this summer i want to read 100 books.

vivalajuicy

so tell me! which ones should i read?
i havent read a good book in a looong time.
and i dont want any suggestions that are as long as the davinci code
..cause thats a huuuge book.

just a simple novel that you think is good.

thanks!

crazykiki · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:23 am Post subject:

right now, im reading "the five people you meet in heaven" by mitch albom
its short and it seems pretty good so far.
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DeadDisco · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

^That's a good book.

I liked most of Sarah Dessen's books and they aren't massive.
Scroll through the What Are You Reading Now thread and see what people have been reading.
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babiee_nicky · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject:

Haha, vivalajuicy we have the same goal!
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i just read huckleberry finn and right now im reading alice in wonderland... i love them both

vivalajuicy · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

^^haha omg thats awesome!
everyone thought i was crazy, they were like 'why would you want to READ?"
lol, im excited. ill check that thread out, thanks!

t3hmimo · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:08 am Post subject:

yay! love reading, love promoting reading too! Have you joined Teen SRC? Do they have it there? Cause... with 100 books, you could win A LOT of prizes!

I agree with DeadDisco, Sarah Dessen has good books that aren't extremely long. Robert Cormier is also a favourite of mine, the Chocolate War was good and I couldn't stop crying after reading I Am the Cheese.

Jodi Picoult is another favourite but her books are much longer. My Sister's Keeper and the Pact are my favourites.

If you have time, the Time Traveler's Wife is definitely worth reading. So are Kite Runner and a Thousand Splendid Suns!

for Funny, I'd read the Confessions of Georgia Nicoloson and the shopoholic series. Quick reads, anything by Meg Cabot, especially her earlier novels written in email/letter form are funny and easy to read and understand.

Mystery and Suspense, you can't deny Christie Agatha, she is a classic mystery writer!

Historical Fiction, Georgia Phillpa is a favourite <3!!! She's best known for writing the Other Boleyn girl but honestly, she's written better. The latest in the Boleyn series in the Boleyn Inheritance and that has been my favourite so far. Though her books are quite long~

I'll add more when I can think of it

Happy reading!
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DeadDisco · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject:

Oh yes, The Time Traveller's Wife is really good. And I've heard great things about The Kite Runner, and want to read it soon.

I also liked,
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Running With Scissors
Go Ask Alice
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emcee · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject:

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Jonathan Norrell & Mr. Strange by Susanna Clarke (REALLY LONG)
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (and the subsequent books)
Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Atonement - Ian McEwan

That's all I can think of now...I pretty much listed all my favourite books, haha

vivalajuicy · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject:

thanks so much, girls!
i love the lists, it makes things so much easier.

but i do usually like to read funny books or ones that the author has some kind of sense of humor.
i dont usually go for the 'history-ish' books, but ill try them out. i trust your judgements!

there was this one book i read, i really wish i rememberd its name. i hope someone recognizes it. it was about this guy that liked to write alot. he was in love with his bestfriend and occasionally hed talk about his life then theyd show his writing/diary in italics and i remember one entry said something like 'i walk away from your house after my visit. a part of me wants to look back and see if youre watching me leave" then the rest says something about how if he looks back and shes not watching him, itll hurt him. so he decided to not look back and leave it unknown..
iduno, i just hope someone has read it and recognizes what im talking about
cause ive been DYING to figure out who wrote it. i really wish i wrote it down.
i think its the best novel ive ever read.

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_TNA_ · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

^^If you don't like those kind of books, try reading the Gossip Girl series! And Pretty Little Liars.

EMCEE I LOVE all the books on your list!
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electricpearls · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject:

emcee, I LOVE JEFFREY EUGENIDES. you took most of the books i was going to say.

one of my favourites is white teeth by zadie smith
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babiee_nicky · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject:

Vivalajuicy, how many books have you read so far? I've only just gotten half way through my 30th book of the summer. A far cry from 100 I know =(
I think I was aiming a bit to high. Next summer I'll try to read 50 books, which is probably a little less ambitious.
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missally · Supermodel Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 729 Smiles: +8 544

^ well 100 books over the summer is more than 1 book a day... closer to 2! id say 30 is still pretty impressive though

boarderlinefrenzy · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:

Lets see, one summer I read 75 books because I was trying to beat the amount of books Stephen King reads in a year.

Heres some:
Blue Like Jazz, Of Mice and Men, Gentelman's Agreeement, Cincinnati Yankee in King Aurther's Court, How Starbucks Saved My Life, Secret History, Persuation, Tuesdays With Morey, Walk Two Moons (again), War of the Worlds (again), My Sister's Keeper, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Black Like Me, Invisble Man (Ellison, not Wells), Godfather, Rocket Boys, and others. that's all I can remember.
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babiee_nicky · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:

Thanks missally! boarderlinefrenzy, how many books does Stephen King read in a year?
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boarderlinefrenzy · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:19 am Post subject:

^about 85 to 90.

He reads at the table, at the gym, every where.
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