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Post by Queen on Mar 7, 2017 13:18:41 GMT -5
GoodReads has published their winners for 2016
Any that you've read?
Any high on your 'want to read" list?
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Post by Webs on Mar 7, 2017 13:50:58 GMT -5
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Post by Webs on Mar 7, 2017 13:52:56 GMT -5
I seriously do not want to read The Cursed Child.
I read a synopsis and thought it sounded like far fetched fan fic (which is exactly what it is).
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Mar 7, 2017 15:25:48 GMT -5
I read The Cursed Child.
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Post by kneazle on Mar 7, 2017 17:20:03 GMT -5
I've read one - you can probably guess which.
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Post by Liiisa on Mar 7, 2017 19:13:37 GMT -5
Out of the winners, I've read: The Underground Railroad (fantastic); out of the nominees, I've read "Before the Fall" (gripping)
I don't see anything in the winners on my immediate to-read list, but in the nominees lists there's tons of stuff. In fiction there's Ann Patchett, Helen Oyeyemi, and Yaa Gyasi; there's also that Gaiman there in sci-fi that I'll undoubtedly read. In nonfiction there's Evicted, and almost half of the science books. There's also a couple graphic novels in there, like Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Black Panther," and the John Lewis book. There's also a couple books in Humor by people who I follow on Twitter and should probably support eventually....
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Post by scrubb on Mar 7, 2017 21:09:14 GMT -5
Well, now I want to read The Underground Railroad.
Only nominee I've read is the Anne Patchett.
I also want to read the Gaiman non-fiction - View from the Cheap Seats
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Post by lillielangtry on Mar 7, 2017 23:55:43 GMT -5
I've read a few of the nominees - Madeleine Thien (very good), Ian McEwan (awful). The Underground Railroad and Homegoing both sound good, but I've got a long to-read pile as it is and trying not to buy loads of books...
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Mar 8, 2017 0:30:52 GMT -5
I also want to read the Gaiman non-fiction - View from the Cheap Seats I started that and was loving it, but it is one of those books that I prefer to dip in and out of and sadly I ran out of time to finish it. So I'll have to get it from the library again. |
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Post by sophie on Mar 8, 2017 11:02:26 GMT -5
Just finished 'the view from the cheap seats', and it took me months...but in a good way. The essay format makes it easy to out down and pick up. Some of the essays were more interesting than others, but so many of them gave me some 'mmmm..let me think about that' moments.
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Post by sophie on Mar 8, 2017 11:05:54 GMT -5
Just finished Cormac McCarthy's The Road. It is well written, but I didn't like it. Too dark, too negative for me. I looked at it as a biology dissections.. Bits are interesting. It all works together beautifully, but it was overall an unpleasant experience and part of me wonders if there is something unethical about it.
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Post by Liiisa on Mar 8, 2017 14:27:42 GMT -5
Just finished Cormac McCarthy's The Road. It is well written, but I didn't like it. Too dark, too negative for me. I looked at it as a biology dissections.. Bits are interesting. It all works together beautifully, but it was overall an unpleasant experience and part of me wonders if there is something unethical about it. I absolutely despised that novel! Well, like you said it was really well written, but eugggh. Just read that Kim Stanley Robinson's novel about post-climate-change NYC is out - this is now at the top of my to-read list. |
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Post by weeg on Mar 8, 2017 14:57:27 GMT -5
I haven't read any of those. Tbh though, I tend to wait intil books have been out a while and are therefore cheaper. My most recent biography read is Brice Springsteen, which I like greatly.
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Post by mei on Mar 9, 2017 10:22:59 GMT -5
haven't read any of the winners. As far as the others, haven't looked through all categories, but for Sci-Fi: Death's End which is excellent. Really want to read the new Jonathan Safran Foer, The Underground Railroad,
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Post by mei on Mar 9, 2017 10:24:14 GMT -5
oh, and now I also want to read the Kim Stanley Robinson that Liiiisa mentioned.
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Post by Queen on Mar 9, 2017 11:06:05 GMT -5
Thanks Webs for posting the link. Underground Railroad Commonwealth Do not say we have nothing all got added to my reading wish list... and I've just checked good reads and I have 92 books on that list... Given that I read about 50 books a year this is the task of Sisyphus. |
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Mar 12, 2017 6:40:03 GMT -5
I have Truly Madly Guilty on my TBR shelf.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Mar 12, 2017 6:40:59 GMT -5
I have Truly Madly Guilty on my TBR shelf.
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