2016 Tournament of Books
- Descripción
- 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
por Kent Haruf
2,329 miembros
225 reseñas
4
Puntuacion 49.24
Añadido 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
por Angela Flournoy
978 miembros
56 reseñas
3.8
Puntuacion 45.39
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:33 AM
- 15 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, mathgirl40, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, asawatzky, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Explicaciones
- 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
por Lauren Groff
3,795 miembros
211 reseñas
½ 3.6
Puntuacion 43.7
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:33 AM
- 15 Members
- weavinglibrarian, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, sduff222, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, edparks, GCPLreader, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK
4
por Anthony Marra
900 miembros
75 reseñas
½ 4.3
Puntuacion 38.7
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:34 AM
- 12 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, sduff222, edparks, mathgirl40, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Explicaciones
- teresakayep: This is good, solid storytelling, very moving.
5
- 12 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, sduff222, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, KatyBee, poingu, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
6
por Anne Tyler
3,046 miembros
207 reseñas
½ 3.6
Puntuacion 31.29
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:37 AM
- 11 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, raidergirl3, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, poingu, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Explicaciones
- 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
por Jim Shepard
452 miembros
27 reseñas
3.8
Puntuacion 29.53
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 12 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, mathgirl40, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Explicaciones
- 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
3,848 miembros
151 reseñas
3.9
Puntuacion 28.02
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:35 AM
- 10 Members
- weavinglibrarian, teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, RidgewayGirl, KatyBee, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK
- Explicaciones
- 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
- Explicaciones
- teresakayep: It's a solid piece of crime fiction, well-written, with no major flaws or annoyances.
10
por Hanya Yanagihara
7,364 miembros
326 reseñas
4.1
Puntuacion 27.96
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 10 Members
- teresakayep, LittleTaiko, lsh63, RidgewayGirl, edparks, GCPLreader, poingu, BrandieC, kara.shamy, voleuseCK
- Explicaciones
- 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
por Valeria Luiselli
622 miembros
28 reseñas
½ 3.5
Puntuacion 23.12
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:34 AM
- 9 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, LittleTaiko, sduff222, RidgewayGirl, nomadreader, poingu, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Explicaciones
- 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
por Chris Adrian
74 miembros
9 reseñas
3.2
Puntuacion 21.71
Añadido 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
- Explicaciones
- teresakayep: So much fun! I have a tin ear for satire, but this made me laugh and laugh.
14
484 miembros
25 reseñas
½ 3.5
Puntuacion 19.78
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:32 AM
- 8 Members
- teresakayep, LittleTaiko, sduff222, poingu, BrandieC, asawatzky, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
- Explicaciones
- 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
- 6 Members
- sduff222, nomadreader, poingu, asawatzky, voleuseCK, brocksteve88
16
por John Irving
1,144 miembros
50 reseñas
½ 3.3
Puntuacion 15.21
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:37 AM
- 6 Members
- teresakayep, zhejw, RidgewayGirl, edparks, poingu, voleuseCK
- Explicaciones
- 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
100 miembros
11 reseñas
2.8
Puntuacion 13.1
Añadido 2016-02-03, 10:36 AM
- 6 Members
- zhejw, LittleTaiko, poingu, BrandieC, voleuseCK, brocksteve88