Robin M Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Happy Sunday! Today is the start of week four in our quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks. Welcome to everyone who has joined in and / or following our progress. Mr. Linky is all set up on the 52 books blog to link to your reviews. 52 Books blog - C is for Cinders: Do people really live happily ever after in fairy tales? A blogging friend of mine wrote an imaginative sequel to Cinderella appropriately called Cinders. It is her debut book and I think she's going to go far. Be sure to check her out. What are you reading this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 I just finished reading the suspense novel, Delirious by Daniel Palmer. It's being released on the 25th and I'll be posting my review on Tuesday. A spy thriller with lots of twists and turns. Not sure what my next read is going to be. So far for a - z challenge I've read a - Anna Karenina b - Beatrice and Virgil c - Cinders d - Delirious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) My 10 year old, Alexa, and I are doing this challenge together. This week, we are reading "The Gawgon and The Boy" by Lloyd Alexander. "Give me The Boy. These words have the ring of a death sentence to eleven-year-old David as elderly, tough-minded Aunt Annie says them. He's recovering from an illness so serious that he almost died. And now this? But arrangements are quickly made- the aged woman, who seems as frightening as a monstrous, snake-haired Gorgon, will become his tutor. But in no time David changes his mind about The Gawgon, his secret nickname for her. He has always been a dreamer, making up and losing himself in imaginary adventures. Soon she begins to co-star in his fantasies- The Gawgon and The Boy can do anything, go anywhere. Together they rescue King Tut's treasure, scale mountains, outwit master criminals, fool the gods... The Gawgon changes David forever. In a year, the old woman with the bright heart of a girl gives him a lifetime's worth of memories as well as the most important gift of all: belief in himself and the confidence to be whatever he wants to be." On my own, I'm also reading "Mary, Bloody Mary" after Imp's recommendation (I think that's who it was!) It's a young adult book by Carolyn Meyer and it's about Princess Mary (daughter of King Henry) and her childhood. It's the first in a series. Edited January 23, 2011 by NanceXToo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahj Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm still on book #3, The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir. I'm hoping to finish it this week, though I'm not yet halfway through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairytalemama Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I just finished The School of Essential Ingredients. You can read my review here. I'm still reading #3 and #4 concurrently--- Jane Eyre and The God Delusion. I have a feeling that I'm already falling behind---eek!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I can't remember what I've posted about and what I haven't. So far, I've read: 1. The Magicians 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. The Lightning Thief 4. Like Water for Chocolate I am still inching myself through The Brothers Karamazov and just started Operation Mincemeat, a non-fiction book about a counterespionage incident in WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I really enjoyed reading Lloyd Alexander books with my son. Don't think we ever read Gawgon, though. My 2011 reading is off to a slow start, thanks to a bout of the flu. I could only listen to books I was familiar with, and I'd doze off and on through those. But, finally, I've got 2 new books finished! Bridge of Birds is a fantasy/fairy tale that takes place in a make believe China. There are bits and pieces of real Chinese history and mythology, and the pacing and feel of the story reminded me of the Chinese epic Monkey. Not a kids book, but a very fun and unexpected fairy tale for grown ups. I also listened to yet another Discworld book, Thief of Time, which was fun. Not the best, not the worst of the Pratchett books, but an enjoyable escape into the silly mind of Terry Pratchett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extendedforecast Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) I also am off to a slow start because most of my time has been spent packing for our coming move. I finished week 1 book, Flanagan's Smart Home earlier this week and have started Faith and Feminism: a holy alliance. The Smart Home book was a good one to read at the beginning of this move. It's helped me reevaluate what I've been packing for our move. Hopefully I can finish this book this week and start on the first Jane Austen book I've been wanting to re-read. Edited January 23, 2011 by extendedforecast Forgot a detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I finished The Almost Moon and The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet this week. I started One Second After today and am almost done with The Lightening Thief (reading it with the kids). So far I have read: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl The Trylle Trilogy (Switched, Torn, and Ascend) Hollowland The Almost Moon The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet So, seven books so far. I should finish two this week. I have enjoyed all of the books so far. The only thing I didn't finish was The Road. I can't stand the writing. I made it about a third of the way through before giving up. Boring!