Monday, August 13, 2012
100 Best-Ever Teen Novels (NPR List)
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157847723/top-100-teen-books
(The Complete List)
1. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling (READ)
2. The Hunger Games (series), by Suzanne Collins (READ)
3. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (READ)
4. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green (READ)
5. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien (READ)
6. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger (READ)
7. The Lord of the Rings (series), by J.R.R. Tolkien (WATCHED THE MOVIES)
8. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (READ)
9. Looking for Alaska, by John Green (READ)
10. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (READ)
11. The Giver (series), by Lois Lowry (READ)
12. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (series), by Douglas Adams (OWN IT BUT HAVEN'T READ IT)
13. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
14. Anne of Green Gables (series), by Lucy Maud Montgomery
15. His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
16. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky (READ)
17. The Princess Bride, by William Golding
18. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding (READ)
19. Divergent (series), by Veronica Roth
20. Paper Towns, by John Green
21. The Mortal Instruments (series), by Cassandra Clare
22. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
23. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes (READ)
24. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
25. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon (READ)
26. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
27. Twilight (series), by Stephenie Meyer (READ)
28. Uglies (series), by Scott Westerfeld
29. The Infernal Devices (series), by Cassandra Clare
30. Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
I only decided to post the top 30 books. What do you guys think about the list? I always think its hard to make theses types of lists because people will never agree. The list is missing a lot of great books and writers.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Last night, I was watching Pawn Stars on the History Channel and they purchased and sold a first-edition copy of Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls." I can't even imagine paying that much for a book, but then again I don't have that kind of fuckin' money to spend on a book. It would be nice to have a first-edition of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in my book collection. One can only dream. I buy used books, get them as gifts (best gift to give me in case any of you want to buy me a gift), download on my nook and occasionally buy a book at full price. If I buy a book at full price its on impulse. I can't help myself and I don't just come out with one book. The Pawn Stars episode got me thinking that I haven't read much Hemingway. I've only read the The Sun Also Rises and A Moveable Feast. Recently, I read Paula McLain's "The Paris Wife" which is about Hemingway and his first wife Hadley Richardson. The first link below is to The Pawn Stars episode. The second link is to the Ernest Hemingway Museum in Oak Park in case you live in the Chicagoland area.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
NEXT BOOK?
Should this be my next read? Please comment.
SYNOPSIS FROM AMAZON: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Life of Pi
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/bookclubquestions/a/life_pi_q.htm
Life of Pi's expected release date is November 21, 2012. The first link is information about the movie. The second link is book club discussion questions.
The coming-of-age story surrounds the son of a zookeeper who survives a shipwreck by stowing away on a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and a Bengal tiger.
MUST READ!
Its historical fiction set in Chicago (my hometown) circa 1893 during the World Fair where serial killer H.H. Holmes used the fair to lure his victims.
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