100 Books Challenge discussion

This thread is for discussion of our January-March group read - by Ann Fairbairn.

This thread will be open to discussion in case you start early and want to post some comments. Please hide any spoilers for others who might not have read it yet.

We're taking 2 months to read this book as it has 756 pages. Here's a suggested reading schedule:

Week 1 (Jan. 20-26) - Chapters 1-13 / pages 1-93
Week 2 - (Jan. 27-Feb. 2) - Chapters 14-27 / pages 93 / 187
Week 3 - (Feb. 3-9) - Chapters 28-37 / pages 187-293
Week 4 - (Feb. 10-16) - Chapters 38-48 / pages 294-396
Week 5 - (Feb. 17-23) - Chapters 49-60 / pages 397-501
Week 6 - (Feb. 24-Mar. 2) - Chapters 61-71 / pages 501-591
Week 7 - (Mar. 3-9) - Chapters 72-81 / pages 591-685
Week 8 - (Mar. 10-19) - Chapters 82-91 / pages 685-756

Reading schedules usually only serve to show me how far behind I am. :D Anyway, here's some info on our book & author. Spoilers might follow. I skimmed the blog below, but didn't read closely as I really don't like spoilers.

http://www.librarything.com/author/fa...

http://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/11/arc...

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/20...

We are just a few days away from starting this book. I'm pretty excited about reading it. Am going to try to stay on schedule. Will try to read Dean Koontz book from last year, also. Just have so many going right now.

Has anyone started yet?? Its good so far

I tried, but didn't think I could read it & The Handmaid's Tale at the same time. I'll try to start next week as I'm making good progress on THT. Glad to hear it's good. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm just starting Exodus ... LOL

Martha wrote: "I tried, but didn't think I could read it & The Handmaid's Tale at the same time. I'll try to start next week as I'm making good progress on THT. Glad to hear it's good. I'm looking forward to it."

Loved that story!!!!

So glad that I decided to read this one...love it!

I finally finished a couple of others. Ready to start it.

I'm way behind on this, but almost done with the first section in the suggested reading schedule. I'm liking it very much. It's going to take me awhile to get through it at this pace.

I'm really enjoying this book. Am up to chapter 22. Anybody else reading it?

Martha wrote: "I'm really enjoying this book. Am up to chapter 22. Anybody else reading it?"

I'll get to it eventually ... but not this month. And possibly not in May either. Just too many other things on my plate right now as I plan for a trip to Texas for niece and nephew's graduations, and try to get organized for my retirement from work ... just 30 work days left and there is SOOoooo much to do!

Oh, congrats!! I love retirement except for all the medical appointments. LOL

I finally finished this book. I’m heartbroken at the horrific stories that I’m sure were based on real or very similar events. A 5-Star read.