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Good reading week here. I finished two books (enjoyed them both) and started a third. Busy with the Plantagenets here. The Daughter of Time is Josephine Tey's "mystery" on the murder of the princes in the tower. You come away believing Richard III did not do it--some convincing evidence. I read Philippa Gregory's The White Queen last year from the point of view of the princes' mother. That helped me have some idea who the main players were. I heard that her new one, The Red Queen, came out last year from the point of view of Henry VII's mother. I was able to get that from the library, so that is my current read. And now I find myself thinking those Yorks should have never been on the throne in the first place! Loved Agnes Grey. I've never read Anne Bronte. It was like finding a Jane Austen I had never read. Nice little treat. 2011 Reading List 5. Agnes Grey-Anne Bronte 4. The Daughter of Time-Josephine Tey 3. Mythology-Edith Hamilton 2. Phantom Toll Booth-Norton Juster 1. Her Fearful Symmetry-Audrey Niffenegger Edited January 23, 2011 by Ali in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I just typed out the books I've read so far, and the total is 8 (not all have been posted, but all meet the requirements.) It's nice to be ahead because at some point I'll have weeks where I can't read much. The main book for this week is Brisingr, since I've already read the first two. I'm about half way done, but I count the books the week that they are finished. This is good, because I'm reading something only while at the Audobon Society while my 12 you takes a creative writing class there (the teacher rents a room there) and am slowly reading a nonfiction book at home, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Cinders sounds intriguing, Mytwoblessings. I'm going to suggest that my library purchase it. Starting My Abandonment by Peter Rock for my book group. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm still on an Ellen Emerson White kick after loving her President's Daughter series. I'm 3/4 through The Road Home, and her oop Friends series is on the way from Amazon marketplace.Yea!! I'm on the lookout for more smart YA fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoffeeChick Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I got 4 books read this week -- all pretty much brain candy, but I've been really sick for most of the week. I finally found time to finish "Warlord" by Ted Bell. It's not his best. I also read 2 books by James Patterson, "The 9th Judgement" and "Run for Your Life". I've always been a fan of Patterson's Women's Murder Club series. Last night I finished "Deadly Sanctuary" by Sylvia Nobel. Barnes and Nobel offered it free as a Nookbook a little while back. It was pretty decent - I'll probably check out the rest of the series from the library. With the four I read this week, I've read 6 books so far this year. My goal for this week is to read something a little more substantial. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edithcrawley Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 This week I'll be reading Life is so Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman. If I finish it early, I'll start on The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I read A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis. Review here. I also read She Looks Just Like You (a memoir of nonbiological lesbian motherhood) by Amie K. Miller. I'll have review/reflection of that later tonight after my ds writes his paper on Huck Finn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I read Murder on the Bride's Side by Tracy Kiely, Patience with God by Frank Schaeffer, and Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber. I'm almost through with Bret Harte's Gold Rush and I'm about 1/3 of the way in Bodies Like Bright Stars: Saints and Relics in Orthodox Russia. I couldn't find my copy of Agnes Grey, so I had to request it from the library. Hope to start it this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I finished 'At Home' by Bill Bryson. I loved all the bits and bites of history that he wrote about. A fun read. Then I read 'Composed' by Rosanne Cash. I was disappointed. Cash is a prolific writer but I was expecting deep from her and all I got was gloss. I should have known better. Now I am reading (Book 6) 'Passionate Minds' by David Bodanis. It is a non-fiction book about the affair between Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet (sp?), who is a scientist. This is an excellent read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Finished Book #3, Little Lord Fauntleroy. I can see why Helen Keller liked it so very well. I imagine it's too saccharin for many people today; but I enjoyed it. Now I'm on to Book #4, Home Education by Charlotte Mason. I broke down and ordered the Original Homeschooling series from amazon. :) This is one series that I really want to be able to MARK UP with all kinds of notes, smilies, underlining, etc. Ebook, online, or library copies just won't do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I am pleased with this weeks' reading! I concluded the book we were doing for family reading, chosen by the men of the house: #4 - Guns, Freedom, and Terrorism, by Wayne LaPierre. I also finished an easy read: #5 - Women's Intuition, by Lisa Samson - I've read four or five of this author's books over the past couple years and so far, they haven't failed to appeal, and to be page-turners. Also read this week: #6 - A Better