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Linda's Book Challenge 2009
By an Amazon.com customer
Never Let Me GoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.90
Simply lovely.
WatchmenWatchmen by Alan Moore
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $18.79
Fantastic lead up and twist.
The Last LectureThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Buy new: $14.27 / Used from: $3.28
Egotistical. Is a dying man allowed to ramble on about himself? Of course. Is this book good? Not so much.
The Innocent: A NovelThe Innocent: A Novel by Ian McEwan
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.80
Painfully neurotic protagonist. Bad ending.
InfernoInferno by Larry Niven
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $5.85
Meh.
The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: $9.79 / Used from: $3.96
Really wished this was part of my High School curriculum.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds HistoryMaus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.97
Couldn't put this down for even a second.
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles BeganMaus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.02
Couldn't put this down for even a second.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) by Steven D. Levitt
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $7.95
Had me sold on abortion and lower crime rate correlation. Blog extras kinda cool; unnecessary really.
BlanketsBlankets by Craig Thompson
Buy new: $16.48 / Used from: $14.00
Great artwork and engaging storytelling.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Puffin Books)Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Puffin Books) by Salman Rushdie
Buy new: $9.91 / Used from: $7.99
Great storytelling; meant to be read aloud with feeling! The metaphors for what is happening to the written word in this day and age hits the nail on the head.
Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy new: $10.37 / Used from: $6.56
Not what I was expecting. In a good way. A very good way.
Ghost WorldGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Buy new: $8.60 / Used from: $4.97
Subtle. Sad. I honestly couldn't relate, but I can easily see how middle-American teenagers could.
Slaughterhouse-Five: A NovelSlaughterhouse-Five: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.00
Wow. A great novel in true Tralfamadorian fashion. Shows the absurdity of war.
Decline and FallDecline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $2.76
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The Witch of Blackbird PondThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Buy used from: $2.95
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie WarWorld War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.65
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Jacob Have I LovedJacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01
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Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the WorldFat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.89
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Flotsam (Caldecott Medal Book)Flotsam (Caldecott Medal Book) by David Wiesner
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $6.99
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