Robin M Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Today is the start of Week 34 in the quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks and starting book # 35. Guess what? We are 2/3rds of the way towards our goal of reading 52 books for the year. Hi Chickadees: I'm popping in from my temporary home away from home, a condo on the beach where today it is foggy as all get out. Yesterday we enjoyed an afternoon of whale watching on a whale boat and had the privilege of seeing blue whales and humpback whales. Cool!!!! I've only managed to read one book so far - ha! Too busy having fun. So - What are you all reading this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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prairiegirl Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I finished Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I loved it! I am now reading The Everlasting Man by Chesterton. Don't know if I will finish this one. It is a hefty read. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I am reading (for the 2nd time) Voyager, the 3rd book in Diana Gabladon's Outlander series. LOVE IT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 What's wrong with me everyone...I can't get in to Outlander? I guess I need to give it some more time. Time when I won't be interrupted and wind up reading the same sentence 27 times!:glare: Last week I finished People of the Book and LOVED it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I just started (meaning I'm on the 3rd or 4th page of) Skeletons At The Feast by Chris Bohjalian. It's for my book club, and sounds like it's going to be really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Whale watching - how cool! Sounds like a neat adventure. My updated list--- 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 64. Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety by Judith Warner 65. Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin 66. The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart 67. New Selected Poems by Stevie Smith 68. Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Currently reading: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Bill Mason w/ Lee Gruenfeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 My ds and I have been listening to Michael Crichton's Timeline and are not loving it. It's formulaic and the characters are annoyingly stupid. Ds gave up on it but I've continued listening while puttering around the house. Other recent reads include Voltaire's Candide, which is on ds's reading list this coming year, and Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island. Next up is Life of Pi, which I've already started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I was completely freaked out to think that it has really been 34 weeks already! I'm glad I realized it now, before it was too late to plan for holidays! Well, at least I know I have read some good books this year. This week for me is An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i, The Annual World's Best SF 1976 and this interesting version of The Iliad (Odyssey is for next week) on the iPhone. The interesting part is not the translation but the delivery with this whole iflow thing. Interesting. However, it is difficult to argue with free and readable anywhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I finished reading "In Sunshine or in Shadow" by Martin Flanagan; a book of memoirs by a Tasmanian fella. It was a bit slow, but alright. Also "The Queen, Rupert and Me" by Desmond Zwar, which is a book of memoirs by an Aussie journalist. I've started another by Michael Leunig, who is a long standing cartoonist for one of our state's main newspapers. I've been mooching about in the 070.92's... :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'm excited. I just received two books from Harlequin Teen to review: Intertwined by Gena Showalter and My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent. Just finished reading this past week - Touch Not The Cat by Mary Stewart and revisited Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I'm reading The Private Patient by P.D. James....it's due back at the library tomorrow, no renewals permitted, so it will be a power-read tonight! Next up is Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I finished up The Stalin Epigram earlier this week, it's very good if you're interested in Stalinism and Russian literature. I'm almost done with A Failure of Capitalism by Richard Posner. This is a very good summary of the causes of the financial crisis that's accessible to the general reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 This is my 3rd attempt at Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The first two times I started it, I ended up putting it aside to read something else....I'm planning on staying with it until the end this time :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) My book club chose Run by Ann Pachett. I wasn't a fan of Bel Canto. Horrors! I know. lol The names Tip and Teddy already have me gagging. I already want ot throw it out the window. Edited September 1, 2009 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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