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Could it be the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. The Pittsburgh Pirates for the NL pennant?
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That would be nice. The Pirates are on a roll. They play again on Tuesday in the wild card game.
Sheila wrote: "Chuck wrote: "Could it be the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. The Pittsburgh Pirates for the NL pennant?"That would be nice. The Pirates are on a roll. They play again on Tuesday in the wild card game."
The Dodgers will be facing the Atlanta Braves - should be a good series!
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That would be nice. The Pirates are on a roll. They play again on Tuesday in the ..."
Tonight's game, so far, is looking mighty promising.
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6/9, 19 books
1. Read a book by an author whose name starts with K--Madame Charlie by Sahara Kelly--finished 10/4/13.
2. Read a book whose title starts with K--Kept by Carolyn Faulkner--finished 10/3/13.
3. Since my favorite baseball team is in the playoffs and had a winning season for the first time in 21 years, read a book about pirates--A Pirate's Piece by Sherri L. King--finished 10/4/13.
4. In honor of Halloween, read a book about ghosts--Ghost Gone Wild by Carolyn Hart--finished 10/1/13.
5. Since Columbus landed in the New World (for good or bad) read a book about sailing.
6. Since there is a big (4-stories high) rubber duck sitting on the river in Pittsburgh, read a book about ducks.
7. With the new television season upon us (at least in the US), read a book about television--Chihuahua Confidential by Waverly Curtis--finished 10/29/13.
8. Since it is Thanksgiving in Canada, read a book about something for which you are thankful.
9. Your choice--The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti--finished 10/26/13.
Bonus:
Popping the Question--Diana DeRicci--finished 10/4/13
Places in Time--Cardeno C.--finished 10/4/13
Pleasuring Miss Poppy--Sahara Kelly--finished 10/5/13
Mr. Mushh and the Shop-Robber--Rosemary Miller--finished 10/5/13
Worth the Wait by Lori Toland--finished 10/6/13
Where You Hurt the Most by Anne Brooke--finished 10/6/13
Vampires and Bondage by Lilith Kinke--finished 10/6/13
Mistress of Purgatory Point/Return to Purgatory Point by Adriana Kraft--finished 10/16/13
Finger Paintings by Elise Hepner--finished 10/18/13
Hired Muscle by Hank Edwards--finished 10/18/13
Dirty Little Secret by C. R. Moss--finished 10/18/13
Modern Tastes by Various authors--finished 10/21/13
My Nerdy Valentine by Vicky Lewis Thompson--finished 10/31/13
So for my pirate book, I read "Henry and the crazed chicken pirates" with my son Nathan. It is the sequel to "Henry and the Bucaneer Bunnies". In this book, Henry goes from just reading books to actually writing them. It is interesting to see the product of Henry's work. Really cute kids book.
1. Read a book by an author whose name starts with K.2. Read a book whose title starts with K.
3. Since my favorite baseball team is in the playoffs and had a winning season for the first time in 21 years, read a book about pirates. All the Tea in China-Jane Orcutt 10/21/13
4. In honor of Halloween, read a book about ghosts.
5. Since Columbus landed in the New World (for good or bad) read a book about sailing. Blue Moon-Luann Rice 10/14/13
6. Since there is a big (4-stories high) rubber duck sitting on the river in Pittsburgh, read a book about ducks.
7. With the new television season upon us (at least in the US), read a book about television. Secrets over Sweet Tea-Denise Hildreth Jones 10/16/13, While we were watching Downton Abbey-Wendy Wax 10/29/13
8. Since it is Thanksgiving in Canada, read a book about something for which you are thankful.
9. Your choice. Paradise Valley-Dale Cramer 10-1-13, June-Lori Copeland 10-2-13, Hope-Lori Copeland 10-3-13, Brides of the West Glory, Ruth, and Patience-Lori Copeland 10-7-13, Once Upon a Prince- Rachel Hauck 10/8/13, The Orchid House-Lucinda Riley 10/12/13, The Icecutter's Daughter-Tracie Peterson 10/18/13, Her Mother's Hope-Francine Rivers 10/23/13, Her Daughter's Dream-Francine Rivers 10/23/13, The Passion of Artemisia-Susan Vreeland 10/26/13, The Promise of an Angel-Ruth Reid 10/30/13
10-1-13This was a decent historical Amish novel. It was interesting, but I'm not sure how well I care for Cramer's writing style. I did enjoy the plot and characters, however.
