Stacia Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 I finished "The City of Dreaming Books" by Walter Moers. I just adore his creativity & ingenuity. Also, I started "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" by Jeannette Walls tonight & am halfway through already, lol. It is a wonderfully-told story that is quick to read. I really enjoyed her book "The Glass Castle" & find this to be as delightful & nicely told. She has an optimism that shines through regardless of adversity. __________________ Last Five Books I've read in 2010: 5. Lying Awake by Mark Salzman 6. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 7. Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman 8. Lottery by Patricia Wood 9. The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers Books I've read with my dc/young adult books in 2010: 1. The Anybodies by N. E. Bode 2. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett 3. The Nobodies by N. E. Bode 4. The Wooden Mile: Something Wickedly Weird: Vol. 1 by Chris Mould Books I started but didn't finish in 2010: 1. The Canon by Natalie Angier (would like to read/finish in the future) 2. The Illuminator by Brenda Rickman Vantrease 3. Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes (would like to finish in the future) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Also, I started "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" by Jeannette Walls tonight & am halfway through already, lol. It is a wonderfully-told story that is quick to read. I really enjoyed her book "The Glass Castle" & find this to be as delightful & nicely told. She has an optimism that shines through regardless of adversity. I loved The Glass Castle! I didn't know she had another book out. I'll have to get that one. Thanks for sharing. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Have a guest today, Sneed Collard on My Two Blessings and Read 52 books in 52 week. He's written many non fiction science books that will interest you and your kids for home schooling. Please be kind and welcome him, make a comment or two or three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Let me note that those who use TWTM reading lists should consider following up Hawthorne and Melville with Philip Hoare's delightful new book, The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea , a book that is hard to classify. Yes, it is about leviathans, but it is also a cultural study of those who hunted whales and a literary study of those who wrote about them as well as an examination of New England during its whaling heyday. There is science history in this book which I found completely fascinating. Perhaps I was so taken aback by Hoare's work given that I read Moby Dick (for the first time) last summer. One could argue that I am cetacean obsessed and perhaps I am--or rather obsessed with ocean life and the quality of ocean waters. Thus I found revisiting Moby Dick via Hoare's anthropological eyes to be meaningful, sad and joyous. On another note, I also read a book mentioned by another reader on these lists: Made from Scratch. Any book that has a blurb from Bill McKibben on its cover is one that I want to read. Made from Scratch is a quick read on the joys of do it yourself, simplicity and old timey. Nothing new, really, but a pleasant little volume. Now on to The Year of Living Biblically which was also mentioned in these threads. My son grabbed it from the library bag and shared quotes with me. It pleases me when he is so immediately engaged by a book. I suspect we'll have some interesting conversations this weekend. Be well. Enjoy your reading. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 I'm on page 129 of 178 of Jean Paul Sartre's Nausea. My brain hurts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I read Jane Eyre, but don't be too impressed because it was a Children's Illustrated Classics version. :tongue_smilie: I am reading The Search for Significance. I can't figure out if this book is workin' for me or not. I've even considered opening a post on it, for anyone who has read it or could help me sort through my thoughts on it. Perhaps after I have read it all. Here is my book list for this year: The Promise by Father Jonathan Morris Going Rogue by Sarah Palin A Simple Christmas by Mike Huckabee Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Three Cups of Tea, which I failed to finish The Lightening Thief Dracula by Bram Stoker The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Jane Eyre, cheater version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I finished book 9 last night. I hope to finish 10 today. I wanted to love Week 8's book, but in the end I didn't. List (Links are to my review): Week 1: Touch Not the Cat Week 2: An Introduction to Classical Education: A Guide for Parents Week 3: Parenting from the Heart Week 4: Meet the Austins Week 6: The Moon by Night Week 6: The Little Book of Christian Character and Morals Week 7: How Lincoln Learned to Read Week 8: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society [sigh] Week 10: The Young Unicorns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 I finished Nausea. Methinks the character was more insane than anything else. Here's something laughable. The book is about existentialism right. If I think it exists, it does. So, for some reason my online class discussion was supposed to start this week. I keep checking and the professor hadn't posted anything. By thursday I was checking with tech support to see if something was wrong with my sytem. The module finally appears and I'm suppose to pick a partner and discuss the book and have answers up by Sunday. I'm panicking. Then yesterday the Prof emails - the module will start on the 15th. Without any explanation or a whoops, I screwed up the date the module was supposed to post. Seems she forgot we existed this week. Anyway, I haven't forgotten you guys exist. I'm going to do my darnedest to visit all your review links each week before the next week posts. Is it helpful having last weeks post linked in the side bar? Is it helping to close out the links at the end of the week so folks will post the reads on the most current week. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Happy Reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I have a problem: I want to read something Irish for March--as per your suggestion and anyway my daughter is in Irish dance and so we always spend March in a very Irish mood--but I just got the new A. S. Byatt book from the library, where I had to wait in line forever, and it's huge. Sigh. Maybe I'll read a little Yeats... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I appreciated the link you put in the end of last week's thread. It makes it easier to find the new thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I just finished Melissa Senate's The Secret of Joy. It was a pleasurable read. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Week 10 is over: Link to Week 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 My review is up: The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Week 10 is over: Link to Week 11 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I finally landed on a book- What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20" by Tina Seelig. Another biz book but GREAT. My 19 yo checked it out and described it as "TeenPact on steroids." Great discussion about leadership! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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