Robin M Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Today is the start of Week 26 in the quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks and should have you starting book # 27. Which means --- Drum roll, please. The year is half over and we are halfway towards our goal of reading 52 books for the year. You all are doing a fantastic job. :) You may post your reviews, thoughts, reactions to the books you've read here or on the 52 Books in 52 Weeks Blog. ************************************************* Happy 4th of July everybody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Just finished Children of the New Forest by Captain Marryat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I'm hopelessly behind but am further along than I would be if I hadn't been trying to keep up with this challenge, so all is not lost. The last few books I read were Cold Sassy Tree and To Say Nothing of the Dog. Both were unforgettably enjoyable. Now I'm reading Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross. I read the first two books using Archer's translation, and now I'm using the Nunnally translation. Tina Nunnally's translation is easier to understand than Archer's although the language Archer uses sounds more musical. Undset gives such a clear view into the human soul and I find these books to be more moving than any others I've ever read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I've been reading. But nothing worth reporting on. Books that started off interestingly enough that I felt it was worth continuing, then finding out at the end that it wasn't. Aren't books supposed to have conclusions? They aren't supposed to just cut off without resolution, are they? I enjoyed the picture books I borrowed to read to the kids more! Two books by Frank Asch. So if you are looking for something to read to your tots that isn't "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" try that guy. Maybe I'll have better luck this week, except the book I started seems kind of dumb because the dialogue is written in a far more formal style than anyone uses when they are talking to themselves. Ok, that's enough. This isnt' supposed to be a rant thread, is it? !! Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I am starting the 3rd book in the Southern Vampire series tonight. It is called Club Dead. I am enjoying these light and fun books. I also got The Language of God by Francis Collins. I read Dear John by Nicholas Sparks this week. It reminded me of why I am not a Nicholas Sparks fan. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 But Rosie, I've gotten a couple of good suggestions from you! At least I think it was you who reported reading Garden Spells and the Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I enjoyed both and look to find more good titles from you -- but no pressure:D I just finished The Lost City of Z by David Grann. I listened to it while doing crochet and loved it, though every time my husband entered the room there would be some detailed and gross description of what bugs can do to a body in the jungles of the Amazon. He kept wondering what the heck I was listening to as it certainly was NOT Jane Austen!! It is an adventure story, but non-fiction. Actually 2 stories, that of the explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared in the Amazon while searching for the city he dubbed "Z", and the story of David Gann's obsessive researching of the story and going into the Amazon. I'll bet the print version has photos and maps -- I had to study my atlas to clear up my mental picture of South America and the Amazon basin. I'm also half way through The Good Earth and plan on re-reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince before the movie comes out. I wrote a couple of reviews and book commentary in my blog, which is in my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 The last two books I read are: #34 - Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford, by Thomas M. DeFrank #35 - And the Shofar Blew, by Francine Rivers Currently reading Beverly Lewis' latest, The Secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I read Dear John by Nicholas Sparks this week. It reminded me of why I am not a Nicholas Sparks fan. :glare: I do not care for NS either. The writing is poor and the stories are just a cut above harlequins. However, he wrote a non-fiction, non-romance, book called 3 Weeks With My Brother that I enjoyed very much. His writing style was much better in that book and I found the story actually engaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I haven't been able to post an update because I haven't been able to read for pleasure. My cc summer session began the first of the month so I have been focused on textbooks and supplemental readings for my students; not to mention reading/grading their assignments and exams. I have also been pre-reading DS's curr. for fall and working on lesson plans. I ma hoping to find some time for pleaure reading soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in GA Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Just finished The Glass Castle and The Joy Luck Club. I just began What's So Amazing About Grace? by Phillip Yancey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Recent reads bolded: 1. Nine Days a Queen 2. Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist 3. Driving Over Lemons 4. Father Arseny: A Cloud of Witnesses 5. Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future 6. Grandma's Wartime Kitchen: World War II and the way we cooked 7. Vanity Fair 8. Spiritual Counsels of Father John of Kronstadt 9. Les Miserables 10. Macy's, Gimbels and Me by Bernice Fitz-Gibbon 11. The Middle Ages by Morris Bishop 12. The Scarlet Letter 13. Our Hearts' True Home, Virginia Nieuwsma, ed. 14. Introducing the Orthodox Church by Anthony M. Coniaris 15. Model Behavior by Jay McInerny 16. Readings in Christianity, compiled by Robert E. Van Voorst 17. Married to a Catholic Priest by Mary Vincent Dally 18. Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Robert B. Cialdini 19. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert 20. Gold Rush: A Literary Exploration by various authors 21. Navajo Silver: A Brief History of Navajo Silversmithing by Arthur Woodward 22. Baghdad-by-the-Bay by Herb Caen 23. Encore Provence by Peter Mayle 24. Finding My Way by Borghild Dahl 25. At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon 26. The Suez Canal by Gail Stewart 27. Unseen Warfare - classical spiritual work 28. A Concise History of Bolivia by Herbert Klein (put this one on hold for the time being) 29. In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms by Dr. Laura Schlessinger 30. Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie 31. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 32. New Mexico: A History of Four Centuries by Warren Beck 33. Emma by Jane Austen 34. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 35. Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman 36. Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner 37. Homeschooler's College Admissions Handbook by Cafi Cohen 38. Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart 39. Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart 40. The Stormy Petrel by Mary Stewart 41. Chang and Eng by Darin Strauss 42. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 43. The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie 44. Lost Horizon by James Hilton 45. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 46. Five Thousand Years of Glass, ed. Hugh Tait 47. Poems of Home and Travel by Bayard Taylor 48. Highway 99, A Literary Journey through California's Central Valley, various authors (still reading, this is turning out to be not as interesting as I thought it would be). 49. Memoirs of a Midget by Walter de la Mare (this one is quite interesting, I'm really enjoying it so far) 50. Inn of the Sixth Happiness by Alan Burgess (just started this one, liking it a lot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.