Blackacre Farm Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. It is a very strange book, but a fairly quick read. My 7 yr old daughter is doing the challenge as well. She is so excited about it! This week she is reading The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine (author of Ella Enchanted). She loves the book so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. It is a very strange book, but a fairly quick read.My 7 yr old daughter is doing the challenge as well. She is so excited about it! This week she is reading The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine (author of Ella Enchanted). She loves the book so far. Vonnegut was one of my fav authors in highschool. He has an acerbic wit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 You guys have reinspired me to go back to trying Don Quixote (started it after WEM last year, but kind of fizzled on it. . I read this a couple of years ago. It took me months and plenty of sidetracks into other books before I finished; it is not my favourite book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am just finishing up The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent. EXCELLENT!! This week I am planning to read the first two Harry Potter books. I have read them before, so I think I will be able to read both this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am just finishing up The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent. EXCELLENT!! This week I am planning to read the first two Harry Potter books. I have read them before, so I think I will be able to read both this week. I don't remember why I stopped reading The Heretic's Daughter (nothing to do with the quality of the book, rather something interrupted my reading mojo) but your post reminded me that I should put it on my list and finish it this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K in MI Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm reading Tales of an African Vet by Roy Aronson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth rose Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'd love to join, I'm reading Great Expectations. Also reading Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins for the teen book club I lead, and harry potter book 5 with my younger two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) I'm reading Glamorous Powers by Susan Howatch (#2 in the Starbridge series) and City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era. I'm nearly finished with both of them and am enjoying them, so maybe I'll start off this year ahead. My main goal for this week is to learn how to do links in posts so I can link to the books. :) Off to figure that out now. I know it's around here somewhere. ETA: Trying a link. City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era Edited January 3, 2011 by Luann in ID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoffeeChick Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I've decided to take the plunge this year, especially since my list of books last year was, ahem, shall we say pathetic! :tongue_smilie: I am reading "Warlord" by Ted Bell, it was my first book for my Nook I got for Christmas. Loving the Nook! :001_wub: I noticed Chucki was reading this one, too. I received "The History of the Medieval World" by SWB for Christmas from dmil, so I'm getting ready to start that one up this week also - I'm sure it will take me all year to get through it, so it may have to be #52 on the list! I'm excited to do the challenge this year, and already have a wish list going from all the wonderful sounding books everyone is reading. Oh, and Luann in ID, your link worked beautifully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I received "The History of the Medieval World" by SWB for Christmas from dmil, so I'm getting ready to start that one up this week also - I'm sure it will take me all year to get through it, so it may have to be #52 on the list! This one is a faster read than the Ancient times one was and it probably won't really take all year, but it's definately not a read all at once book.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) I started and finished my first book for this challenge!! Yay! I chose Fireflies in December by Jennifer Valent. http://www.amazon.com/Fireflies-December-Jennifer-Erin-Valent/dp/1414324324/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294080095&sr=8-1 It was recommended to me by a friend, so I got it on my nook (first book that I read on there) and I really enjoyed it. Last night I started "Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God" by Francis Chan. http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Love-Overwhelmed-Relentless-God/dp/1434768511/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294080231&sr=1-1 I'm also starting "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. http://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0399155341/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294080272&sr=1-1 Edited January 8, 2011 by MamaAkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bry's-gal Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm almost done with Forbidden by Wilma Wall. It's set right after WW2 and is the love story of a Japanese-American and a Mennonite. I'm loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepymommy Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm reading Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. It's my mom's group book club pick this month. It's an easy read, just what I need as I start the week after such a long break! