading the book..."That long until things start making sense, huh? I'm only at chapter 20. They left their little hole, but this all is still very confusing to me.
Tanja wrote: "I feel the same way. Especially the first two chapters or so I didn't get into the story at all. The setting is interesting, without question, but somehow it just doesn't come to live the way I'm used to..."Oh yay! I felt so bad I didn't totally love this from page one :D
I just got to chapter 12, and while the girl hopefully will mix things up a bit, I'm still not really enjoying it. :(
Thanks you two!!! I'll keep reading then if you say it's worth it :)
Emily Just Emily*~* wrote: "be patient with this book and remember is it YA/almost science fiction/weird.think about a 12 year old uneducated child trying to very excitedly tell you an adventure story...."
Lol. I'm trying! But I can't read more than two chapters before becoming really frustrated. I only got to chapter 8... I keep telling myself that this is awesome, but I don't really enjoy reading it. Does that make sense? I mean. I admire the way Ness wrote this, but something is keeping me from getting into it.
Candace wrote: "The phonic pronunciations I thought was more related to dialect than spelling. If you remember Todd can't read. Not even his sounding out the words is correct. He is discouraged by all the words in the book and does not want to admit he can't read.I know that. But the rest of them can, can't they?
I hope things become clearer soon, because I feel like abandoning it...
Does anyone have any idea what the hell is going on in this book? Cause I gotta say, I'm having trouble getting into this. At first I thought the whole "words spelled like you hear them" was just limited to kids, but the grown-ups apparently do it too? Is there a reason for this that I just don't get? I mean I get it with the kids, they're basically all illiterate what without a teacher in town and all. But why can they spell stuff like "fisson" and stumble over "irrigation"? (Hi, my name is Andrea, and I tend to think too much 😁) And also what is with this setting? I'm only at Chapter 4 and so far all I understood was (view spoiler)
I do like the writing though when it comes to "the noise". It's giving me a headache, and that was (hopefully) the point.
How about you guys? What are your first impressions?
Mariah wrote: "People tend to read at their own pace and comment their thoughts throughout their reading. :) ..."Ok :)
Can we please all make sure to mark any spoilers and maybe even say what chapter we are at so we don't spoil anything for anyone?
I'm in. I've been wanting to read this for a while :) Do you usually read a certain amount of chapters or pose questions to discuss? Or just comment as you go along?
I have both The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story and The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue on my tbr pile! The latter is currently out of stock, but I have pre-ordered it. I would love not having to read them alone :)
The Namesake(2nd generation immigration and the struggle of wanting to adapt while also keeping one's cultural identity)"In The Namesake, Lahiri enriches the themes that made her collection an international bestseller: the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and, most poignantly, the tangled ties between generations. Here again Lahiri displays her deft touch for the perfect detail — the fleeting moment, the turn of phrase — that opens whole worlds of emotion.
The Namesake takes the Ganguli family from their tradition-bound life in Calcutta through their fraught transformation into Americans. On the heels of their arranged wedding, Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli settle together in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An engineer by training, Ashoke adapts far less warily than his wife, who resists all things American and pines for her family. When their son is born, the task of naming him betrays the vexed results of bringing old ways to the new world. Named for a Russian writer by his Indian parents in memory of a catastrophe years before, Gogol Ganguli knows only that he suffers the burden of his heritage as well as his odd, antic name.
Lahiri brings great empathy to Gogol as he stumbles along the first-generation path, strewn with conflicting loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. With penetrating insight, she reveals not only the defining power of the names and expectations bestowed upon us by our parents, but also the means by which we slowly, sometimes painfully, come to define ourselves. "
The Hate U Give (racism)"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr."
Hi guys. I'm Andrea, I'm from Germany, and I studied English with a focus on literature and culture (it's a thing over here 😁). I joined because the group had some books I have on my tbr pile planned as group reads, and it's always more fun to read stuff with other people ☺
