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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.
8 comments:
Hi Christine & all!
I'm so glad this blog is up & running again!
I recently finished The President is a Sick Man, Matthew Algeo, American History, non-fiction.
It's the story of Grover Cleveland's secret surgery at the beginning of his second presidential term to remove a cancerous tumor, and the following cover-up. Part of the cover-up included discrediting the newspaper reporter who uncovered the true story.
There are a number of side stories: Cleveland's childhood & early years, previous and subsequent president's ailments, previous and subsequent presidential cover-ups, personalities of the major characters, details of the state of medicine in the late 1800's, and the political situation of the time.
Who knew Grover Cleveland was interesting?
That does sound interesting, Mary. Thanks for sharing! And there's enough medical stuff going on to keep you interested if the main story hadn't!
I'm onto Return of the King--just a few chapters left to go! And then there's a couple hundred pages of Appendices. Not sure if I'll be able to make it through those.
DRD, did you see The Hobbit? If so, what did you think?
Nope, haven't seen it or Lord of the Rings. I'm hoping not to break my streak!
I enjoyed the LOTR films very much. Did NOT like The Hobbit movie. What a disappointment!
Dakotah Treasures Series, Lauraine Snelling
Here are 4 light, fun books in a series I read recently. They offered a nice diversion from the heavier non-fiction American History books I’ve been absorbing, but are still along a similar theme. I think they’d be classified as historical Christian fiction.
#1 Ruby-Ruby & her little sister, Opal, are called to their father’s side as he dies. He leaves them an inheritance-a whorehouse. Ruby stays to transform it into a respectable hotel.
# Pearl- Ruby finds true love here. The town needs a school marm, enter Pearl who is from Chicago, escaping memories of childhood burns.
#Opal-Opal falls for the new preacher, but is a) too young to marry, b) would rather rope & ride than settle down. Clearly another book is needed...
#4 Amethyst- Leaves behind a drunk father & travels to find an orphan boy, and finds a husband instead. Opal becomes the preacher’s wife here.
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