Robin M Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) Sunday is the start of book week 45 and the quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks. Have you started Book # 45 yet? Mr. Linky is all set up on the 52 books blog and ready for you to link to your reviews. 52 Books blog - R is for rootless random ruminations. New books released by Nora Roberts and her alter ego J.D. Robb this week. Plus some new book discoveries. Oh and posted a picture of my nano book cover. Notice anything odd about the picture? It seems no one has so far. Maybe you'll be the first. *cheesy grin* You didn't forget to see your clock back did you? I'm so used to the time change happening a certain time of year, my brain adjusted last weekend. Oy! Forgive me for posting saturday night, but I'm trying to avoid the blogosphere in the mornings while doing Nanowrimo. Just one glance at emails and I'm lost on the internet for a couple hours so the computer stays off until I get my writing done. What are you reading this week? Edited November 7, 2010 by Mytwoblessings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Finaly finished "Fall of Giants" and I loved it! This week I am working in the new book by Mark Driscoll called "Doctrine". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 Yep, even with nanowrimo and my short story class starting this week, I found time to read. Two new books out by Nora Roberts. The latest in the IN Death series "Indulgence in Death." This one's a hummer. You gotta pay closer attention or you'll lose track of the players. Plus the last book in her bride quartet series "Happy Ever After." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Eek! There's been a tear in the space/time continuum! Or did you just post early? I don't usually find this until Monday morning. :) I read White Tiger, a Booker Prize winner. I enjoyed it. I also read Lady Catherine's Necklace: A Jane Austen Entertainment by Joan Aiken. It was awful. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I seemed to be having trouble reading this past week. I am still working through Augustine's Confessions and The Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco. I also started Life of Johnson by James Boswell. All of this is slow going. Still reading Jo's Boys aloud to 9 yo. So I am just in the middle of all these thick or just plain old not conducive to fast reading books. Also NaNoWriMo is also impeding things. Hopefully I'll finish one of these above this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 Eek! There's been a tear in the space/time continuum! Or did you just post early? I don't usually find this until Monday morning. Lol! I posted early but we'll blame it on the space/time thing. Didn't think I'd have time this morning. But wrote 8 pages last night so have some time while eating breakfast. Happy Sunday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) Last week I read E.L. Doctorow's Homer and Langley and new author Laurie Frankel's The Atlas of Love. Our own Kelli in TN recommended the latter and I'm so glad she did. Yesterday I started Stegner's The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Thank goodness for that extra hour of sleep, and a free day today. I am loving this story! Edited November 7, 2010 by Crissy Adding Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I finished Claim to Fame by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Now I'm reading Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men by Leonard Sax because a friend recommended it. And I'm reading The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, and a Jew - Three Women Search for Understanding by Rayna Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner for my church book club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I'll go with the space/time continuum because I feel I've been time travelling as my reading life has had me in Victorian England quite a bit recently. I read Bill Bryson's At Home, which was fascinating, fun, and very random in all the things he covers. He goes into detail on architecture and architects of the 1700s and 1800s, health and disease, clothing, food, focusing mostly on England. It was oddly perfect to have paired it with Jane Eyre as Charlotte Bronte dwells on the scenery and setting, the details of which came more to life thanks to the Bryson book.. I'm now reading a biography of Charlotte Bronte. Just to keep things from getting too serious I'm also reading another Terry Pratchett Discworld book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) . Edited September 12, 2014 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I read White Tiger, a Booker Prize winner. I enjoyed it. I liked that one too. Just to keep things from getting too serious I'm also reading another Terry Pratchett Discworld book. Which one are you reading? Books I've read in 2010: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Good Omens; The Palace of Dreams; Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World; Lying Awake; The Remains of the Day; Iron & Silk; Lottery; The City of Dreaming Books; Half Broke Horses; Clutter Busting; The Power of Less; Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life; The Bonesetter's Daughter; Life of Pi; Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express; Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide; Waiting for Snow in Havana; The Happiness Project; Ella Minnow Pea; The Dante Club; Conquering Chronic Disorganization; City of Thieves; Throw Out Fifty Things; Born to Run; Dead Until Dark; The Color of Magic; Fernande; Special Topics in Calamity Physics; Medicus; The Blind Contessa's New Machine; My Name is Red; The White Tiger; The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie; The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists; The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab; Parrot and Olivier in America; The Girl Who Played with Fire; Frankenstein; Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void; The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein; C; Aura; Embers; Little Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I finished two books this week: #59 - Shane, by Jack Schaefer. Westerns are not my cuppa but this one was excellent. It was not a western in the *strict* sense of the word, imho. Not so much barroom brawling as a young boy learning important life issue's, and the psychological interplay between the adult characters. Schaefer is an excellent writer - every word drew me in, held my attention - tight writing with not one wasted word. #60 - The Long Goodbye, by Patti Davis. Taken from the journals Ronald Reagan's daughter kept while her family watched their dad's full life succumbing bit by bit to Alzheimer's. Honest reflections, hard admissions, keen insight, deep grieving, lessons learned and being learned - all handled with skilled verbage. Currently reading: #61 - Elephant Bones and Lonelyhearts: Confessions Along My Nature Trail, by Ronald Rood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I read Behemoth because my dd & are reading this series (did I post the first one?) I'm working on another Vinyl Cafe book & am nearly done the Doing School book I mentioned. Unlike last year, this hasn't been a big literary year, but there's been so much going on it hasn't ended up being as important to me for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I finished Will Grayson, Will Grayson earlier this week & thought it was a well-done teen book. I'm still reading (& thoroughly enjoying) The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 I rest of the Shadow Children series came in from the library. Will start Among the Barons tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 I just finished reading something a bit out of character for me - Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman. Fantastic. My review is up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 For my book group, I read and enjoyed Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down. In the book, four people meet at the top of a building on New Year's Eve where they have all gone to commit suicide. It was an intriguing story. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 For my book group, I read and enjoyed Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down. In the book, four people meet at the top of a building on New Year's Eve where they have all gone to commit suicide. It was an intriguing story. Regards, Kareni Did you like this book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I finished both of the Vinyl Cafe books I started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 For my book group, I read and enjoyed Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down. In the book, four people meet at the top of a building on New Year's Eve where they have all gone to commit suicide. It was an intriguing story. Did you like this book? I found it an interesting read, Karin. It is riddled with profanity; and it's also very British so I learned a few new terms. One of the reviews I read mentioned that the book is not so much about how to die as how to live. I'd agree. That said, it's not a book for everyone; however, it could lead to a lively (pun intended) discussion. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Read The Last Disciple, by Hannegraff. Too much like The Mark of the Lion series, but good enough. Hannegraff wrote it in response to the popular Left Behind series. Reveiw here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 Link to week 46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I found it an interesting read, Karin. It is riddled with profanity; and it's also very British so I learned a few new terms. One of the reviews I read mentioned that the book is not so much about how to die as how to live. I'd agree. That said, it's not a book for everyone; however, it could lead to a lively (pun intended) discussion. Regards, Kareni Thanks. I found it at the library and the profanity is bothering me. Is it worth finishing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Thanks. I found it [Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down] at the library and the profanity is bothering me. Is it worth finishing? Well, I'm glad I finished it. The profanity will not decrease; it's consistent throughout the book. I think that not knowing the ending would have niggled at me .... Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Well, I'm glad I finished it. The profanity will not decrease; it's consistent throughout the book. I think that not knowing the ending would have niggled at me .... Regards, Kareni Okay, I'll slug it out (I could simply cheat, but it wouldn't be the same). I don't know why the author has to use so much of it, realistic or not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Currently reading The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet I really enjoyed that book as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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