Malaysian Reads discussion

I'm joining you guys. With this list so big and my huge tbr books, here it goes:


1. A book with more than 500 pages11/22/63

2. A classic romanceThe Grand Sophy

3. A book that became a movie The Light Between Oceans

4. A book published this year Broken

5. A book with a number in the title The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

6. A book written by someone under 30 The Monk

7. A book with non-human characters The Marvelous Land of Oz

8. A funny book Young Men in Spats

9. A book by a female author The Inconvenient Duchess

10. A mystery or thriller The Redbreast

11. A book with a one-word title Middlesex

12. A book of short stories Little Red Riding Hood and Other Classic French Fairy Tales

13. A book set in a different country The Lady Risks All

14. A non-fiction book Martha Washington: An American Life

15. A popular author’s first book Looking for Alaska

16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet Again the Magic

17. A book a friend recommended The Good Guy

18. A Pulitzer Prize winning book Beloved

19. A book based on a true story They Got It Wrong: History

20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list Running with Scissors

21. A book your mom loves Vintage Singapore

22. A book that scares you The Star

23. A book more than a hundred years old The Country of the Blind

24. A book based entirely on its cover Night Film

25. A book you were supposed to read in school but you didn’t
26. A memoir The World According to Bob

27. A book you can finish in a day A Death

28. A book with antonyms in the title David and Goliath

29. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit The Fault in Our Stars

30. A book that came out the year you were born
31. A book with bad reviews Bitter Fruit

32. A (part of a) trilogy House of Many Ways

33. A book from your childhood
34. A book with a love triangleNerd in Shining Armor

35. A book set in the future Little Brother

36. A book set in high school Worst Story On Wattpad

37. A book with a color in the title Red Dragon

38. A book that made you cry A Monster Calls

39. A book with magic Enchanted Glass

40. A graphic novel Rodrick Rules

41. A book by an author you’ve never read before The Baron Next Door

42. A book you own but never read Six Suspects

43. A book that takes place in your hometown KL Noir: Red

44. A book that was originally written in different language Nemesis

45. A book set during Christmas A Wallflower Christmas

46. A book written by an author with your same initials The Pursuit of Love

47. A play Lady Windemere's Fan

48. A banned book
49. A book based or turned into a TV show The White Queen

50. A book you started but never finished

BTW, thank you to Hikaoru- I'm plagarising your thread for the list (too lazy to type it all here. Sorry)

I am currently reading Anthony Bourdain's book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. Is it going to be under non-fiction or memoir?

I'd put them under the category I'm less likely to read again. I was pretty happy to check the trilogy off my list although it could have gone under one or two other categories!

Welcome aboard!

I agree with Georgette. I might even cheat and change category later lol!

Thanks, warhawke & Georgette. I guess I'll do what you both suggested

I won't consider it cheating. :) I too would swap out a category or two if I'm having trouble finding certain books to fit into it.

yup.... no fun if u can't flex d list

Just finish the second book... A romance by Georgette Heyer: The Grand Sophy

Next is a book that became a movie The Light Between Oceans. It's been in my tbr shelf for more than a year. It's time to blow the dust off its covers.

Neenee wrote: "Next is a book that became a movie The Light Between Oceans. It's been in my tbr shelf for more than a year. It's time to blow the dust off its covers."

It's going to be a movie?!
OMG! I love that book, it's so beautiful. It gave me a really long hangover :D

Yess, it is!! Coming out this year maybe. And Michael Fassbender is playing Tom. ... Soooo exciting isn't it?

I'm totally fangirling right now haha!

The Light Between Oceans
Oh, so sad... This book shouldn't be so sad.

I'm stumped to find books that are published this year. Any idea, anyone? Cheapstake Alert: I'm only willing to pay RM8 or less for that book.

Neenee, just wondering, are doing the challenge in sequence?

Yup, that's OCD in me working

Whaaat?!



You're a champion haha!
Good luck to you :D
By the way, I wish I can help with book less than RM8 published this year, but I have no idea lol!

Hahaha!! that's cute. i think i need to skip no. 4 first lah

warhawke wrote: "Whaaat?! "

Yay! I found a free book published in 2015 in the Google Play over the weekend. I thought it has some steamy smutty stuff. Naah.. nothing, nichts. It's just dry. What do you expect from something free nowadays!

Next is for "A book with a number in the title"

Ok, I know it doesn't sound that fun that I follow the list religiously to a T. It is just like an itch. But I can see that I need to skip and jumble around somewhere down the list. I will do that but for now...

It will be a mean feat if you can do that!
But don't worry, you have a whole year to do it :D

Finished with . An interesting take on Botswana people and their mysteries. But I feel something is missing... Everything seems so simple there. I like the earlier Alexander McCall Smith book that I read.

Anyhow, I think I have to skip (at last, warhawke) the next book in the list, a book written by someone below 30. Looking at my tbr shelf, all these authors either are over 30 or I don't know their age when looking at their bio.

You know what, I thought the age thing might be a problem for me too because author don't usually put their age in their bio. But I look at it this way. I look at their picture. If they look young I'd say that qualify as below 30 lol!

warhawke wrote: " But I look at it this way. I look at their picture. If they look young ..."

Yeah, that's a good idea. But all writers of my tbr books look older that 30 to me. Heheh.

Now, to the next book with non-human characters:The Marvelous Land of Oz (Books of Wonder). I got this book for free when I bought my Samsung tablet some years ago. Just perfect for this category.

Next is for something funny. Maybe a P.G. Wodehouse'. I bought one of his books last year

Done the funny book with Wodehouse' . I found it's not that funny. But maybe it's because of the different era and culture.

For the next item on the list, I visited the book by one of my favourite female authors: Diana Wynne Jones . I miss her a lot.

10. A mystery or thriller - checked. with jo nesbo's the redbreast.

the next book with one word title will be middlesex by jeffrey eugenides

I am going to skip book on no. 21. I asked my mom she said she doesn't have any favourites. Oh well....

Anyway, for 'the book that scares you', I am reading A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls didn't scare me, but made me cry. So I'm going to do another jump and put it under no. 38 - a book that made you cry.

Wow~ you're doing really good progress with unique books for each requirement!

Thanks, Yen. But it takes like forever for each category

Neenee wrote: "Thanks, Yen. But it takes like forever for each category"

Keep it up! We still have many weeks to go for 2015~~

Yen wrote: Keep it up! We still have many weeks to go for 2015~~"

I'll try to keep up :D