MJ’s Comments (group member since May 23, 2008)

MJ’s comments from the The Complete Idiots Guide to the Ultimate Reading List group.

This is the 2nd book in this series. It is Christian fiction and like a lot of Christian fiction the characters are all unbelieavably good with few faults. And in the end everyone acepts Jesus Christ as their Savior and live happily ever after. Which of course is not realistic. Saying that, I did stay up all night to read this book, ok until 1:20am but I started reading at 8:30pm. And I am not sure why. I did not like the authors writing style. She jumped around to other characters in Tucker Mills telling their story which most the time had nothing to do with Conner and Reese's story. This really annoyed me. It was an easy read and required very little from me other than to keep reading. I did not care for the characters and I will probabley forget that had read the book in 5 years. I keep forgeting the name of the book.

If your are in the mood for a lite easy read with nothing objectionable then I would recommend this book. No bad language, sex or violence. In fact the characters had no qustionable morals. The two "bad" people either die or turns out to be crazy. It is part of a triology and I think may be the 2nd book but I didnt feel like I was missing anything having skipped the 1st book

I love Harry Potter. I didnt even know who he was until I went home for the Holidays and my nephew wanted to watch the movie (please Aunt Michael ...How could I say no) he sat on my lap for the whole movie (he had already seen it a dozen times). He was so excited about it that I feel in love with the movies. After the 2nd movie came out, i loved it so much that I ended buying the 1st 4 books and reading them all in one weekend. I feel in love with the character and fan been a crazy fan ever since

I would never have made the connection

I loved Degrassi Jr. High

Do you just want me to pick one or do you want to vote

I am suprised you didnt like it Shaz

This is the second Dean Koontz book I read. I had hurt my knee and was bed/couch boubd for a week and my mom had a box of books she gave me to read and this was one of them. I think it started my love of horror books. I was 11 at the time. I had never been so scared in my life. ;)

All the books ar finally listed!!!!!

LAUGHING AT LANGUAGE: SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT IN YOUR PAJAMAS

Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assults Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer
The Devil's Dictionary by Anbrose Bierce
The Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten

POLITICAL HUMOR: A DONKEY AND AN ELEPHANT GO INTO A BAR

Beating Around the Bush: Political Humor 2000-2006 by Art Buchwald
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America the Book: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Jaberbaum, with the Staff of The Daily Show
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken
New Rules: Polite Musings fron a Timid Observer by Bill Maher
Nothing's Sacred by Lewis Black
What the L? by Kate Clinton
Who Let the Dogs In? Incredible Political Animals I Have Known by Molly Ivins
The Rant Zone: An All-Out Blitz Against Soul-Sucking Jobs, Twisted Child Stars, Holistic Loons and People Who Eat Their Dogs by Dennis Miller

GENERAL HUMOR: LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS AT YOU

The Area of my Expertise by John Hodgman
Babyhood by Paul Reiser
The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action by Wendy Northcutt
Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down by Dave Barry
The Dilbert Future by Scott Adams
Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings by Tyler Perry
Everything and a Kite By Ray Ramano
Grown-A$$ Man by Cedric the Entertainer
The History of White People by Martin Mull and Allen Rucker
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight by Margaret Cho
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris
I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): true Tales of a Loudmouth Girl by Laurie Notaro
If You Can't Same Something Nice by Calvin Trillin
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Naked Beneath My clothes: Tales of a Revealing Nature by Rita Rudner
The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right by Robert Lanham
The Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
Texas Hold'Em By Kinky Friedman
Yeah, I said It by Wanda Sykes

CLASSICS: STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE

The Best of Will Rogers by Bryan B. Sterling
Bob Hope: My Life in Jokes by Bob Hope
Seriously...Steve Allen Speaks His Mind But by Steve Allen
Cannibalism in the Cars: And Other Humorous Sketches by Mark Twain
Common Nonsense by Andy Rooney
Fatherhood by Bill Cosby
The Funny Thing Is by Ellen DeGeneres
The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart
Naplam and Silly Putty by George Carlin
100 Years: 100 Stories by George Burns
Lake Wobegone Days by Garrison Keillor
Life is Like A Dogsled Team...: If You're Not the Lead Dog the Scenery Never Changes by Lewis Grizzard
Memoirs of a Mangy Lover by Groucho Marx
Pure Drivel by Steve Martin
The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner
Without Feathers by Woody Allen

I remember the first time I read this book like it was yesterday. It was my introduction to vampires.

Classics: stop me if you've heard this one
General Humor: laugh, and the world laughs at you
Political humor: a donkey and an elephant go into a bar
Laughing at language: shooting an elephant in your pajamas

MORE GREAT READS: WAY TO GO!

Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwater Town, The Lava-Slide Inn, and Other Extreme Locales by Jake Halpern
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antartic Expedition by Caroline Alexander and Frank Hurley
Fried Eggs with Chopsticks by Polly Evans
The Ice Cave: A Woman's Adventures from the Mojave to the Antartic by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Journeys by Jan Morris
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado and Vince Rause
Mirrors of the Unseen:Journeys in Iran by Jason Elliot
The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life and Olive Oil in the South of France by Carol Drinkwater
On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel by Tony Cohan
1000 Places to See Before you Die by Patricia Schultz
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
Paris Roads: Driving America's Great Highways by Larry McMurtry
Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis
Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Storyville, USA by Dale Peterson
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
Traveling with Che Guevara: the Making of a Revolutionary by Alberto Granado
Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck
Trip to the Beach by Melinda and Bob Blanchard
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes
Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East by Pico Iyer
A Walk Across America By Peter Jenkins
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditerod by Gary Paulson
Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach
A Year in Provicence by Peter Mayle

CLASSICS: ADVENTURES IN TRAVELING

Coming into the Country by John McPhee
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; An Injury into Values by Robert M. Pirsig

Classics: adventures in traveling
More great reads: way to go!

I loved this book so much I went out and bought every book in the series. Ok Shazzy did tell me that the books get better so then I was real excited

THEFT AND WHITE COLOR CRIME: WHEN GOOD BOYS GO BAD

Bringing Ballad of the Whisky Robber: A true Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pet Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein
Bringing Down The House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich
Confessions of a Master Jewel Theif by Bill Mason
The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing masterpiece by Edward Dolnick

At first It was little wierd but once you get into the spirt of it all it was real fun.