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I *loved* The President's Daughter when I was in High School (still have it around here somewhere. I read the second a few years ago, but have never found the third and didn't know of the fourth. Thanks! All four were re-released (in updated version - they mention the internet and cell phones and so forth, but I'm not sure what other changes have been made, if any) in 2007ish, so they may be easier to find now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarango Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I started and finished a book that I found through our natural history museum's book club titled "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orleans. Review is up today on my blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm reading Glamorous Powers by Susan Howatch (#2 in the Starbridge series) I read these several years ago. Howatch is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) . Edited September 12, 2014 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I started The Girl Who Played with Fire last night. I had read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraway Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm reading The Sunne in Splendor about King Richard, III. Excellent. I love medieval England historical fiction, but I think it's time I move on to other genres, so this challenge is very timely:) Lisa I am really struggling with the fact that everyone seems to have three names, two of which keep changing. :001_huh: I am about 300 pages in, and occasionally I still go "wait, who???" I think I like the book, but it is making me feel like a real idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelsMommy Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am excited about this challenge. I went through my shelves last night and found 46 books that I bought months (maybe years?) ago and have never read so I decided my challenge to myself will be to actually read these books, plus a few more I can come up with. Right now I'm reading the Bible through in a year in chronological order. Not sure if that counts as one book or more than one but it will take all year to finish it anyway. I'm also reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy for my first 3 books. I started Sunday and am about 1/4 of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring. Looking forward to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Finished Transcendental Murder by Jane Langton last night, and I'm starting on The Devil in the White City today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) I am really struggling with the fact that everyone seems to have three names, two of which keep changing. :001_huh: I am about 300 pages in, and occasionally I still go "wait, who???" I think I like the book, but it is making me feel like a real idiot. Yes, I know! I've read two other trilogies of hers from Henry II to Edward I, so I'm kinda used to it, but I do find myself flipping back a lot. I think what's so confusing is that they refer to the Lord by the land they rule most of the time, but sometimes by their last name (i.e., Lord Richard Neville is called Lord Warwick, because he rules Warwick). I like to read historical non-fiction along with it to get a better understanding, so I'm reading a book about the War of the Roses, which is very enlightening. Happy Reading! Lisa Edited January 3, 2011 by Momto5girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 So I started My Antonia by Willa Cather, it's been sitting on my shelf for 2 yrs now so about time I read it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyOwl Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm starting with Breakfast at Tiffany's. I'm halfway through it and still trying decide if I like it - - I'm suppose to, aren't I? I'll read the other three short stories in the book and count it all as one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yes, I know! I've read two other trilogies of hers from Henry II to Edward I, so I'm kinda used to it, but I do find myself flipping back a lot. I think what's so confusing is that they refer to the Lord by the land they rule most of the time, but sometimes by their last name (i.e., Lord Richard Neville is called Lord Warwick, because he rules Warwick). I like to read historical non-fiction along with it to get a better understanding, so I'm reading a book about the War of the Roses, which is very enlightening. Happy Reading! Lisa title please.:D Not in the same time period, but Alison Weir's the Six Wives of Henry VIII was very good non-fiction to go along with Philippa Gregory's books of this time. It's a big book, but I found it went fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 title please.:D Not in the same time period, but Alison Weir's the Six Wives of Henry VIII was very good non-fiction to go along with Philippa Gregory's books of this time. It's a big book, but I found it went fast. Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman. I love her. I've been basking in medieval England for months and months now. I. can't. get. out. I love Alison Weir! I have the book you mentioned, plus a couple of others by her I haven't read yet. I wanted to read The Princes in the Tower after this book, but might shelve it for now. Happy Reading!! lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Right now I'm reading the Bible through in a year in chronological order. Not sure if that counts as one book or more than one but it will take all year to finish it anyway. QUOTE] Trying to figure this out myself. lmk what you decide. Robyn- what are your thougths? