Robin M Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Today starts Week 31 in the quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks and should have you starting book # 32. The year is a bit more than half over and we are halfway towards our goal of reading 52 books for the year. Keep up the good work. You may post your reviews, thoughts, reactions to the books you've read here or on the 52 Books in 52 Weeks Blog. ******************************************** I'm currently reading an interesting drama "The Rapture" by Liz Jensen which will be released on Aug 11. Very serious book. I'll need something lighthearted when I done. What I've read so far this year. What are you all reading this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'm reading The Lost Estate by Henri Alain-Fournier (in translation). DH is reading the original (Le Grand Meulnes) in French, and we will have a mini-book club date when we're both done! We have also both just finished The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly, which has inspired us to start thinking about our dreams for the future and how to acheive them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSAcademy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'm reading Descartes Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason by Russell Shorto. I also have Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstock Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, and their diverse tribe of countercultural conservatives plan to save America (or at least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher on my nightstand because the title made me :lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 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 50. Inn of the Sixth Happiness by Alan Burgess 51. Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti by Bill and Pam Farrel (still reading this one, it has a lot of good points) 52. Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman 53. Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair by Matthew Hart 54. False Witness by Aimee and David Thurlo 54. Prodigal Nun by Aimee and David Thurlo 55. Orthodox Iconography by Constantine Cavarnos 56. Three Aces, A Nero Wolfe Omnibus by Rex Stout 57. The Triple Bind by Steven Hinshaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I also have Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstock Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, and their diverse tribe of countercultural conservatives plan to save America (or at least the Republican Party) by Rod Dreher on my nightstand because the title made me :lol:. :rofl: It would make me too! I read 'La's Orchestra Saves the World' by Alexander McCall Smith. It was a little slow in places, but I did enjoy it. It made me wish I could read a novel of my grandparent's lives... Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I am rereading the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon. These are my absolute favorite books!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Hi Robin, et al, I spent a wonderfully lazy Sunday reading The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. I liked the premise, enjoyed reading it but there was annoyed by a few choices the author made with her main character. It definitely was the perfect read for a lazy summer afternoon. The thread on SWB's article on reading instead of cleaning the kitchen inspired and "guilted" me into picking up a meatier book, so I'm reading a biography of Ghengis Khan, which is proving to be a good read. I am balancing it with something fun as my 14yo ds bought me a Bill Bryson book for my birthday, Notes from a Small Island. He is chomping at the bit for me to finish it so he can read it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I am balancing it with something fun as my 14yo ds bought me a Bill Bryson book for my birthday, Notes from a Small Island. He is chomping at the bit for me to finish it so he can read it too! Oh, I just read this last week! I forgot to put it on my list. That was a fun read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I read Asa's Choice and Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet. I know we shouldn't count educational pre-reads but that's all I can manage at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I just finished The Dogs of March by Ernest Hebert for book club. It's not a long book, but due to the writing style it took me for-ev-er to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieBoy Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I've been following you guys and all i have to say is :hurray::thumbup: Keep up the great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Just finished Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis. It was a page turner, but really about R.E. Lee's dreams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraida Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Week 16: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Week 17: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Week 18: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Week 19: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Week 20: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Week 21: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Week 22: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Week 23: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Week 24: Possession by A. S. Byatt Week 25: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields Week 26: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Week 27: Animal's People. Indra Sinha Week 28: The Emperor's Children. Claire Messud Week 29: Slow Man. J. M. Coetzee Week 30: Arthur and George. Julian Barnes Week 31: Finding Nouf. Zoe Ferraris Week 32: City of Thieves. David Benioff Blessings Zoraida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I have just finished The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. What a delightful book! It was so well-written. This book and SWB's MP article tie in quite nicely. I am now reading Why is the Sky So Blue? by Susan Meisner. It is Christian ficiton which I usually don't read (I didn't know it was CF until after I brought it back from the library) but it isn't too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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