You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

List by Author names:



A: Adiga: The White Tiger
B: Briggs: Raven's Shadow :
C: Crais Suspect
D : Dicker La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert
E : Evanovich: Notorious Nineteen
F : Fluke : Peach Cobbler Murder
G : Grissom: The Kitchen House
H : Howey: Wool Omnibus
I:  Ishiguro : The Unconsoled:
J: Johansen: Firestorm
K: Koontz: Forever Odd
L: Laferrière L'Énigme du retour
M: Miéville Railsea
N: Nesbo L'homme chauve-souris
O: Orwell 1984
P: Pennac La Fée carabine
Q: Queffélec Les Noces barbares
R: Rothfuss The Name of the Wind
S: Senécal Ce qui se passe dans la cave reste dans la cave
T: Thúi Mãn
U: Ulris Mitla Pass.
V: Vinton The Jungle Law
W: Weeks The Blinding Knife
X: Xiran Baguettes chinoises
Y: Yu: Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery
Z: Zafón El juego del Ángel

Whatvdid you think of The White Tiger? I disliked the main character so much that I couldn't appreciate anything about the book.

I meant "I'm reading this one next". I should start it tonight or tomorrow. I will let you know.

Are you doing high or low octane, Esther?

Forgot about that.. Well, i am doing last names. Correct me if i am wrong but it can be either low or high, right? If so i might go for high. If i can get it done early enough i might go for round #2.

You've got the right idea, Esther! Call it high and then you can move on to the second task if you complete the first one.

Hi, Esther. So thrilled you are participating in the challenge with us! You have started with a bang! Have fun with it! : )

I am taking this as a way of getting rid of my TBR. The pile has grown so big the I expect to get a city notice for building without a permit. I have a few that are always pushed back. White Tiger being one of them. (now don't go telling me that I will add as much as I remove, I am still happy in denialland.)

Esther wrote: "I am taking this as a way of getting rid of my TBR. The pile has grown so big the I expect to get a city notice for building without a permit. I have a few that are always pushed back. ..."

lol
Odd, your goal seems similar to the one I started out with.

So far I have knocked several "home library" ones off the list in favor of something someone else has posted, and which I can only get from an outside source.

I can read my "at home books" anytime; must have a newly mentioned one now!☺

Esther wrote: "I am taking this as a way of getting rid of my TBR. The pile has grown so big the I expect to get a city notice for building without a permit. I have a few that are always pushed back. White Tiger ..."

LOL! Let us know how things are in denialland in a month or two :D

Oh, dear, we all start out with the best intentions. I don't know what happens to us along the way. And I don't have the shopping gene that so many females have, but I could spend hours in a bookstore...happily. LOL

Good luck knocking down that tbr pile!!! * wink

jaxnsmom wrote: "What did you think of The White Tiger? I disliked the main character so much that I couldn't appreciate anything about the book."

Well, one down. The White Tiger: read

Jaxnsmom, I took me a while to get into this one to be honest. Mostly because I did not care much about the main character. Not as much as you did, but it did turn what could have been a really good book into a ok one.

You've made a start and knocked off the first book! Every book read is a bonus.

Look at you! On book 2 already! Go girl! ; )

No go... :)
I am back reading La fiancée américaine which could be classified as a weapon. Thick book with a really small font. It is taking me forever but it is sooooooooo good. The alphabet will continue after the toppler.

B done. Raven's Shadow. Not a bad book, but that's about it. I will read the sequel eventually so I know the rest of the story, but I am in no hurry to do so.

C done. Suspect. Definitely an entertainment, as all Crais' books. I could not put it down. I really like the dog angle. But if you remove Maggie (the dog) from the equation, the story is not up to Crais' other books.

Started the D book last night.

I am home sick. The 2 first nice days of spring and I spend them in bed. The only good thing is that I got my D book done between naps. I am taking a break from the alphabet. I am going back to The Gunslinger and The Lies of Locke Lamora that I read for another group.

I hope you feel better soon, Esther. At least you're getting some time to read. :)

Janice wrote: "I hope you feel better soon, Esther. At least you're getting some time to read. :)"

Thanks. I am sure I will.

After zipping through four alphabet books you deserve a break!

I stared my E book. Erikson's Gardens of the Moon. I heard good things about it. We shall see.

I was too lazy to go out to my car to get my "E" book. So I started my F book: In the Heart of Darkness.

Esther wrote: "I am home sick. The 2 first nice days of spring and I spend them in bed. The only good thing is that I got my D book done between naps. I am taking a break from the alphabet. I am going back to The..."

What's The Lies of Locke Lamora like?

Sarah wrote: "Esther wrote: "I am home sick. The 2 first nice days of spring and I spend them in bed. The only good thing is that I got my D book done between naps. I am taking a break from the alphabet. I am go..."