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraway Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman. I love her. I've been basking in medieval England for months and months now. I. can't. get. out. I love Alison Weir! I have the book you mentioned, plus a couple of others by her I haven't read yet. I wanted to read The Princes in the Tower after this book, but might shelve it for now. Happy Reading!! lisa What book are you reading along with Sunne in Splendour? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Right now I'm reading the Bible through in a year in chronological order. Not sure if that counts as one book or more than one but it will take all year to finish it anyway. QUOTE] Trying to figure this out myself. lmk what you decide. Robyn- what are your thougths? I'm going to be calling it one book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 What book are you reading along with Sunne in Splendour? :bigear: I bought this for less than a dollar http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Wars-Roses-Elizabeth-Hallam/dp/1858335884/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294104839&sr=1-1 It has lots of pictures and a great two page geneology diagram that really helps keep the players straight. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I bought this for less than a dollar http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Wars-Roses-Elizabeth-Hallam/dp/1858335884/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294104839&sr=1-1 It has lots of pictures and a great two page geneology diagram that really helps keep the players straight. Lisa Thanks! that's what I was looking for. I have the Penman books on my list to read this year and can't wait. For more on Richard III, the Red Queen and White Queen were good reads. Essentially the same story, but each told by a different side--those are by Gregory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 This week I am reading "The Hangman's Daughter" and I am going to try to keep up with the challenge this year a little better!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Geez, Robyn, when I saw your post I thought you were asking people what they HAD read already this week and thought, "I'm behind all ready!" LOL! If any of our children are going the challenge, are we going to be keeping track of their progress here? If we are . . Yep, you can keep track here. I think it's awesome the number of kids joining in. Right now I'm reading the Bible through in a year in chronological order. Not sure if that counts as one book or more than one but it will take all year to finish it anyway.QUOTE]Trying to figure this out myself. lmk what you decide. Robyn- what are your thoughts? Personally' date=' I would consider it one book with a lot of chapters. :) However, I'm leaving it up to each individual to decide for themselves. I'm at that optimistic beginning of the year where yes I've decided I'll read it all the way through again. Going to try the One Year Bible Blog Bible Journey. *** You guys rock and are reading some interesting books. You are inspiring to tackle my non fiction George Washington book again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) Vonnegut was one of my fav authors in highschool. He has an acerbic wit. He was one of my favorite authors when I was in high school as well. Recently I borrowed Welcome to the Monkey House on CD. I was amazed at how relevant some of Vonnegut's observations made back in the '60's were to modern life. Although I have not listened to all of the stories, the first few seem quite fresh. First book of the year: Twelve by Twelve which I saw someone else is also reading. Nice to start out a new year thinking about simplicity. Edited January 4, 2011 by Jane in NC more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hey guys, for those of us who like to read ya books, here's a link to some books coming out this year that look really interesting. Ten 2011 Ya Books at My Friend Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I got halfway through The Almost Moon when I stumbled upon Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Now I can't put it down. I've never read such an intimate account of slavery. So, I guess I'll finish The Almost Moon next week:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Thanks! that's what I was looking for. I have the Penman books on my list to read this year and can't wait. For more on Richard III, the Red Queen and White Queen were good reads. Essentially the same story, but each told by a different side--those are by Gregory. I have these on my list! This is why I can't get out of this historical period. It's so fascinating and every book leads me to another I just have to read:D Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I originally planned on reading "The Boleyn Inheritance," by Philippa Gregory, and I still am, but I added in another book. I picked up my sister's old copy of "Hinds' Feet on High Places," by Hannah Hurnard. I thumbed through it this morning and thought it would be silly because the names represent the people. To be so simply laid out with "Much-Afraid," "Craven Fear," "Sorrow," "Mrs. Valiant," etc. I thought it would be childish, but really, I can barely put it down. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I am not officially joining any reading program as the last two years I have done that, I have not finished. That said, I am currently reading A Thomas Jefferson Education and expect to be done with it by Sunday. We will see how long it lasts. