Challenge 16: Book Club

[everythingshiny]

CHALLENGE #16: BOOK (or fic) CLUB

Description Talk Books : Copy paste the texty and discuss your favourite books this week. If you don't want to answer a question just delete it. If you want to talk more about things, go ahead! (aka remove/add questions as you wish)

Favourite book read in 2014?Read more... )

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[wagrobanite]

Favourite book read in 2014? oh man, hard to say since 2014 isn't done yet, but so far I guess it's been The Sandcastle Girls by Christ Bohjalian
Have you ever read a book and had the perfect casting for a character?Yep, The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan
Do you prefer series or one-offs? depends on the subject matter and the writer
Is there a book character you think you are similar too? not really... I find characters that I am similar to but it varies from book to book
Book you've been disappointed with this year? Life in Motion by Misty Copeland... It was just okay... i was expecting more Ballet stories, less preachy
Do you read fic, if so do you have a favourite? don't read it anymore because I'm a book snob. And Yes I absolutely admit it.
A book you wish more people would read? The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan... there are SO many others though!



oh christ, the next one is gonna be long!
Recommend a book for future book clubs
Without You - Anthony Rapp
The Tree of Red Stars - Tessa Bridal
The Violets of March - Sarah Jio
The Bungalow - Sarah Jio
Broadway Nights - Seth Rudetsky
Stiff - Mary roach
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves - Kristina McMorris
The Expected One - Kathleen McGowan
Bonk - Mary Roach
The Sandcastle girls - Chris Bohjalian
The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott
Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
A Problem from Hell - Samantha Power
The Circus Fire - Stewart O'Nan
Next of Kin - Roger Fouts
The Search - Nora Roberts
The Light in the Ruins - Chris Bohjalian
The Shadow of the Wind - Charlos Ruiz Zafon
The Loop - Nicholas Evans
The Painted Girls - Cathy Marie Buchanan
Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
Lies Across America - James Loewen
The Witness - Nora Roberts
Stones from the River - Ursula Hegi
The Mascot - Mark Jurzem
Flat Out Love - Jessica park
The Kommandant's girl - Pam Jenoff
Black Dog of Fate - Peter Balakian
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes - Diane Chamberlain
The Crystal Skull - Manda Scott
Skeletons at the Feast - Chris Bohjalian

I could probably find more...

[stellicidio]

I was thinking of suggesting Flat Out Love as well, really liked it!

[wagrobanite]

I was surprised I liked it because I nornally don't like YA books. Now I can't wait to read the second book

[delacours]

Okay, wow, I'll need to check all the books you listed for the book club to see what they're about. :)

[wagrobanite]

haha :) I love to read!

You can either also check out my book blog at getlostinthestacks.tumblr.com or my goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4091797-katrina for others

[delacours]

Damn, that's a lot of books! I'll definitely bookmark your shelf and check the books out.

I also read a lot of books (not nearly anywhere as much as you, haha) but I'm terrible at adding all I read/own/etc. on goodreads, lol. And I never know how to rate them. I'd give all I liked a 5 and a 3 to those I didn't like that much. Maybe I should stop bothering about rating and just update my bookshelf. :p

[wagrobanite]

Haha, a lot of the books on there are ones I've read in the past (I use to check out the maximum number of books at our public library ;)). I joined GR because one day I picked up a book, checked it out and then realized after I started reading it, that I'd read it already LOL. I think ratings are a tricky thing and they're so personal (same with reviews)

[delacours]

I should really update my shelf because I read a ton of books and it's great way to keep track. Lol, I know what you mean, that happened to me a couple of times with books I haven't read in years, they changed the cover and then I started reading it and realized I read it already. And that was annoying, as I was halfway through the book and suddenly realized I knew the ending, haha.

I never leave reviews, because I'm not really good at in-depth analysis. My reviews would probably be all 'this is awesome' or 'this is meh' with gifs, lmao. Yeah, I am so easy when it comes to ratings. I just give 4 to everything these days, haha. I should organize it better. :D

[wagrobanite]

I'm a librarian/archivist so, I'm anal about organization LOL

[delacours]

Oh, that's awesome! :D

I'm usually organized with everything else, all my books are neatly categorized, all the fics I've read and liked I add to my ao3 account, all my bookmarks are sorted by the type/content. And then there's goodreads, poor soul left forgotten, lmao.