Robin M Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Good morning! It is the start of another book week. We are on Week 15 of our quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks. It is time to start book # 16. (If you haven't already.) :) To recap the rules: Read an average of a book a week - 52 books in 52 weeks Re-reading a book counts--as long as you first read it before 2009 School related books don't count (unless you want them to. You may post your reviews, thoughts, reactions to the books you've read here or on the 52 Books in 52 Weeks Blog. You can actually join in anytime. ****************************************** Something interesting going on in the book blog blogosphere this weekend -- The Dewey's Read A Thon. It is a book reading marathon which starts April 18 at 1:00 gmt and goes for 24 hours. You can sign up to be a reader or a cheerleader. You can read just for yourself and the challenge or for a charity. Check it out and learn about all the interesting, yet wacky and wonderful people who are involved. Me - If I finish my final on Friday, then I'll may do it. Otherwise, I'll be a cheerleader again this year. My current read is "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman. What are you reading this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I am currently reading The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley. I only just recently heard of Neil Gaimin. What genre books does he write and how is his style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 This week I will be reading Captivating by John and Stasi Eldridge Week 15: One Woman Against the Reich by Helmut W. Ziefle Week 14: Index to Murder by Jo Dereske Week 13: Jane Austen in Scarsdale by Paula Marantz Cohen Week 12: Q's Legacy by Helene Hanff Week 11: Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family by Stephen J. Dubner Week 10: Body in the Bouillon by Katherine Hall Page Week 9: Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah Week 8: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester Week 7: The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff Week 6: Shelf Life by Suzanne Stempek Shea Week 5: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Week 4: Mosaic by Amy Grant Week 3: The Faith Club by Idilby, Oliver and Warner Week 2: The Body in the Kelp by Katherine Hall Page Week 1: Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale by Gillian Gill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I won this on Nancy's blog Life is like a lunchbox. I'm hoping I'll glean some economic insight from this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I read 'The Time of Singing' by Elizabeth Chadwick; a nice historical fiction novel set in the time of Henry II of England. Now I'm reading a biography of the young Henry VIII's life. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I'd love to join you! I'm behind in my reading for 2009, but maybe I'll catch up...:tongue_smilie: This week I am reading A Simple Habana Melody by Oscar Hijuelos. What do we do...post a review when done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Just finished Web of Conspiracy by James Broderick & Darren Miller & Secret Societies by Sylvia Brown. Currently working on The Uncensored Bible by Kaltner, McKenzie & Kilpatrick. List so far: Week 1: The Templars Week 2: End of America Week 3: Kluge Week 4: Spook Week 5: Panic in Level 4 Week 6: Killing the Imposter God Week 7: Journeys to a Mythical Past Week 8: Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blonds? Week 9: When Men Become Gods Week 10: The Score Week 11: More Harm Than Good Week 12: The Unthinkable Week 13: Deep Survival Week 14: How Not to Die by Jan Garavaglia Week 15: Web of Conspiracy & Secret Societies I have 8 books in que and a few on hold at the library as well. I also have a list of to read some day. I keep a stack of dog training, emergency preparedness, and gardening books by the desk to refer to as well and of course, I am constantly pouring through curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 I'd love to join you! I'm behind in my reading for 2009, but maybe I'll catch up...:tongue_smilie: This week I am reading A Simple Habana Melody by Oscar Hijuelos. What do we do...post a review when done? Hi Amy, Welcome to the challenge. Some folks are just listing the books they read, others are posting mini reviews either here or a longer review on the 52 books blog. If you want to post a review on the 52 books blog, email me and I will set you up as a contributor. I am posting reviews on both my blog and the 52 books blog. The links are in my siggi. Glad you decided to join us. Happy reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraida Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Week 1: The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Week 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Week 3: The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch Week 4: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Week 5: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie Week 6: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Week 7: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Week 8: Paper Towns by John Green Week 9: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen Week 10: Saville by David Storey Week 11: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 12: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald Week 13: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Week 14: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Week 15: The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Blessings Zoraida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I just finished a book that someone here had recommended. Thanks to Rosie, I picked up Garden Spells at Barnes and Noble last week, and just lapped it up yesterday and today. It is the perfect book for a lazy spring day. (I'm allowing myself to feel lazy 'cause I had to have a filling replaced at the dentist this a.m. I figured I could indulge myself in a few mid-day hours reading a book!