2016 Tournament of Books
- Beschreibung
- It's Rooster time again! Here are the books in this year's tournament. Which have you read and how do you rank them? http://www.themorningnews.org/article/the-2016-tournament-of-books-shortlist-and-judges
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3,879 Mitglieder
151 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 8
Bewertung 28.02
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:35 AM
- 10 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: I don't have any major objections to this, but I also didn't see any reason to love it. Could tie with Teeth and Bats.
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von Anthony Marra
901 Mitglieder
75 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 4
Bewertung 38.7
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:34 AM
- 12 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, sduff222, edparks, mathgirl40, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: This is good, solid storytelling, very moving.
3
von Paul Beatty
3,275 Mitglieder
131 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 5
Bewertung 33.99
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:32 AM
- 12 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, sduff222, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, KatyBee, poingu, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
4
von Kent Haruf
2,339 Mitglieder
226 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 1
Bewertung 49.24
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:33 AM
- 16 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, sduff222, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, edparks, mathgirl40, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, asawatzky, voleuseCK
5
von Anne Tyler
3,065 Mitglieder
209 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 6
Bewertung 31.29
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:37 AM
- 11 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, poingu, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: This has grown on me more and more as time has passed. I especially loved the way the myth built up at the beginning is undercut by the true story at the end.
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von John Irving
1,150 Mitglieder
50 Rezensionen
½ 3.3
Globaler Rang 16
Bewertung 15.21
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:37 AM
- 6 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, RidgewayGirl, edparks, poingu, voleuseCK
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: I could only manage three chapters. Everything about it got on my nerves. It's not ranked last because maybe something in it wouldn't get on my nerves if I read more of it.
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von Angela Flournoy
984 Mitglieder
56 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 2
Bewertung 45.39
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:33 AM
- 15 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, mathgirl40, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, asawatzky, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: A good family saga with a lot of elements I appreciated, especially regarding the way the siblings related to each other. But the haint story didn't quite hand together, and the family was maybe a little too large. (On a different day, I could switch this was The Whites, but it's flaws are bothering me more today.)
8
von Fran Ross
477 Mitglieder
19 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 13
Bewertung 20.47
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 7 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, poingu, asawatzky, voleuseCK
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: So much fun! I have a tin ear for satire, but this made me laugh and laugh.
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von Richard Price
742 Mitglieder
56 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 9
Bewertung 27.98
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 11 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, mathgirl40, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: It's a solid piece of crime fiction, well-written, with no major flaws or annoyances.
10
von Jim Shepard
455 Mitglieder
27 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 7
Bewertung 29.53
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 12 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, mathgirl40, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: I gave up on this one. The young voice and limited perspective seemed realistic, and I appreciated what the author was trying to do. But there's a reason we don't generally read books by 10-year-olds.
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von Lauren Groff
3,759 Mitglieder
212 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 3
Bewertung 43.7
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:33 AM
- 15 Members
- weavinglibrarian, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, sduff222, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, edparks, GCPLreader, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK
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von Valeria Luiselli
625 Mitglieder
28 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Globaler Rang 11
Bewertung 23.12
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:34 AM
- 9 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, sduff222, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, poingu, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Erklärungen
- teresakayep: In a different mood, I might have liked this more, but the narrator got on my nerves, and the section titles felt like a gimmick. There are some funny parts. (Tied with Sympathizer and Bats.)
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100 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
2.8
Globaler Rang 17
Bewertung 13.1
Hinzugefügt 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 6 Members
- zhejw, LittleTaiko, poingu, BrandieC, voleuseCK, brocksteve88