It took me a while to get into it but once I was there I could not let go. The book has "intermission sections" here and there between chapters of the main story. It is a nice way to give the background story without having to do a big thick introduction section at the beginning of the novel. The story is fun but I found it a bit lacking at times. I also had to stretch my “suspension of disbelief” a bit thin. Lynch surprised me a few times in what happens to his characters. A negative point, I do not care for Locke. Bottom line, It will not make my top ten but I probably will read another one in the series.

Thanks Esther. This book keeps coming up in my recommendations based on other books I've read.

I had put my E book aside to accomodate group reads and challenges but I realised that I read the lastest Evanovich somewhere in there. Then I listened to a Joanne Fluke and read a Grissom during the Toppler.

I am now at H!!!!! yeaaaaaaaaaaah.

The toppler worked out well for you!

Way to take care of two things at once!

For my H author, I have read Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1). I had heard good things about it but I did not expect to like it this much. Could not stop reading. Simple story, but well done.

Done with I, The Unconsoled, and on with K, Firestorm, which, probably will not be anything to write home about judging by the 1st chapters.

Done with my K book, Forever Odd, definitely a cute series.

On with my L book. L'Énigme du retour.

I am going to add Odd Thomas to my TBR - this series keeps popping up in these threads and sounds interesting.

Marnie wrote: "I am going to add Odd Thomas to my TBR - this series keeps popping up in these threads and sounds interesting."

While I would never it is a great series, i find it cute and different.

L done. As it happens, i am in line for a M book at the library. I am going to read "just because" and then decide if i wait or read out of my TBR.

Finished listening to Railsea. A YA novel by China Miéville. A really fun listen.

Read the 1st Harry Hole, L'homme chauve-souris (The Bat). I cannot say I like it that much. But I will give the series another chance and read the 2nd one as I believe the most annoying thing about it was the translation.

Next is a reread, 1984

Esther wrote: "Finished listening to Railsea. A YA novel by China Miéville. A really fun listen.

Read the 1st Harry Hole, L'homme chauve-souris (The Bat). I cannot say I like it that much. But I will give the s..."

Did you read The Bat in French? I started the series with the seventh book, The Snowman, and the eighth book, The Leopard, before I read The Bat. I'm really enjoying the series. I think his writing may have been weaker in the beginning.

Janice wrote: "Esther wrote: "Finished listening to Railsea. A YA novel by China Miéville. A really fun listen.

Read the 1st Harry Hole, L'homme chauve-souris (The Bat). I cannot say I like it that much. But I ..."

Yes I did read it in French as I cannot read it in its original version. As everyone is pretty much telling the same thing, that the next ones are better, I am going to go on. And hope the translator retired in the process. :)

I just realized that I have not updated this for a while. I read o, P, Q. Next for R, one book I have been wanting to read for a while: The Name of the Wind, which i should start this weekend.

I finished The Name of the Wind. And i am so glad it is finished. I may actually have a decent night of sleep tonight. :)
seriously, I really liked it.

S is still undecided. I have 3 S author that could be chosen.

The Name of the Wind is worth losing sleep over :)

Finished my S book. Next book should be Mãn for T.

I have The Name of the Wind on my TBR list. Nice to know it is worth waiting for until I get to it. I will have to save up on my sleep before I start though, huh? LOL!

Esther wrote: "I finished The Name of the Wind. And i am so glad it is finished. I may actually have a decent night of sleep tonight. :)
seriously, I really liked it.

I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I know how you feel - I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read the next one but it's 1000 pages so - Christmas holidays might be a good time to read it for me then I'll have more time to read it in a short space of time.

Cherie wrote: "I have The Name of the Wind on my TBR list. Nice to know it is worth waiting for until I get to it. I will have to save up on my sleep before I start though, huh? LOL!"

Well, we seem to have somewhat similar tastes, so be prepared. :)

Sarah wrote: "Esther wrote: "I finished The Name of the Wind. And i am so glad it is finished. I may actually have a decent night of sleep tonight. :)
seriously, I really liked it.

I'm pleased you enjoyed it. ..."

The 2nd one is planned for "post alphabet" time. And when i am done with my list of new fantasy author. I have been in a fantasy binge this year. I had not really read a lot of it for years. And did not realized that i had missing a lot. I had discovered Weeks and Sanderson, but i had missed Lawrence, and Rothfuss. I still have 3 books in my "new to me" tbr and i will be going back to the kingkiller.

Well. I am reading Mitla Pass for my U book and started listening to The Jungle Law as a V book. Both being toppler books.

Not sure about the latest. I barely started but it does not grab my attention so far. We shall see.

Next is one I have been dying to read The Blinding Knife.

Well, U and V done. Starting on W[book:The Blinding Knife|12499290. This one should be a quick read. Who needs sleep?

And my snail is stuck in snow. (yes, we have the white stuff falling here today)

Snow already? Yikes. At least that's good reading weather for your last 4!

Rusalka wrote: "Snow already? Yikes. At least that's good reading weather for your last 4!"

I should not last. It usually starts really piling up in December. But yeah. I wish i could have stayed home, under a blanket and read today.