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I've been MIA. The first few months of the year are usually a tough time of year for me (SAD?). Also, I think I'm a little embarrassed that I tend to read children's books rather than adult books. Oh well, I'll list them. Recently I've read: Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I read the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. I didn't like it that much but it picked up a bit at the end. I am now reading Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott. I think this is going to be a fluff book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I am reading The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama for my book club. I haven't actually started it yet, but it looks good. I love Asian literature :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) I'm behind, but I'm excited anyway because I have now officially read more books in 2009 than I read in all of 2008.:party: And, it's been all because of this challenge. I learned I do better if I focus on one book at a time instead of becoming discouraged by an ever-growing stack of unfinished books. Maybe I'll be able to catch up with the challenge, but even if I don't, this has still been a huge personal success for me. My list so far: A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton Everyday Talk: Talking Freely and Naturally about God with Your Children by John A. Younts Kristin Lavransdatter: II The Mistress of Husaby by Sigrid Undset The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli His Word in My Heart: Memorizing Scripture for a Closer Walk with God by Janet Pope In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith Innocent Blood by P.D. James The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late by Thomas Sowell The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner Othello by Shakespeare Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (currently in progress) I enjoyed Girl Meets God last week. I learned a lot, pondered a lot, and will forever be grateful to her for explaining the difference between evangelical and fundamental. Even after growing up as a PK in a mainline denomination and attending Liberty University, I didn't understand the difference (I think I'm dense:tongue_smilie:). Now I realize that all the times I've told my Baptist-raised dh, "You are acting like a Baptist," what I really meant was, "You are acting like a fundamentalist." (Nothing against fundamentalists, really! I love the one I married, and sometimes I resemble one myself.) Now I'm reading Doomsday Book which Semicolon listed as her favorite book of the ones she read in March. 20yodd has been trying to get me to read it for years. So far, it's a page-turner. ETA: Just remembered I can add Othello which my teenage sons and I read together this week. I'm not as behind as I thought! (I count the books I read with my high schoolers because I consider them part of a self-education effort. I don't count the read alouds I do with my middle group. Those are the guidelines I set up for myself at the beginning.) Edited April 17, 2009 by Luann in ID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Finished books 18 and 19: "Still Growing: An Autobiography", by Kirk Cameron; and, "An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation", by Tom Brokaw. I enjoyed both books, and often found myself in silent tears while reading the Brokaw book. Currently reading another Perry Stone Unusual Prophecies book as well as Nicholas Sparks' novel, Dear John. I usually have a couple books (or more:D) going at once, and I also have a stack of books piled up waiting to be read.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Well, I didn't actually finish a book this week. It's okay, because I've "read ahead" a couple of previous weeks. Here's the running list: 16. One Nation Under Dog 15. The Jesuit and the Skull 14. The Lady Elizabeth 13. Innocent Traitor 12. The Book Thief 11. Q & A 10. The Virgin Blue 9. Larklight 8. Assassination Vacation 7. Before and After You Get Your Puppy 6. Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads 5. Sense and Sensibility 4. Sister Carrie 3. Joy in the Morning 2. In Cold Blood 1. Bel Canto I'm currently half-heartedly re-reading Mansfield Park (don't know why I'm not getting into that one) and a parenting book called Living With Your Active Alert Child (because I needed a booster shot of advice about coping with my son these days). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I am reading How Would Jesus Raise Your Child by Dr. Teresa Whitehurst. I do not do so good with nonfiction or parenting books, in general, but this one is pretty good so far. I have Mansfield Park here too, but I haven't started it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 a parenting book called Living With Your Active Alert Child (because I needed a booster shot of advice about coping with my son these days). Jenny, how is this one? I picked up "Raising your Spirited Child" and it's not a good fit. Guess my kids are not as spirited as I think they are!:confused::eek: I also have Innocent Traitor waiting in the wings. Is it good or should I move on to something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amie Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 This week I am working my way through Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms by Diane Ravitch. Interesting so far--I need to get busy though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Q Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I'm currently reading (and reading and reading with no end in sight) American Creation by Joseph Ellis. So far this year, I've read: 1)A Reason for God by Timothy Keller 2)Physik by