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[Katia11]

In the past, I used to do a Goodreads challenge topic with reviews and things. But yesterday, I thought I would start a more general topic for all of us who read! So, you can talk about your Goodreads challenge and your favorite book you've read for it or any challenge at all. If you don't do challenges, just tell me about a good book you read recently. As long as it's bookish-related, it applies! 

 

Also, please, no unkind comments! Thank you.

 

*If a book is triggering, please note so. You don't have to mention everything- just do so if you think it's appropriate. I've tried to do mine. I might have missed some.

 

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I most recently read Ella Enchanted! It was so good. Totally adorkable.

I think I might read Les Mis again. That is such a good book.

What about you? What was the most recent book you read? Good or not? Lemme know! I love hearing about good books!

[Cinnamon Ninja]

I've been plowing through the Deathnote manga. In the space of two days I've gotten up to volume 6.

Also recently read The Book Thief. (By Markus Zusak.) AWESOME book. Normally I don't like historical fiction, because I feel a lot of them concentrate more on 'setting the scene' than having a good plot, but this one is definitely the exception. It's incredible, and it's highly recommended.

[Katia11]

LOL! I want to read the Hunger Games.. But I don't know of anyone who has them. I've heard good things. What are they like? Are they worthy of they hype?

[Chompyzilla]

i just read "the roar" and i question what the title has anything to do with the book

[SweeneyxxTodd]

The last book I read cover-to-cover was Room by Emma Donaghue. It was such a great book. It's about a woman who was kidnapped and held captive in an eleven-by-eleven foot garden shed for seven years. The book is told from the point of view of her five-year-old son Jack, who was born in the room and has never left.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Me? The Manga Guide to Electricity. Educational AND hilarious at the same time! Never heard of The Manga Guide series?? Look it up!

[Cinnamon Ninja]

The Hunger Games are pretty good. Not super super fantastic, but worth a read.

The last book I read cover-to-cover was Room by Emma Donaghue. It was such a great book. It's about a woman who was kidnapped and held captive in an eleven-by-eleven foot garden shed for seven years. The book is told from the point of view of her five-year-old son Jack, who was born in the room and has never left.

I've read that book! I quite liked it. What did you think of it, Mary?

[Rocket Raj]

The Art Of War.

Boring, I know. It was for AP Lit, don't judge me.

[Chompyzilla]

i just read i Calvin and Hobbes book and now i feel dumb (curses, I've been out smarted by a 6-year old. well, he has been 6 for 10 years so i guess he has more experience)

[SweeneyxxTodd]

The Hunger Games are pretty good. Not super super fantastic, but worth a read.


I've read that book! I quite liked it. What did you think of it, Mary?

I thought it was really gripping. I could hardly put it down. I really like how realistically it was portrayed, with Jack not having object permanence and not being able to gauge distances due to him spending his whole life in such a confined space.

[Cinnamon Ninja]

i just read i Calvin and Hobbes book and now i feel dumb (curses, I've been out smarted by a 6-year old. well, he has been 6 for 10 years so i guess he has more experience)

CALVIN AND HOOOOOBBES
Best Calvin and Hobbes quote ever: "Ay-yi-yi! Muchas smoochies for El Con-KISS-tador!"

I thought it was really gripping. I could hardly put it down. I really like how realistically it was portrayed, with Jack not having object permanence and not being able to gauge distances due to him spending his whole life in such a confined space.

Yeah, I thought it was really well-done too. I thought it was interesting to see how he adapted to the outside world, and I was so saddened by his belief that nothing existed outside of the room. It really makes you think about what you personally would do in that situation - whether his mom was right or wrong to tell him that TV was all false.

[Chompyzilla]

CALVIN AND HOOOOOBBES
Best Calvin and Hobbes quote ever: "Ay-yi-yi! Muchas smoochies for El Con-KISS-tador!"

nice quote but my favorite is this for some reason

this is also whenever i buy a present for a baby i always add on a rubber duck

[Cinnamon Ninja]

nice quote but my favorite is this for some reason

this is also whenever i buy a present for a baby i always add on a rubber duck

Excellent reasoning, methinks.

[Mara=^.^=]

I'm reading "The Incas" by Craig Morris and Adriana Von Hagen. You know...for fun!

~*Mara*~ = ^.^ =

[Katia11]

LOL... I reread A Christmas Carol for like the umpteenth time the other day. Nothin' like a little reaserch to put you in character mode.

Mary, that sounds like a twister! LOL. I love Calvin and Hobbes. I had actually never heard of it till I met my husband. His family loves it.

I want to read Three by Ted Dekker again. That was a SUPER good book and I did NOT see the ending coming at all. So much better then the movie.

P.S. Mara, sounds.... uhm.. interesting?

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Has anyone heard of The Manga Guide series?! It rocks! I'm actually learning about electricity(one of the 9 topics they have) and having fun at the same time!!

[SweeneyxxTodd]

Right now I'm reading Matched by Sally Condie. It's a romance, which I don't usually read, but it's so good. It's not typical romance. It's a dystopian, government controls everything romance. That's what makes it worth reading.

[Cinnamon Ninja]

Oh yeah, I've heard of that. I'd heard it wasn't that good, but now I think I'll try it.

I'm just beginning on 'Questors' by Joan Lennon. I do like her books. She writes good fantasy, and she's quite funny to boot.

[SweeneyxxTodd]

One of my big sisters read it first. She says the end isn't that great, but that the rest is. I've only about four and a half chapters in, and so far I really like it.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

I guess no one's heard of it cuz no one's commented about it yet. Guess they just didn't see my posts about it. Trust me; it's an awesome series, though!!