2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Oh! I nominate LoveStar: A Novel by Andri Snær Magnason. The comparisons to Orwell, Vonnegut and Douglas Adams makes it look wonderfully interesting - and it's got the love right there in the title, right?

How about -- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.

It has a nice red cover, a heart around the title and it's the only vaguely romantic book on my to-read list :-)

The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon

Love against all odds.

I'd like to Nomiminate

I've never read it, so I'm going to nominate Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea because it was originally written in French.

Paris in Love. Set in the city of lights, what's not to love?

I'd like to nominate: Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down. I've been meaning to get around to it for a while!

I nominate We Are Water by Wally Lamb.

I'm going to nominate Stardust by Neil Gaiman

I second stardust

Like Water for Chocolate

I would like to nominate Chocolat - title is French and is set in France and it is a Romance.

The Paris Wife is my nomination

I would like to nominate Five Quarters of the Orange by the same author as . This book is also set in France, the author is half French. The review by the Library Journal says "Tragedy, revenge, suspicion and love are the ingredients". Goodreads book description talks about the character's mother's "sensuous love of food. It is also classified as historical fiction and Romance.

I'd like to nominate Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull, an Australian who moves to Paris and finds the love of her life.

The Goodreads blurb quotes the author: "This isn't like me. I'm not the sort of girl who crosses continents to meet up with a man she hardly knows. Paris hadn't even been part of my travel plan..." It is a true story of someone coming to grips with the Parisian way of life and sounds like part travelogue, part journal, part memoir.

They all sound so good but I'm putting my vote in for Stardust to make it in the top ten.

I second the nomination for Like Water for Chocolate

Kara wrote: "I've never read it, so I'm going to nominate Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea because it was originally written in French."

I read that in 2012. I was surprised that I really liked it!

I third the nomination for Like Water for Chocolate. I'm planning on reading it this year anyways.

Lynn wrote: "How about -- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.

It has a nice red cover, a heart around the title and it's the only vaguely..."

I second this nomination. (it's also on my list of "to-read"

I nominate The Princess Bride.

I second Paris Wife

Londa wrote: "
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon

Love against all odds."

I'm not a fan of love stories but this looks like something I could get into! I'll second this nomination!

Is there a list where I can see what the previous group reads have been or do I have to look through each month separately?

Ian wrote: "Is there a list where I can see what the previous group reads have been or do I have to look through each month separately?"

If you scroll to the bottom of the group home page (or click read shelf for 2014 Reading Challenge), that's our shelved books for each month - I should check myself to see what we read before I joined in August.

Thanks Brian!

I am going to suggest by L.P. Hartley.

I'm going to third Stardust

I nominate Love Walked In. It's got love right in the title!

Marc Levy It a love story, written originally in French, by a French European.

I would like to nominate

Just going to 3rd . I mean, it looks like a Valentine!

Hi Craig,

Yes that is the book I was referencing! Sorry the URL didn't come through!

Thanks!

I'm also going to vote for The Rosie Project

I vote for The Rosie Project.

Wow so many great suggestions and a number of them are on my TBR list! But I am going to also vote for The Rosie Project :)

I'll second Chocolat!

Think it has to be another nomination from Chocolat from me - looks a good fit for the theme.

We are water by Wally Lamb

I was going to nominate Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Then I saw the discussion of Stardust by Neil Gaimon and decided to second that request. I'm reading "American Gods" right now and loving it. Wouldn't mind checking out something else from Gaimon.

I vote Stardust by Neil Gaiman

I vote Stardust

The Lover's Dictionary https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/...

I vote for The Rosie Project as well.

I second Lovestar

I'll give my vote for Stardust!

If anyone's interested, both Stardust and The Rosie Project are available on Amazon for $1.99. I have both and would be happy with either.

One other to consider is The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck, today's Amazon Daily Deal at $1.99 as well. It fits the "Je t'aime" theme.

One note: I think the Amazon prices may be limited to the USA due to publisher agreements.

I'd like to nominate Suite française by Irène Némirovsky

This is part of the description from goodreads:
"Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940. Suite Française tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control."


Apparently there's also a film based on it that's coming up soon, it's already in post-production (according to IMDB)

I vote for the The Rosie Project not only is it on my to read list, looks like a good love story, but right now it is only $1.99 on Kindle. My pocket book LOVES this as well

I would like to nominate for February The Lacemaker and the Princess
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

i have Stardust on my nook so thats my vote!!