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[Leah]

Currently working on Theodore Boone: The Accused.

[Rebekah]

Aubrey wrote: "*ponders Rebekah's intriguing refusal* o.O"

Intriguing or not, I'm not updating. I'll just say that I'm the least active member of this challenge.

[Rebekah]

Aubrey wrote: "Yes, manga are Japanese graphic novels. It's a novel form of a comic book, basically, as Kaleb said--a novel-length book told with comic-style art and ..."

Kaleb wrote: "Manga is basically Japanese comic books."

Oh! I've seen those around, though I've never read any. I had no idea what they were called. Thank you both for answering my question. :)

[Kaleb]

Leah wrote: "Currently working on Theodore Boone: The Accused."


I read that one a ways back. It was pretty good. I should probably read the second.

[Leah]

Kaleb wrote: I read that one a ways back. It was pretty good. I should probably read the second."
I'm enjoying it so far. I'm working on a parent guide of mystery series for my website/blog, so I decided to give the Theodore Boone books a chance. They're more suspense than mystery in my mind, but I'll put them on the mystery list anyway. That's what they're classified as.

[Mikayla]

How were the Arcrea books, Mikayla?

The First two were Amazing, we haven't gotten the third one yet.

[[deleted user]]

Awesome! *looks forward to reading them herself*

[Hannah]

I just finished "The Professional Aunt" by Mary C. Wemyss last night. I think I will read "The Lilac Sunbonnet" by S. R. Crockett next.
That might change, though...
Most of my books are old, so y'all might not recognize many, but a lot of them can be found in free ebook form. If I get ahead on my reading, I may start one of several hefty classics I've wanted to read for awhile.
~Hannah

[Elisabeth]

This past week I read The Soldier's Cross, and also finally finished Shakespeare's sonnets. Those I found I really couldn't rate overall—sometimes I felt I was just wading through incomprehensibility, and other times I was marveling at the beauty of particularly apt phrases or expressions of a thought. I've also been re-reading a lot of Agatha Christie novels—my mom and I are reading through them in publication order, and I've been scrambling to keep up with her in between my own reading! Haven't decided yet whether to count these for the challenge.

Now I'm taking a brief detour from what I originally intended to read, with a couple of nonfiction books—Home Front Girl: A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America and Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World.

Hannah - I love reading old books too! Ever since I got my Kindle I've been like a kid in a candy shop with the public domain. :) It looks like we've read a lot of the same ones.

[Hannah]

Elisabeth,
I got an iPad in November after saving all year and waiting for a new one to come out so I could get a good deal on the old one...I've already gotten almost a GB of free books! (about 3,000) Then I spent all my Christmas money on a box of books and have been reading like crazy ever since, except when I'm writing...
Since you like Agatha Christie, who I haven't tried yet, you might like some of Anna Katharine Green's mysteries. She was a Christian lady, and while it is not always mentioned in her books, it definitely influenced her worldview and the way she wrote. She was really good about giving just the right amount of clues, but in a way that you're still surprised by the discovery of the villain.
I noticed you're also a homeschool graduate. :) So am I...
~Hannah

[Elisabeth]

Hannah wrote: "Since you like Agatha Christie, who I haven't tried yet, you might like some of Anna Katharine Green's mysteries..."

Actually, my mom and I have both read and love Green's mysteries! That Affair Next Door is one of my favorites. Love the intricacy of the clues and the period atmosphere. Do you like mystery short stories? If you do, you should try Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries: A Collection of Classic Detective Stories by Melville Davisson Post—I loved that one.

[Leah]

Elisabeth wrote: "Hannah - I love reading old books too! Ever since I got my Kindle I've been like a kid in a candy shop with the public domain. :)"
Same here!

[Hannah]

I'll have to check that one out.
"That Affair Next Door" is the first of hers I ever read! I also enjoyed "The Millionaire Baby", "Dark Hollow", "A Strange Disappearance", and "The Mayor's Wife". Someday I hope to own all of her books. :)
Have you ever read Oppenheim's books? I just began reading his this year and have enjoyed some really interesting mysteries. And of course I like Wilkie Collins most of the time!

[Hannah]

Leah, glad you like them too! Do you have a favorite author from that era?

[[deleted user]]

By all means, Elisabeth, count the Agatha Christy novels!

[Rebekah]

Hannah wrote: "I'll have to check that one out.
"That Affair Next Door" is the first of hers I ever read! I also enjoyed "The Millionaire Baby", "Dark Hollow", "A Strange Disappearance", and "The Mayor's Wife"...."

I really liked That Affair Next Door! Mrs. Greene certainly had a talent for writing mysteries!

I didn't know she was a Christian. That's a nice bit of information. :)

[Elisabeth]

Aubrey wrote: "By all means, Elisabeth, count the Agatha Christy novels!"

I'm thinking I might wait and add them to my total near the end of the year. Right now I'm kind of liking being able to look at my Outread-Aubrey shelf and see at a glance just what I've read this year—first-time reads, I mean. :)

[[deleted user]]

That works also. :) Main point is to have fun and, hopefully, read lots!

