October 2023 book of the month club - 4 year anniversary / final month – Choose Your Own from “100 Books Everyone Should Read” list

[MoochNNoodles]

Rereading/bingeing is the real mark of a good book for me! I’ve got a series in mind to do that with again but I’m trying to work on my TBR pile. So many books, so little time.

rubysmama I never knew about Hoopla!!! Thank you so much!!

Hoopla is how I’m getting a lot of the novels my kids are supposed to read this year. We only get 4 things per month but between the 3 of us that’s enough. Or I guess DH will have to go get a library card too. I don’t know if getting an educator card will give me more access.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

So many books, so little time.

TeII me about it! I have over 2000 on my Goodreads "To Read" Iist, and the Iist grows daiIy! I figure that I'm going to have to shoot for immortaIity, just to get my reading done!

 

[rubysmama]

Just giving this thread a little bump, as it had fallen to page 2, and October 1st is only 13 days away.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

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Just giving this thread a little bump, as it had fallen to page 2, and October 1st is only 13 days away.

That's ok...didn't even rattIe my teeth!

 

[rubysmama]

We're a couple of days closer to October. And though not trying to rush through September, am excited to see how many of the "100 Books Everyone Should Read" will get read. Per the poll we currently have 8 yes's and 5 maybe's. Those of you who voted "no", any chance of changing your mind? Anyone else considering reading one of the books? It's the Book of the Month club's "last hurrah", so let's try to make it a mega month of reading.

The list of books can be found here: 100 Books Everyone Should Read | BOOKENDS

For anyone who is unable to access the site, here's the complete list:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
4. 1984 by George Orwell
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
6. The Lord of the Rings (1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkien
7. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
9. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
10. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
11. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
12. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
13. Animal Farm by George Orwell
14. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
15. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
16. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
17. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
18. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
19. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
20. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
21. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
22. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
23. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
24. Night by Elie Wiesel
25. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
26. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
27. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
28. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
29. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
30. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
31. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
32. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
33. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
34. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
36. The Giver by Lois Lowry
37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
39. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
40. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
41. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
42. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
43. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
44. The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson
45. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
46. The Holy Bible: King James Version by Various authors
47. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
48. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
49. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
50. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
51. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
52. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
53. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
54. The Stand by Stephen King
55. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
56. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
57. Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
58. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
59. Watership Down by Richard Adams
60. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
61. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
62. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
63. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
64. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
65. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (#3) by Arthur Conan Doyle
66. Les Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
67. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
68. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
69. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
70. Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
71. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
72. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
73. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
74. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
75. Dracula by Bram Stoker
76. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
77. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
78. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
79. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
80. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
81. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
82. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
83. The Odyssey by Homer
84. The Good Earth (House of Earth #1) by Pearl S. Buck
85. Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins
86. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
87. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
88. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
89. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
90. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
91. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
92. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
93. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
94. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
95. Beloved by Toni Morrison
96. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
97. Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
98. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
99. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
100. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

 

[nurseangel]

It's a great site. Hope your library is affiliated with it.



Did you mean to post this in the September thread?

Perhaps. So many great novels on this list. Of course, I would have to read Stephen King for this one. He is my favorite author!

 

[mani]

So many classics! Many of these I've read, but I've decided that I'm going to go for something I haven't, find my inner kid and read the first Harry Potter.

 

[rubysmama]

I've narrowed down my choices to these 2 books I've always wanted to read.
31. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
41. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

So many great novels on this list. Of course, I would have to read Stephen King for this one. He is my favorite author!

Oh, excellent, that there's a book from your favourite author on the list.

So many classics! Many of these I've read, but I've decided that I'm going to go for something I haven't, find my inner kid and read the first Harry Potter.

It's pretty short, but it's still a good introduction to the Harry Potter series.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

I gave my granddaughter the entire Harry Potter series when she was a IittIe girI. I started her off in third grade, when she was reading weII, and gave her a book every year on her birthday. She toId me that it was so much fun, because she and the kids in the books grew up together!

 

[rubysmama]

We've been discussing a bit more about October, and how we can make this month an enjoyable experience for as many of our fellow TCS readers as possible. One thing we wondered, is if the structure of a "reading period" and "discussion/review period" was too restricting for this type of month. So we're throwing caution to the wind, and getting rid of the reading and discussion rules. Yes! We're going Rules Free!

For this final book club month, you can read whenever you want, and post your review/thoughts on the book whenever you want too. That way, maybe, we'll even have posts throughout the entire month, instead of just a few days during the 3rd week.

But don't forget, you do have to read one of the books off the list of 100 Books Everyone Should Read | BOOKENDS
So I guess there's one tiny rule, afterall.

