Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge discussion

This thread is for dropping ideas, questions, resources, comments, and discussion about Task 2: A Book Written By Someone Over the Age of 65.

Here's a list to get you started: http://bookriot.com/2013/03/15/8-writ...

I'm planning on Dear Life: Stories, I've been meaning to dive into Alice Munro.

Does The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd qualify?

Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose was published when he was 65 in 1971. Technically not written when he was 'over 65' but I'll take it.

Anything written/published by Toni Morrison after 1996 should count. Paradise has been on my TBR for a while so I may read that one.

Anything by Margaret Atwood written/published after 2004

ETA: Stephen King is 67 so Revival counts

Anything by Joyce Carol Oates after 2003

I have been wanting to read Toni Morrison for some time now. I'll finally get to it this year!

Just saw that there is a new Toni Morrison Book:

God Help the Child

Released April next year... she'll be 84!

I'm saving In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume for this. I've never read any of her adult books.

I'll be going with The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, I think.

For this category, I chose The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein who was 93 when he started this book and was 96 when it was published.

I am going to read Black Is the New White by Paul Mooney and Dave Chapelle or Inside Inside by James Lipton.

I'm thinking about Moral Disorder for this. I have no idea how to easily figure out an author's age at time of publication :\.

Terri wrote: "Karin, I'd say The Invention of Wings counts."

Thanks Terri, I'm looking at that or the Morrison to be released this year.

Easy. I have a signed copy of Anne Rice's new Prince Lestat. And a 3 day voyage via Amtrak. I think this will be easy.

I did some googling of this topic and found the author Penelope Lively. I plan to read her book "Dancing Fish and Ammonites". There's a lovely interview on NPR: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/17/2908559...

I plan on reading The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing which was originally published in 1988. I love books that make you look at society in general and how we work together as a mass, even towards negative means.

Some children's lit titles:

Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

Pictures of Hollis Woods-Patricia Reilly Giff

I feel like I already know the answer to this but I'm going to ask anyways. Does the author have to be 65 or over at the time the book was published? I would really like to read The Handmaiden's Tale, but I think Atwood was younger than 65 at the time.

Samantha, you should definitely read The Handmaid's Tale! I redress it over the summer for about the 5th time. It's one of my favorites, and I recommend it to everyone! Hey, you can read it for the category of a book that was recommended to you

Samantha wrote: "I feel like I already know the answer to this but I'm going to ask anyways. Does the author have to be 65 or over at the time the book was published? I would really like to read The Handmaiden's Ta..."

I am pretty sure it has to be written AFTER they turned 65 years old, but who knows. Be a rule bender!

I just realized Marilynne Robinson's Lila qualifies as she is 71. bonus: it's sitting on my tbr shelf!

Kelly, thanks! I will use The Handmaiden's Tale for the recommended to me category! Smart thinking!

Woot! The Peripheral by William Gibson counts for this challenge, and it was published last year and he just turned 66! :D

I'm reading Blooms of Darkness: A Novel by Aharon Appelfeld; it was published in 2006 when the author was 74. I might read another of his books for the "originally published in another language" challenge, as well; he writes in Hebrew.

I'll be reading Every Third Thought: A Novel in Five Seasons by John Barth.

I'll most likely be reading The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes.

I'm going with Revival by Stephen King who was 67 when it was published. And this is going to be my first category.

These books by Philip Roth were written when he was over 65:
The Plot Against America (2004) and Everyman
(2006)

Brianna wrote: "I plan on reading The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing which was originally published in 1988. I love books that make you look at society in general and how we work together as a mass, even towards neg..."

One of the few books I read in the past few years that i really hated ;)

Dear Life by Alice Munro

Instead of reading Dear Life by Alice Munro, for this task I will read Just Kids by Patti Smith.

Book Riot wrote: "This thread is for dropping ideas, questions, resources, comments, and discussion about Task 2: A Book Written By Someone Over the Age of 65.

Here's a list to get you started: http://bookriot.com/..."

I have a Toni Morrison class, will be reading some of her books, but hope to explore more Munro or Lessing, too.

Completed Penelope Fitzgerald's The Blue Flower: A Novel for this task.

I'll be reading Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin for this one.

I bought All the Names over the summer but haven't gotten to it yet, so I was happy to see that the author was 75 when it was published.

Miss Jones wrote: "Instead of reading Dear Life by Alice Munro, for this task I will read Just Kids by Patti Smith."

Excellent book!

Peg Kehret was born in 1936 and is my favorite middle grade author. So, I'm reading Abduction! for this challenge.

Alan Alda's "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed" for me :)

John Sandford is 70, if anyone is into genre detective fiction. Likewise, James Lee Burke is 78.

On the flip side, Thomas Pynchon is 77. Pat Conroy is 69, meaning his latest qualifies. Anne Tyler is 73. Mark Twain had a few after 65. Laura Ingalls Wilder was first published at 65.

Also for Non-Fiction, Nora Ephron's last few books would qualify.

I am going to read "Paris" by Edward Rutherfurd for this challenge. It was published when he was 65, so I hope it counts nonetheless!

Dear Life by Alice Munro has been on my shelf forever--so excited to have an excellent excuse to finally read it!

Judy wrote: "Brianna wrote: "I plan on reading The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing which was originally published in 1988. I love books that make you look at society in general and how we work together as a mass, ..."

Aww really? Can you tell me specifically what you disliked about it. I already ordered so am going to go ahead and read it but I always like to see different POVs on books.

Would The Silmarillion be ok ? It is not clear when he worked on it (probably all is life) and was published after his death (he lived over 65).

Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter has been sitting on my shelf waiting to be read for several years. Was published when he was 81 or 82.

I'm planning on reading Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Malvina wrote: "Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose was published when he was 65 in 1971. Technically not written when he was 'over 65' but I'll take it.

Anything written/published by Toni Morrison after 1996 shou..."

Thanks, Malvina. This is a helpful list.

"Lila," or a recent Atwood, or Cormac McCarthy's last of the border trilogy. Nice options!

Malvina wrote: "Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose was published when he was 65 in 1971. Technically not written when he was 'over 65' but I'll take it.

Anything written/published by Toni Morrison after 1996 shou..."

Thank you, I have a Toni Morrison on my shelf that qualifies!

I'm reading Glass by Sam Savage. I loved his book Firmin.