Sunday, December 13, 2015

CHALLENGE: Read a Second Book by that Awesome Author

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I've made my own personal challenge. I've read one book by the author, and loved it. I've been meaning to go back and read another of their books.

I left the list short and manageable, but these are authors I've been meaning to read for quite a while. Sometimes, the book I haven't read is the one that made me notice the author in the first place, but I ended up reading a different book first. Which I loved! So read the second book already!

Feel free to make your own little list. Keep it short. Anyone else remember that TV show, Once and Again? It was made the same people that made thirtysomething. I watched it during the three years it was on.

1. Emily St John Mandel
Read Station Eleven. Always meant to read Last Night in Montreal


2.Tom Perrotta
Read Little Children. Always meant to read The Abstinence Teacher or The Leftovers
- The Leftovers was very good and I'd read another by Perrotta for sure

3. E Lockhart
Read We Were Liars. Always meant to read The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
- loved Frankie! great book, boarding school stuff, feminist awakening, girl not putting up with stuff

4. Claire Messud
Read The Woman Upstairs. Always meant to read The Emperor's Children
- I took this out from the library, and read about 15 pages, but I just wasn't getting into it. It seemed long and I wasn't enticed that early in the book. I had seem some poor reviews as well on LT, so returned the book. I may try it another time, or maybe try a different book by Messud

5. Jane Harris
Read Gillepsie and I. Always meant to read The Observations
- Lots of similarities between Gillespie and I and The Observations - possible unreliable narrator, 1800s, Scotland. Good read, suspenseful, with twists

6. Allegra Goodman
Read Intuition. Always meant to read The Cookbook Collector
- another well written novel, with interesting and real characters. Nice use of 9/11 to tie up the book. I'm not sure how to classify Goodman. character driven stories with some moral dilemmas.




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I love this challenge! I do this so often. I'll discover an author I absolutely love, rave about her books, and then never pick up another one. I'm so glad I'm not the only one. Good luck getting the books read! You've got some great ones listed.
1 reply · active 485 weeks ago
To make the list, I went to my library website and looked at the list of books I had noted to get sometime.
* You've got some great ones listed.*
That's the thing, I know they are great books! I just need to make a list to be able to cross off, and hopefully then I'll read them.
how can i not join a challenge that YOU offer!! i'm in. i'll get a post together about it soon (i hope).
1 reply · active 485 weeks ago
Awesome. I'm not doing anything else about this challenge but this post; I'm glad it interested you as well and that you want to do it too.
I think I may read Allegra (don't you love that name?!) Goodman, too. I've read Kaaterskill Falls maybe 5 times, and her Paradise Park, but I've wanted to read The Cookbook Collector for ages.
1 reply · active 485 weeks ago
I really want to read The Cookbook Collector, but 5 re-reads of Kaaterskill Falls sure makes that one sound good!
me again. i put up a post about the challenge. http://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2015/12/...
It's a great idea, I shall incorporate it into my existing reading challenge, mahy help me choose from the many books on my to read shelf :)
Oh, I love this idea! I feel like there are a lot of authors whose books I enjoy but I don't necessarily go back and reread everything from their backlist. It's cause bloggers are always giving me a steady stream of awesome things to read.
I read Nan's post about your challenge and love this idea! I plan to put together my list once I return from Oregon. Great idea!
1 reply · active 483 weeks ago
So glad you want to do this as well. Welcome, Les!

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