This post led to many a marvelous suggestion about books that I should read. And this list is lighting a fire under my oh-so-lovely-behind to get crackin'...a book club to form and books, books, books to read (25 before the big birthday). So... all this got me thinking. I'm adding this little collage above to my sidebar. One click on it will lead you here to this post (this ever-evolving, constantly in need of edits post). The idea is that this is a place where you (yes, you!) can leave suggestions or book reviews. It's (in a sense) a little online book club. I'll let you know what I'm reading and publish reviews as I check off those 25 books. And I'll pass on my all time favorites. So, here we go...
25 books before
25th Birthday:
1. Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies
2. The Emporer's Children by Claire Messud
3. Dancing on Thorns by Rebecca Horsfall
4. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. The Namesake
6. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
7. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
THE READERS SPEAK...THEIR SUGGESTIONS:
The Hero and the Crownby Robin Mckinley
suggested by Sarah-Lucy
The Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Geniusby David Eggers
suggested by Red
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Lifesuggested by Sarah-Lucy
A Tree Grows in Brooklynby Betty Smith
suggested by Megan
The Poison Wood Bibleby Barbara Kingslover
suggested by Katie
Suite Francaise
Water for Elephants
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Sex Lives of Cannibals
The Unwanted
Observatory Mansions
The Shadow of the Wind
The Historian
The Feast of Love
Suite Francaiseby Irene Nemirovsky
suggested by Katie
Water for Elephantsby Sara Gruen
suggested by Katie and by Red
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicleby Haruki Maurakami
suggested by Katie
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoby Junot Diaz
suggested by Katie
The Sex Lives of Cannibalsby Maarten Troust
suggested by Christie (she said it was quite possibly the funniest book she's ever read)
The Unwantedby Kien Nguyen
suggested by Christie
Observatory Mansionsby Edward Carey
suggested by Christie
The Shadow of the Windby Carlos Ruiz Zafon
suggested by Mariah
The Historianby Elizabeth Lostova
suggested by Mariah
The Bone Man of Benares
by Terry Tarnoff
suggested by Tina Tarnoff
The Feast of Loveby Charles Baxter
suggested by Thao
The Time Traveler's Wife (NOW READING)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Time Traveler's Wife (NOW READING)by Audrey Niffengger
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeby Mark Haddon
suggested by Krysta
The Dud Avocado
by Elaine Dundy
suggested by iheartkiwi
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
The God of Animals
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Closeby Jonathan Safran Foer
suggested by Krysta
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
The God of Animalsby Aryn Kyle
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
suggested by Lauren
The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss
suggested by JulieD
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
The Blind Assassin
suggested by Tina Tarnoff
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith
suggested by hay
The Blind Assassinby Margaret Atwood
suggested by Gabby
photo credits (clockwise):
kate spade ad, yellowbird on flickr,
(need your help on this one),
and found via {this is glamorous}
28 comments:
oh, The Time Travelers Wife and The History of love are two of my favorite novels! I hope you enjoy them!!!
You should add The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon to your list!!! Two more of my favorites!
Some of my very favorites:
Observatory Mansions by Edward Carey
The Unwanted by Kien Nguyen (if you like non-fiction)
The Sex Lives of Cannibals by Maarten Troost (quite possibly the funniest book I've ever read).
Enjoy!
This is a great idea! I'll keep checking back :)
Yay!! I am SO glad you decided to do this. I just went to the library today and I wandered around for a long time trying to decide what to borrow ... now I'll always have some suggestions on hand. (And also some more reasons to avoid reading Ulysses!) I hope you enjoy The Time Traveler's Wife as much as I did and please do send any recommendations my way too!
25 before 25! congrats on scratching this off your list. you chose some amazing books for the journey.
Hooray Ms. Meg! What a great selection of books. And seriously, reading Animal, Vege, Miracle...changed my eating habits. I hope you like it.
My other two faves on your list are Curious Incident of Dog.... I laughed so hard I almost wet my pants.
AND I love anything Margaret Atwood.
blessings to you and your inspiring down-to-earth blog.
xoxo MMW
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
VERY funny
loved on beauty, the time traveler's wife and the curious incident, and especially extremely loud and incredibly close.
i recommend the brief wondrous life of oscar wao by junot diaz, the wind-up bird chronicle by haruki murakami, water for elephants by sara gruen, suite francaise by irene nemirovsky, and the poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver. the best part about living in nyc is all the time i have on the subway to read :) hope you enjoy some of these.
i heart your virtual book club! planning on following along... hope you love the dud avocado as much as i did.
'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith
(Any of Betty's novels are worth a read.)
I love this!
book covers are delish!!! I've been wanting to read "The History of Love." Let us know when you get to it, so that I can read along with you... like a book club! :)
also, "Feast Of Love"-- Thao, did they make a movie of this with Greg Kinnear and Morgan Freeman? if so, I LOVED it. Splendid!
you must read "water for elephants" and "A heartbreaking work of staggering genius". Really anything by David Eggers is brilliant.
Micaela: My goodness, they DID make a movie! I didn't know. Another thing to add to my Netflix!
I just finished "The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life" by Amy Tan and I totally loved it.
And one of my favorite books of all time is "The Hero and the Crown" by Robin McKinley. She's one of my favorite authors.
I'm reading the History Of Love right now and I love it. You will love it too, i believe.
I absolutely LOVE "The Hero and The Crown" Robin McKinley is one of my favorite authors.
It's probably too late to add books to your list; but I recommend "The Bronze Bow" by Elizabeth George Speare, and "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson.
Quick reads, but oh so good!
Oh! And I have to suggest "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.I cried my eyes out in this book..it was phenomenal.
meg- what did you think of "happens every day?" ... let me know.
Hi Meg, i've just finished *The Time Traveler's Wife* and it was awesome... I was alone at home while reading the end of the story, i was so sad thinking what if something like that happened to my fiancé (at work at this moment) and guess what ? He did text me at the exact moment i started to cry, just to say he was thinking of me... It made me laugh, could he be something like Henry ?
I wonder what to read next, i must pick a book from your list (already read "The History of Love" which is truly beautiful...)
Sleep Toward Heaven, Amanda Eyre Ward.
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella is a definitely a must read.
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is an amazing memoir. Definitely check it out.
I also liked Enough: Breaking free from the World of More by John Naish
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is incredible, too.
the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime is EXCELLENT. i read it in two days and have been spreading the word ever since! so great. as is extremely loud and incredibly close
The Shadow of the Wind is an absolutely beautiful love story. I could not put it down and felt like a 10-year-old again.
this is a cool idea! (: but ah, i planned to read 25 books a year. (: i guess i cheat cos i'm a lit student. here's a couple i fell in love with:
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Bernard Schlink's The Reader
Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper
Marisa De los Santos' Love Walked in.
(:
this might be neverending! but its lovely to see a blog thats so dedicated to books and reading! (: <3
Some great books on the list!
The Book Thief by Markus Zurzac (sp?) - favourite book of all time.
What about Loved Walked In or Belong To Me by Marisa de los Santos. The second book is amazing. Amazing. (but it's the story following the first book... so whatever.)
I love Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox. While it is about open water swimming, it is about much much more.
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