Flowers for Algernon, By Daniel Keyes

Wonderfully written but a truly devastating story. I was feeling quite emotional so I read much of it aloud for my partner but I had to stop a few times because of a lump in my throat. And somebody was cutting onions.

I finished Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes and thought it was pretty good and did give me them feels towards the end.

I started got got 3/4 through The Unit, by Ninni Holmqvist which was recommended to me as it is similar to Never Let Me Go which is my favourite book. There are a lot of similarities but it is a bit different so worth a read. It is quite haunting in places and I think the emotional bits are very well written.

Edit: Not sure why my books haven't been coming up in bold recently. They used to but it hasn't happened for several weeks.

Finished Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

Nothing I can say about this that hasn't already been said. What a masterpiece.

Finished Reading:

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett

Currently Reading:

The Help, by Kathryn Stockett

Starting:

Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier

Just started Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. I had seen the film as a child many years ago and finally decided to pick up the book. I'm glad I did because so far it is wonderful, yet heartbreaking.

Finished Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. Great book. It lets us look on life from different angle.

The book tells a story of a mentally ill man who’s got a chance to get smart. Something that he’s always dreamed. He’s became a genius after a brain surgery. Step by step he understands that the world around him is not as plain as he used to think. Being smart doesn’t really makes him happier. He understands how cruel life is...

Just started Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

Finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton

Awesome book, with an interesting premise and good execution. Classic murder mystery meets Groundhog Day. Just an all around fun read, although it was a little difficult to keep track of everything by the end.

Started Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

I remember reading parts of this in school years ago, so I know all the main points of the story but still, only 30pages in and it's already heartwrenching.

Finished Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes.

Just started Empire Falls, by Richard Russo.

Finished:

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

• Saw the ending coming a mile away, still hurt a little when it finally arrived.
• The length of the book is a little short. The change in protagonist could have been brought about a bit more gradually, and his character could have been a little more fleshed out.
• Overall, I loved the book - would highly recommend.

Started:

The Redbreast, by Jo Nesbø

Finished Pet Sematary, by Stephen King ... holy mother of god...

Started Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. I can't believe how hooked I am already. I read the first page and already felt miserable, my heart aches.

I finished Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. It was somewhat enjoyable but it felt pretty mundane, maybe reading Ulysses, by James Joyce prior to that made it seem more puerile than it actually is.

Also finished The Murderess, by Alexandros Papadiamantis, a truly great read about Hadoula, a woman who tries to "liberate" young girls from bearing the same fate most women suffer in late 19th century Greece. One of the greatest classics Neohellenic prose has to offer.

Finished:

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. I liked it. Well-written, engaging and easy to read in a sitting or two. The character was more likeable by acknowledging his shortcomings than he would have been otherwise.

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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Loved it - can't believe that I waited so long to read it. Heartbreaking.

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Started:

Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. Only about 50 pages in and picked it up solely based on recommendation from this sub. Never heard of the author until I came here.

Just finished Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Started The Book Of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

Sourdough, by Robin Sloan

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

I started and finished a few books this week!

First was Hardboiled & Hard Luck, by Banana Yoshimoto. I've only read Kitchen before and I really love her prose.

Second was Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. This one hit pretty hard. Oh man.

Butterfly on a Pin, by Alannah Hill: she's one of my favourite fashion designers and her writing is just as colourful and dazzling as her designs.

Some books I've started are Notes on a Nervous Planet, by Matt Haig (I have never read a self-help book before... something new to me), The Elephant Vanishes, by Haruki Murakami (I really like to read short stories when I don't feel like committing to a whole chapter) and The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov (still up to the introduction... but the historical context is very interesting).

I got an ebook reader last week and haven't been doing so well in my mid-terms so far....

Finally finished The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury and I'm on to Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes . The Illustrated Man took me longer than I thought it would but it was incredible!

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes (for the first time :( )

Finished:
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

Station 11, by Emily St John Mandel

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I'm on holiday so read more books than normal this week, I highly recommend all three of these books they were all very enjoyable.

Finished Morning Star, by Pierce Brown. Really struggled through the first 400 pages, but the last 118 pages were absolutely incredible. I'm taking a break from the series for a while, but I'll come back to it sometime.

Finished Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. Its the best audiobook performance I've ever heard and a great story.

I'll be starting Out of the Silent Planet, by C.S. Lewis today. It's a fiction sci-fi trilogy more geared towards adults. I'm not a huge fan of Narnia if I'm being honest, so hopefully I like this one. It's only 150 pages, so it's not terribly long if I don't.

Still reading Looking Glass, by Andrew Mayne. I love the author's writing. It's just so easy to understand and it flows really well, each chapter wanting me to read just one more.

