Robin M Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Today starts Week 32 in the quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks and should have you starting book # 33. 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. **************************************************** Came across this wonderful project started by Lezlie of Books and Border Collies. She created this website - U.S. Presidents Reading Project which has a list of all the presidents and links to suggested lists of books to read more about them. There is also a link on the site to the white house with mini biographies on each president. The rules are easy: 1. Read at least one non-fiction book about each of the U.S. Presidents 2. Take as much time as you need 3. Have fun learning about U.S. history and its leaders I had planned on doing a U.S. Presidents Unit Study with James for this year and this comes at an opportune time. It sound much more fun and interesting, we'll draw it out a bit, rather than condense the information and we'll turn into a family reading project, concentrating on one president at a time without a time limit. I am so stoked and looking forward to reading and learning more about the presidents. Check out the U.S. Presidents Reading Project for yourself. What are you all reading this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 This week, I have just finished Galveston by Paul Quarrington and am on to The Warden by Anthony Trollope. Next up is Out by Natsuo Kirino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I am rereading Dragonfly in Amber, the 2nd book in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. LOVE these books!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I'm reading Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir right now and really enjoying it! I am only to the part where she's living like a princess right now, but this book should be a fast read. Oh, do I have to be part of the 52 club to post here? I should really start a reading blog for myself, I easily read a book a week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I finished Why the Sky is Blue by Susan Meissner earlier this week. I started Austenland by Shannon Hale and hope to be finished this weekend. I will then move on to The Year We Disappeared (I can't remember the authors. The book is upstairs and I am too lazy to run up and get it. :D ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in GA Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Just finished The Last Lecture and The Tears of a Giraffe. I am staring the next Ladies Detective Agency book (#4) and Angela's Ashes this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Oh, do I have to be part of the 52 club to post here? I should really start a reading blog for myself, I easily read a book a week... Of course not! Please post!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Oh, do I have to be part of the 52 club to post here? I should really start a reading blog for myself, I easily read a book a week... Nope. You are welcome to jump in any time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I can't even remember the last book I read. It was that exciting. Now I'm reading a funny book about mathematical tricks in every day life. It's taking a while to get through. I can read silly fiction at night after the kids are in bed, but by that time, it's a bit late for maths. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I'm reading Artemis Fowl. This is the 3rd time I've tried it. The first 2 times I couldn't get past the 1st chapter. I really want to finish it this time, even though it is still not grabbing my attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraida Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 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 Week 33: Mudbound. Hillary Jordan Blessings Zoraida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 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 (gave up on this for now, may try it again later) 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 58. Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson 59. Deadly Persuasion by Jean Kilbourne 60. Felicia Cartright and the Sad-Eyed Girl by Bernard Palmer 61. The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine 62. 1000 Artist Trading Cards, Patricia Bolton, ed. 63. The Homework Myth by Alfie Kohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 What's on my reading plate for the rest of the week is "Water Witch" by Deborah LeBlanc (review book), "Watcher in the Woods" by Robert Liparulo (personal reading challenge) and for the random reading challege "Shadow in the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. As soon as if I finish my Modern Lit final this weekend, I'll be free to read, read, read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansmama Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Please don't laugh, but I'm reading Pipe Dreams by Kelly Slater (and I'm enjoying it!). It was a gift to my dh and I haven't had a chance to pick up anything at the library, and I hate to be without a book! Great thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Let's see...I haven't been keeping up on posting what I've read but right now I'm on The Road to Jerusalem which is very good; it's first in Swedish author Jan Guillou's Crusades Trilogy (translated, of course) and I like it a lot. Next up is The Secret Speech, the follow-up to Child 44 which is one of my top books for the year so I expect it to be excellent, too. After that, The Lost City of Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I just finished Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Beautifully written, but so tragic. Now I'm reading Atonement by Ian McEwan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I just finished Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Beautifully written, but so tragic. Now I'm reading Atonement by Ian McEwan. Oh, I absolutely loved Atonement. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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