10-2-13This was a fun, well-written novel with great characters. I really enjoyed June's story, and I found some of her predicaments to be highly entertaining.
10-3-13This novel was well-written and entertaining. The characters are well developed, and I adored Hope and her story. Many of her predicaments were hysterical, and I was so happy with how it ended.
10-7-13I really enjoyed these last three books of Lori Copeland's Brides of the West series. The plots were fun and amusing at times while providing action and clean romance. I did feel, however, that these main characters weren't developed as well as her previous three Kallahan sisters: Faith, June, and Hope. Even so, they are good reads, and I plan to look for her spin-off series called Men of the Saddle sometime.
This month's book themes (Go Dodger Blue!):1. Read a book by an author whose name starts with K.
2. Read a book whose title starts with K.
3. Since my favorite baseball team is in the playoffs and had a winning season for the first time in 21 years, read a book about pirates.
4. In honor of Halloween, read a book about ghosts.
5. Since Columbus landed in the New World (for good or bad) read a book about sailing.
6. Since there is a big (4-stories high) rubber duck sitting on the river in Pittsburgh, read a book about ducks.
7. With the new television season upon us (at least in the US), read a book about television.
8. Since it is Thanksgiving in Canada, read a book about something for which you are thankful.
9. Your choice.
"The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta
Finished reading for October's book club selection "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach - 4/5 stars.Now reading "The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta.
"What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down? That’s what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children."
10/8/13This was a well-written, sweet novel. I loved the characters, and the story was a fun modern-style fairy tale.
10/12/13I really loved this novel. It was well-written, the various plot lines were tied together so well, and the characters came alive and were brilliant. The differing points-of-view explaining the family history and its secrets were seamlessly woven into the main narrative. The plot had so many twists and turns, I was almost constantly surprised. It is definitely a new favorite novel and a new author that I plan to read more from.
This month's book themes (Go Dodger Blue, but not looking good right now.):1. Read a book by an author whose name starts with K.
"Never Coming to a Theatre Near You" by Kenneth Turan
2. Read a book whose title starts with K.
3. Since my favorite baseball team is in the playoffs and had a winning season for the first time in 21 years, read a book about pirates.
4. In honor of Halloween, read a book about ghosts.
5. Since Columbus landed in the New World (for good or bad) read a book about sailing.
6. Since there is a big (4-stories high) rubber duck sitting on the river in Pittsburgh, read a book about ducks.
7. With the new television season upon us (at least in the US), read a book about television.
8. Since it is Thanksgiving in Canada, read a book about something for which you are thankful.
9. Your choice.
"The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta
Almost completed "The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta. Now reading "Never Coming to a Theatre Near You" by Kenneth Turan."It is in the nature of today's movie business that while Hollywood blockbusters invade every megaplex, smaller, quality films often don't get screen time. Fans of finer films have to count on catching up with them on video and DVD, but even the most hard-core devotees have trouble remembering what sounded good when a film was originally released. Never Coming to a Theater Near You will remedy that situation. This selection of renowned film critic Kenneth Turan's absorbing and illuminating reviews, now revised and updated to factor in the tests of time, point viewers toward the films they can't quite remember, but should not miss.
Moviegoers know they can trust Turan's impeccable taste. His eclectic selection represents the kind of sophisticated, adult, and entertaining films intelligent viewers are hungry for. More importantly, Turan shows readers what makes these unusual films so great, revealing how talented filmmakers and actors have managed to create the wonderful highs we experience in front of the silver screen."
