Aussie Readers discussion

I have decided it is time to get some of my TBR off the list. My challenge is to read 12 of the books I added the first year I joined Goodreads (which was 2011) that are still on my TBR list and that I also own.

Read 2/12


The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4 stars
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Still Alice by Lisa Genova Read 4 stars
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Solar by Ian McEwan
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

Wow, some great reads on your list!

Good luck!

Three there that I would re-read at the drop of a hat - enjoy!

Good luck Bron :)

First one down! Still Alice by Lisa Genova. I loved this book and give it 4 stars. I have read a few other books of Genova's and have enjoyed them all. She writes quite insightfully of the experience of having neurological illnesses. I know she has a PHD in Neuroscience, however this is clearly complimented by her compassionate understanding of what it is like to live with the illnesses rather than having just a medical take on them.

I finally got back to this challenge. I read The Color Purple by Alice Walker. This was a great book, though pretty gritty, especially in the first chunk of the book. Having seen the movie years ago (which I thought was very good) I was surprised by how much there was in the book about Nettie in Africa but loved the use of the letters between the two. Heartbreaking story, beautifully executed.

I still need to read The Diary Of Anne Frank & The Color Purple!