Karli’s Comments (group member since Feb 23, 2010)

Karli’s comments from the Busy as a Bee Books group.

I have also finished The Book of Joe (loved it almost as much as This is Where I leave You!) and The Weight of Silence. 3 stars for that one. Interesting and quick, but probably not that memorable ultimately.

I finished - 5 stars, this one was amazing. The story follows Theo from the day he loses his mother at age 12 through his adulthood - his life is filled with sorrow, loss, friendship, addiction and art. I loved it. There was so many beautiful passages, the writing was great, characters lived and the information on the art was very interesting. It wasn't a quick read - I enjoyed it a LOT more than her other book, .

I have moved to - wanted something a bit lighter after finishing a dense book like The Goldfinch.

Welcome Amanda and Margie!!!!!

For any of you Facebook folk...my husband was traveling for work this week and met an artist who (among other things) creates beautiful, custom pens. We are largely artsy folk here, so I wanted to share. His Facebook page is "Unchaotic Arts". Check it out if you're interested.

I love it and I'm scared of the frequency at the same time...

You poor thing!!!!! I hope someone is looking out for you too. I agree...we are all still reading. There were lots on the best of 2013 list and all those other bee-books on our tbr list.

Sweet! Great that you're back in business!

Every time we go to Fargo I go to b&n and hit the clearance section. I love my kindle and nook, so I do buy a lot of ebooks.

I've been reading quite a bit, but with no internet posting much is a challenge! My non-Bee books in 2014 so far:

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - I wasn't expecting this to be quite so intensive in psychological theory, but I thought it was very interesting.

The Alienist - This was really amazing. I loved the writing and the way that the time period was invoked.

Nine Inches: Stories - this was a very morose collection, but the theme throughout was that there are consequences to all actions.

That Old Cape Magic - I'm a huge fan of Richard Russo, and this book didn't disappoint me. Griffin resents his childhood, but he really becomes very much the type of person he despises. There is also a really beautiful theme here that love looks different to different people.

Practice to Deceive - this one was terrible. The writing is awful, the pacing was bad and there was very little cohesion. It seemed that Rule did a lot of research, but just threw together the various gossip/stories she heard any which way. Awful.

We the Animals - The writing was just beautiful, and the story incredibly sad.

Through the Evil Days - This was a very satisfying installment in the series, even if it did feel a bit too much. EVERYTHING that could go wrong did. I want the next book now...

Petra - Wit was made into a movie - I think by HBO - Emma Thompson starred in it. It was really good. It was also performed at my university while I was in grad school - it's a very moving play.

OK - here is my start!

Old Bee Books:

1 - We Are Water - 1/4/2014
2 - NOS4A2 - 1/17/2014
3 - The Rosie Project - 1/25/2014
4 - The Interestings - 3/19/2014
5 - Burial Rights - 4/4/2014
6 - The Art of Fielding - 5/17/14
7 - Before I Go to Sleep
8 - The Language of the Flowers
9 - This is Where I Leave You (I re-read it)
10 - Eleanor and Park
11 - Blindess
12 - The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

I'm 1/2 thru Blindness and going to try finish The Wind Up Bird Chronicle...but still will be short!

Just read through the list of all Bee Books and found that I have all of the following either on my shelves or on an e-Reader

We, the Drowned
The Art of Fielding - READ
Burial Rites- READ
Before I Go To Sleep
The Tiger's Wife
The Angel's Game
In the Woods

2014 Bee Books Read in 2014:

1 - Mr. Mercedes
2 - The Good Luck of Right Now
3- The Goldfinch
4- The Bees
5- Paper Towns
6- Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
7- Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
8 - Orphan Train
9 - We Were Liars
10 - Red Rising
11 - Revival
12 - The Bees
13 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Oh no! Any idea what happened to it?

Had a trip to b&n yesterday (it's 70 miles away) and found nothing I was interested in!!! Never happened before.

Alison - I read the Giver in college - one of my favorite undergrad classes ever. I still wasn't mature enough for it.

I liked the 90's version of Little Women, but didn't love it. Nothing can compete with the version in my brain.

My mom stole my copy of the Thirteenth Tale, so as I share my kindle account with her I figured it was win win!

I got it too - it was on sale on the kindle too. :)

Meh...must not be my type. Cuz that's totally a word is never use to describe him.

Jason Bateman can be pretty Whiney...think of his character in Juno...

You've never read Little Women?!? Mom gave me that book in 5th grade... Not sure how many times I've read it. Loved little men and Jo's Boys too.

I have Fall of Giants on my bookshelf...I should pick it up soon!

I started That Old Cape Magic last night and am enjoying it so far. Love Russo!