2025 Reading Challenge discussion

What did you and your twin decide to read? Come back when you've finished it, and let us know what you thought!

These are August's twins:
Zara
Mariko

Stefani - SpelingExpirt
Brianna

Alison
Kelsi

Katelyn
Kai

Sara
Londa

Jodi
Sarah

Tiffany
Tammy

Kayla
Kathryn

Karin
Jessica

Jordan
Emily

Karina
Smitha

Rosemarie
♥Jackie♥

Samantha
Anna

Soph
Kara

Kathryn and I have decided to read The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

Mariko and I decided to read The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by Wm. Paul Young

I just finished this book this morning. I loved it. My review can be found at: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Zara: I read the shack last month and absolutely loved it. I can't wait to hear what you both think.

Zara wrote: "Mariko and I decided to read The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by Wm. Paul Young"

The Shack was a book that stayed with me for a long time afterward. There is a new book out from the same author and I would love to read that one. Enjoy it.

Londa and I are going to read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

Karina and I have decided upon Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Smitha wrote: "Karina and I have decided upon Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers"

Hi Smitha. This is a book I've wanted to read for a while now. It's been on my TBR list for I don't know how long. I'll be interested to know what your thoughts are about it.

sure, will keep you posted.

I LOVED Stiff. I think I've gifted it to more people than any other book. All my friends have loved it.

...wow, I have friends with bizarre taste in book topics.

:)

Smitha wrote: "Karina and I have decided upon Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers"


That is on my list. I hope you post your thoughts about it here.

Good. Am eager to start, then.

I haven't heard from Kai :'(

i wrote kelsi and havent heard from her yet.

Don't worry--Kai and Kelsi are both regular participants. Give them a few more days; I'm sure they'll turn up. :)

I haven't heard from Jessica either, but I'll wait a few more days.

Emily and I decided to read What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen. I'm really excited. It's been siting on my shelf since it's release.

-Jordan

I thought Kai was.

I talked to Kelsi and we decided to read The Picture of Dorian Gray. Im into classics this year, so I'm excited to knock another one off the list!

Soph and I will be reading If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino. Neither of us have had particularly good luck with postmodernism, but we both had this book on our TBRs, so we're going to give it another shot.

Alison wrote: "I talked to Kelsi and we decided to read The Picture of Dorian Gray. Im into classics this year, so I'm excited to knock another one off the list!"

I saw the movie of this book years ago. I enjoyed it's unique spin on the main issue (I won't tell you what it is as I don't want to spoil it for you). I do have the book on my shelf but I've never opened it.

Samantha and I will be reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

Sarah and I are going to read . I hope it is good. It is a big one! It has really good reviews for it, so I am looking forward to it.

Karin and I will be reading The Chaperone.

From the looks of everyone's choices so far there are some GOOD books that will be read in August.

I LOVED Gone Girl and I really enjoyed The House at Riverton. Lots of fun books being read! Fun!!!

Is it too late to sign up for August?

Colby, I'm sorry, but it is. All the pairs have been set. If someone else who hasn't signed up yet would like to join you, you can join that way; alternatively, the September sign-ups will be up by the end of the week, and you can definitely sign up for that! :)

I'll sign up to have a second TBR twin with Colby if that will work. It looks like we have some good TBR books in common.

That would be perfect, Jessica. Thank you!

Tammy and I decided to read Smitten. I have already finished and can not wait to discuss!

Jodi wrote: "Sarah and I are going to read . I hope it is good. It is a big one! It has really good reviews for it, so I am looking forward to it."

I've been wanting to read this. looking forward to hearing what you both think of it!

I'm such a slacker, and I JUST started my TBR Twin book tonight.

How's everyone else doing with their books?

Sara and I had a great discussion of Gone Girl!

I finished The Picture of Dorian Gray and am waiting for Kelsi to finish it. She starts back to college this week or next week, so I don't know how much time she will have to read and discuss it. I really liked it though. I was amazed at how a picture can really change someone's life.

Jodi and I had a good discussion on The Name of the Wind and we both really enjoyed it.

Talia wrote: "Jodi wrote: "Sarah and I are going to read . I hope it is good. It is a big one! It has really good reviews for it, so I am looking forward to it."

I've been..."

I did enjoy the book Talia. There were parts that frustrated me and characters I would like to smack in the head but I think I was supposed to feel that way.

Thanks Jodi! Hopefully I'll be reading this book next month.

I keep getting Name of the Wind confused with Shadow of the Wind... two totally different books.

I got a kick out of reading Gone Girl this month with Londa. It was fun to guess who the bad guy was and it was a perfect doesn't-make-me-think-too-hard kind of book for summer. The first person writing of Gillian Flynn was really easy to read even if the storyline wasn't any great literature.

Karina has already finished Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and am halfway through. Its interesting and I'll be speeding up my pace so that I can discuss it with her before I start my September challenge.

Samantha and I read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I finished it a few days ago and I was just in love with it. It took me maybe the length of Part I to get into it and really embrace Death's perspective but once I did...wow! Haven't heard from Samantha yet but it's only been a day or two since I messaged her...she may still be reeling from my gush of random thoughts...lol!