AvasMom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I'm halfway through Ahab's Wife. Those of you starting it next week are going to LOVE it!! Still plugging away at Walden but usually when I sit down to read I find I'd rather spend it with my new friend, Una, so it's a little slow going. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I'm halfway through Ahab's Wife. Those of you starting it next week are going to LOVE it!! Still plugging away at Walden but usually when I sit down to read I find I'd rather spend it with my new friend, Una, so it's a little slow going. :) I'm so glad people are loving it. I'd have felt like a twit if people hated it. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socalmom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Last week I finished Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom. It reminded me of Tuesdays With Morrie which I loved. I also finished a YA book, The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen. I read this with my DD and we both enjoyed it. This week I'm working on A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard. This is for my book club and I'm finding it difficult to read because my DD is 11 and that is how old Jaycee was when she was abducted. I considered putting it down but will finish so that I can discuss it with my book club friends. I'm also reading Nickel and Dimed by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis and will be discussing this with a group at church. I've had this on my TBR for awhile and I'm glad to have the push to move it to the top of my list. Margie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbothmykids Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Here's my list so far: 1. The Chimes (Dickens) 2. The Twilight of American Culture (Berman) 3. Love and Freindship (Austen) 4. Drive: 9 Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve (Caffrey) I'm now working on the $5 Dinner Mom's Cookbook and the first part of The Well-Educated Mind (before I start Don Quixote). I am also planning to read through the Bible this year with my husband and kids. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abeth78 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 This week I'm working on A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard. This is for my book club and I'm finding it difficult to read because my DD is 11 and that is how old Jaycee was when she was abducted. I considered putting it down but will finish so that I can discuss it with my book club friends. Margie It was a hard book to read, especially as a mother, and with children. It was not an easy read on so many levels but I am glad I read it, and the ending was so inspirational. She has truly made such overcomings in her life...while I am sure she will have a long life to live with her past... keep reading it. It is worth it. HOWEVER I did give it away after I finished it. I knew I would never re-read that book. I am WAY more careful with my boys now too... it really made me think about how very split second things can change. If you ever want to discuss some of the elements I would happily do that. I didn't have a book group to discuss it with...and honestly I had some processing to do after reading it. It very much took MY innocence away readying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I'm halfway through Ahab's Wife. Those of you starting it next week are going to LOVE it!! Weird question: Does one have to love Moby Dick in order to appreciate this? I keep wondering if I should get this or not. :confused: Last week I finished Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom. It reminded me of Tuesdays With Morrie which I loved. Love Mitch Albom and all of his books. The movies that have been done are very good also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Just finished book #7= The Vault by Ruth Rendell. This is another Wexford mystery, except in this one, he is finally retired and just an unpaid police consultant. Mostly takes place in London. Very good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvasMom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Weird question: Does one have to love Moby Dick in order to appreciate this? I keep wondering if I should get this or not. :confused: also. No you don't have to love Moby Dick. I sure didn't. It does make you more interested in Moby though. It makes the whole whaling society much more interesting and human. I just watched "Into the Deep" as well and sort of want to go back and reread the blasted whale book again. Maybe. Lol! You want to get this book. I promise. It had me at "Ahab was neither my first husband, nor my last." :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 You want to get this book. I promise. It had me at "Ahab was neither my first husband, nor my last." :D Thank you. I will. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I am on book #5, Living Oprah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I am on book #5, Living Oprah. Oo, I read that last year. It was interesting and kind of horrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 You want to get this book. I promise. It had me at "Ahab was neither my first husband, nor my last." :D As far as everything else she has ever written, I think this may be the BEST line she has ever done or ever will do. I felt that way too when I read that line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvasMom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 As far as everything else she has ever written, I think this may be the BEST line she has ever done or ever will do. I felt that way too when I read that line. It made me want to grab a cup of tea and be like "Girl, you need to dish! Do tell!" And then the opening story she tells...and from then on my kids and house fell to ruins around me. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 from then on my kids and house fell to ruins around me. :lol: :lol: Love it when a book does that to me. Maybe my family doesn't, but I do. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 It made me want to grab a cup of tea and be like "Girl, you need to dish! Do tell!" And then the opening story she tells...and from then on my kids and house fell to ruins around me. :lol: YES!!! SJN is one of the very rare modern authors to do that to me. Lionel Shriver does it sometimes and Wally Lamb does it to me about 80% of the time, but there was just something about that line that made time outside the book just stop for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proverbs356lady Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) I'm halfway through Ahab's Wife. Those of you starting it next week are going to LOVE it!! Still plugging away at Walden but usually when I sit down to read I find I'd rather spend it with my new friend, Una, so it's a little slow going. :) Glad to hear that! I picked it up from the library today and the book is huge! Huge books intimidate me. No you don't have to love Moby Dick. I sure didn't. It does make you more interested in Moby though. It makes the whole whaling society much more interesting and human. I just watched "Into the Deep" as well and sort of want to go back and reread the blasted whale book again. Maybe. Lol! You want to get this book. I promise. It had me at "Ahab was neither my first husband, nor my last." :D Also got MD audiobook today from the library. Since it's 24 hrs of listening pleasure I may start that in tandem with AW. It could take me weeks to accomplish this! Think I'll start tonight! Edited January 10, 2012 by proverbs356lady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 2. