Challenge: 50 Books discussion

I did this challenge last year and I did not quite hit 50...so I am trying again this year...Here goes:

1)Stardust-Neil Gaimen

Saw the movie awhile back not realizing that it was a book...then it was selected as a group read in a book club...I enjoyed it.

If you enjoyed Stardust, you might also like the Gaiman's "Coraline." The movie opens in February and will be stop motion animation similar to "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

And I must put in a recommendation of all Gaiman's novels. I've read and enjoyed them all.

2)The Bush Survival Bible-Gene Stone

My friends gave me this book as a joke a few years back...I never read it and figured that if I didn't read it before the inauguration that I wouldn't ever...and then it becomes a waste of their money...so I read it...

3)The Thirteenth Tale-Diane Setterfield

I did like this book but maybe not as much as a lot of others...there were some things about it that I was not too thrilled w/ but all and all it was good...and I would recommend it to others.

4)The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society-Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

This book was pretty good...I liked the letter format.

5)Love in the Time of Cholera-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Not particularly thrilled w/ this one...took me a while to get through and I thought it was just ok...

Jaime wrote: "4)The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society-Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

This book was pretty good...I liked the letter format.

5)Love in the Time of Cholera-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I was disappointed in "Love in the Time of Cholera" as well. It is beautifully written but I guess I just never felt anything for the main characters.

6)Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time-Rob Sheffield

I did enjoy this one. It was a quick read and I liked all the music references.

7)Watchmen-Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

This was my first real graphic novel...I enjoyed it and would recommend it to others.

8)In the Woods-Tana French

My best friend wanted me to read this book because she really enjoyed it...I also really liked it

9)The Road-Cormac McCarthy

This was my first McCarthy. I liked it but not as much as I thought I would...or as much as everyone else seemed to...

10)Water for Elephants-Sara Gruen

I thought this book was pretty good. I would recommend it to others.

11)Living Dead in Dallas-Charlaine Harris

Continuing on through the Sookie series...slowly but surely...I do enjoy these books...they are quite entertaining and quick reads.

Ok...Havent posted here in awhile. I have done some reading but realize that it is not likely that I will reach 50 this year. I'll be ok if I hit 25 though.

12)The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America-Erik Larson

I enjoyed this book but it was not as good as I expected it to be. I think I would have enjoyed it a bit more if it talked more about the murders and a little less about the architecture.

13)Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim-David Sedaris

I audio-ed this book (and it is the first audiobook that I have ever read) and thought it was pretty good. Some of the stories were really funny but I just dont think I find him as humorous as others do. I am listening to Me Talk Pretty One Day now so we shall see...I do feel that these books are great for audio-ing though because you can stop them @ the end of a story and its ok if you dont get back to it for a while.

14)My Sister's Keeper-Jodi Picoult

I read this book so I could go see the movie. After finishing I decided that I didnt like the ending. Then I saw the movie...and hated the ending and realized that I guess I did think the book ended better. Took watching the movie to realize that though.

15)War & Peace-Leo Tolstoy

So I finally finished this tome in July...It only took 7 months (including a 2 month hiatus). I can honestly say that it was worth it. I am glad that I read it and stuck w/ it til the end. I could have done w/o part 2 of the epilogue but @ that point after reading something like 1150 pages I wasnt going to skip it.

16)A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole

I loved this book...Ignatius was a great character and I would definitely recommend this to others. Very funny.

17)Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood-Ann Brashares

I enjoyed this quick read. I had read the others a few yrs ago and DVRed the second movie not realizing that it was based on the 4th book not the 2nd. So it was pushed up the list.

18)Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal-Christopher Moore

I really enjoyed this book also. This is the second Moore that I have read and I will definitely be reading more. I do wonder if I would have had a different view of it had I actually read the bible but eh regardless it was funny and I liked it.

19)The Tenth Circle-Jodi Picoult
20)Me Talk Pretty One Day-David Sedaris
21)Club Dead-Charlaine Harris
22)Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
23)Bunnicula:A Rabbit-tale of Mystery-Deborah Howe
24)The Awakening-L.J. Smith
25)Born Standing Up:A Comic's Life-Steve Martin
26)Julie and Julia:365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen-Julie Powell
27)Playing for Pizza-John Grisham
28)Dexter in the Dark-Jeff Lindsay
29)Freakonomics:a Rogue Econimist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything-Steven D. Levitt

And that ends 2009...I definitely slacked this year...Hoping 2010 is better