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One reader's thoughts as she steps from book to book.
Books I've Finished
- "A Christmas Memory"
- by Truman Capote 12/8/12
- "Child's Christmas in Wales"
- by Dylan Thomas 12/7/12
- "One Christmas"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- "The Thanksgiving Visitor"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- Inside Mrs. B's Classroom
- by Leslie Baldacci 11/28/12
- The Bee Eater
- by Richard Whitmire 11/15/12
- There Are No Shortcuts
- by Rafe Esquith 10/28/12
- I'd Like to Apologize to
- Every Teacher I Ever Had
- by Tony Danza 10/21/12
- Corked
- by Kathryn Borel 10/15/12
- Year of Learning Dangerously
- by Quinn Cummings 9/30/12
- A Hologram for the King
- by Dave Eggers 8/23/12
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- by Harper Lee 7/18/12
About Me
- Christine
- I often have a few books with bookmarks in them at once. I enjoy classics more than contemporary works of fiction, often read historical fiction, and love to get glimpses into other people's lives by reading memoirs and biographies.
16 comments:
I'm here, but the sad truth is that I haven't picked up a book to read for a week. Even the books I want to read to my kids haven't arrived through inter-library loan yet. So, it's just math and spelling and science books - none of them have great plots.
...three cups..farenheit...an old book on magic from the library...lots of magazine and newspaper time...Does reading on-screen text in Zelda count as anything?
Harry... Potter... Seven.
Next week - Something NEW!
finished Beloved and starting The Bluest Eye today, also by Toni Morrison.
Reading The Odyssey now--it's infinitely better than the Iliad. I ripped through 8 books at work today--only 4 more to go! DRD
Ahh, a break for Insomniac.
Sophia, I've yet to start Fahrenheit.
Don, which Potter did you like best? Which the least?
H is on a Morrison run. She writes beautifully, but tough material. Is it bringing you down?
DRD, why such a difference for you? The long battle was weary? You like the adventure and different encounters more?
I'm in the same boat as insomniac. Now that school has started, I'm a lot busier and I haven't picked anything up recently. I'm having a hard enough time getting through my mail (which includes a couple of magazine subscriptions). One of these days...
~Lisa
I really enjoyed the booklet at the library about 451 - I appreciated Bradbury's responses to the interview questions. BTW, my mom's book has sold 700 copies.
it's odd that i chose Morrison to read now as i don't think any book can bring me down, but am there anyway w/ my own circumstances. maybe it's a subconscious way to remind me that so many lives have been and are much harder than mine - incomprehensibly so. also maybe that the natures and assumptions of dark, evil, arrogant people can do horrible things to other humans and i should be more thankful for the loving, supportive, inspiring and helpful group that makes up my inner circle. ???
The thing that made The Iliad the worst were the numerous scenes in the battles in which long, long lists of the names and lineages of people killed by So-and-So were given. I know I love names, so that should be fun for me, but I don't know how to pronounce these names, I don't know who any of these people are (their lineages don't help), and as a result I can't even really see any significance in their death. As a result, I'd spend whole books bored, trying not to skim. There were parts that I enjoyed, a lot, but none of them were on the battlefield. The Odyssey is almost entirely off the battlefield. I'm finding a lot more parts to enjoy. DRD
Sophia,
700 copies of The Jewel Box? That's great! How many did they print?
Tell us about this The Jewel Box, Sophia. DRD
I am working on The Hunt by Allison Brennan. Yes, A serial killer novel. Great escape when you can't focus on anything else.
Im reading Hex and the City, the 4th book in Simon R. Green's Nightside series.
You can read all about the Jewel Box here...
http://www.gtweekly.com/09-13-07-/
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My mom and her bookclub pals wrote a book, and self-published it. It's a mystery - they read women's mysteries in the club. It took them 5 years to write.
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