Woman, by Susan Johnson - This was a memoir of the author's decision to become a mother and the changes it brought about in her thinking and way of life, not to mention all the medical problems that resulted. I can't honestly say that I enjoyed the book. Her pre-parent feelings and lifestyle, along with many of her *harsh* feelings afterwards, were foreign to me. Her honesty, however, was compelling and at times, almost frightening. I found myself wondering how she managed to avoid a visit from social services. Her children often sounded like a noose about her neck and I felt sorry for them. I also wondered, had she not been dealing with the major medical issues, if the children would've fared better in her care. It was an overall emotionally difficult book. Yesterday, I began reading: #7 - Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard, by Liz Murray Finally, for family reading, I also read two non-fiction books, one on nature/seasonal changes in the springtime, and one on lighthouses. Both are much smaller books, so I am not counting them in this challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 After an exceptionally crazy week (trying to balance our new schedule of extracurriculars), I'm still working on book #3. I'm almost done Crazy Love by Francis Chan which is challenging my Christian faith and me. I know I'll have to read this one again. I've also started The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Ormartian for a church bible study. It shouldn't take me long to get through it. I WILL get myself caught up by the end of this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm still working on Religion Explained. I really like it but I'm reading it slowly to really understand it. Lots of notes. I downloaded and plan to listen to Charles and Emma on my ipod during my 10+ hour drive to visit my sister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowySilence Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Still working through Great Expectations! I got side-tracked by a couple of other books this past week. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I finished book #3: Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine. Even though I knew all about it, I cried like a baby at the end. I think it's a worthwhile read for anyone who ran track in high school or is a current or wannabe (;) ) runner. I'm listening this week to Extraordinary, Ordinary People, written and narrated by Condoleezza Rice. She's a great running companion. :) I've also started When the Brain Can't Hear : Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder because someone mentioned it on these threads. I thought perhaps my dd has a bit of it. Now, I'm starting to think I was wrong. I think it's my dh that does. :lol: And, well, he does have hearing loss too, so it's not a total stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I finished book six, The Lake of Dreams, and have moved on to my first non-fiction title of the year, Everyday Stalanism. It will be a miracle if I get through that in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I just finished reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I didn't like it as much as I liked Outliers, but it was still interesting in parts. I've started reading Anna Karenina. My list so far this year: 1. Losing my Religion 2. The Hunger Games 3. 29 Gifts 4. Blink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth rose Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Just started The Hour I First Believed by Wally lamb. Looks like its a story around the Columbine shootings. Like it ok so far. I read Room by Emma Donaghue last week and really liked it. It's a powerful book that stays with you unexpectedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm not really at a book per week pace, so I'm losing track. My list for the year had 66 books, and I've already read 3 books that weren't on it. I'll list what I've read so far. I'm just finishing This Side of Paradise. I re-read The Great Gatsby last year and really enjoyed it, so I thought I'd read some more. I'm also partway through Bullfinch's Age of Fable. Whole Grain Breads is excellent! It was a great read and now it is (hopefully) going to help me make some good bread. 8. This Side of Paradise (Fitzgerald) 7. Whole Grain Breads (Reinhart) 6. Northanger Abbey (Austin) 5. Persuasion (Austin) 4. When Bad Christians Happen to Good People 3. Math Coach 2. Theban trilogy 1. Our Town Year-long reading: NKJV Bible, Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvnlattes Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I read Faithful Place by Tana French. It was my first fiction book this year so it was nice to have a change of pace. The book is a murder mystery set in Ireland. The author used what I guessed to be Irish brogue occasionally which made the dialogue a bit challenging at times. It also had quite a bit of foul language which caught me off guard since I read so much non-fiction. Despite these drawbacks, I enjoyed the book. This week I'm back to non-fiction with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm still on book #3, The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir. I'm hoping to finish it this week, though I'm not yet halfway through. I'm going to have to check this one out. I read the Wives of Henry VIII by Weir and really enjoyed it. I'm still reading the Bronte biography. Very interesting childhood for these children. I did hit the jackpot at the free shelf at the library this week, and got a copy of Gulliver's Travels and Anne of Green Gables. I've been wanting to re-read Anne after all the talk here and I've never read Gulliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I finished All I Did Was Ask by Terry Gross and Ender's Game last week (reviews in blog). This week I'm finishing up The Irresistible Henry House and listening to Anne Tyler's Noah's Compass, and I'm about to start Roseanne Cash's memoir, Composed. I'm mostly keeping one fiction and one non-fiction (plus one audiobook) going at a time so far this year, and that's working out well. I can switch back and forth if I get burned out on one book, but it's not so much at once that I get overwhelmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I am halfway through two books and should finish them both this week: 1. