2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion
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Emily's 58 books in 2015
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Welcome to the group, Emily! Good luck with your challenge, and let us know if you have any questions.(Haha, I also reread Harry Potter here and there.)
I've finished 1. Levels of Life
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Good luck with your challenge, Emily!What did you think of Lena's book? I don't know much about her, but I know she's a pretty irreverent, controversial comedian.
Thanks!I enjoyed it. Even though she and I don't actually have that much in common, I could relate to a lot of what she said. It was insightful and funny, even if sometimes I got exasperated. People love to hate her, but I'm grateful to her for changing the dialogue we have about women.
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Thanks! I normally read books before I see the movie, but this time I saw the movie first, so that also shaped my opinion. I enjoyed the story but didn't love the writing. That said, I'm planning to start Insurgent soon. Have you read it?
Nope, but it's sitting on the bookshelf next to me. I hope to get to it before too long.
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Cassandra wrote: "Nope, but it's sitting on the bookshelf next to me. I hope to get to it before too long."I have the same problem. My son actually bought it for me (a very thoughtful gift from a 12 year old) because he wanted me to read the series with him. We did that with the Hunger Games. Every time I look at it, I have "bad mom" guilt.
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is on my TBR, but I just can't seem to pick it up. I think this is due to a lack of exposure to feedback from readers.What did you think of it?
Jackie B. wrote: "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is on my TBR, but I just can't seem to pick it up. I think this is due to a lack of exposure to feedback from readers.What did you think of it?"
You can't pick it up because of a lack of reader feedback? What about it do you want to know? I enjoyed it. If you like dark humor and YA, check it out.
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Emily wrote: "You can't pick it up because of a lack of reader feedback? What about it do you want to know? I enjoyed it. If you like dark humor and YA, check it out. "It's not lack of feedback which is stopping me-- it's all the feedback about other great books I could be reading instead. I'm just as motivated to pick up something I've heard little about, instead of books my favorite reviewers are raving about.
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I just finished Olive Kitteridge yesterday. And I read Very Good Lives and Wild this year too. I thought all three of them were excellent.You're making really good progress on your challenge too!
Awesome job, Emily! Do you think you'll be able to squeeze in a few more books before the end of the year?
Thanks! I'm determined to reach this goal!
55 M.R. Carey - the Girl with all the gifts.
56 - I was told there would be cake - sloane crosely57 - things no one will tell fat girls - jes baker
58 - hunger makes me a modern girl - carrie brownstein
This was down to the wire - I finished at 8 pm last night!
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" (other topics)Levels of Life (other topics)
When I Was the Greatest (other topics)
Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters (other topics)
The Children Act (other topics)
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I'm currently reading Julian Barnes - Levels of Life and Jonathan Lethem - the Disappointment Artist
(and rereading Harry Potter here and there!)