Friday, October 23, 2009 QUESTION:Name up to three books published in the last decade that you have not yet read that you have “book guilt” about not reading.
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Sherman Hughes The Great Gatsby Lonesome Dove War and Peace Beverly Rowe THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown DUMA KEY by Stephen King JOLIE BLON'S BOUNCE by James Lee Burke Debbie Miller The Other Boleyn Girl The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Mountains Beyond Mountains Diana Trabanco The 5 People You Meet in Heaven Marley & Me Jerri Patton 29 GIFTS by Cami Walker --- I'm on day three of giving. I really like the whole concept of random acts of kindness and pay it forward. ZEITOUN by Dave Eggers --- I love Dave Eggers's writing. WHITE DEVILS ON THE SILK ROAD is my book club selection for this month. I highly recommend it. Linda Miller The Story of Edgar Sawtelle The Art of Racing in the Rain The Help Geneva Saville I don't have any guilt --- I read only what I feel like reading. Some people read only popular books; I like to read reviews and just browse the library shelves to see what strikes my interest. Tanya THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski Mary The Devil in the White City Middlesex Lisa THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon And I started but couldn't finish ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt Janet The Kite Runner The Glass Castle Ellen I feel a little "book guilty" about Ken Follett's THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH and WORLD WITHOUT END, and also about some of the "classics" I have yet to read. So many books, so little time... Bonnie Capuano None...I only buy books that I love. It just so happens that they are on the Bestseller List. HA Hayden Water for Elephants Eat, Pray, Love Three Cups of Tea Lynne Perednia All three The Girl Who books --- because of Ali's enthusiasm! Sharon The Secret Life of Bees The Poisonwood Bible A Thousand Splendid Suns Mary Branham Dan Brown's books and THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE. I liked the movies but could not get into the books. Mary The Life of Pi Sheila Kahn The Lost Symbol On Gold Mountain Beth Cummings All of these are actually on my shelf waiting to be read: THE HELP THE WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO EAT, PRAY, LOVE Iva Stegeman World Without End The Fiery Cross Bridge of Sighs Tamara Randi Life of Pi The Kite Runner
Tsemidey When Crickets Cry Handle with Care The Da Vinci Code Sunnie THE TERROR by Daniel Simmons THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown Kathy I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb Sprite TWILIGHT, because I tend to dismiss it without having tried it.
FAST FOOD NATION, because I know I want to have that knowledge but don't want to make the changes in my life that will have to result from it.
TEAM OF RIVALS, because I love Doris and recommend everything she's written. Mary Q. The Da Vinci Code The Time Traveler's Wife The Book Thief L Merrill The Kite Runner Marie C. The Red Tent Rita Bueter The Glass Castle The Shack Rita Bueter The Glass Castle The Shack Carol Grubbs LOVING FRANK BESIDE A BURNING SEA THE SHADOW OF THE WIND Marilyn Moore The Kite Runner Lois Robertson THE DA VINCI CODEe by Dan Brown is the one that I remember. Kathy Vieira Oh, the embarrassment of this question! I actually have three copies of THE KITE RUNNER (each of my kids needed to read it for school) and I've never picked one up. My book discussion group read this one as soon as it came out in paperback and sadly, I've never read a word.
Another book that everyone raved about was LIFE OF PI. I actually read 99 pages and disliked it so much that I put it down. I think I'm the only one to ever dislike this book and invoke the 100-page rule!! Krishna THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield and THE FIRE by Katherine Neville Lin Livingston Tuesdays with Morrie The Da Vinci Code Angels & Demons Patty Shogren The Story of Edgar Sawtelle The Wednesday Sisters The Divide Jo The Book Thief My Sister's Keeper The Da Vinci Code Carol Crumpton THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett, THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini and LIBERTY AND TYRANNY by Mark R. Levin Sharon W The Da Vinci Code The Shack Angels & Demons Sandra Hughes Three books I haven't read that have been on my list a long time are LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry (saw the movie about 4 times and is one of my very favorites), ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN' by Rick Bragg and A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith. Megan The Kite Runner The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Life of Pi Debbie D. The Da Vinci Code My Sister's Keeper The Kite Runner
Carmen Guerra I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS by Tom Wolfe
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett Mickey Memoirs of a Geisha Teresa Harry Potter Seabiscuit Jerri Patton PUT OUT MORE FLAGS by Evelyn Waugh Marian Long Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Road The Book of Negroes Teri The Harry Potter series (but I started to read it now) Jan English Griffin HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG --- I started it, but knew it was a 'sad one', and was just not in the mood for 'sad'. However, feel I have missed a good book. Dianne Heffernan The Da Vinci Code Cheryl Currently reading I CAN SEE YOU by Karen Rose. I rate it as a 5+. It is a fast-paced suspense thriller with multiple sub-plots. This is the first time I have read her books but it will definitely not be the last. Diane Reuss CHARLATAN: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock
THE RIVER OF DOUBT: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journeys by Candice Millard
NEW ENGLAND WHITE by Stephen Carter Lois I don't feel guilty about it, but some of the biggies --- Harry Potter, TWILIGHT, and THE DA VINCI CODE. Karen Perry A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS by R.J. Ellory
PROMISES IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
CREAM PUFF MURDER by Joanne Fluke Joan Steinberg THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follet Julie The Zookeeper's Wife World Without End A Reliable Wife F Tessa Bartels I don't really experience "book guilt" as I am usually the one who reads everything before anyone else in my circle. BUT ... I haven't gotten to THE HELP yet. (I bought it, but haven't read it.) In my defense, my book club will be reading it come Spring, and I'm waiting till then so it's fresh in my mind for discussion. Kate Green Two books I have not read that everyone else appears to: THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold and THE MIDDLE PLACE by Kelly Corrigan. Norma Vieweg The Last Lecture The Da Vinci Code The Lovely Bones Jennifer Darling The Shack |