You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Report your toppler reads here! Please only make one post. Remember to include your WoF name, a link to the book read, and which award it won.

Kristie wrote: "Claire, the toppler hasn't started yet. It starts in one minute."

Oh, I’m in Europe, so followed my hours:-( Sorry. Will I delete my post?

Sure. We all start the same time for topplers, so it isn’t noon local time it’s noon Eastern time. Plenty of time to finish another book though, as we just started.

WoF - Janice


I read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe which won:
- Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult (2013)
- Stonewall Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature (2013)

WoF PattyMacDotComma (I guess!)

Correction! Sorry, I got my Hannah/Hanna mixed up. And I don't know whether the award qualifies.

I read My Real Name Is Hanna by Tara Lynn Masih which won a Skipping Stones Honor Award for 2018. (It's for multi-cultural and international books for young people.) It's a children's/YA (not graphic) novel about the Holocaust in Ukraine.

https://www.skippingstones.org/wp/boo...

It this your first badge earned, PattyMac? Congrats on that! Make sure you add which award your book won so we know how it qualifies.

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "WoF PattyMacDotComma (I guess!)

I read The Nightingale, a new book out by Kristin Hannah, which I haven't reviewed yet, but it was a frightening, terrific YA book about the Holocaust in Ukraine."

Also, just checking that you linked the correct book. The Nightingale was from 2015, not a YA, and set in France.

WoF name - Lanelle

I read Gwen's Christmas Ghost by Lynn Kerstan and Alicia Rasley. It won the RITA Award in 1996 for Best Regency Romance.

WoF - Lilisa

I read Less - 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner

Wof TrudyAn

I read The Giver, which won the Newbery Award in 1994.

Kristie wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "WoF PattyMacDotComma (I guess!)

I read The Nightingale, a new book out by Kristin Hannah, which I haven't reviewed yet, but it was a frighte..."

Sorry, Kristie. I was actually reading The Nightingale but interrupted it to read My Real Name Is Hanna, and I corrected my earlier post. If it doesn't meet the criteria, that's okay. It was a NetGalley book and I enjoyed reading it anyway!

WoF - Jenn
I read Amsterdam winner of the Man Booker 1998.
There was some great use of language, although I will admit I was glazing over during some of the detailed description of musical composition (just not my thing). But wow, the ending, somehow I just didn't quite see that coming . . . Wow, lol

WOF Claire

I completed two books

The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo 1 december 2018 4 stars
(Paperback edition The Poet X 361 p. )
Awards
National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2018),

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle 307 p. 1 december 2018 4 stars

Man Booker Prize (1993)

I read
A Tale for the Time Being Sunburst Award (2013)
and
I Am Number Four Ulmer Unke Award (2010)

starting
The Poet X National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2018)

WOF: Rusalka

I read Vernon God Little which won the Booker in 2003.

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Kristie wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "WoF PattyMacDotComma (I guess!)

I read The Nightingale, a new book out by Kristin Hannah, which I haven't reviewed yet, but ..."

You are all set! The only qualifications were that it was read beginning to end during the toppler and that it won a national award that is not readers choice. I will accept international. I just didn't want any smaller state or local awards.

Edit: WoF - Annerlee (have a mind like a sieve)

I read Fahrenheit 451. Can't believe I took so long to pick up this one! Excellent! It won a Hugo award for Best Nivel erm... Novel back in 1954

WoF - Lynn

Completed The Poet X



Award - National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2018)

Don't forget to add your WoF names!

WoF name: Kristie

I read The Hate U Give. This one won multiple awards, including the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award (2018).

wof : margo

I read The Sellout. It was 3 star for me. Very well written - I can see why it won Man Booker prize. As a reader, I was shocked by the level of bitterness contained in the pages. I was horrified by the uncomfortable truths it contained re: everyday racism, sexism and class consiousness.

I will be thinking about this novel for a long time and may well increase my rating.

wof Almeta

Whew, that was close!

Finished The Poet X

Almeta wrote: "wof Almeta

Whew, that was close!

Finished The Poet X"

Way to go, Almeta!

WoF- jessica
I read Looking for Alaska which won the Michael L. Printz award in 2006.

WoF - Debra T

The Fisherman, Bram Stoker award winner. It deserved the prize!

Jenn wrote: "WoF - Jenn
I read Amsterdam winner of the Man Booker 1998.
There was some great use of language, although I will admit I was glazing over during some of the detailed description of musi..."

I just realized this is on my Stephen King recommended book shelf: sai-king-recommends.

Kristie wrote: "Don't forget to add your WoF names!"

Gah! Done now :)

Wof = Lori Z

I read The Road which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007.

Kristie wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Kristie wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "WoF PattyMacDotComma (I guess!)

You are all set! ."

WHEW! Thanks, Kristie.

Margo wrote: "wof : margo

I read The Sellout. It was 3 star for me. Very well written - I can see why it won Man Booker prize. As a reader, I was shocked by the level of bitterness contained in ..."

I read it and enjoyed it, Margo. I know I missed many bits of cleverness that other readers picked up. You might enjoy reading some other reviews. Here's mine. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...