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton~Fiction, a small girl is abandoned on a ship to Australia with a white suitcase and a fairy book. The story moves between Edwardian gothic and modern mystery. Morton managed to take what I expect and twist it a bit, but the biggest mystery is obvious from early on. Really fun. I was swept through the mystery until the end. Hey can you give me a rating on this? PG, PG-13, or R? It sounds a little along the lines of Juliet by Anne Fortier. I'm interested.;) and from then on my kids and house fell to ruins around me. :lol: :lol: Love it when that happens. The last book that I read that did that to me was The Host by Stephenie Meyer. My younger dd was "potion making" in the bathroom. I still have no idea what all went into that bucket :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvasMom Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 For any cc moms, Francine Rivers' "Mark of the Lion" series was the last book to do that to me. I was in nursing school at the time...very bad time for a book like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 The Shadow Children series by Haddix had me hooked. I left my house and kids in ruins to finish that series. It was a marathon reading fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I forgot to post DD11's books: #1** Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan #2 I Spy The Contantinople Caper - Graham Marks ** Audiobooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 It made me want to grab a cup of tea and be like "Girl, you need to dish! Do tell!" And then the opening story she tells...and from then on my kids and house fell to ruins around me. :lol: For any cc moms, Francine Rivers' "Mark of the Lion" series was the last book to do that to me. I was in nursing school at the time...very bad time for a book like that! For me it was Island of the World by Michael D O'Brien. The world simply stopped. Happily, it was a Saturday and my husband could take the children in hand :) Spectacular CC book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElisabethGrace Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Quote: Originally Posted by ElisabethGrace The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Living Guide by Francine Jay Organized Simplicity by Tsh Oxenreider (Kindle Library loan) What did you think of both of these? (I wish my library had them!) In reply to Stacia: I don't feel that I learned anything new, but I'm constantly striving to be better organized with this houseful!:) In The Joy of Less, each chapter of Part Three consisted of application of Part Two priciples. It seemed to me that each chapter said the same thing only for different rooms in the house. I much prefer Confessions of an Organized Homemaker & Confessions of a Happily Organized Family. They are meatier IMO. HTH! Edited January 10, 2012 by ElisabethGrace I'm apparently not using the quote function properly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnae Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Just finished book #3: Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books. I thought it was pretty good. I definitely took more away from the 2nd half (the practical half) than the 1st half. Some of the theological stuff was interesting though. Now to decide what to read next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 So far... 1. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 2. The Christmas Memory (three stories) by Truman Capote 3. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee 3. I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 My book this week is Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. I learned a lot about Franklin and the world in which he lived. A very interesting man. I still can't decide if I would like him if I met him in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Finishing "Cabbages and Kings" by O.Henry - another reread. :001_smile: Everyone were sick for several days in our house. Have to catch up now with my reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socalmom Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 It was a hard book to read, especially as a mother, and with children. It was not an easy read on so many levels but I am glad I read it, and the ending was so inspirational. She has truly made such overcomings in her life...while I am sure she will have a long life to live with her past... keep reading it. It is worth it. HOWEVER I did give it away after I finished it. I knew I would never re-read that book. I am WAY more careful with my boys now too... it really made me think about how very split second things can change. If you ever want to discuss some of the elements I would happily do that. I didn't have a book group to discuss it with...and honestly I had some processing to do after reading it. It very much took MY innocence away readying it. My friend that chose this for our bookclub feels the same way that you do. I'm at the beginning and it is heartbreaking. I will let you know what I think about it. Margie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Enough Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I am on book #5, Living Oprah. I read your previous post about The Nearby Feast- did you finish that, too? The latest issue of Mother Earth News had an excerpt (which I really enjoyed), and I was wondering if the book as a whole was just as good. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm on fire! Finished another one this week: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson. Didn't enjoy this one as much as The Devil in the White City or Isaac's Storm, but it is still really, really good if you enjoy narrative nonfiction. Devil in the White City is on my wish list. I keep going back and forth on In the Garden of Beasts. I guess I'll pass on it for now. Thank you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3and3 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Well looks like I did not make my goal last week. I am still reading Black by Ted Dekker and Frazzled Female by Cindi Wood, but I am almost done with both. In my defense, I am also taking 3 online college classes so have been reading alot for my classes as well. I guess I can add my textbooks when I am finished too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunD Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Has anyone read Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee? I can't decide whether I want it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Devil in the White City is on my wish list. I keep going back and forth on In the Garden of Beasts. I guess I'll pass on it for now. Thank you. :) I'm reading Devil for my book club at the end of the month. It has me riveted for sure!!! I'm finally making progress on So Much For That. I finally care about the characters and an impending death is making that hard. