Orange November

Let us know what's on your Orange reading list for November!

I'm planning to read Old Filth by Jane Gardam, which was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize.

I'm going to read Scottsboro; in fact, since I just finished a book last night I'll be starting it next time I sit down to read.

I'm planning to read Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It fits two of this month's TIOLI challenges for me and it's relatively short so it also fits with my RL schedule for Nov!

I'll be reading Disobedience by Naomi Alderman.

I ended up reading Five Quarters of the Orange (long listed for the Orange probably in 2008), for November. It was also our October R/L B/C pick. So I will be standing off this month unless I just happen to come across one I want to read. I am saving Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels for December.
Enjoy your Oranges. Vitamin C is good for you!~!

I am going to read The Time Traveler's Wife by Audry Niffenegger, a 2004 longlist.

>#7;
Oh, that one is so good. I loved it. I know that there is a sort of love/hate thing on L.T. with The Time Traveler's Wife but I absolutely loved it and I hope you will as well.

I read Scottsboro for November, but I'm sorry to say I didn't like it as much as I hoped. It's historical fiction, and the history was interesting but the main fictional character fell flat.

>7 lkernagh:, 8. I also am one of those who loves The Time Travelers Wife. My advice is to give it at least 50 pages before you decide to give up . . . Many people I've talked to about the book reported that it was just too confusing. I agree, in that for the first several chapters I tried very hard to keep track of the dates, places, etc. of his travel. I really began to enjoy the book when I gave that up and just went with the story as it progressed from page to page! Happy reading!

I finished The Traveler's Wife this evening. I am definitely one of the readers in the love it category! A great, unique story that was a lot of fun to read and was a surprisingly quick read for the over 500 pages it is! I have posted a review of sorts over on my 11 in 11 Challenge which can be viewed here (post 89): http://www.librarything.com/topic/124478#3031861

I'm about to start listening to Gilgamesh by Joan London and note that it was listed for the Orange Prize longlist. So, I'll get in either one or two for this month.

I've started reading Old Filth by Jane Gardam, which I hope to finish this weekend.

After a difficult few weeks, I'm back into reading! Yay!

For my Orange read this month, I'm planning on Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benitez. I'm also quite tempted by Ice Road by Gillian Slovo, so I'm requesting it from the library as well. We'll see if I get to both! :)

Also, happy to see The Time Traveler's Wife getting love! I read it back in 2005 and ended up rereading 3-4 times (it was one of three books I brought with me on a summer study abroad program) and loved it each time through.

I've also requested The Observations, since it sounds like just what I'm in the mood for!

I finished Gilgamesh and loved it, a real women's adventure novel. It deserves all the accolades it has won.

Finally started to read my Orange November selection, A Mercy by Toni Morrison. This will be my FIRST Morrison book. I am a little intimidated by her writing style, but so far, so good on A Mercy.

>17 mrstreme:: A Mercy is one of her more accessible books, Jill. I hope you enjoy it!

I look forward to your review of A Mercy, Jill. I'm not a fan of Morrison's books, but this one has received several good reviews here.

Has anyone read her novel Jazz?

#19 I read Jazz a couple months ago! :)

>20 BiblioEva: Did you like it?

I finished Old Filth by Jane Gardam, which was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize; I loved it!

I have too much time on my hands this Thanksgiving weekend, and I find myself already thinking about my Orange January reads! I've realized there are several years where I have read the winner, and all but one or two of the shortlisted titles. My inner completist is calling very loudly to "finish" 2011, 2008, 2006, 2004, and 2002. That would be 10 books -- very doable in 2012 and I'll probably read 4 in January.

#21, I did like it. I'm a big Morrison fan though: I've read six of her novels and the only one I didn't love was The Bluest Eye. That being said, Jazz didn't 'beat out' my favourites (Beloved and Tar Baby, followed closely by Love.)

#22> Do it! That would be very cool, my not-so-inner completist would love to join you, but I fear that would be too much for me to bite off. (I may be a completist, but I'm not organised enough!)

>24 wookiebender:: I've since realized that if I read all those I probably won't be able to fit in any from the 2012 shortlist. And that just won't do. So I'll complete some of those years, but probably not all.

When does the short list come out? Obviously before January, if we're going to know what's on it before then! :)

>26 wookiebender:: oh, I may have misled you there. The shortlist comes out in March or April and the winner is announced in June. I just meant that if I "locked in" all my 2012 reading now, there would be no room for any of those titles when they are announced.

Maybe pick just a couple of your "incomplete" years?

>28 mrstreme:: yeah, that's probably what I'll do.

#27> Ahah, thanks.

And I'm just squeaking into November Orange with The Secret River which I started this morning! Probably won't be finished by the end of the month, so it'll probably be my December Orange read too... :)

Squeaking in my November Orange book! Finished my first Toni Morrison book, A Mercy, which I thought was very powerful. Here's my review if you're interested.

I started a thread for December when you're ready to post about your Orangey reads!

And whoops, The Secret River isn't an Orange book! It's a Booker book! Oh dear, all these awards, one does get muddled...

Looks like I missed out on Orange November, here's hoping for Orange December! Thanks for the new thread, Jill.

My Orange read in November was Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benitz (1998 LL). The book covers 40 years in the life of a family who work on a coffee plantation in El Salvador. Well-written, but rather dark and heavy, and at times seemed overlong. It wasn't really my type of book (too much politics and violence) but I felt that it was worthy of 3 Stars.