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Glad you are following Sharp Objects and Room with Me Talk Pretty One Day. You'll need the humour after those two!! (I loved all three)
Love The Outsiders! I read it at school and it's one of the books I've re-read several times
I recently finished reading How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway. I absolutely fell in love. The book really hit close to home for me. I'm half Japanese and my mom died while I was young before she had a chance to tell me all the details of her own story of coming to America. My Grandmother doesn't speak English very well but the stories she told me were almost exactly the same as in this book (including family names!). Despite this being a fiction novel I felt like I learned a lot about my own family history. I suspect many Japanese families who came over after WWII have similar stories. I HIGHLY recommend this book to EVERYBODY!
Steph, I've not heard of that one but it's lovely that you felt such a connection to it. :-)
2015 Reading Challenge [Closed]
Books mentioned in this topic
How to Be an American Housewife (other topics)Little Women (other topics)
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness (other topics)
Me Talk Pretty One Day (other topics)
Looking for Alaska (other topics)
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1. A book with more than 500 pages :
The Goldfinch
2. A classic romance:
Jane Eyre
DONE! --> 3. A book that became a movie:
The Fault in Our Stars
4. A book published this year:
TBD
DONE! --> 5. A book with a number in the title:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
6. A book written by someone under 30:
The Icarus Girl
7. A book with nonhuman characters:
The Hobbit
DONE! --> 8. A funny book:
Bossypants
9. A book by a female author:
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
10. A mystery or thriller:
Sharp Objects
DONE! --> 11. A book with a one word title:
Room
12. A book of short stories:
Me Talk Pretty One Day
13. A book set in a different country:
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
DONE! --> 14. A nonfiction book:
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
DONE! --> 15. A popular author's first book:
Looking for Alaska
DONE! --> 16. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet:
Uganda Be Kidding Me
17. A book a friend recommended:
The Outsiders
18. A Pulitzer-Prize winning book:
Breathing Lessons
19. A book based on a true story:
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list:
Yes Please
DONE! --> 21. A book your mom loves:
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
22. A book that scares you:
Three Hundred Million: A Novel
23. A book more than 100 years old:
Little Women
24. A book based entirely on its cover:
The Flame Alphabet
DONE! --> 25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't:
Silas Marner
26. A memoir:
Running with Scissors
27. A book you can finish in a day:
A Clockwork Orange
28. A book with antonyms in the title:
Cold Tea on a Hot Day
DONE! --> 29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit:
How to Be an American Housewife
30. A book that came out the year you were born:
A Lesson Before Dying
31. A book with bad reviews:
Le Divorce
32. A trilogy:
Fifty Shades Trilogy
DONE! --> 33. A book from your childhood:
Dinosaurs Before Dark
34. A book with a love triangle:
Flat-Out Love
35. A book set in the future:
California
DONE! --> 36. A book set in high school:
Twisted
DONE! --> 37. A book with a color in the title:
White Oleander
38. A book that made you cry:
A Child Called "It"
39. A book with magic:
Stardust
40. A graphic novel:
Dexter #1
41. A book by an author you've never read before:
Everything I Never Told You
DONE! --> 42. A book you own but have never read:
Flowers for Algernon
43. A book that takes place in your hometown:
Criss Cross
44. A book that originally written in a different language:
The Reader
45. A book set during Christmas:
Searching for David's Heart: A Christmas Story
46. A book written by an author with your same initials:
Missing
47. A play:
Blues for an Alabama Sky - Acting Edition
48. A banned book:
Elmer Gantry
DONE! --> 49. A book based on or turned into a tv show:
Gossip Girl
50. A book you started but never finished:
Happy Accidents