Finished: Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

Awesome book! It was talked about a lot the past few weeks on here so I thought I'd give it a shot and I'm really glad I did

I finished Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman and When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi. Kalanithi's surprised me because I usually avoid most forms of autobiographies, but it was really grippy and emotional. I started Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, hoping this book gets an emotional reaction out of me lol.

Starting Looking Glass, by Andrew Mayne today. It's about a biologist who becomes a consultant for the fbi catching serial killers.

Finished The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein. Found the first 100 pages boring, but loved it by the end.

Still struggling through Morning Star, by Pierce Brown. Loved the Red Rising and Golden Son, but I'm so bored with this one. I had Iron Gold and Dark Age on hold at the library, but I cancelled them for now. I might come back to this series eventually, but not anytime soon. I just need a break from it.

More than halfway through Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes and really loving the audiobook. The reader does an incredible job and it's a really great story so far.

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

I have been in a dumpy mood since finishing it yesterday.

I've just started reading Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes since I've heard so much about it. I know it's going to be a depressing read, but I've prepared myself for it. So far, it's looking okay.

Apart from that, I read The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins. Even though I learned evolution in school, and even though the selfish gene was written a while ago, I found most of the examples and ideas to be quite fascinating. It explained everything quite well and I really appreciated Dawkin's commitment to avoid using mathematical formulae in his examples.

This week I finished Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCort and The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James. Also, some short stories.

This week's Drunk Guys Book Club podcast episode was Beowulf, the Tolkien translation. Next week is Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes.

I'll be done with Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes this week so I started reading A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea, by Masaji Ishikawa . I don't think 'enjoying' is the correct word to use here for either of these books, but they are intriguing, thought-provoking, and heart-wrenching.

I'm also reading Descender Vol. 2, by Jeff Lemire , which is a really fun sci-fi graphic novel!

I finished

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Great book and very heart wrenching, I would love to read another story like it.

Kindred by Octavia Butler This book should be required reading. It is encompassing.

Still reading Hyperion by Simmons I have to re-read a couple of pages to understand where I left off.

I finished

Flowers for algernon by Daniel Keyes

Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind

The Stranger by K.A Applegate

This week has been all about re-reads.

Flowers for algernon was still as powerful as I remember.

Reading animorphs with my son, it aged very well.

Faith of the fallen is about where I’m jumping off this series. This series has always been one of my personal favorites but, I just can’t read it anymore. Not sure why, the books now seem very political and less about the fantasy

Finished:

Flowers for Algernon, by David Keyes

Started:

11/22/63, by Stephen King

I am really enjoying 11/22/63 as my first King novel.

Happy Reading!

Finished All The Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr

Loved it, I'm a little dissapointed by the ending though.

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Started reading Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

Can't say too much about this one though yet because I am only a couple pages in so far.

I started Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks and am finishing up Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. After that I’ll be reading The Emperor of All Maladies.

Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand Wow. Just wow. I generally don't read nonfiction, but I devoured this book. One of the best books I've read in a long time (and average around 10 a month). What a rollercoaster of emotions.

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes Oh, my heart.

The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah The new pick for one of the book clubs I'm in. Just got it tonight.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson Starting this one tonight. It's been recommended to me a million times, since I really love eerie reads.

Finished : Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

Started : Call Me by Your Name, by André Aciman

I started The Passage, by Justin Cronin, Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keys, The Founding Fish, by John McPhee, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley, and Ship of Magic, by Robin Hobb. They're all for a summer reading challenge. I already know what happens in one of the books (Flowers for Algernon) because it was a book from my school days, but that was part of the challenge. I don't usually re-read books from that long ago. It will be interesting to see how my opinion of it has changed.

I finished The Man Who Spoke Snakish, by Andrus Kivirähk. It wasn't my favorite book. I also finished Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keys, which I last read in fifth grade, almost 20 years ago. I remembered some parts better than I expected and others worse. The Passage, by Justin Cronin was really good. Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson was sweet.

I read Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes a few days ago. Pretty nice, and a valuable read for teenagers and young adults. Actually, it's so blatantly geared towards that demographic that I doubt that other groups would learn very much.

Finished:

Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman

Pretty meh. As usual with Gaiman's books, I loved the idea, but wasn't impressed with execution.

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

I was expecting some heavy stuff and knew the ending (spoiled it for myself years ago, but thankfully it didn't stop me from wanting to read it), and... whoa, it was a very well put "heavy stuff". It was a heartwrenching journey, but it was good and I loved it.

Started:

Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo

Oh boy. I DNF-ed this book months ago and now picked it up again. Still not impressed, to say the least. Because of this book and its hype I'm so wary of other YA fantasy, that I'm finding a hard time giving other titles a chance. I mean, if this is a top-YA fantasy book, I really don't want to know what average picks look like.

Just finished The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis

and started Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes