Challenge: 50 Books discussion

1. The Death of Ivan Illyich by Leo Tolstoy

how was this book?

I had a really hard time with it. It's very circular and I wasn't really sure what exactly "Ivan" learned in the end.

2. Syrenby Angie Sage

Dracula by Bram Stoker

I quite liked this book. The image of Stoker's Dracula is much creepier than many vampire books or movies of today.

4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

5. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

6. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

I have gotten into the Percy Jackson series recently as they have been recommended to me often. I like them, and enjoy the mythology, but they seem a bit predictable to me. I've often guessed what's going to happen just by the title of each chapter.

7. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
8. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
12. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
13.I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
14. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

15. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

16. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
17. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
18. Uglies by Scott Westerfield

19. Pretties by Scott Westerfield
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

21. Lockdown by Traci Hunter Abramson

22. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
23. Specials by Scott Westerfeld
24. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
25. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
26. All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! by Mel Bartholomew
27. Living Up the Street by Gary Soto

28. The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
29. The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
30. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer

31. Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
32. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Chelsi wrote: "I had a really hard time with it. It's very circular and I wasn't really sure what exactly "Ivan" learned in the end."

He learned that family and personal relationships were more important than the world of materialism.

33. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
34. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
35. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan

36. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert