Challenge: 50 Books discussion

1. Out by Natsuo Kirino - 4/22/09

2. Dog On It - A Chet & Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn - 4/24/09

3. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay - 4/26/09

4. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - 4/30/09

Did you enjoy Uglies? I wasn't sure I would like it, but I read the whole series and actually bought it :)

Aprile,
I was certainly left wondering when David would come to rescue Tally and Shay, but I think I'll hold off until another time to finish the series. It reminded me of Twilight in that I just read it to keep up with the youngins!

5. Columbine by Dave Cullen - 5/6/09

6. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks - 5/11/09

7. Fat Girl by Judith Moore - 5/14/09

8. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - 5/16/06

9. Trans-sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian - 5/20/09

10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 5/25/09

Gretta wrote: "10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 5/25/09"

Hi Gretta,

Did you like this book? My daytime bookclub is looking at reading it. For some reason the cover threw me off of what the story is really about.
Would love to hear your thoughts.

Vanessa

Vanessa,

I think reading it with your book club would be a great idea because this book if going to affect each person that reads it differently. Although it was an "easy" read, the characters are each complex in her own way. I highly recommend it for a book club!

Gretta

Gretta wrote: "Vanessa,

I think reading it with your book club would be a great idea because this book if going to affect each person that reads it differently. Although it was an "easy" read, the characters a..."

Thanks Gretta,

We have decided to read The Help and The Elegance of the Hedgehog by: Muriel Barbery as our summer reads for my daytime bookclub. We meet in June to go to an author event for Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea and then we don't meet until September when the kids go back to school. I am looking forward to The Help and The Elegance of the Hedgehog. BTW, Into the Beautiful North is pretty good so far.

congrats on ten!

11. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - 5/29/09

12. The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff - 6/1/09

13. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - 6/7/09

14. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri - 6/12/09

15. Couldn't Keep It To Myself by Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution - 6/17/09

16. Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden - 6/23/09

17. Lake News by Barbara Delinsky - 6/29/09

Gretta wrote: "3. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay - 4/26/09"

Gretta,

I read this for bookclub and cried my eyes out. I thought it was very good and found it interesting that the roundup of Jews in Paris was a true event and that there are so many people that never heard about it.

I felt bad that Sarah could not share her past life with her husband and son.

Vanessa

18. Silver Falls by Anne Stuart - 7/3/09

19. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 7/13/09

20. A Summer Affair: A Novel by Elin Hilderbrand - 7/19/09

21. Olive Kitteridge A Novel in Stories by Elizabeth Strout - 7/24/09

22. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer - 8/3/09

23. Tasting Fear by Shannon McKenna - 8/12/09

24. Sweeping Up Glass A Novel by Carolyn Wall - 8/16/09

25. Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas - 8/22/09

26. Somebody Else's Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage - 8/29/09

27. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - 9/3/09

28. Await Your Reply A Novel by Dan Chaon - 9/12/09

29. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott - 9/13/09

30. Slave by Mende Nazer - 9/17/09

31. The Crying Tree A Novel by Naseem Rakha - 9/25/09

32. The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates - 10/11/09

33. The Beach House by Jane Green - 10/23/09

34. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - 10/28/09

35. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet A Novel by Jamie Ford - 11/11/09

36. Ice by Linda Howard - 11/15/09

37. Under the Dome by Stephen King - 12/23/09

38. Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison - 12/28/09

39. Push by Sapphire - 1/2/10