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin 2. Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years by Philip Jenkins I am reading Tales from the Odyssey, Part 1 (Trade Bind-up) by Mary Pope Osborne to DS1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 So far I've finished: The Help The Alchemist Still working on: More Than Conquerors A Briefer History of Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I read Its All Too Much by Peter Walsh, and started Story of a Soul, the autobiography of St/Therese of Lisieux. I am having trouble reading for more than 20 minutes without falling asleep. I am not sure why, since it's not for lack of sleep- it can be any time of day. I do tend to read in bed, so maybe I need to set up a nook somewhere else to read that isnt so conducive to such deep relaxation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 My read this week was The Wreath, the first book in the Kristen Lavrandsdattar trilogy by Sigrid Undset. It's historical fiction set in 14th century Norway. I'll save my review for when I finish the trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmer Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Didn't finish anything this week but I am over halfway through Agnes Grey, and enjoying it for the most part. It is the first book I am reading on my Ipad and I find myself getting more distracted while reading it and having to go back and reread more...I guess I am too use to the feel of a book in my hands. I am also working my way through The Screwtape Letters. I am really enjoying it and the thinking it is causing me to do regarding faith and religion. I just started 1, 2, 3 Money Matters on my phone kindle thing. It was a free download so I am giving it a try...I am preferring the Kindle format to the Ibooks format oddly enough. So nothing finished but a whole lot started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'm stll going on the same two books I've been complaining about for the past two weeks, primarily The High King of Montival by S.M. Stirling. I do think I'll finish it this week, though. Things should improve when I can get myself to the library to get my holds, though. I have Papa Married A Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald (the author of the Great Brain books) coming in, and I'm looking forward to that. I want to read Hotel At The Corner Of Bitter and Sweet because everyone keeps talking about it and I'm interested in the internment camps, but my library only has the audiobook version, and I don't particularly like audiobooks. I have to start up a list of books I need to look for used, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I failed to post for last week, but I finished The Fiery Cross for week three. For week four, I finished reading A Season of Gifts out loud. We have really enjoyed this Richard Peck series. They have been some favorite read-alouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 If I finish it early, I'll start on The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood I read that book many years ago and loved it- it really stuck with me all this time. I should re-read it!! I failed to post for last week, but I finished The Fiery Cross for week three. That's my favorite series ever :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I am already behind! I didn't read at all in Week 2, but in Week 3 I read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I loved the "Pray" part, but found the Eat part self-absorbed and the Love part exasperating. Week 4 will see me reading Buddhism Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen. As it's not too long, I'm hoping to "catch up" by fitting in another short book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 My week 3 book was The Help. Incredible book. I couldn't put it down. This week is The Book Thief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Loved Agnes Grey. I've never read Anne Bronte. It was like finding a Jane Austen I had never read. Nice little treat. Yeah, glad you like it. I've started reading Anna Karenina. Look forward to hearing what you think of it. Didn't finish anything this week but I am over halfway through Agnes Grey, and enjoying it for the most part. It is the first book I am reading on my Ipad and I find myself getting more distracted while reading it and having to go back and reread more...I guess I am too use to the feel of a book in my hands. I had a hard time the first time I read my nook and didn't retain much. Took a while to get used to it and to stop treating it like I was skimming computer. ** Going to practice what I preach since I'm the one who suggested it. finally started reading Tenant of Wildfell Hall today. yeah me! *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'm