Lynne's comments
(member since Apr 06, 2009)
Lynne's comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.
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Luann wrote: "I was so excited about this shelf, that I immediately chose three books and checked them out from the library last week. They are currently taunting me at the bottom of my library book pile: "Ha ha..."
Luann, did you see the "Ladies Detective Agency" miniseries on HBO? It is available now on DVD. It was really good, in fact, it is one of the few where I liked the show better than the books.
I went to the library yesterday and checked out my reads for January. I got WAAAAAY too many, but maybe it will rain a lot! LOL Anyway, here is what I got, who knows how many I will read, or even which one to start with:
The Maltese Falcon
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Woods
The Lovely Bones
Dead to the World
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Nine Tailors
Here are some quotes from The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
"Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that were true."
"I love seeing the bookshops and meeting the booksellers- booksellers really are a special breed. No one in their right mind would take up clerking in a bookstore for the salary, and no one in his right mind would want to own one- the margin of profit is too small. So, it has to be a love of readers and reading that makes them do it- along with first dibs on the new books."
"Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books."
"...she needs to know if noises at dawn are apt to bother you? That is when Ariel, her goat, arises. Zenobia, the parrot, is a late sleeper."
There are several more wonderful quotes, but I will let you discover them yourself.
I just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and would give it 4.75 stars! It was an excellent read and I would highly recommend it to you all.
I don't really understand why it was classified as "humor". Although it had some clever parts, the subject matter was very serious and sobering. It was about the German occupation of the island of Guernsey during WWII. I didn't even know that the Germans had occupied any part of England during the war.
The book was very entertaining and filled with lively, memorable characters somewhat in the James Herriot vein, but it was also very informative about a little known historic event.
The best thing about the book in my opinion was the commentary on human nature, the power to overcome and to forgive, and the role that art plays in the process.
Simply said, you should read this book.
Lyn M wrote: "Just call me Captain Jack Sparrow!"
Call you that, or order you one?
Lyn M wrote: "I have just started The Princess Bride by William Goldman and already I can tell that this book is going to be hilarious. I have had to read a couple of passages out ..."
...read out loud to ME son Joe? What, are you a pirate now?! LOL
I am half way through "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society". I haven't found this one super funny either, but it is a fantastic read. So many great lines about loving books. I will post some as soon as I finish the book.
I finished "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd. I would give it 3.5 stars.
It was quite an enjoyable read, and while not "laugh out loud" funny, it did produce several broad smiles. Especially humorous was the chapter on being in the high school marching band.
The chapter on a neighbor's estate sale during the depression was particularly poignant considering the current financial times.
Never seen the movie. I want to read the book first, and it is on several challenges!
Congrats on being the "Shelf Picker" Sis. Does this mean I FIANLLY get to quit hearing you whine about how you haven't been picked yet? :) LOL
Good choice too...I have Rumpole, Mrs. Jefferies, and Sherlock Holmes to look forward to. OOh, and maybe the "Maltese Falcon"
Leonie wrote: "Finished reading Dear Fatty which I absolutely loved. This woman can be so hilarious but also so moving when talking about the loss of her Dad when she was a teenager. I would thor..."
Thanks for reading this book! Otherwise I wouldn't have known it existed. "The Vicar of Dibly" is one of my favorite shows EVER. Can't wait to get my hands on this book.
Sara☺ wrote: "I just finished The Eyre Affair and gave it 4 stars. I really enjoyed this book and found myself chuckling through it. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. I am n..."
I really liked every book in the series. In fact, I though they got better and better. Enjoy.
Steven wrote: "So I'm was going through the shelf, picking out potential things to read. On my list currently is:
The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
Right Ho, Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse
This should..."
I have to say those are both EXCELLENT choices. I LOVE "The importance of being Ernest" but thought the movie was a TERRIBLE adaptation. The book/play is MUCH funnier.
I have all the "Jeeves" books in my personal library and absolutely love them. Wodehouse wrote about 100 books, so I hope you like him. Besides "Jeeves" try the "Blandings Castle" titles and the one about the stolen painting, I can't remember the name.
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
Photojim wrote: "HA! Sorry, I copied it from my review and totally spaced. Then I didn't understand what was being asked. I'm a bit slow these days. I don't suppose I can blame painkillers?
The name of the boo..."
In my opinion, you can ALWAYS blame pain killers! LOL
Pollyanna wrote: "Club Dead by Charlaine Harris 4/5
My favourite of the series so far, really enjoyed the storyline and I'm starting to like Sookie. I'm confused as to why these books ..."
"Bubba" is funny too, although I agree with you...I don't think these particularly belong on the humor shelf. Whenever that happens, I'm just glad I have another excuse to read a book I've been wanting to get too.
Sorry, I don't. I borrowed it from a friend. THe library probably does though. He is a very popular author.
Page 46 from "The Luck of the Bodkins" by P.G.Wodehouse (one of my favorite authors of all time):
A voice spoke behind him, "I say, do you happen to know how to spell 'inexplicable'?
Mr. Lewellyn' physique was such as to make it impossible for him, whatever the provocation, to turn like a flash, but he turned as much like a flash as was in the power of a man whose waistline had disappeared in the year 1912. And having done so he uttered a faint, mouselike squeak and set goggling.
It was the sinister stranger of the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes.
At this moment, the door opened and Gertrude Butterwick walked in...."
Melissa wrote: "Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore - *****
I loved this book. Absolutely LOVED it. I wasn't so sure, because I was worried there would..."
I loved it too, and I was worried I would find it sacreligiuos. But it wasn't at all. I loved what Christopher Moore says in his Afterword, "If reading a book like this can shake your faith, it probably wasn't very strong to begin with". I think Jesus would have found the book humorous too.
It's all in the pronunciation!
Kim L wrote: "I read Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters and loved it! I gave it 4 stars."
This sounds really great and unique. I have added it to TBR.