And to assist with your review/thoughts, here are some questions you can answer outright, or incorporate into your review.

What book did you read from the "100 Books Everyone Should Read" list?
Tell us a little about the book
Why did you choose it?
Had you read it before?
Did you buy the book, borrow from the library, or already had it
Would you recommend it for other readers?

 

[rubysmama]

Happy October Everyone!

It's our final Book Club Month, and though it's sad to see it end, that doesn't mean we can't make this the best reading month yet.

So if you are an avid reader, and I know there's lots of us here at TCS, just choose and read one of the books on the 100 Books Everyone Should Read | BOOKENDS list.

This month there's no set reading or reviewing period. meaning reviews can be posted starting today, and continuing until October 31st. So whenever you finish your book, feel free to post your review and/or answer the below questions.

What book did you read from the "100 Books Everyone Should Read" list?
Tell us a little about the book
Why did you choose it?
Had you read it before?
Did you buy the book, borrow from the library, or already had it
Would you recommend it for other readers?

And if there's anyone who can't narrow down which book to read, you can always read and review more than one.

 

[iPappy]

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Happy October Everyone!

It's our final Book Club Month, and though it's sad to see it end, that doesn't mean we can't make this the best reading month yet.

So if you are an avid reader, and I know there's lots of us here at TCS, just choose and read one of the books on the 100 Books Everyone Should Read | BOOKENDS list.

This month there's no set reading or reviewing period. meaning reviews can be posted starting today, and continuing until October 31st. So whenever you finish your book, feel free to post your review and/or answer the below questions.

What book did you read from the "100 Books Everyone Should Read" list?
Tell us a little about the book
Why did you choose it?
Had you read it before?
Did you buy the book, borrow from the library, or already had it
Would you recommend it for other readers?

And if there's anyone who can't narrow down which book to read, you can always read and review more than one.

I have my "really want to read" list narrowed down to 18 titles from that link. Think I could get away with taking 4 weeks off of work?

 

[rubysmama]

I have my "really want to read" list narrowed down to 18 titles from that link. Think I could get away with taking 4 weeks off of work?

LOL. I think you're gonna have to do some major purging to your "really want to read" list. Well unless that 4 weeks off work wish is doable.

 

[Mia6]

What book did you read from the "100 Books Everyone Should Read" list?
Tell us a little about the book
Why did you choose it?
Had you read it before?
Did you buy the book, borrow from the library, or already had it
Would you recommend it for other readers?

Rebecca

I have read it quite a few times and I chose it because it's been awhile since the last reread. I own it
and would recommend it.

Rebecca Novel Synopsis

Synopsis
Working as a lady’s companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise.

She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs, Danvers

Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman.

synopsis by bookloversreview.com Joanne P.

I love this book more each time I reread it!

 

[rubysmama]

Rebecca
I have read it quite a few times and I chose it because it's been awhile since the last reread. I own it
and would recommend it.

We have our first book read off the list of 100. 99 more to go. Get reading folks !!!

 

[pearl99]

What book did you read from the "100 Books Everyone Should Read" list?
Tell us a little about the book
Why did you choose it?
Had you read it before?
Did you buy the book, borrow from the library, or already had it
Would you recommend it for other readers?

Rebecca

I have read it quite a few times and I chose it because it's been awhile since the last reread. I own it
and would recommend it.

Rebecca Novel Synopsis

Synopsis
Working as a lady’s companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise.

She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs, Danvers

Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman.

synopsis by bookloversreview.com Joanne P.

I love this book more each time I reread it!

I really enjoyed this book, also. And the movie.
And Jane Eyre has always been one of my favorites.

 

[verna davies]

How many books have you narrowed it down to iPappy , still at 18?.

Rebecca is a great choice Mia6 , such a good story and well adapted into a film.

So many good books on the list I may have to read more than one but so far it's Of Mice and Men.

 

[Mia6]

So many good books on the list I may have to read more than one but so far it's Of Mice and Men.

that's a good choice

 

[iPappy]

How many books have you narrowed it down to iPappy , still at 18?.

Rebecca is a great choice Mia6 , such a good story and well adapted into a film.

So many good books on the list I may have to read more than one but so far it's Of Mice and Men.

There are so many I'd love to read, but the longer ones would have me hogging half the bandwidth of this site to recap because there is SO much to talk about. I'm tentatively decided on re-reading "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. It's a very unique book, and I've read it many times. A lot to discuss, but, the book is much shorter at least!

 

[verna davies]

iPappy , just looked the book up as I had not heard of it before. Sounds like a deep book to read.