Sweet Coraline

I finished reading Coraline last night, Neil Gaiman's fantasy horror novella about a little girl who explores the dark corridors of her peculiar house and the very farthest reaches of her imagination. I got to read the last few chapters out loud, which I love doing. Hooray for books! As I mentioned before, I counted how many times I LOL'd while reading it. Well, more precisely, I noted how many times I laughed out loud, but I haven't gone back and counted them yet.

JoeSoChallenges Daily Reading Update

I love books that make me laugh. Books that make me laugh out loud, LOL, as it were, I love even more. I just started Neil Gaiman's Coraline and the first chapter made me laugh, out loud, exactly four times. I'll try to count how many more times I do the same. 

Paul Auster's A Man in the Dark, the first book I read for my challenge remains with me. Truly delightful to read, Auster's novel unveils three generations of a family -- daugher, mother, and grandfather -- each grieving for their own loss, the loss of a loved one, and then healing, healing through the power of story telling. 

For a quick 30 minute read the other day I grabbed Ruth Stiles Gannett's classic children's tale My Father's Dragon. This tale of adventure and ingenuity on Wild Island puts a smile on my face and a sparkle in my eye.

30 Day Challenge Update -- Reading

Toward the end of my 30 day no alcohol challenge I really started looking forward to my next challenge -- reading every day. I foresee no major hurdles in accomplishing this delightful task. Halfway through day 3 I finished my first book of the month, Paul Auster's touching tale of three generations of a family dealing with their losses and insomnia by telling stories, Man in the Dark. Classic Auster, the book's intertwined stories deliver something both personal and social, intimate and distant, in such a way that keeps you mostly nodding your head but occasionally scratching it. I had it on my Kindle, and just sent myself another book this afternoon to read on the Kindle -- The Power of Habit -- which I think fits well with what I hope to achieve through these 30 day challenges.

Reading Suggestions For Next 30 Day Challenge!

Joe Valeri

suggestions on what to read please ... I like engaging non-fiction, contemporary fiction, and ... harry potter

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  Avniel Dravid Almost finished with this one...really enjoying it, as well as all of his other books. It might be too "main stream" for you -- not sure  
  
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  The Third Chimpanzee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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  Avniel Dravid I also thought Hunger Games was brilliant...but also might be too main stream...then again you like Harry Poooper????!

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  Daniel Ritchey REAMDE

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  Stephen Jasionowski for nonfiction you can't go wrong with anything by Mark bowden

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  Katie Valeri I read the hunger games series in 3 days and really liked it. I like the Maggie hope series but may be too girly. I like john Greene. A thousand splendid suns is my favorite book ever. Buzzfeed did a recent post: http://www.buzzfeed.com/.../books-to-read-before-they-hit...
  

  
  

  14 Books To Read Before They Hit The Big Screen

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  Because 99% of the time, the books are better than the movies. Some of these film adaptations, though, look really promising.

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  Caitlin Rettaliata What is the What

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  Rohit Dharwadkar Incognito- non fiction on the workings of the brain. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, fiction about a tale of carnies who take a bunch of drugs while pregnant to create freaks for their act. The Art of Fielding. Reading it right now. Chabon-esque fictional story about intersecting lives.

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  Michael Alexander The Luminaries by Elanor Catton just won the Man Booker prize.

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  Clay Flaherty Non-fiction: "Unbroken" by Lauren Hillenbrand. Fiction: "World War Z" by Max Brooks / "The Magicians" by Lev Grossman. Harry Potter: "Prisoner of Azkaban" (duh).

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  Kelli Rodgers Goldschmidt Geek Love is one of my absolute favorite books. Have you read any Haruki Murakami yet? I liked Hardboiled Wonderland at the End of the World and the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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  Tim McGuigan Neil Gaiman - Ocean at the end of the lane!

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  Bryan Winchell I second and third the previous three recommendations. Just listened to Gaiman read "Ocean at the End of the Lane." Very enjoyable. And Murakami is great! For a great modern fantasy series, check out Joe Abercrombie's First Law series. And "The Democracy Project" by David Graeber was a wonderful and important look at the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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  Joe Valeri AWESOME, THANKS! Started a 30 day challenge yesterday and now have plenty to read!

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• Christie Vanorsdale Haruki for the win! I have read almost all.
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