stll going on the same two books I've been complaining about for the past two weeks, primarily The High King of Montival by S.M. Stirling. I do think I'll finish it this week, though. Things should improve when I can get myself to the library to get my holds, though. I have Papa Married A Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald (the author of the Great Brain books) coming in, and I'm looking forward to that. I want to read Hotel At The Corner Of Bitter and Sweet because everyone keeps talking about it and I'm interested in the internment camps, but my library only has the audiobook version, and I don't particularly like audiobooks. I have to start up a list of books I need to look for used, I think. This series looks interesting. Can you tell me about it? Are they worth the read? thanks, lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 This series looks interesting. Can you tell me about it? Are they worth the read? I really enjoyed the first book, Dies The Fire. An event of (so far) unknown cause occurs, changing the laws of physics so that things like electricity and gunpowder no longer work. The first few books focus on the different ways in which the survivors of the initial chaos rebuild society. I've read all the subsequent books in the series (which is actually a trilogy of trilogies with different settings in time and focuses), and found them varying degrees of enjoyable. Some I raced through, others took a few tries. This seems like it may be one of the ones that takes a few tries. Honestly, I'm about ready for the series to be over (my understanding is that there are 1 or 2 more books planned) so I can stop feeling obligated to read them. They're not bad books, but they're a very different story from where they started out, and I was into the immediate post-apocolyptic story much more than the neo-medieval fantasy it currently is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) 'Passionate Minds' by David Bodanis. It is a non-fiction book about the affair between Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet (sp?), who is a scientist. This is an excellent read. That looks great. I'm happy to see that my library has a copy too! :001_smile: my library only has the audiobook version, and I don't particularly like audiobooks. I'm w/ you on that, lol! I find it exasperating when my library has only an audiobook version of something & not an actual hard copy. Why??? :confused: I'm still working on the same 2 books this week: The Abyssinian by Jean-Christophe Rufin The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr by by Books read in 2011: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag; People Die Edited January 24, 2011 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I read Bearing Witness: The Lives of War Correspondents and Photojournalists by Denise Leith. Methinks I'll be reposting it on the end of year summary under "Best Books of 2011." Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I just finished reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I didn't like it as much as I liked Outliers, but it was still interesting in parts. That's what my dh said also. Haven't read Blink yet, but I plan to ... 2. Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years by Philip Jenkins This looks interesting. I read Its All Too Much by Peter WalshI am having trouble reading for more than 20 minutes without falling asleep. The Peter Walsh book looks interesting. I really need to get rid of some stuff. Although dh will likely tease me that I don't need a book to get rid of stuff. ;) Also having trouble falling asleep very soon after starting to read. If I'm reading and not about to nap or sleep, I'm usually online. It's when I read in bed ... I just crash after a few pages. I teased my dad about that for years. And now ... here it's happening to me. :lol: My week 3 book was The Help. Incredible book. I couldn't put it down.This week is The Book Thief. Loved both. Loved The Help more, but they're both different. I'm still reading The Forgotten Garden. So far, so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorien Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 This past week I read: - Footsteps in the Dark (Georgette Heyer) - Miss Pym Disposes (Josephine Tey) - The Matchmakers (Janette Oke) - The Hawk and the Jewel (Lori Wick) - Wings of the Morning (Lori Wick) - The Knight and the Dove (Wick) - Detection Unlimited (Heyer) Right now I have no idea what I'm going to read this week. It will depend on what I feel like reading when the time comes! I do know that it will be something frivolous and fun to read! :001_smile: This week Ds8 read: - The Shore Road Mystery (Hardy Boys book) - Encyclopedia Brown #9 - Encyclopedia Brown #10 - The Phantom Freighter (Hardy Boys book) He'll be starting another Hardy Boys book today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Still plowing through Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series. On book 8 and loving them. Staying up way too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Slowest reading week so far. Still slogging through Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. It's like a 300-page internet rant; well-written, but overly wordy (around page 100 he even pauses to mention that it's getting pretty long), disorganized, and hyperbolic. There are, however, some gems in it. I will get through! And then on to something that's not political philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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