weareafteryou's 75 books (late start! ack!)

I started late (just found librarything), so we'll see how this goes!

So Far:
1. Huckleberry Finn
2. Confessions of St. Augustine
3. Dune
4. The Design of Everyday Things
5. Good Omens

welcome many happy days of reading!

Welcome to the group!

Welcome

Welcome! How did you like Dune? I've heard/seen it mentioned a lot, but don't really know what it's about. . . though I know people are very enthusiastic -I think that's a good word for it- about it

Welcome! Nice start to the year. Dune's one of my faves.

Dune is outstanding. It has great character development, as the central character grows into himself and his role. It is also about the preciousness of natural resources, politics, diplomacy and honor.

Not to mention the sandworms!!!! Sandworms rock! hehe

6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
7. Sailing Alone around the World

#9: How is Sailing Alone around the World? I have not read it yet and am curious.

It is excellent if you put yourself back in time. It moves along very quickly... in fact I read it in one afternoon. I would advise to have a good globe handy, else a few bookmarks to bookmark the map pages for reference. Personally, I love a good globe to trace the route with my finger as I read.

#11: I will see if I can locate a copy of the book. Thanks for the advice about the globe - I am like you - I want to know where everything is.

Welcome to LT and the 75 Book Challenge group! I'm one of the SF&F readers in the group. Looks like some good reading so far. Is this your first time reading Good Omens? I hope you liked it--it's one of my favorite books.

Yep, first time reading it. Two of my favorite authors. It wasn't either of their best work, but definitely worth the read. Hilarious.

8. Galapagos - Vonnegut

a brilliant, if somewhat lunatic rant about what human beings are capable of and ultimately worth

9. The Dispossessed -Ursala K LeGuin

I'm not sure what the right form of government is anymore...

Just a hint...if you put touchstones (square brackets) around the titles of your books, people can click on them to find out more about them.

E.g., [The Dispossessed] becomes The Dispossessed.

10. Dracula -Bram Stoker
I never knew how much of a badass Dracula was. Sparkly vampires have nothing on the Count.

Welcome!

Dracula is on my list to read and I'm comforted to know he's a bad ass and not sparkly.

Also, you can touchstone authors if you do two 's around their name. It seems to work less than the titles, as Bram Stoker doesn't work, but you get the idea. :)

Dracula's a favorite of mine. One of the best for me was The New Annotated Dracula - the editor took the view that the story was a disguised version of a real story, then used that thesis to work out timetables and locations of events, comment on happenings and things modern readers may miss.

By the way, one of our members, blackdogbooks, comes up with a reading list for Halloween - Dracula was on last year's. Keep an eye out about late September if you want to join us!

#18: I am all for vampires of the non-sparkly variety. I definitely have to get a read of the New Annotated Dracula in this year!

11. A Book of Common Prayer -"Joan Didion"
Really quick read that left me a little confused. The type of book you need to read twice to figure out. Gonna read something else before I come back to it.

12. Treasure Island -RLS
If you want to feel like a kid again, read this book.

#23: I just read that one again a couple of years ago. I need to read some more Stevenson though.

A belated welcome to the group. You've been reading some interesting books. I'm a fan of Dracula and Dune. I also really enjoyed Treasure Island a couple of years ago.

Sailing Alone Around The World looks interesting. I shall add that to my wishlist.

13. Dead Until Dark -Charlaine Harris
Interesting idea. Good cross of mystery and vampire.

14. Pieces of my Heart -Robert Wagner
15. War of the Worlds -HGWells

16. I, the Jury -Mickey Spillane

Private Eye not afraid to do some vigilante work. Excellent book and a really fast read.