Elizabeth's comments (member since Jan 11, 2009)

Elizabeth's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.

Bobbie wrote: "Hi Elizabeth,

I will be sure to check out your book shelves. Thank you for the suggestions. I have two gift card for Barnes and Nobles that are burning a hole in my wallet. lol
Take Care
Bobb..."

Another good one I read recently is: The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Check out my books if you like...my favorite book, though, is Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon...other favorites: The Tenth Gift, Water For Elephants, One Thousand White Women, The Help, The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose..a lot more too.

Fiona wrote: "What do you think?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec...


Decade in books belongs to JK Rowling, almost literally



Selling more than double the number of book..."

Wow..thanks for this list...amazing.

I was in Scotland in November and saw The Elephant House restaurant where J. K. Rowlings got her start.

A - Age: 57
B - Best friend: Claire, my sister
C - Chore you hate: Finding something for my lunch
D - Dessert you love: Russian Tea Cakes
E - Essential start your day item: Breakfast
F - Favorite author/ book: Zafon..Shadow of the Wind
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Hometown: Pittsburgh
I - Instruments you play:None
J - Job title: Computer Teacher
K - Kid(s): 1
L - Living arrangements: Home
M - Mom's name: Mary Jane
N - Nicknames:Liz, Beth, Lizzie, Bethy
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: slow people
Q- Quotes you like: Can't think of any now
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 7 - 4 boys and 3 girls
T - Time you woke up today: 4:30
U - Unique thing about you: I can do about five things at once
V - Vegetable you love: Broccoli
W - Worst habit: Doing two many things at once and not relaxing...like eating and working at the same time
X - X-rays you've had: Mammogram
Y - Yummy food you make: Garlic Cheddar Chicken
Z - Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet..Jamie Ford

Debut novel.

Wink, Wink is about not getting enough sleep so you get little winks of sleep when you can.

Loving Frank Nancy Horan
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield
The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Help
The Book Thief
Water for Elephants

The Given Day by Dennis Lehane is historical Fiction...it deals with the police strike in Boston and also has a love story and family issues in it.

Oh my goodness...I love that book...my 26-year-old son loved it too...he even took me to Barcelona to find all the places in the book.

Your boyfriend will LOVE the book....get it for him.

Welcome, Julie.

Have fun here.

My book club meets once a month...we take turns choosing the book..we have fun.

I send out reminders about the book club meeting a week in advance and I send out a note telling the members what book is coming up for the upcoming months and whose turn it is to choose.

We make the next book club date during the current month's meeting.

It is so nice to get together and chat about the book and other things as well.

We only allow paperback editions...some buy the book, but most of us, including me, get them out of the library.

Is there a local library in your town that you can join?

You could also have each member read a book of their choice and then discuss it and then swap that book or the person can take that book out at the local library.

Just be careful of spoilers if you are going to swap for the next month.

Welcome

Welcome, Lydia.

:)

OHHHHH...ok...space out because you got absorbed in the books?

:)

Why would anyone complain about someone reading too much....that is what we try to promote.

That seems odd to say something about a wonderful thing such a reading...I wasn't complaining about someone reading so much....I was amazed about how anyone would have time to read so many books.

I think it is wonderful to hear that someone can read and enjoy so many books in such a short time.

Wow!!! I can't finish one book in a week. :)

That is amazing you folks can finish more than one.

Down River by John Hart

Rebecca

Rebecca.....fantastic read.

14.Learning new things about history and then not wanting any book to end no matter whether is historical or just a great story.