Challenge: 50 Books discussion

Hitting fifty books will be challenge this year as I've recently become a first time Dad but I'm curious to see just how close to goal I get.

1) Walt Disney: An American Original

I'll be rooting for you to reach your goal!! I'm a first time mom so I know how you feel! :)

Good luck and congrats Jason! :)

Monica wrote: "I'll be rooting for you to reach your goal!! I'm a first time mom so I know how you feel! :)"

Thank you and congrats, Monica!

Alison wrote: "Good luck and congrats Jason! :)"

Thank you!

Congratulations !!

Tiffani wrote: "Congratulations !!"

Thank you!

2) Neuromancer

3) I, Robot

Angela wrote: "Congrats Jason!!!"

Thank you.

4) The Silmarillion

Congrats and looks like you are off to a good start.

I like the looks of what you've read so far! Good luck this year, Jason!

Hailey wrote: "Congrats and looks like you are off to a good start."

Thank you.

Jess wrote: "I like the looks of what you've read so far! Good luck this year, Jason!"

Thank you.

5) John Dies at the End

Jason wrote: "2) Neuromancer

3) I, Robot"

I just read Neuronmancer a couple of months ago. What did you think of it? And how is The Silmarillion? I keep waffling on whether or not to read it.

Mackenzie wrote: "Jason wrote: "2) Neuromancer

3) I, Robot"

I just read Neuronmancer a couple of months ago. What did you think of it? And how is The Silmarillion? I keep waffling on whether or not to read it."

Hi Mackenzie,

This was my second time through with Neuromancer (thouugh the first time was so long ago I barely remembered it) and I enjoyed it. What did you think?

The Silmarillion I enjoyed a lot but it's not a really a novel. Its structured more like a history text so depending on how much you like Lord of the Rings will determine how much you would enjoy it.

It was a very interesting read with some pretty cool ideas. It was weird to think of how far along we've come with technology and how the cyber stuff is not necessarily that far removed from some of what we are capable of now, though I am not sure if humanity will ever reach those levels of bio-engineering.

Mackenzie wrote: "It was a very interesting read with some pretty cool ideas. It was weird to think of how far along we've come with technology and how the cyber stuff is not necessarily that far removed from some o..."

Exactly!

6) The Children of Húrin

7) Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems

Jason wrote: "5) John Dies at the End"

Well... I guess I don't need to read this book. I know what happens at the end. lol

Alison wrote: "Jason wrote: "5) John Dies at the End"

Well... I guess I don't need to read this book. I know what happens at the end. lol"

Haha! I saw it described somewhere (maybe here on Goodreads) as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the Horror Genre and that is a pretty good description.

Jason wrote: "Alison wrote: "Jason wrote: "5) John Dies at the End"

Well... I guess I don't need to read this book. I know what happens at the end. lol"

Haha! I saw it described somewhere (maybe here on Goodre..."

Awww that makes me NOT want to read it now... :(

Mackenzie wrote: "Jason wrote: "Alison wrote: "Jason wrote: "5) John Dies at the End"

Well... I guess I don't need to read this book. I know what happens at the end. lol"

Haha! I saw it described somewhere (maybe ..."

Not a fan of The Hitchhiker's Guide, Mackenzie?

Jason wrote: "Mackenzie wrote: "Jason wrote: "Alison wrote: "Jason wrote: "5) John Dies at the End"

Well... I guess I don't need to read this book. I know what happens at the end. lol"

Haha! I saw it described..."

Well, I enjoyed the first book(bearing the name), but they went downhill for me, until the last couple were read out of stubbornness. Really, it was not so much that they were bad as people talked them up so much that I, unconsciously, had really high expectations.

Mackenzie wrote: "Jason wrote: "Mackenzie wrote: "Jason wrote: "Alison wrote: "Jason wrote: "5) John Dies at the End"

Well... I guess I don't need to read this book. I know what happens at the end. lol"

Haha! I sa..."

That's pretty much the same experience I had with them. John Dies at the End held up better for me though.

8) Back to Blood

9)Neverwhere

10) Warm Bodies

Jason wrote: "10) Warm Bodies"

*chants* Review, review, review!

Tiffani wrote: "Jason wrote: "10) Warm Bodies"

*chants* Review, review, review!"

I had posted one earlier and now I'm seeing that it didn't save (more than likely user error here.) I'm really not sure how to rate the novel. I liked it and Isaac Marion can certainly write, but I'm not the biggest fan of Zombie novels and I tend to not read romance novels either.

I did enjoy this though. Just can't decide how many stars to give it yet. Hopefully after I've rested up from digging out from 30+ inches of snow I'll have the energy to redo the review I'd written earlier.

Jason wrote: "Tiffani wrote: "Jason wrote: "10) Warm Bodies"

*chants* Review, review, review!"

I had posted one earlier and now I'm seeing that it didn't save (more than likely user error here.) I'm really not..."

Is this the novel upon which he movie is based?

Mackenzie wrote: "s this the novel upon which he movie is based? "

Yes, indeed it is :)

11) Foundation

12)Weaveworld

13) The Colossus of New York

I sort of feel like I'm cheating adding this one to the list but it's such a fantastic love letter to NYC that I'm going to count it.

14)Mexico City Blues

15)Children of Dune

16)The October Country

You are doing great!

Tracey wrote: "You are doing great!"

Thank you, Tracey.

17) Pirate Latitudes

18) Dubliners

19) Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

20) The Outsiders

21) Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

22) Carrie

23) Punk Rock Jesus