I think the last book I read in swedish was the Da Vinci Code, I read it before I went to see the movie. When was this? 2006?

"Hard Choices" - Hillary Rodham Clinton

So far, so good.

"If I Stay" by Gayle Forman.

Very emotional towards the end, with a lot of flashbacks throughout the book. I decided to read it before seeing the movie, which I plan to see soon. I like how the author made it seem like the ending was going to be obvious, but then made that sudden turn around. I think whichever way the book went, I would still have cried.

Well, I was going to read that lol.

Just finished "The Giver" for an introductory novel study.

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I actually completely agreed with the dystopian society's rules and thought Jonas made the wrong call. But that might be because I hate the name Gabe and was perfectly okay with him dying.

Next up is "The Wild Children," a cheery romp through poverty-stricken Soviet Russia.

JJ @ 11/1/2015 3:02

Well, I was going to read that lol.

I didn't spoil anything, did I? I still would recommend reading the book! The only time I got really emotionally was near the end, and that's cause I'm just a big baby. It's a good read and I managed to read the whole thing in almost a days time. It's a pretty short book.

Has anyone read the Dark Tower series? I am contemplating if I should continue on with it.

There's a sequel to If I Stay called Where She Went....so Moose you can borrow that from me. And JJ you can still read If I Stay and then have the sequel to look forward to??

papershiki @ 11/1/2015 11:03

There's a sequel to If I Stay called Where She Went....so Moose you can borrow that from me. And JJ you can still read If I Stay and then have the sequel to look forward to??

Oh men, there's a sequel? That's pretty cool, but then again I think I would have preferred if there was just the standalone book. I think the way the author left it at the end have readers a chance to imagine their own ending, so I don't know if I'll read the sequel quite yet.

Moose @ 11/1/2015 11:13

papershiki @ 11/1/2015 11:03 There's a sequel to If I Stay called Where She Went....so Moose you can borrow that from me. And JJ you can still read If I Stay and then have the sequel to look forward to?? Oh men, there's a sequel? That's pretty cool, but then again I think I would have preferred if there was just the standalone book. I think the way the author left it at the end have readers a chance to imagine their own ending, so I don't know if I'll read the sequel quite yet.

Yeah at first I was wary of the sequel because, like you said, it's a good standalone but the sequel will surprise you.

well, i was going to read the sequel...

itsbrianyay @ 11/1/2015 12:08

well, i was going to read the sequel...

Brian I'll mail it to you...you can borrow it ;)

Ari @ 11/1/2015 7:16

Has anyone read the Dark Tower series? I am contemplating if I should continue on with it.

I have good sir, how far along are you?

Chris25 @ 12/1/2015 0:17

Ari @ 11/1/2015 7:16 Has anyone read the Dark Tower series? I am contemplating if I should continue on with it. I have good sir, how far along are you?

Finished the first one, currently like 10% done with the second one

Im going to spoiler this up if someone wants to read the first one

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Bit MEH I think. The main story was uninteresting until at the very end (when he finally caught up with the man in black). Him uninterestingly travelling 95% of the book to get one interesting chapter at the end is really not satisfying. The man in black did bring up some interesting points that might surface into some good plot but who knows! I really hate the narrative. Sometimes its the main character thinking of the past. Sometimes its things happen in current time (is it happing in current time?) and then he mentions things that havnt happened which suggests that the character is telling the story in the future? I am really not sure. It kinda breaks the immersion when he mentions stuff like that On that point, I hate how he spoils future plot points by mentioning how something is going to happen. Like he mentioned that the boy was going to die 3-4 chapters before it actually happened. Whats my motivation for continuing on reading if he is just going to continuously tell me everything interesting that might happen a few chapters ahead. Arg! I also feel like some of his descriptions are really lacking. I feel myself reading the same sentences over and over trying to visualize whats happening but its just missing something. I dont always feel like this throughout the book, but it happened on numerous occasions. I dont know if its just King´s writing to go straight to the point but it is kinda annoying to not be exactly sure what is happening. I sometimes have to read a bit further to get more context and then be like "oh, thats probably what happened". I didnt have this problem when I read Pet Sematary, which I really liked. Ive started with the second book but it isnt really motivating me to keep on reading. Why should I be interested in these 3 people he is looking for? Maybe I just dont care what happens to the Gunslinger? :D Maybe Game of Thrones has just spoiled me with all their interesting characters!

Ari @ 12/1/2015 4:41

Chris25 @ 12/1/2015 0:17 Ari @ 11/1/2015 7:16 Has anyone read the Dark Tower series? I am contemplating if I should continue on with it. I have good sir, how far along are you? Finished the first one, currently like 10% done with the second one Im going to spoiler this up if someone wants to read the first one Spoiler + Bit MEH I think. The main story was uninteresting until at the very end (when he finally caught up with the man in black). Him uninterestingly travelling 95% of the book to get one interesting chapter at the end is really not satisfying. The man in black did bring up some interesting points that might surface into some good plot but who knows! I really hate the narrative. Sometimes its the main character thinking of the past. Sometimes its things happen in current time (is it happing in current time?) and then he mentions things that havnt happened which suggests that the character is telling the story in the future? I am really not sure. It kinda breaks the immersion when he mentions stuff like that On that point, I hate how he spoils future plot points by mentioning how something is going to happen. Like he mentioned that the boy was going to die 3-4 chapters before it actually happened. Whats my motivation for continuing on reading if he is just going to continuously tell me everything interesting that might happen a few chapters ahead. Arg! I also feel like some of his descriptions are really lacking. I feel myself reading the same sentences over and over trying to visualize whats happening but its just missing something. I dont always feel like this throughout the book, but it happened on numerous occasions. I dont know if its just King´s writing to go straight to the point but it is kinda annoying to not be exactly sure what is happening. I sometimes have to read a bit further to get more context and then be like "oh, thats probably what happened". I didnt have this problem when I read Pet Sematary, which I really liked. Ive started with the second book but it isnt really motivating me to keep on reading. Why should I be interested in these 3 people he is looking for? Maybe I just dont care what happens to the Gunslinger? :D Maybe Game of Thrones has just spoiled me with all their interesting characters!

Well the 2nd book is better than the 1st and the 3rd and 4th are really the best books in the series.

I thought the first book started off slow but the flashback stuff to when Roland was a kid and training to be a gunslinger was the stuff i really liked about that book.

King does usually foreshadow wayyyyy too much and wayyyy too specifically, but that was really the only one I remember sticking out throughout the rest of the series.

As a whole, this is one of my favorite book series of all time along with Game of Thrones. It might not be your thing but I know it picks up more and more as the story goes along.