The Next Best Book Club discussion

Update:

First-Reads (10 points):
157. The Help by Stockett

Total: 60 points

51. Water For Elephants by Saru Gruen

total: 10 points

aw.........just seven this year. plus one re-read. but over the span of 30 years about 44

I have read 15 and re-read 2, so that is 160 points?

Where did the list come from?

51. Water For Elephants Sara Gruen
**124. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

**Newest
Total 20 pts!

Lyn wrote: "I have read 15 and re-read 2, so that is 160 points?

Where did the list come from?"

The list was created by the members here at The Next Best Book Club. It's in another thread here.

Recently read in bold:

1. I Capture the Castle (10 pts)
4. The Book Thief (10 pts)
5. The Kite Runner (10 pts)
9. The Bell Jar (10 pts)
22. The Giver (10 pts)
31. The Time Traveler's Wife (10 pts)
35. Little Women (10 pts)
41. Watership Down (10 pts)
61. The Thirteenth Tale (10 pts)
63. Rebecca (10 pts)
66. A Great and Terrible Beauty (10 pts)
93. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (10 pts)
117. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (10 pts)
135. A Prayer for Owen Meany (10 pts)
138. The Little Prince (10 pts)
139. Twilight (10 pts)
145. 1984 (10 pts)
153. The Virgin Suicides (10 pts)

YTD: 180 pts

10-4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 
10-17. The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 
10-26. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 
10-31. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 
10-35. Little Women-Louisa May Alcott 
10-40. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hossieni 
10-77. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 
10-91. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 
5-103. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 

total 85 points

Recently read in bold:

1. I Capture the Castle (10 pts)
4. The Book Thief (10 pts)
5. The Kite Runner (10 pts)
9. The Bell Jar (10 pts)
17. The Shadow of the Wind (10 pts)
22. The Giver (10 pts)
31. The Time Traveler's Wife (10 pts)
35. Little Women (10 pts)
41. Watership Down (10 pts)
61. The Thirteenth Tale (10 pts)
63. Rebecca (10 pts)
66. A Great and Terrible Beauty (10 pts)
93. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (10 pts)
117. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (10 pts)
135. A Prayer for Owen Meany (10 pts)
138. The Little Prince (10 pts)
139. Twilight (10 pts)
145. 1984 (10 pts)
153. The Virgin Suicides (10 pts)

YTD: 190 pts

Books Read This Year: 19
#31 was a re-read, so I have 185 Points - WOW!


4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

17. The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

31. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

40. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hossieni

51. Water For Elephants by Saru Gruen

61. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

77. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

80. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

83. The Scarlet Letter -Nathaniel Hawthorne

96. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

101. The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse

112. Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
113. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
114. Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

128. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

130. The Princess Bride by William Goldman

145. 1984 - by George Orwell

149. Angels and Demons - by Dan Brown

Recently read in bold:

1. I Capture the Castle (10 pts)
4. The Book Thief (10 pts)
5. The Kite Runner (10 pts)
9. The Bell Jar (10 pts)
17. The Shadow of the Wind (10 pts)
22. The Giver (10 pts)
31. The Time Traveler's Wife (10 pts)
35. Little Women (10 pts)
41. Watership Down (10 pts)
61. The Thirteenth Tale (10 pts)
63. Rebecca (10 pts)
66. A Great and Terrible Beauty (10 pts)
93. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (10 pts)
117. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (10 pts)
135. A Prayer for Owen Meany (10 pts)
138. The Little Prince (10 pts)
139. Twilight (10 pts)
145. 1984 (10 pts)
153. The Virgin Suicides (10 pts)
157. The Help (10 pts)

YTD: 200 pts

51. Water For Elephants Sara Gruen
**83. The Scarlet Letter -Nathaniel Hawthorn
124. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

**Newest
Total 30 pts!

10 Points

4.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: 1/13/09
23. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery: 6/9/09
31. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger:1/27/09
35. Little Women-Louisa May Alcott: 8/14/09
117. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows: 2/5/09

Total: 50 Points

I have a bunch of these on my shelf to read, hopefully I will get to them soon!

Updates in BOLD

First-Reads (10 points):
3. Persuasion by Jane Austen
7. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
25. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
51. Water For Elephants by Saru Gruen
62. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
71. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
93. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo
112. Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
117. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
157. The Help by Stockett

Re-Reads (5 points):
n/a

Total: 100 points

47. Pillars of the Earth (10 pts)
40. A Thousand Splendid Suns (10 pts)
69. What is the What (10)*
80. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (10 pts)
103. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronteal (10 pts)
116.Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (10 pts)

Total: 60 pts
(* = updates to my list)

Just have one to add - shown in bold:
Books Read This Year: 20
Brings me to 195 Points (#31 was a re-read)


4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

17. The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
31. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
40. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hossieni
51. Water For Elephants by Saru Gruen
61. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
77. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
80. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
83. The Scarlet Letter -Nathaniel Hawthorne
94. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

96. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
101. The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
112. Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
113. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
114. Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
128. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
130. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
145. 1984 - by George Orwell
149. Angels and Demons - by Dan Brown