Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sept-Ender

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This Week's Topic:

What was the best book you read in September?

September wasn't a great month for new reading. Coughs and tummy bugs were rampant in our house. Sigh. 
 
Stress and illness lead to comfort reading. A few of my old faves were devoured. You know those great books you can pick up anywhere if a kid or dog loses your place and read on because you know it so well?
 
I first read my best September book when I was about ten I think. And have re-read many times. It's a joke with hubby cos the night we met we got chatting and I accidentally told him the ending. But then I figured it didn't matter cos I'd never see him again anyway.
 
He still teases me about how I ruined the book for him.
 
Enough rambling... (Really, is there ever enough? *grin*) The best book i read in September was
 
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.  
 
I love it because it's a comfort read. I love it because it makes me cry. Most of all I love it because in Ender I have one of the characters who I have as a reader supported most strongly. I wanted Ender to succeed completely.
 
What about you? What was your best September book? Do you turn to a comfort read when life gets messy?
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13 comments:

  1. Rachael JohnsSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    My best Sept read was Leah Ashton's debut Secrets and Speed Dating. NOT a reread but defintely a comfort one. IT's such a sweet and fun love story! I can't say I ever read books more than once. There are always too many new ones on the TBR pile :)

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  2. Katy UppermanSeptember 28, 2011 at 6:10 AM

    I haven't read Ender's Game, but I love your reasoning for choosing it. I'll definitely be on the lookout for it. Thank you!

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  3. CrystalSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:04 AM

    I keep meaning to pick up Ender's Game--I need to just read it already! My comfort read is anything Austen, where everything is tense glances and romantic chemistry, and it's all tied up neatly with marriage proposals.

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  4. stephanie kuehnSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    Ooh wishing you a healthier household this month. I haven't read that one, but I know people love it!

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  5. Alicia GregoireSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    OMG I totally loved Ender's Game. I have to read it again. Soon.

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  6. Tracey NeithercottSeptember 28, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    I loved Ender's Game, too. And I know what you mean about really wanting him to succeed. And that's saying something since he wasn't a completely likeable character--he annoyed me at times. But I still liked him and wanted him to win.

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  7. KatOwens: Insect CollectorSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    Recently read this for the first time-- a fantastic book!

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  8. Stephanie AllenSeptember 28, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    I haven't read Ender's Game yet, but everyone keeps telling me to read it so I'll get around to it eventually!

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  9. beck nicholasSeptember 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    Rach - you have a point. I do have plenty of books waiting but I wanted an old fave.

    Katy and Crystal - Read it! Do!! Although it's not really a nice Austen neat tie-up.

    Thanks Stephanie, I hope so too.

    And great to see a few more fans. I wonder if I would love it as much if I read it for the first time as an adult. Not sure.

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  10. Angelica R. JacksonSeptember 28, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    Love Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, although it's a very different book. Xenocide made me rage against the God in the Machine device that he used. Literally, I'm not kidding.

    And then I liked the parallel books from Bean's pov too, go figure.

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  11. Eleni KonstantineSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    I finished Amy T. Matthew's End of the Night Girl. Just amazing.

    Ender's Game is one of those books I want to read but haven't had a chance yet.

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  12. CynthiaSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    I finished Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay and Tina Fey's Bossypants. Both great books.

    I listened to part of Ender's Game as an audio book.

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  13. beck nicholasSeptember 29, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Angelica - I didn't appreciate Speaker for the Dead until I was onler than that first time I read them all. It took me a bit to get into the Bean books because I felt disloyal to Ender...
    =)

    Eleni - READ IT! And EOTNG was my fave last month.

    Cynthia - I reckon the reader can make a big difference to an audio book. Only part? Was it ordinary?

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