Challenge 22: Book Club - Challenge Yourself!

[blue_sunflowers]

Comments

[sidhe_faerie]

All but 2 were unknown to me although I did recognize some of the authors names.

1. Topic 16 First in a series
Book Title There Are Plenty More Dukes in the Sea (Inheritance Clause Book 1) by Samantha Holt
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2664623423?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

2. Topic 14 Book with a blue cover
Book Title Soul of A Witch (Witches of Keating Hollow #1) by Deanna Chase
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2361550426?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

3. Topic 10 A fantasy scifi novel
Book Title Burdens Edge (Fury of a Rising Dragon #1) by Sever Bronny
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2490144572?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

4. Topic 7 An award winning novel (Edgar Award, Macavity Award)
Book Title Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/765150128?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

5. Topic 9 Crime Novel
Book Title Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/423361060?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

6. Topic 18 A book based on a true story
Book Title Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1912938342?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

7. Topic 5 A banned book
Book Title A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/841176265?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

8. Topic 11 A book with a movie
Book Title Gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4410909?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

9. Topic 12 A book by a female author
Book Title The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1517195122?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

10. Topic 22 A book with short stories/poetry
Book Title Ice Cracker II: And Other Stories (Emperor's Edge novellas)by Lindsay Buroker
Link to Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/167270088?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

[blue_sunflowers]

"Gone With the Wind" was such a sweeping story. I watched the movie with my parents when I was a kid, and the richness of the characters and plotlines was pretty overwhelming for a historical piece. I thought I understood the South's reasoning better after viewing it (although no, I didn't agree with it). The rich kinda remind me of the rich of the Capitol in the Hunger Games books.

Did read "Scarlett". Do not recommend.

[wagrobanite]

Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell is a great book (and the early books in the series are really good... they kind of get worse as you move forward).

The Kathy Reichs is also really good but if you read it and you've watched Bones, don't expect to be like the show, it's better :)

[seraphina_snape]

The only one of them that I've read is Kathy Reichs' Deja Dead - it's been at least fifteen years though (possibly longer), so the details escape me. I do remember that I enjoyed the book. *g*

[catko]

I read Handmaid's Tale back in the day and it haunted me for years, I can still feel the effect today. Cannot watch the TV show no matter how much people say I should.

[tarlanx]

I must have seen the movie for Gone with the Wind a number of times over the years. It was a truly great movie and I've heard the book is very good but the 'sequel' is dire! It's one of those books that really appeals to me even though I prefer science fiction/fantasy to historical romance/drama.