Robin M Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Good morning! It is the start of another book week. We are on Week 17 of our quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks. It is time to start book # 18. (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. Check out the latest reviews posted this week on the 52 books blog by Sherrie, Susan, Laura and me. Forgive me for posting a little early, but I won't be online Thursday. Please welcome Quill who has decided to join us this week. ******************************************** I'm still reading the 800 page long book "Stone's Fall" by Iain Pears and hope to finish it with the next couple days. I have a couple new books coming up next to read which are being released the first week of May. Romance "To Hot to Handle" by Robin Kaye and superhero action novel "Enemies and Allies" by Kevin Anderson. Those three should keep me busy this week. What are you reading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Currently working on Cesar's Way by Cesar Milan. 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 Week 16: Marley & Me and Be the Pack Leader Week 17: Cesar's Way I only have 5 books in que right now and only two on hold at the library. Not sure what's next. 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...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I'm working my way through "12 Books that Changed the World" by Melvin Bragg. It's more interesting than I thought it would be. One chapter was on the soccer rules, and I almost skipped over it. Wow! It deserved to be included! :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I finally came up with my list of books I've read this year, it may be missing a couple. I didn't count the books I didn't finish. The children's books I read for myself not to the kids. :-) 1. Historical Whodunnits 2. Fire, Burn!- John Dickson Carr 3. Til Death Do Us Part- John Dickson Carr 4. The Calder Game- Blue Balliet 5. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco 6. The Willoughbys - Lois Lowry 7. The Novices Tale- 8. The House on the Strand (reread)- DuMaurier 19. Ballet Shoes (reread)- Streatfield 10. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana- Umberto Eco 11. Death Comes as the End- Agatha Christie 12. Poison in Jest- John Dickson Carr 13. The Case of Constant Suicides- John Dickson Carr 14. The Poisoned Chocolates Case- Anthony Berkeley 15. Mistress Masham's Repose- T. H. White 16. The Bride of Newgate- John Dickson Carr 17. The Tale of Despereaux- De Camillo I have 3 books that are still works in progress: The Call by John Hersey, Second Nature by Michael Pollan, and Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl (sp?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 And my dh bought me a copy for my birthday. I have to finish up To Kill a Mockingbird and I've got a lot of school reading to do as well. I'm really liking this link which makes me feel like I have permission to read for pleasure. (Okay I know I don't need permission but I do need to set aside the time.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith. From Amazon: "Child 44, a frightening, chilling, almost unbelievable horror story about the very worst that Stalin's henchmen could manage. In this worker's paradise, superior in every way to the decadent West, the citizen's needs are met: health care, food, shelter, security. All one must offer in exchange are work and loyalty to the State. Leo Demidov is a believer, a former war hero who loves his country and wants only to serve it well. He puts contradictions out of his mind and carries on. Until something happens that he cannot ignore. A serial killer of children is on the loose, and the State cannot admit it. To admit that such a murderer is committing these crimes is itself a crime against the State. Instead of coming to terms with it, the State's official position is that it is merely coincidental that children have been found dead, perhaps from accidents near the railroad tracks, perhaps from a person deemed insane, or, worse still, homosexual. Leo, in disgrace and exiled to a country village, doesn't think so. How can he prove it when he is being pursued like a common criminal himself? He and his wife, Raisa, set out to find the killer. The revelations that follow are jaw-dropping and the suspense doesn't let up." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 This week I am reading Libby: The Alaskan Diaries and Letters of Libby Beaman, 1879-1880, as presented by her Granddaughter Betty John and I am enjoying her style and story. Week 17: Without a Trace by Colleen Coble. Week 16: On Colfax Avenue: A Victorian Childhood by Elizabeth Young 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...
Zoraida Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 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 Week 16: What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn Week 17: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Blessings Zoraida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 My list so far (recent reads bolded) 1. Nine Days a Queen 2. Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist 3. Driving Over Lemons 4. Father Arseny: A Cloud of Witnesses 5. Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future 6. Grandma's Wartime Kitchen: World War II and the way we cooked 7. Vanity Fair 8. Spiritual Counsels of Father John of Kronstadt 9. Les Miserables 10. Macy's, Gimbels and Me by Bernice Fitz-Gibbon 11. The Middle Ages by Morris Bishop 12. The Scarlet Letter 13. Our Hearts' True Home, Virginia Nieuwsma, ed. 14. Introducing the Orthodox Church by Anthony M. Coniaris 15. Model Behavior by Jay McInerny 16. Readings in Christianity, compiled by Robert E. Van Voorst 17. Married to a Catholic Priest by Mary Vincent Dally 18. Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Robert B. Cialdini 19. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert 20. Gold Rush: A Literary Exploration by various authors 21. Navajo Silver: A Brief History of Navajo Silversmithing by Arthur Woodward 22. Baghdad-by-the-Bay by Herb Caen 23. Encore Provence by Peter Mayle 24. Finding My Way by Borghild Dahl (love this book, great autobiography by blind author) 25. At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon (re-read, very enjoyable) 26. The Suez Canal by Gail Stewart 27. Unseen Warfare - classical spiritual work (reading now) 28. A Concise History of Bolivia by Herbert Klein (put this one on hold for the time being) 29. In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms by Dr. Laura Schlessinger 30. Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie 31. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 32. New Mexico: A History of Four Centuries by Warren Beck (reading now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 My list so far (recent reads bolded) 9. Les Miserables Did you enjoy Les Mis? It's better on the second reading. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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