July 2010 Book Challenge Thread - Page 5

[fremontmama]

Originally Posted by Bufomander

#121 The Lost Children by Carolyn Cohagan

#122 The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Forgot to add that this is my favorite quote:

She stared at him dully and said: "I don't like crooks, and even if I did, I wouldn't like crooks that are stool-pigeons, and if I liked crooks that are stool-pigeons, I still wouldn't like you." (p.90)

That quote is awesome!

Originally Posted by kaliki_kila

55. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

I don't know why I keep reading these year-long experiment books. I always find them a bit tedious. I think anyone who enjoys this genre would appreciate this book. She basically takes a theme each month of the year (Marriage, Work, Money, etc) and works to become happier in those areas of her life. I enjoyed the chapter on money the most. She comes to the conclusion that money can buy happiness if you buy yourself small little treats on occasion and if you aren't scared to splurge on something bigger that is really going to make you happy, like a trip. She also tries to stop nagging her poor husband, enjoy the little moments with her children, and sets all kinds of goals for her health, writing, etc.

I'd heard of that one and thought it sounded interesting. Thanks for they synopsis.

[BookGoddess]

#13 is Dead Until Dark ( a Sookie Stackhouse novel) by Charlaine Harris. Oh my goodness, what a book! I must have been living under a rock or something. I haven't read a Sookie Stackhouse book until now. They're so entertaining. I also need to get my hands on True Blood on HBO. I didn't realize the series, which I haven't seen yet, is based on these novels.

Originally Posted by fremontmama

#39 Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Wow. The subject matter is not uplifting being as it's a story about a woman's experience with the plague in an English country village. However, the writing is just so good. I was crying in less than 100 pages. That never happens to me. While it was really sad, the story was so good. I can't wait to read one of her other books.

#40 Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Funny guy. I like his writing style, sardonic and self-deprecating. It didn't feel too revealing to me as far as kitchen culture since I've worked in restaurants. For me, it was more like reminiscing. I adore him though, so it was just fun to hang out with his book.

Those are two of my favorite books. I adore Anthony Bourdain and his sardonic wit.

[Bufomander]

#123 The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

#124 The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman

#125 The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook -- a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich

[cathe]

Buf -- what did you think of Cookbook Collector??? I couldn't make it thru . . .

[cathe]

One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell

Fun read with lots going on--about the various residents of an apartment building in New York. Good beach book.

[kaliki_kila]

56. The Water Seeker by Kimberly Willis Holt

Set in the 1800's, Amos travels with his father across the prairie land to Oregon where they will make a living as water seekers (a special gift of locating water for wells underground). Magical realism meets the Oregon Trail. I liked this one.

[BookGoddess]

Originally Posted by kofduke

Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids, Robbins



The excerpts about the kids, and what they were doing on a monthly basis during their senior year, was really very interesting. I got a lot out of this.

I have to read this book. Reminds me quite a bit of my own high school years.

[kofduke]

The Empty Chair, Deaver

Lincoln Rhyme, the gruff quadriplegic detective and forensic expert of Bone Collector fame, strays far from his Manhattan base to a spooky North Carolina backwater in this engrossing and outlandish tale about the hunt for evil. The hick town is called Tanner's Corner, where Rhyme--in North Carolina for experimental surgery--has been called by the local sheriff to oversee the search for a kidnapper and his victims. The kidnapper is 16-year-old Garrett Hanlon, a local youth of ill repute whose obsession with bugs has earned him the nickname "The Insect Boy." His captives are Mary Beth McConnell, who Hanlon has stalked for months, and local nurse Lydia Johansson, who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[Bufomander]

Originally Posted by cathe

Buf -- what did you think of Cookbook Collector??? I couldn't make it thru . . .

Cathe, it was okay. I was interested in the collecting books part of the storyline most, probably. I didn't even end up blogging about it at all, so I guess it really did leave much of an impression on me! What were your impressions/what specifically led to you putting it down?

[cathe]

I just hated the writing. Every character was introduced with this whole description and history. I felt like she never really got on with the story.

[raksmama]

Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/...s/cry-wolf.htm
I just wrote in the fantasy Fiction Thread that the covers make the books in this series look like romances but they are not. Very good read. I liked it!

[cathe]

Squeezed one more in for July . . .

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Another exciting middle-grade novel from Riordan. This one with lots of info about ancient Egypt mythology and history.

[A&A]

Lift by Kelly Corrigan. Short but really good memoir about being a parent.

[katiedidbug]

Is someone gonna start the August thread? Did I miss it? I just stumbled on this thread and would like to join!! But my only question is about the numbers. Are these books that I've read all year, because I haven't kept track of how many books I've read through the year, so what should I number things?

[cathe]

Here's the link to the August thread.