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1MeganGrace
Happy New Year!
I haven't been reading as much as I would like to, so I thought this challenge would be an appropriate New Years resolution for me. I have a tentative list of 50 books I'd like to read this year, but I won't post it because I'm sure it will change many, many times. There is, as of now, a heavy emphasis on the 1001 books, of which I've read embarrassingly few.
Up first is Etta which I just received from Early Reviewers.
Thanks for indulging me as I track my progress!
I haven't been reading as much as I would like to, so I thought this challenge would be an appropriate New Years resolution for me. I have a tentative list of 50 books I'd like to read this year, but I won't post it because I'm sure it will change many, many times. There is, as of now, a heavy emphasis on the 1001 books, of which I've read embarrassingly few.
Up first is Etta which I just received from Early Reviewers.
Thanks for indulging me as I track my progress!
2MeganGrace
1. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
2. Miss Lonelyhearts / The Day of the Locusts by Nathanael West (I'll count this as one book since the two novellas have a combined 185 pages)
See what I mean about not sticking to the plan? ;-) I'm still reading Etta, which is fantastic so far.
2. Miss Lonelyhearts / The Day of the Locusts by Nathanael West (I'll count this as one book since the two novellas have a combined 185 pages)
See what I mean about not sticking to the plan? ;-) I'm still reading Etta, which is fantastic so far.
4Medellia
#3: I laughed so hard when I read that. (Mainly because, to be perfectly honest, you read my mind. ;)
5MeganGrace
That is funny!
I promise the list gets more ambitious. ;-)
I promise the list gets more ambitious. ;-)
6MeganGrace
4. Etta by Gerald Kolpan
5. The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Etta was great. I thought it was very entertaining. It was one of those books I didn't know if I'd be able to get into, and I was very pleasantly surprised.
The Cement Garden was interesting.
A Clockwork Orange was pretty brilliant. I'll be thinking about this one for a while. I have a few more of Anthony Burgess's books on my TBR pile, and I think I need to move them up.
5. The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Etta was great. I thought it was very entertaining. It was one of those books I didn't know if I'd be able to get into, and I was very pleasantly surprised.
The Cement Garden was interesting.
A Clockwork Orange was pretty brilliant. I'll be thinking about this one for a while. I have a few more of Anthony Burgess's books on my TBR pile, and I think I need to move them up.
7MeganGrace
7. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
These are very different books, and I liked them both.
American Psycho was brilliant satire. It was dark and disturbing with moments that made me laugh out loud.
I somehow made it through school without ever picking up To Kill a Mockingbird, and I'm sad about that now. It was a beautiful story. Definitely a new favorite.
8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
These are very different books, and I liked them both.
American Psycho was brilliant satire. It was dark and disturbing with moments that made me laugh out loud.
I somehow made it through school without ever picking up To Kill a Mockingbird, and I'm sad about that now. It was a beautiful story. Definitely a new favorite.
8billiejean
Hi, Megan Grace!
My aunt was a teacher and she gave me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird to read when I was visiting her one time. It became one of my all-time favorite books that summer. I could not put it down. I still like to go back and reread it ever so often. Don't you just love books when you find one like that?
--BJ
My aunt was a teacher and she gave me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird to read when I was visiting her one time. It became one of my all-time favorite books that summer. I could not put it down. I still like to go back and reread it ever so often. Don't you just love books when you find one like that?
--BJ
9spacepotatoes
It was great, wasn't it? My fiance and I went to see the play two summers ago and it was just as powerful as the book. The court room scenes get me everytime.
