Karen Peterson

[Karen]

#1 Peony in Love -Lisa See
#2 Timebends - Arthur Miller
#3 The Edge of Winter- Luanne Rice
#4 Don Quixote De La Mancha - Miguel De Cervantes
#5 Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
#6 The Other Shulman - Alan Zweibel

[Becky]

Thanks for your candid review. What will yo be reading next?

[Karen]

After reading Timebends, Death of a Salesman was a more informed read. Heartbreaking.

[Karen]

#6 The Other Shulman by Alan Zweibel was Very Funny!

[Karen]

#1 Peony in Love -Lisa See
#2 Timebends - Arthur Miller
#3 The Edge of Winter- Luanne Rice
#4 Don Quixote De La Mancha - Miguel De Cervantes
#5 Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
#6 The Other Shulman - Alan Zweibel


#7 Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia.

I can't tell you how disappointing this book was. Everyone I know loves this book. I don't know why we give amateurs the keys to the kingdom. I mean....Really?

[Leslie]

I totally agreed with you on Eat, Pray, Love. I had heard so much about how great the book was! I kept thinking "get over" all the way through.

[Kelsey]

Thank goodness! I thought I was the only person in the world who isn't in love with this book. It had some moments but I was so bored! So, so bored.

[Karen]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!

[Karen]

#1 Peony in Love -Lisa See
#2 Timebends - Arthur Miller
#3 The Edge of Winter- Luanne Rice
#4 Don Quixote De La Mancha - Miguel De Cervantes
#5 Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
#6 The Other Shulman - Alan Zweibel
#7 Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia.
#8 Walking in Circles Before Lying Down-Merrill Markoe

[Karen]

#1 Peony in Love -Lisa See
#2 Timebends - Arthur Miller
#3 The Edge of Winter- Luanne Rice
#4 Don Quixote De La Mancha - Miguel De Cervantes
#5 Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
#6 The Other Shulman - Alan Zweibel
#7 Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia.
#8 Walking in Circles Before Lying Down-Merrill Markoe
#9 In The Company Of The Courtesan - Sarah Dunant

[Karen]

#1 Peony in Love -Lisa See
#2 Timebends - Arthur Miller
#3 The Edge of Winter- Luanne Rice
#4 Don Quixote De La Mancha - Miguel De Cervantes
#5 Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
#6 The Other Shulman - Alan Zweibel
#7 Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia.
#8 Walking in Circles Before Lying Down-Merrill Markoe
#9 In The Company Of The Courtesan - Sarah Dunant
#10 Bless Me Ultima - Rudolfo A. Anaya

[Laura]

#14 Equinox - Michael White
#13 When Christ and His Saints Slept - Sharon Kay Penman
#12 Howard´s End - E.M. Forster
#11 The Black Tulip - Alexandre Dumas
#10 Rivals for the Crown - Kathleen Givens
#09 Forever Amber - Kathleen Winsor
#08 Within The Fetterlock - Brian Wainwright
#07 Green Darkness - Anya Seton
#06 The Secret Lion (The Spymaster Chronicles, Book 1) - C.W. Gortner
#05 The Rose of York: Love and War - Sandra Worth
#04 Lion of Ireland - Morgan Llewelyn
#03 Kilgannon - Kathleen Givens
#02 Shadows and Strongholds - Elizabeth Chadwick
#01 The Eight - Katherine Neville

[Jessica]

Oo - tell me about The Black Tulip! I've read the Count and Three Musketeers.

[Laura]

It is lovely, it is about the cultivation of a black tulip by a Dutch farm during the seventeenth-century. If you like Dumas books, you will enjoy it. It can be found at: http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis...

[Karen]

#11 A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by Tom Standage

Reads like a textbook but still very enjoyable.

[Karen]

#12 Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Violent but very enjoyable.

[Laura]

#15 A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
#16 The Fool´s Tale - Nicole Galland
#17 The Canterbury Papers - Judith Healey

[Laura]

#18 Dragonwick - Anya Seton

[Karen]

#13 The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards

It made my heart hurt from page 1.

[Karen]

#14 March by Geraldine Brooks

This was a great book. I recommend it highly.

[Liz B]

It made a terrific book for our book club--so many points of discussion, especially since most of our group had read and loved Little Women as children.

[Karen]

#15 Jennifer Government by Max Barry

A friend handed me this book. I would never have picked it for myself. I really enjoyed it! Fast paced, witty and funny in some areas. Kind of like watching a good futuristic action movie.

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Karen,

Good going with the list. I imagine that your #4 slowed your pace a little?

- Bryan

[Karen]

It sure did! In the middle of it I felt like I was already behind in my 50 book schedule. But it actually made me more determined to finish. I'm trying to throw in some classics and some nonfiction with my usual fiction. It's been a fun ride so far.

[Laura]

#19 The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. - Sandra Gulland

#20 El Enigma Goya - Manuel Ayllon

[Karen]

#16 Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell

Ohhhh it was so bad.

[Rowena]

I completely agree! What a wretched book..

[Sarah]

I haven't read this one, but I have read 4 Blondes and it was horrible. Since then I haven't touched another one of her books.

[Laura]

#21 Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe - Sandra Gulland

[Laura]

#22 Memories of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[Karen]

#17 Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

I powered through this book because I had nothing else to read. It was okay. I don't know who I'd recommend it to. Opera fans...I guess.

[Karen]

#18 My Secret by Frank Warren

Awesome idea. Awesome book.

[Karen]

#19 Arthur Conan Doyle A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, & Charles Foley

He led a very interesting life.
I'm on to Sherlock Holmes next.

[Karen]

#20 A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Excellent

[Karen]

#21 The Sign Of The Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Very good.

[Karen]

#22 Born Standing Up by Steve Martin.

I loved it.

[Karen]

#23 The Mac Gregors:Daniel & Ian by Nora Roberts.

Good for zoning out.

[Karen]

#24 The Fair Tax Book by Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder

This is a comprehensive, smart and educational book. Brilliant. Everyone should read it.

[Karen]

#25 Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food

Okay but not great.

[Karen]

#26 Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro

Fun.

[Karen]

#27 Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel

Couldn't wait until it was over. And not in a good way.

[Karen]

#28 Silas Marner by George Eliot

Excellent.

[Karen]

#29 Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Excellent! 5 stars

[Karen]

#30 Epicenter - Why The Current Rumblings In The Middle East Will Change Your Future

By Joel C. Rosenberg

[Karen]

#31 The Copper Scroll


By Joel C. Rosenberg

[Karen]

#32 God Dog. Stay.

By Anna Quindlen

[Karen]

#33 Night

By Elie Wiesel

Amazing. Everyone should read this book. And may we never forget.

[Jamie]

I just read this book last week. I can't believe it had escaped my attention for so long. I agree with your assessment. Amazing.

jlynn

[Karen]

#34 Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress.

By Dai Sijie

A wonderful story!

[Karen]

#35 The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

By Haruki Murakami

I feel like I just woke up from a really bizarre dream.