Great American Read List discussion

X 1984
O A Confederacy of Dunces
*O A Prayer for Owen Meany
O A Separate Peace
X A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
*X The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
O The Alchemist
O Alex Cross Mysteries
*X Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
*O Americanah
*X And Then There Were None
*X Anne of Green Gables
O Another Country
*O Atlas Shrugged
X Beloved
*X Bless Me, Ultima
X The Book Thief
O The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
*O The Call of the Wild
O Catch-22
*X The Catcher in the Rye
*X Charlotte's Web
*X The Chronicles of Narnia
*O Clan of the Cave Bear
O Coldest Winter Ever
X The Color Purple
X The Count of Monte Cristo
*O Crime and Punishment
*O The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'
*X The DaVinci Code
O Don Quixote
*O Dona Barbara
*O Dune
*O Fifty Shades of Grey
O Flowers in the Attic
O Foundation
*X Frankenstein
*O Game of Thrones
X Ghost
O Gilead
*X The Giver
O The Godfather
X Gone Girl
O Gone with the Wind
*O The Grapes of Wrath
*X Great Expectations
X The Great Gatsby
O Gulliver's Travels
X The Handmaid's Tale
*X Harry Potter
*O Hatchet
*X Heart of Darkness
*X The Help
X The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
*X The Hunger Games
*O The Hunt for Red October
O The Intuitionist
*O Invisible Man
*O Jane Eyre
*X The Joy Luck Club
O Jurassic Park
*X Left Behind
*X The Little Prince
*O Little Women
*O Lonesome Dove
*O Looking for Alaska
*X The Lord of the Rings
*O The Lovely Bones
O The Martian
*O Memoirs of a Geisha
*O Mind Invaders
X Moby-Dick
*X The Notebook
*O One Hundred Years of Solitude
*O Outlander
O The Outsiders
O The Picture of Dorian Gray
*O The Pilgrim's Progress
*O The Pillars of the Earth
*X Pride and Prejudice
*X Ready Player One
O Rebecca
*O The Shack
O Siddartha
O The Sirens of Titan
O The Stand
*O The Sun Also Rises
O Swan Song
O Tales of the City
O Their Eyes Were Watching God
O Things Fall Apart
*X This Present Darkness
*X To Kill a Mockingbird
*O The Twilight Saga
O War and Peace
O Watchers
*O The Wheel of Time
O Where the Red Fern Grows
O White Teeth
*X Wuthering Heights

*= the ones I own because along with the goal of trying to finish and read this list I would like to try to own all 100 as well

Welcome to the Great American Read List group, Larissa, and thank you for creating a personal bookshelf!

I'm collecting the GAR books as well (as I read them). We have that in common.

I noticed that you read And Then There Were None this past June and rated it 3 stars. What did you think of it?

I hope you'll join us and read The Lovely Bones in November. I'd like to know your thoughts!

Lavan wrote: "Welcome to the Great American Read List group, Larissa, and thank you for creating a personal bookshelf!

I'm collecting the GAR books as well (as I read them). We have that in common.

I noticed t..."

Thank you! I thought And Then There Were None was a bit average for a mystery, but I could see why it would be considered a favorite. It is very short so you find out "who done it" really quickly so there isn't that much tension, which is how I often feel about Agatha Christie works. I, unfortunately, have the copy that has the politically incorrect little "Indians" poem so that made me cringe (at least I don't have the "N" word one, that would be much worse). Maybe I am too sensitive. Any way the concept is very interesting but the characters are not really fleshed out so I didn't feel much if any empathy for them so to me it came off as bland.

Not too sensitive at all! I understand your discomfort.

I agree. I didn't feel particularly attached to any of the characters in And Then There Were None either. They lacked depth, but I did enjoy the story. It was entertaining and fun, and I would try another of Christie's works (And Then There Was None was my first).

Thank you for sharing, Larissa!

I just picked up White Teeth and The Great Gatsby from Value Village.

I finished The Lovely Bones so that marks 41 out of 100 read for me now!

Great job, Larissa!
Are you aiming for a certain number of Great American Read list books in 2019? I know your goal for the GoodReads Reading Challenge is 100.

I'd like to read 24 GAR books this year. I've finished 2 so far, and I'm currently reading 2 more. I'm off to a good start!

Lavan wrote: "Great job, Larissa!
Are you aiming for a certain number of Great American Read list books in 2019? I know your goal for the GoodReads Reading Challenge is 100.

I'd like to read 24 GAR books this y..."

I don't really have an exact plan for this year. I was just going to read as many monthly reads as possible (even if I have already read them in the past) especially now that you are starting a new series for March.

My order for the first book Flowers in the Attic came today and The Intuitionist is coming soon- I will own at least 60 of the books on the list now (not all the series are complete yet but I will probably always be trying to build my collection).

"I [am] going to read as many monthly reads as possible (even if I have already read them in the past) especially now that you are starting a new series for March." — That's great to hear!

I plan to start Flowers in the Attic today. I noticed you commenting on that list book's thread as you read yesterday. I'll be able to read your spoilers soon and properly respond. I'm looking forward to it!

It has been awhile since I have been here but I found a few books that I didn't have- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , A Confederacy of Dunces, Ghost, Gilead, Gone with the Wind, Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World., The Martian, and Watchers and a couple from some of the series- Alex Cross and Pillar's of the Earth (I think? it could be another series but I didn't look too closely)

I haven't been active here in awhile- I think I will be coming back more often because it is time to get through this list! I think I still have only read 41 or 42 books from this list depending on how you count abridged versions, but I have collected at least 66 of the book so far not including all the series and some of the books got moved to different shelves (some of the kids books) so I may have more.

Larissa wrote: "It has been awhile since I have been here but I found a few books that I didn't have- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , A Confederacy of Dunces, Ghost, [book:Gil..."

I really like the Gilead series. I hope you enjoy it.

Larissa wrote: "I haven't been active here in awhile- I think I will be coming back more often because it is time to get through this list! I think I still have only read 41 or 42 books from this list depending on..."

I'm glad to see you back, everybody needs to take a break once in a while. We've changed the format just a bit as the group has gotten pretty quiet. Instead of running the polls, I've set up all of the books on the bookshelf with future read dates, so new ones will pop up every month. We still have the discussion posts and our personal bookshelves. So it's all good. Happy Reading !!!