Includes reviews of "Devil In A Blue Dress," Groundhog Day," "Whale Rider," and many others.
10/14/13This was an interesting novel once the story truly got started, and the characters were well developed, but there were some raunchy scenes in the novel that didn't even add anything to the plot--they were just random and unnecessary. So, I liked the novel, but it wasn't great.
This month's book themes:1. Read a book by an author whose name starts with K.
"Never Coming to a Theatre Near You" by Kenneth Turan
2. Read a book whose title starts with K.
3. Since my favorite baseball team is in the playoffs and had a winning season for the first time in 21 years, read a book about pirates.
4. In honor of Halloween, read a book about ghosts.
"77 shadow street" by Dean Koontz
5. Since Columbus landed in the New World (for good or bad) read a book about sailing.
6. Since there is a big (4-stories high) rubber duck sitting on the river in Pittsburgh, read a book about ducks.
7. With the new television season upon us (at least in the US), read a book about television.
8. Since it is Thanksgiving in Canada, read a book about something for which you are thankful.
9. Your choice.
"The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta
Now reading "77 shadow street" by Dean Koontz."The Pendleton stands on the summit of Shadow Hill at the highest point of an old heartland city, a Gilded Age palace built in the late 1800s as a tycoon’s dream home. Almost from the beginning, its grandeur has been scarred by episodes of madness, suicide, mass murder, and whispers of things far worse. But since its rechristening in the 1970s as a luxury apartment building, the Pendleton has been at peace. For its fortunate residents—among them a successful songwriter and her young son, a disgraced ex-senator, a widowed attorney, and a driven money manager—the Pendleton’s magnificent quarters are a sanctuary, its dark past all but forgotten.
But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, elevators plunge into unknown depths. With each passing hour, a terrifying certainty grows: Whatever drove the Pendleton’s past occupants to their unspeakable fates is at work again. Soon, all those within its boundaries will be engulfed by a dark tide from which few have escaped."
10/16/13So, I picked up this one assuming it was going to be a light-hearted Christian chick flick as are most of the Christian books set in the south with colorful southern characters, but it turned out to deal very well with some serious and difficult topics while still having some of those flamboyant southern characters that make such books so much fun. It was well written, the characters were awesome, and several difficult issues were dealt with in a Christian manner. I really loved it.
10/18/13This was a well-written novel with awesome characters. I really enjoyed the twists and turns of the story, and I loved how the truth won in the end. It definitely made my favorites list.
10/21/13I really enjoyed this novel, and I found the characters sweet even though they are highly flawed. It's written fairly well although I would say that there were some loose ends left hanging after the end of the novel. And I definitely found it amusing that she was so convinced that she was to be a missionary in China based on such superficial things, and I really liked how God made her know that she was sent after Phinneas for love and not for the sake of the Gospel. I liked it a lot.
This month's book themes:1. Read a book by an author whose name starts with K.
"Never Coming to a Theatre Near You" by Kenneth Turan
2. Read a book whose title starts with K.
3. Since my favorite baseball team is in the playoffs and had a winning season for the first time in 21 years, read a book about pirates.
4. In honor of Halloween, read a book about ghosts.
"77 shadow street" by Dean Koontz
5. Since Columbus landed in the New World (for good or bad) read a book about sailing.
6. Since there is a big (4-stories high) rubber duck sitting on the river in Pittsburgh, read a book about ducks.
7. With the new television season upon us (at least in the US), read a book about television.
8. Since it is Thanksgiving in Canada, read a book about something for which you are thankful.
"The Smoke Jumper" by Nicholas Evans . . . Thankful for the many firefighters that risk their lives in saving lives and fighting forest fires.
9. Your choice.
"The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta
"The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss
Finished reading the Dean Koontz novel "77 shadow street," 4/5 stars!Now reading "The Smoke Jumper" by Nicholas Evans.
