Discussion Question: World Book Night 2013
It's World Book Night...is anyone out there participating?
I wanted to participate this year, but it wasn't practical since I was going to be out of town until only a day or two before World Book Night, and I wouldn't be organized enough to make it work. There were some great books on offer, though. The titles in bold are ones that I've read before. How many World Book Night titles have you read?
When I see lists like this, I'm always slightly shamed by the titles I feel I ought to have read by now. Like Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale; I even own a copy of the book, so what's my excuse for not reading it? Same with the Ray Bradbury...it's practically required reading, so why haven't I managed that one?
I definitely don't feel guilty about the fact that I've never read the John Grisham or Lisa Scottoline novels. Those are just not my thing - but kudos to World Book Night for embracing a wide variety of genres!
I wanted to participate this year, but it wasn't practical since I was going to be out of town until only a day or two before World Book Night, and I wouldn't be organized enough to make it work. There were some great books on offer, though. The titles in bold are ones that I've read before. How many World Book Night titles have you read?
- The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
- City of Thieves, David Benioff
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- My Antonia, Willa Cather
- Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
- The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
- La Casa en Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros, translated by Elena Poniatowska
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
- El Alquimista, Paulo Coelho
- The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan
- Bossypants, Tina Fey
- Still Alice, Lisa Genova
- Looking for Alaska, John Green
- Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
- Mudbound, Hillary Jordan
- The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster; illustrated by Jules Feiffer
- Moneyball, Michael Lewis
- The Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer
- Devil in a Blue Dress, Walter Mosley
- Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, James Patterson
- Population 485, Michael Perry
- Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
- The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
- Montana Sky, Nora Roberts
- Look Again, Lisa Scottoline
- Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
- The Ladies’ No. 1 Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
- Glaciers, Alexis M. Smith
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain
- Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward
- Favorite American Poems in Large Print, edited by Paul Negri
When I see lists like this, I'm always slightly shamed by the titles I feel I ought to have read by now. Like Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale; I even own a copy of the book, so what's my excuse for not reading it? Same with the Ray Bradbury...it's practically required reading, so why haven't I managed that one?
I definitely don't feel guilty about the fact that I've never read the John Grisham or Lisa Scottoline novels. Those are just not my thing - but kudos to World Book Night for embracing a wide variety of genres!