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clear Creek Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I finished book #3 this week; Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. The subject matter of the book, bullying, hit pretty close to home for me; I was bullied in junior high and high school. Thankfully I had the foresight to see that high school (and the idiots there) was not the end-all, be-all of life. :D I really enjoyed the book, and was kept guessing until the end what the twist in the story would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<3myKids Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I am reading The Ministry of Motherhood this week. I am glad we are going to read Ahab's Wife and Moby Dick as a group. I am looking forward to tackling those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 2. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton~Fiction, a small girl is abandoned on a ship to Australia with a white suitcase and a fairy book. The story moves between Edwardian gothic and modern mystery. Morton managed to take what I expect and twist it a bit, but the biggest mystery is obvious from early on. Really fun. I was swept through the mystery until the end. Hey can you give me a rating on this? PG, PG-13, or R? It sounds a little along the lines of Juliet by Anne Fortier. I'm interested. Its pretty tame (I would rate it PG), but some of the mystery about who's baby it is probably make the themes more PG-13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Halcyon Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I was going to read Pride & Prejudice after finishing up LIving Oprah, but my long awaited new Stephen King novel, 11/22/63, FINALLY became available from my library...omg what a BRICK :lol: Seriously, it's huge...866 pages! But I'm going to have to start it soon as I know there are other people on the waiting list after me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Everybody who wants to read Ahab's wife - We can do this one or two ways. It is 157 Chapters and approximately 667 pages. 1) Start reading on Sunday and see where everyone is at as of Saturday night. I don't expect all to read in one week. Then keep going. or 2) Set a number of chapters or pages to read per day such as 48 pages which will have us finishing in two weeks or 32 pages a day for three weeks. I have a feeling though from all the comments, we all be lost in the book for a while and come up for air occasionally. :) Keep it casual or set a schedule. I also found a list of interesting discussion questions on Harper Collin's site. There are some spoilers so don't look at the questions if you think it will ruin your reading experience. Things to think about as you read or after you read it. I started a thread on the social group to discuss as well. Let me know how you want to roll.... Edited January 11, 2012 by Mytwoblessings add social group info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Well looks like I did not make my goal last week. I am still reading Black by Ted Dekker and Frazzled Female by Cindi Wood, but I am almost done with both. In my defense, I am also taking 3 online college classes so have been reading alot for my classes as well. I guess I can add my textbooks when I am finished too. What classes are you taking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I was going to read Pride & Prejudice after finishing up LIving Oprah, but my long awaited new Stephen King novel, 11/22/63, FINALLY became available from my library...omg what a BRICK :lol: Seriously, it's huge...866 pages! But I'm going to have to start it soon as I know there are other people on the waiting list after me. Oh, I'm impatiently waiting for this one. I started reading P&P this week for the first time ever, and I am loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I was going to read Pride & Prejudice after finishing up LIving Oprah, but my long awaited new Stephen King novel, 11/22/63, FINALLY became available from my library...omg what a BRICK :lol: Seriously, it's huge...866 pages! But I'm going to have to start it soon as I know there are other people on the waiting list after me. Ohhh. I'm waiting on this one too. (I've never read Stephen King before because I always figured he would scare me too much. :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 A quick trip to NYC to see my sister slowed down my reading but I read: A Praying Life, Paul Miller - Kindle A Secret Kept, Tatiana de Rosnay - not nearly as good as Sarah's Key. The way she wrote the male protagonist just wasn't authentic or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I finally wrote my review of my first book of the year: Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. It was a much-needed message for me! I'm having trouble settling on my next book. I'm reading Beyond Opinion by Ravi Zacharias now, but I also like to have a fiction selection for when I need something less thinkerly. I was trying to read Death Comes to Pemberley but it just wasn't grabbing me so I finally gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'smom Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I meant to post this yesterday! I finished A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin and have started Age of Innocence by an author whose name is escaping me at the moment. Clash of Kings was great, but the other one is just okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hey can you give me a rating on this? PG, PG-13, or R? It sounds a little along the lines of Juliet by Anne Fortier. I'm interested. Its pretty tame (I would rate it PG), but some of the mystery about who's baby it is probably make the themes more PG-13. Thanks so much! I might put this on my TBR pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partyof5 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Just finished book 2 and I'm miraculously on track for the year. Yay! 1. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone 2. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society -- loved it on audio book because of all the voices for each letter writer! Still reading My Name is Asher Lev for book club Friday night. Hope I can finish in time. Anyone read this and have thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Book #2 - "One Corpse Too Many" - by Ellis Peters. The second Cadfael mystery. Pretty light reading, I know, but I have several books going at once, and the light ones are what I reach for when the two-year-old gets out of bed at 11:30 p.m. and won't go back to sleep for two hours. Just can't handle anything deeper at that hour, and I don't get much time to read during the rest of the day. Book #1 - "A Morbid Taste for Bones" by Ellis Peters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I started Ahab's Wife on Sunday but I realized yesterday that there is no way I will finish that in a week. I'm going to read AW over 2, maybe 3 weeks so I started another book last night that I expect to finish by Friday: Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) 1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children; Celestially Auspicious Occasions 2. The Mysterious Benedict Society; The Invention of Hugo Cabret Edited January 13, 2012 by laundrycrisis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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