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 My first book this year is Mockingjay, the 3rd of the Hunger Games series. It came in today on ILL after a long wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) I finished The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley. I totally enjoyed it, just as I enjoyed Bradley's first book in this series. Love Flavia as a character -- she's so smart & spunky. According to amazon, the next book in the series will be released Feb. 8. Hooray! I've picked up a YA book that I started last month & put down when things got busy: The Looking Glass Wars. It's an altered version of the Alice in Wonderland story. From School Library Journal "Grade 9 Up—Frank Beddor's clever novel (Dial, 2006) puts Lewis Carroll's heroine—along with her loony, puzzle-riddled world—into a new and wholly satisfying frame. In this version, most of Alyss Heart's family and friends are ruthlessly killed by her evil Aunt Redd. Alyss escapes through the Pool of Tears, which is actually a portal between worlds, and winds up in Victorian England and is renamed Alice. At first, the child tries to tell ordinary humans about her world and the power imagination actually effects in Wonderlandia, but they gently chide her for telling stories. She believes that she's found a sympathetic ear in a young Oxford don who is a friend of her adopted family, but he turns her story into the travesty we all know as "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Meanwhile, Hatter Madigan, a member of Wonderlandia's Millinery, who also escaped through the Pool, searches for Alyss across continents and time, until he finds her more than a dozen years later. Back home in Wonderlandia, the few who have escaped evil Redd's soldiers plot to retake the land...." I also have just barely started Cutting for Stone. I picked it up today after waiting a long time on the library wait list. From Publishers Weekly "Starred Review. Lauded for his sensitive memoir ( My Own Country ) about his time as a doctor in eastern Tennessee at the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 80s, Verghese turns his formidable talents to fiction, mining his own life and experiences in a magnificent, sweeping novel that moves from India to Ethiopia to an inner-city hospital in New York City over decades and generations. Sister Mary Joseph Praise, a devout young nun, leaves the south Indian state of Kerala in 1947 for a missionary post in Yemen. During the arduous sea voyage, she saves the life of an English doctor bound for Ethiopia, Thomas Stone, who becomes a key player in her destiny when they meet up again at Missing Hospital in Addis Ababa. Seven years later, Sister Praise dies birthing twin boys: Shiva and Marion, the latter narrating his own and his brothers long, dramatic, biblical story set against the backdrop of political turmoil in Ethiopia, the life of the hospital compound in which they grow up and the love story of their adopted parents, both doctors at Missing. The boys become doctors as well and Vergheses weaving of the practice of medicine into the narrative is fascinating even as the story bobs and weaves with the power and coincidences of the best 19th-century novel." Edited January 4, 2011 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Mom Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I am reading "One Second After" by William Forstchen. This book is a little scary to me so far in the way it depicts human behavior when faced with crisis and depravity - it is thought provoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaJeanne Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I am reading The Eagle of the Ninth. I am looking forward to this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I am reading "One Second After" by William Forstchen. This book is a little scary to me so far in the way it depicts human behavior when faced with crisis and depravity - it is thought provoking. I thought this was an interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I got halfway through The Almost Moon when I stumbled upon Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Now I can't put it down. I've never read such an intimate account of slavery. So, I guess I'll finish The Almost Moon next week:) That does look interesting, I've added it to my list, can't beat the price either.;) (It's free on Kindle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I got halfway through The Almost Moon when I stumbled upon Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Now I can't put it down. I've never read such an intimate account of slavery. So, I guess I'll finish The Almost Moon next week:) That does look interesting, I've added it to my list, can't beat the price either.;) (It's free on Kindle) That's one of the autobiographies recommended in The Well Educated Mind, in case you're thinking of doing the WEM Mini-Challenge. ;) Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I've started In the Eyes of Anahita: An Adventure in search of humanity by Hugo Bonjean. I bought it ages ago from the author at a local fair, and it's taken me this challenge to get around to reading it. So far, pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g7s22 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I am reading Ape House by Sara Gruen (chosen by book club) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mryann Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I'm loving my new kindle. I'm currently reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. http://www.amazon.com/One-Thousand-Gifts-Fully-Right/dp/0310321913 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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