50 Book Challenge: Willow316 for 2008

1.The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco.

2. Sweet Revenge, Nora Roberts

3. A Parisian Affair and Other Stories, Guy De Maupassant.

4.Winter's Tale, Mark Helprin

5. Cold Service, Robert Parker

6. All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque.

7. Strangers in Death, J.D. Robb

8. Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson.

9. The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens.

10. The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield.

11. Stormy Weather, Carl Hiaasan.

Hi Willow,

I've read four of your books, didn't you love The Thirteenth Tale? So if you notice the way the book highlights it's called a touchstone, makes easy for others to check out the books you post about. You add a bracket to each side of the title and two brackets to each side of the author. Of course you don't have to but I was glad when someone explained to me how to do it.

I did enjoy The Thirteenth Tale. It wasn't my favorite of the ones I've read this year, but it was good.

12. The Complete Persepolis, Marjane Sartrapi

13. The Hollow, Nora Roberts

14. The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins

15. Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky

16. Memoir From Antproof Case, Mark Helprin.

17. Kushiel's Mercy, Jaqueline Carey

18. The Secret of the Pink Carnation, Lauren Willig

19. The Man Who Would be King and Other Stories, Rudyard Kipling

20.The Masque of the Black Tulip, Lauren Willig

21. Nightmare Town, Dashiell Hammett

22. Family Honor, Robert B. Parker

23. L.A. Confidential, James Ellroy

24. The Virgin in the Garden, A.S. Byatt.

25. Robot Dreams, Isaac Asimov

26. Postern of Fate, Agatha Christie

27. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Ian Fleming
28. Hanging Up, Delia Ephron

29. Double Deuce, Robert B. Parker

30. Fearless Fourteen, Janet Evonovich

May I post my books on here?

I am on my 33rd. Currently reading That's Life by Max Haines

31. Stars, Nora Roberts

I'd be interested in chatting about mutual books. Congratulations on 33! I have two more books that I'm in the middle of. It's really easy to start a Book List posting, and then it's fun to see how well you're doing for the year. I'd be happy to tell you where to do that if you'd like.

35 Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma

32. The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, Agatha Christie.

36 AmericanHeritage Overrated Underated by The Editors of American Heritage Magazine

37 A Child's Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper

33. Skinny Dip, Carl Hiaasen

34. Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley w/Ron Powers

35. Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers

36. Rob Roy, Sir Walter Scott

How did you enjoy Rob Roy? I've got it on my short stack to read next month.

It's alright. Honestly, Ivanhoe is the best of the three of his I've read. Just a warning though, Rob Roy doesn't even appear until more then half way through the book.

37. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer

38. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer

39. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris.

40. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
41. Gigi, and The Cat, Colette
42. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer

I am on my 43rd book too. What is it your reading?

Jacqueline

I'm reading a couple of books at the moment. The one that I'm the most into is The Honorable Schoolboy. How about you?

Just starting reading a book last night called A Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber. Not bad so far. What is the other book you are reading, you said that you were reading two.

43. A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson.
44. The Prisoner of Zenda, Anthony Hope.

45. The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje

did you like The English Patient? I'm a big fan of the movie, but never got around to the book.

I have read the English Patient but wasn't all that thrilled about it. How do you find it Wilow?

I liked The English Patient more then I expected to. It is not normally the kind of book I like, but I think it was the right book at the right time. Sometimes I find that is the case with literature. There are some books I pick up 4 or 5 times with no success, and then the 5th or 6th time, all of a sudden I can't put it down. It was sweet, melancholy, well written and romantic. I liked it better then the movie. Which is not necessarily saying much, because although the cast was excellent and the cinematography beautifull, it is not the kind of plot I generally care for.

I liked The English Patient more then I expected to. It is not normally the kind of book I like, but I think it was the right book at the right time. Sometimes I find that is the case with literature. There are some books I pick up 4 or 5 times with no success, and then the 5th or 6th time, all of a sudden I can't put it down. It was sweet, melancholy, well written and romantic. I liked it better then the movie. Which is not necessarily saying much, because although the cast was excellent and the cinematography beautifull, it is not the kind of plot I generally care for.

46. The Honourable Schoolboy, John Le Carre.

47. Tribute, Nora Roberts.

48. Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck.

49. First Impressions, Nora Roberts

50. Now & Then, Robert B. Parker

You did it...congratulations. Wtg...good for you. I haven't hit my 50 book challenge yet but I will.

I was just talking to someone about The Grapes of Wrath. It was featured on the radio. I now want to get my hands on it. How did you like it?

51. The Secret Pilgrim, John Le Carre

52. Scaramouche, Rafael Sabatini

53. Blue Screen, Robert B. Parker

54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

55. Suite 606, J.D. Robb

56. True Grit, Charles Portis

57. The Broker, John Grisham.

58. Pale Kings and Princes by Robert B. Parker.

59. Stardust by Robert B. Parker

60. The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts.
61. Walking Shadow by Robert B. Parker.

62. Mexico by James A. Michener.

63. Crimson Joy by Robert Parker

64. Promised Land by Robert B. Parker

65. Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb

67. A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin.

What have you picked to be your last book of the year?

Turned out, that was it. I don't really tend to pick out books that way though. How about you?

Some how my list got deleted and I can't remember what the last book was. It could have been And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and it ended up my favorite book or the year.