[Leah]

Hannah wrote: "Leah, glad you like them too! Do you have a favorite author from that era?"
You mean from the public domain "era?" If so, probably Emmuska Orczy. I'm a big time Scarlet Pimpernel fan.

[Hannah]

Have you read any of her other books as well? I've read four of the Pimpernel books and three of her other works.

[Leah]

Hannah wrote: "Have you read any of her other books as well? I've read four of the Pimpernel books and three of her other works."
I've read several Pimpernel books, but none of her other books. How good are they?

[Hannah]

I've read several others, and I enjoyed them. I can see why the first one she wrote didn't really make her famous, because it relied on some odd coincidences, but it's a fun read anyway. "A Spy of Napoleon" was my favorite of the ones I've read.

I read a neat book yesterday be Jack Steele, "A Husband By Proxy". It's a fast-paced mystery written in 1909.

[[deleted user]]

Ooh, that's an intriguing title...

[Leah]

I can probably get "A Spy of Napoleon" for free on my kindle. I'll definitely look it up. Thanks for recommending it.

I agree with Aubrey. That's an intriguing title. Did you write a review for it?

[Kaleb]

I'm reading "The Hobbit" again.

[[deleted user]]

*needs to read that* *meant to before the movie came out but was bad and didn't get to it*

[Leah]

Aubrey wrote: "*needs to read that* *meant to before the movie came out but was bad and didn't get to it*"
I'm toying with the idea of reading it too. Dad read it out loud to us when I was little, but I don't remember much.

[Peter]

Leah wrote: "Aubrey wrote: "*needs to read that* *meant to before the movie came out but was bad and didn't get to it*"
I'm toying with the idea of reading it too. Dad read it out loud to us when I was little,..."

You guys really need to set aside some time to read The Hobbit, it will give you a really good grounding in fantasy literature, along side that of CS Lewis and Lewis Carrol

[Leah]

Lewis Carrol?! CS Lewis is awesome. Tolkien is masterful. Carrol confusing. In my personal opinion anyway. And in that of my writing mentor. No offense. *hides from Carrol fans*

[Peter]

Leah wrote: "Lewis Carrol?! CS Lewis is awesome. Tolkien is masterful. Carrol confusing. In my personal opinion anyway. And in that of my writing mentor. No offense. *hides from Carrol fans*"

Lewis Carrol - very hard to understand/grasp, it was the creative content of his work I was trying to allude to. The three authors taken together pretty much tie up most aspects of fantasy literature.

[Leah]

Peter wrote: "Lewis Carrol - very hard to understand/grasp, it was the creative content of his work I was trying to allude to. The three authors taken together pretty much tie up most aspects of fantasy literature."

Okay. That's probably true enough.

[Peter]

Leah wrote: "Peter wrote: "Lewis Carrol - very hard to understand/grasp, it was the creative content of his work I was trying to allude to. The three authors taken together pretty much tie up most aspects of fa..."

Glad we have sorted that out. (big smiley face, my icons are'nt responding at the moment)

[[deleted user]]

*laughs* I haven't read C.S. Lewis or Carrol in awhile either, but C.S. Lewis is on my list, and I think my brother wants me to read The Looking Glass Wars...

[Peter]

Hey Aubery. (smile with a laugh face)Dodgson wrote part of his book on my home towns beach whilst watching children at play on the beach, still does'nt make it any simpler to understand though.

[Annie]

Oh, you should!! It's such a wonderful book. I love it. =D

[Annie]

I'm re-reading The Hobbit again for my 20th? time. I'm at the part in Mirkwood with Bilbo singing the spider songs. So hilarious!!! :D

[Peter]

Probably could not pin point my favorite passage, but pushed would be the arrival of the dwarves at Bagend, the confusion that followed always cracks me up.

[Annie]

Same here! I love it when Bilbo is squealing "Struck by lightening! Struck by lightening!" *goes off into a fit of laughter *

[Peter]

How about the trolls?

[Hannah]

Leah wrote: "I can probably get "A Spy of Napoleon" for free on my kindle. I'll definitely look it up. Thanks for recommending it.

I agree with Aubrey. That's an intriguing title. Did you write a review for it?"

Yes, I wrote a review...and it's free on Project Gutenburg.

[Peter]

? Whats Project Gutenburg? If you don't mind me asking.

[Annie]

And the trolls! That part is so much fun to read out loud. Also the riddle game with Gollum. :D

[Peter]

I always found the riddle game deeply sinister.

[Annie]

I grew up having The Hobbit read to me so as a young child I found the riddle game both amusing and delightfully suspenseful. But I can see what you mean.

[Peter]

never had it read to me, told to read at school when I was ten, struck a chord alongside another children's book the class had to read, which was The Silver Sword.

[Annie]

The Silver Sword?

[Peter]

Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WW2, about a family of children whose parents have been taken away.

[Annie]

Ooh! Sounds intriguing! I'll have to check it out.

[Peter]

Get back to me when you've read it, one of my favorite childrens book

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Annie]

Okeydokey!! :D