"Connor Ford falls like an angel of mercy from the sky, braving the flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have. For Julia Bishop is the partner of his best friend and fellow 'smoke jumper', Ed Tully. Julia loves both of them - until a terrible fire on a Montana forces her to choose between them and burns a brand on all their hearts."
10/23/13This was a really well-written novel that did a really brilliant job of portraying mother-daughter, grandmother-granddaughter relationships. The men in the story were also drawn really well. I really loved the novel.
10/23/13This was a really well-written novel that did a really brilliant job of portraying mother-daughter, grandmother-granddaughter relationships. The men in the story were also drawn really well. I really loved the novel.
So I took a really long time to read this month. I read "I, Jedi". It is one of the many Star Wars books out there. It focuses more on characters found in books and not the movies. I liked it but it wasn't one of my favorites in the series. I did like seeing how an x-wing pilot turns into a Jedi. I thought some of the characters involved were interesting. A good read for Star Wars fanatics.
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10/26/13I have found every book written by Susan Vreeland to be extremely interesting and entertaining. Her writing style is very good, and her characters are well presented. I always learn some interesting information about the historical characters she bases her characters on as well as the real artwork she talks about. I didn't care for this plot as much, however, thus giving this novel four stars rather than five.
I decided to read "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss only because it was referred to in "The Smoke Jumper" by Nicholas Evans. Boy, was I surprised!This story certainly is different from other Dr.Suess books that we read when we were youngsters. This one is very serious as it illustrates the Yooks and Zooks developing weapons of war to outdo each other until the ultimate weapon of war is created by both sides.
10/29/13This was a well-done novel. It's written well and has a good balance of fun and serious. However, I disliked how some things aren't explained very well or left hanging at the end.
Well, I finished reading "The Almond Tree" which I won in a Goodreads contest. It dealt with the Israeli - Palestinian conflict from the Palestinian side of things. I thought the characters were interesting, especially Ichmad. There is much growth as a person. The overall themes of the book had much to do with getting to know people and treating them as people. Moving beyond stereotypes to actual relationships. It was well written and thought provoking.
This month's book themes:1. Read a book by an author whose name starts with K.
"Never Coming to a Theatre Near You" by Kenneth Turan
2. Read a book whose title starts with K.
3. Since my favorite baseball team is in the playoffs and had a winning season for the first time in 21 years, read a book about pirates.
4. In honor of Halloween, read a book about ghosts.
"77 shadow street" by Dean Koontz
"Nightmare Hour" by R.L. Stine
5. Since Columbus landed in the New World (for good or bad) read a book about sailing.
6. Since there is a big (4-stories high) rubber duck sitting on the river in Pittsburgh, read a book about ducks.
7. With the new television season upon us (at least in the US), read a book about television.
8. Since it is Thanksgiving in Canada, read a book about something for which you are thankful.
"The Smoke Jumper" by Nicholas Evans . . . Thankful for the many firefighters that risk their lives in saving lives and fighting forest fires.
9. Your choice.
"The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta
"The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss
"Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
10/30/13This was an interesting novel. It was well-written, and the main characters are well developed. It was entertaining but not spectacular.
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10/29/13This was a well-done novel. It's written well and has a good balance of fun and serious. However, I disliked how some things aren'..."
I liked this book.
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Now for this month's book themes:
1. Read a book by an author whose name starts with K.
2. Read a book whose title starts with K.
3. Since my favorite baseball team is in the playoffs and had a winning season for the first time in 21 years, read a book about pirates.
4. In honor of Halloween, read a book about ghosts.
5. Since Columbus landed in the New World (for good or bad) read a book about sailing.
6. Since there is a big (4-stories high) rubber duck sitting on the river in Pittsburgh, read a book about ducks.
7. With the new television season upon us (at least in the US), read a book about television.
8. Since it is Thanksgiving in Canada, read a book about something for which you are thankful.
9. Your choice.