2016 Tournament of Books
- Beschrijving
- 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
1
door Kent Haruf
2,343 leden
226 besprekingen
4
Score 49.24
Toegevoegd 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
2
door Angela Flournoy
984 leden
56 besprekingen
3.8
Score 45.39
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:33 AM
- 15 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, mathgirl40, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, asawatzky, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Verklaringen
- 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.)
3
door Lauren Groff
3,768 leden
213 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 43.7
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:33 AM
- 15 Members
- weavinglibrarian, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, sduff222, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, edparks, GCPLreader, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK
4
door Anthony Marra
904 leden
75 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 38.7
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:34 AM
- 12 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, sduff222, edparks, mathgirl40, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Verklaringen
- teresakayep: This is good, solid storytelling, very moving.
5
door Paul Beatty
3,287 leden
132 besprekingen
3.8
Score 33.99
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:32 AM
- 12 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, sduff222, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, KatyBee, poingu, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
6
door Anne Tyler
3,067 leden
209 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 31.29
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:37 AM
- 11 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, poingu, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Verklaringen
- 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.
7
door Jim Shepard
457 leden
27 besprekingen
3.8
Score 29.53
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 12 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, mathgirl40, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Verklaringen
- 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.
8
door Viet Thanh Nguyen
3,892 leden
151 besprekingen
3.9
Score 28.02
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:35 AM
- 10 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK
- Verklaringen
- 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.
9
- 11 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, mathgirl40, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK
- Verklaringen
- teresakayep: It's a solid piece of crime fiction, well-written, with no major flaws or annoyances.
10
door Hanya Yanagihara
7,488 leden
328 besprekingen
4.1
Score 27.96
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 10 Members
- teresakayep, LittleTaiko, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, edparks, GCPLreader, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, voleuseCK
- Verklaringen
- teresakayep: MY NEMESIS! The plot is just ridiculous. Some of my agitation is at the near-universal early praise when I disliked it so much right out of the gate. I can see why some would find it moving, but I don't get the extreme heapings of praise it got and found it a relief this fall when more critical views surfaced. I might have hated the Irving more if I finished it, but he didn't manipulate me into wanting to finish even when I was miserable reading it. I could see right away to put it down.
11
door Valeria Luiselli
626 leden
28 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 23.12
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:34 AM
- 9 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, sduff222, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, poingu, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Verklaringen
- 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.)
12
door Chris Adrian
74 leden
9 besprekingen
3.2
Score 21.71
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:39 AM
- 9 Members
- weavinglibrarian, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, mathgirl40, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
13
- 7 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, poingu, asawatzky, voleuseCK
- Verklaringen
- teresakayep: So much fun! I have a tin ear for satire, but this made me laugh and laugh.
14
483 leden
25 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 19.78
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:32 AM
- 8 Members
- teresakayep, LittleTaiko, sduff222, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Verklaringen
- teresakayep: I loved the look of this (of course), and I appreciated the way the design is integral to the story. I also liked the way it all comes together in the end and just leaves the paradox there. But holy moly, there are some boring sections, especially in the travel journals, which I resorted to skimming. And the action in the "future" section ceased to make sense. (Could tie with Teeth and Sympathizer.)
15
door Bhanu Kapil
82 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Score 16.01
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:33 AM
- 6 Members
- sduff222, nomadreader, poingu, asawatzky, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
16
door John Irving
1,154 leden
50 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Score 15.21
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:37 AM
- 6 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, RidgewayGirl, edparks, poingu, voleuseCK
- Verklaringen
- 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.
17
door Karolina Waclawiak
100 leden
11 besprekingen
2.8
Score 13.1
Toegevoegd 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 6 Members
- zhejw, LittleTaiko, poingu, BrandieC, voleuseCK, brocksteve88