SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

1)Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
2)New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
3)Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
4)Breaking dawn - Stephenie Meyer
5)Dead until dark - Charlaine Harris
6)Living dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
7)Club Dead - Charlaine Harris
8)Dead to the world - Charlaine Harris
9)Dead as a doornail- Charlaine Harris
10)Definitely dead - Charlaine Harris
11)All together dead - Charlaine Harris
12)From dead to worse - Charlaine Harris
13) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone - J.K. Rowling
14) Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, Book 1)- Richelle Mead
15) Frostbite (Vampire Academy, Book 2)- Richelle Mead
16) Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, Book 3)- Richelle Mead
17) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
18) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
19) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
*Addict alert!*
20)Twilight - Stephenie Meyer (again)
21)New Moon - Stephenie Meyer (again)
22)Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer (again)
23)Breaking dawn - Stephenie Meyer (again)
24) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
25) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
26) Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris
27) The Mystery of the 99 Steps - Carolyn Keene
28) Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1) - J.R. Ward

29) Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) - J.R. Ward

30) Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3) - J.R. Ward

31) Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #4) - J.R. Ward

32) Independence Day: Novelisation - by Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich , Stephen Molstad

33) Guardians of Desire by Sahara Berns

34) Storm Born (Dark Swan, #1) by Richelle Mead

35) River God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Wilbur Smith

36) The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

37) Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

38) Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #5) by J.R. Ward

39) The Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith

40) Spud by John van de Ruit

41) Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr

42) Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, Book 4) by Richelle Mead

43) The Host by Stephenie Meyer

44) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
45) Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2) by Melissa Marr

Yes i think you definately have the read Twilight series atleast twice. You miss so much the first time around I did. My favourite book of the series is New Moon, I could just read that again on its own.

Yea i think i have read the Twilight series about 4 times now :D Harry Potter a bit more tho :)

Mmm i think New moon was my least favorite of them

What did you think of Breaking Dawn, loved it or hated it..I hated it. So much potential in this last book but no conflict. Disappointed really.

I really loved it, yea i know what you mean about the conflict, but in a way I'm glad, i sort of wanted everything to be fine by then :)

46) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

47) Jade and the Serpent's Circle by Maggie Fikkert

48) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1) by Douglas Adams

49) The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

Love all Twilight books but agree New Moon the least favo.

Top book so far: Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3) - J.R. Ward

Yea Zadist is my favorite brother!

Almost at the 50 mark!

yea!

50) Moxyland - Lauren Beukes

51) Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

52) Married With Baggage - Elise Chidley

Wow Lu!!!!!
Impresive!!! Well done.
How was Practical Magic?
And what is Moxyland about?

Practical Magic was a nice read :)

And I recommend Moxyland!
The just of it:

Its hard to explain what its about. Basically High-tech SA.

Hehe shameless copying:

"Moxyland crackles with bold and infectious ideas, connecting a ruthless corporate-apartheid government with video games, biotech attack dogs, slippery online identities, a township soccer school, shocking cellphones, addictive branding, and genetically modified art."
- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34...

I definitely enjoyed this book, it touched many issues and explored many themes. I was surprised that i liked this book so much! The beginning was a bit slow, cause you had to pay careful attention to all the "tech" words and sort out what was going on. But it was all worth it! I will definitely read another book my Ms Beukes!

Ok so I'm going to be honest, I dont really enjoy books about Apartheid, so would you recomend that I read it??? I'm very picky when it comes to SA books... :)

Going to jump in (hope you don't mind Lu!) and say that what's cool about Moxyland is that it's NOT about Apartheid. Beukes doesn't completely ignore it, but it's one of the few good SA books I know of that isn't about race.

The 'corporate-apartheid' mentioned in the review refers to the dominance of corporate powers in the book. One of the book's plotlines involves a new trend - branding the DNA of the cool kids (artists, musicians, etc.).

As Lu said, there are some awesome, thought-provoking ideas. Highly recommended :)

Ok so its sounding better and better all the time!!!
I just hate where SA authors really just ride this band wagon of Apartheid and its not suppose to even be an issue anymore, everything that is done in our country seems to involve apartheid, and I'm rather sick of it, its good to see someone putting a different spin on things then :)

Hmm, I think post-Apartheid politics is still a major issue, especially for the poor, but yeah, it's not like race and politics is the only thing that affects South Africans' lives.

I think Beukes also did a cool thing by writing a great SA sci fi novel. It's the only one I know of, and hopefully it will open up the genre for other SA writers. SA novels tend to be realist (or at least, that's the impression I get), which is kind of boring.

I agree with you Lauren...
SA books I've read are always either about apartheid, or a romance that always follows the same silly route, girl loves boy, boy betrayes girl, girl goes away, girl falls inlove with another boy, first boy comes back, what now?
I just hate the way that some SA authors just fall back on these same themes all the time...

Yes I know its still a major issue, but because it is still a major issue, I dont think we need to read about it in every book about SA, we get enough of it in the real world :)

I don't read struggle/depressing/boring books. And I do find SA themed books to always be like that. But Moxyland blew me away!

And books are my escape, I don't want to read about my country while being depressed or bored.

But anywhooo read it! :P

On that recomendation I surely will!!! :)

I agree with you Lu, when I hear about all these things in real life everyday, I dont want to read about it as well, as reading is my form of relaxation...