Angie Sage (Septimus Heap, book 3) 3)Queste by Angie Sage 4)The Mysterious Benedict Society & the Perilous Journey 5)Your Child’s Growing Mind Jane Healy 6)Cod: the fish that changed the world 7)Mister Monday Garth Nix 8)Grim Tuesday Garth Nix 9)Assassin’s Quest Robin Hobb 10)The Magic Thief Sarah Prineas 11)The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck 12)Drowned Wednesday Garth Nix 13)Sir Thursday Garth Nix 14)Coloring Outside the Lines Roger Schank 15)Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax 16)A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth 17)Lady Friday Garth Nix 18)Superior Saturday Garth Nix 19)Threads of Malice Tamara Siler Jones 20)Valley of SoulTamara Siler Jones 21)The Cipher Diana Pharoah Francis 22)Outliers Malcolm Gladwell 23)All the Windwracked Stars Elizabeth Bear Anyone have any suggestions for Russian literature that's not Tolstoy or Dostoevsky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) You all are reading some great books. Please don't hate me, but I'm excited. Just finished my 52nd book. I'm halfway to my goal of 100 books for the year. Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb Wicked by Gregory Maguire If There Be Dragons by Kay Hooper Love by Design (2 classic novels) Loving Jack by Nora Roberts Best Laid Plans by Nora Roberts Five in a Row by Jane Coffey Bad Faith by Aimee Thurlo Unspeakable by Sandra Brown Distant Echoes by Colleen Coble To Catch a Thief by Christina Sky Black Sands by Colleen Coble Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods Split Second by David Baldacci Kiss - Ted Dekker (1/06/09) Spider's Web by Agatha Christie Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur Prey for a Miracle by Aimee Thurlo The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen The Wild Sight by Loucinda McGary Dance with the Dragon by David Hagberg Life of Pi by Yann Martel For Her Eyes Only(3) Cait London A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton Hercules Poirot Christmas by Agatha Christi A Ghost in the Machine by Caroline Graham The Book Thief by Markus Zusak House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton Crimson Moon – Rebecca York The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner Promises in Death - J.D. Robb Blood Bound (2) Patricia Briggs Line of Duty by Teri Blackstock The Girl She Used To Be - David Cristofano The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett Coral Moon - Brandilyn Collins Dangerous Depths - Colleen Coble Sag Harbor - Colson Whitehead Fireproof - Eric Wilson Hadassah - Tommy Tenney The Seven Storey Mountain - Thomas Merten War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy Long Lost - Harlan Coben The Mystery of Grace - Charles De Lint The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie Mercy Street - Mariah Stewart The Titian Committee - Iain Pears Eon: Dragoneye Reborn - Alison Goodman 14 - J.T. Elison A World I Never Made - James LePore The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (tb Rev) Iron Kissed - Patricia Briggs (tb rev) The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly (tb rev) Edited April 22, 2009 by Mytwoblessings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 You all are reading some great books. Please don't hate me, but I'm excited. Just finished my 52nd book. I'm halfway to my goal of 100 books for the year. Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb Wicked by Gregory Maguire If There Be Dragons by Kay Hooper Love by Design (2 classic novels) Loving Jack by Nora Roberts Best Laid Plans by Nora Roberts Five in a Row by Jane Coffey Bad Faith by Aimee Thurlo Unspeakable by Sandra Brown Distant Echoes by Colleen Coble To Catch a Thief by Christina Sky Black Sands by Colleen Coble Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods Split Second by David Baldacci Kiss - Ted Dekker (1/06/09) Spider's Web by Agatha Christie Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur Prey for a Miracle by Aimee Thurlo The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen The Wild Sight by Loucinda McGary Dance with the Dragon by David Hagberg Life of Pi by Yann Martel For Her Eyes Only(3) Cait London A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton Hercules Poirot Christmas by Agatha Christi A Ghost in the Machine by Caroline Graham The Book Thief by Markus Zusak House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton Crimson Moon – Rebecca York The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner Promises in Death - J.D. Robb Blood Bound (2) Patricia Briggs Line of Duty by Teri Blackstock The Girl She Used To Be - David Cristofano The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett Coral Moon - Brandilyn Collins Dangerous Depths - Colleen Coble Sag Harbor - Colson Whitehead Fireproof - Eric Wilson Hadassah - Tommy Tenney The Seven Storey Mountain - Thomas Merten War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy Long Lost - Harlan Coben The Mystery of Grace - Charles De Lint The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie Mercy Street - Mariah Stewart The Titian Committee - Iain Pears Eon: Dragoneye Reborn - Alison Goodman 14 - J.T. Elison A World I Never Made - James LePore The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (tb Rev) Iron Kissed - Patricia Briggs (tb rev) The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly (tb rev) Good job! I just don't know how you find the time. I read after the kiddos go to bed, which means I am up way too late! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Anyone have any suggestions for Russian literature that's not Tolstoy or Dostoevsky? Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We," if you're into dystopia novels, that is. I'm too dense to pick up the metaphors in Animal Farm, so I enjoyed the experience of this book. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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