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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.
11 comments:
Working on rereading Frankenstein for my online sci fi class. Not enjoying it too much this second go-around.
As I remember, the beginning is boring, and then it gets good. Did you not like it at all the first time? And why are you rereading it?
Sorry I missed last week, what a lively discussion!
Ben- I loved The Stand! It's one of my favorite Kings. His earlier ones, I think, are better than his more recent works. Long-term drug effects, no doubt.
Christine- When my kids were your girls' ages, I used to love renting the movie after reading the book and talking about all of the differences. Wizard of Oz is a perfect one for that! Our whole family went to see Wicked (the play) over the Christmas holiday-another very different perspective.
I have been reading nothing but roofing contracts. I so love home ownership. Right, Mary?
Aw Don, hang in there.
I'm *still* reading The Age of the Unthinkable, and it's still driving me a bit nuts with all of its meandering, but I like it a lot nonetheless. I'm just hoping he really ties everything together well in the end because it seems like many of the examples he provides of misguided thinking versus revolutionary thinking have some loose ends.
~Lisa
Reading "Nefertiti" by Michelle Moran. It's a mediocre yarn lacking in character development. It doesn't really evoke the time and place either which is especially striking after reading "Edgar Sawtelle".
Oh, and Christine; thinking back to last week's question, has Maria read "The Phantom Tollbooth"? We read it as a read-aloud a few months ago and loved the play on words. Fun!
Don-
After the dishwasher & microwave & dryer vent & lamp fixture & now the roof--Hope Haven is starting to look pretty good to me!
But, like Frankenstein, roofing contracts are boring in the beginning, but then...no wait, they don't get good.
I read a little book called "The Animal Family", by Randall Jarrell, and with illustrations by Maurice Sendak. It was very sweet - a imaginative tale about an unusual family. The descriptions of the bear were perfect.
Frankenstein better get good. I'm not motivated to read it. But I don't think I remember it well enough to do things like answer in-depth questions for class about it, so I need to get crackin'.
Well, Danika, I know where you could always buy the Spark Notes for it...
MWA HA HAAAAAAA!
*runs*
Insomniac, Phantom Tollbooth is a good suggestion, too! Thanks!
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