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I just finishes Jane Austen Bookclub tonight and that was my 3rd book. I ended on a postive note. A cute fun happy book.
Now onto April....
Wish me luck!
good for you! i think i've got reading add or something! it takes me forever to find a book to get into, them i'm into only that one, then i can't get into anything again for a long time! yeesh!
You go girl! I'm impressed.Did you know Memory Keeper's Daughter was made into a movie and it will be on Lifetime this month. I loved that book and I can't wait to see it! But movies are never as good as the book.
^ I loved that book and didn't even hear a whisper it was being made into a movie. After reading it I thought they should and now I can't wait to see it!!
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life time movies never live up to the books (my opinion!) ~ for example, sue monk kidd's 'the mermaid chair' was such a good book, the movie?! not so much! (had potential though!) i'll probably watch the memory keeper's daughter anyway though!
re: Memory Keeper's Daughter.I was surprised it was only a lifetime movie. Well maybe not really surprised. The book didn't impress me and I wouldn't have seen it as a feature length pay $10 per person movie.
I remember seeing the previews but I don't remember the actors. I want to say one is Dermont Mulrooney (SP?). That was the guy from My Best Friend's Wedding. I remember him for some reason because he was so cute in that movie. But I could be wrong. Maybe he has something else coming out that I'm not thinking of.
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I'm not sure we'll get to see it in Aust, bugger :-(
Great list Tera. I wish I'd kept up with my books starting in Jan. but I didn't until I found the link on 2P's for this site so I guess I'll have to keep up with it from the day I joined, I'll have to go back and look.I can't wait to see The Memory Keeper's Daughter. I'd hoped it turned out differently but oh well, I didn't write it.
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So dont worry if you didnt start a goal in January. Let April 5th be your january 1. I would love to see your lists for the month and the months to come.
Oh and I liked 5 quarters of the Orange. I thought it was good. As Randy Jackson would say "it was a little pitchy in parts dawg but overall it was nice. Just nice."
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I cant believe I made it this month.
4/08
The Red Tent (LOVED it)
Last Night at the Lobster (Yawn)
Loving Frank (mixed)
I admit I only read last night at the lobster because it was short and I knew i was going to be in danger of meeting my goal this month.
But I did!
Three cheers! Awesome Tera. Keep it up!
you go girl! (sorry! i'm tired & need to get to bed!)
Three books a month...that is AWESOME Tera! I am very impressed. I try to make up for slow reading during the summer. Thanks for the suggestions as well!
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5/08
The Book Theif ~ Markus Zusak (Loved it)
And Old Fashioned Girl ~ Louisa May Alcot (predictable but cute)
The Wind Done Gone ~ Alice Randall (blech)
I am Messenger ~ Markus Zusak (Liked not Loved)
Red Leather Diary ~ Lily Koppel (More time away less I liked it)
One for the Money ~ Janet Evanovich (FUNNY)
6/08
Two for the Dough ~ Janet Evanovich (Just as good as the first)
The Constant Princess ~ Philippa Gregory (Great Read)
Three to Get Deadly ~ Janet Evanovich (Love these Characters)
Plain Truth ~ Jodi Picoult (Liked it but angry too)
Four to Score ~ Janet Evanovich (Score indeed)
High Five ~ Janet Evanovich (Grr a cliffhanger!)
Holy moly, Tera!! You are are like Lightening McRead!! How did you ever squeeze in so many books?!
Hee hee! Lightning McRead. I've never heard that one before. Can I steal it, Roxy? :)
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East of Eden ~ John Steinbeck (work of ART!)
Hot Six ~ Janet Evanovich
Seven Up ~ Janet Evanovich
Hard Eight ~ Janet Evanovich (waiting on 9)
The Knitting Circle ~ Ann Hood (Good Read)
The Other Boleyn Girl ~ Phillipa Gregory (MUCH better than the movie)
My French Whore ~ Gene Wilder (Sweet story)
8/08
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ~ Mark Haddon (wasn't a favorite)
The Boleyn Inheritence ~ Phillipa Gregory (Good but not as good)
The Queens Fool ~ Phillipa Gregory (Got into it about halfway through)
Twilight ~ Stephanie Meyers (Anne Rice writes for Sweet Valley High)
Boy, perfect way to describe Twilight!Hey congratulations on keeping up your goal! I think that's a good one, because it's actually do-able if you focus on it. Some of these bloggers that read like 100 books every year .... I'm like, what ? I don't know how they do it.
Wait a minute, I've been re-looking at your list - you're almost one of those people!!!
PS - Tera if you like Steinbeck, you might want to try this one - it's a nonfiction book by him. I LOVED it. He really deserves the hype. He is one of my Gods.Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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I haven't read Of Mice & Men yet, hmm dont know if I will now ;) But I had to read Cannery Row in school and I didn't much like it. I went on a classic kick though, and made myself actually read some of the classics I was supposed to read in school and never did. Anyway, long story short, I wound up re-reading Cannery Row, liking it, and then reading the sequel to it, Sweet Thursday, then moving on from there into some of his other stuff.But I have to say - Trav. w/Charley is in my opinion his best of what I've read. Every chapter is like a word poem. I love that, because I write poetry, and so I wound up journalling SO many quotes from that book. I should have just photocopied it and put it in my journal LOL
I was just thinking - how many books that someone MADE you read DID you like? I know for me, not many ! I loved reading while I was in school, but HATED being told what to read. Hell I hate being told to do anything!
THAT would be a good book to randomly leave in a public place. A really good one. Hmm....
I loved Travels with Charley! I second your opinion, Laura. :)
I still remember this quote: "....In the end, we don't take a trip. A trip takes us."There was a whole leadup that made it really beautiful, but . . .
LOVED it LOVED it.
This is a very sweet thread, you guys! Awwwwwww!(btw, I'm giggling about Tera's "twilight" description, too!)
I had to laugh about your comment on Twilight--I love that and I LOVE Anne Rice!!!I also agree with your comments on The Memory Daughters Keeper--it was a hard for me to get through at times and I believe Dermot Mulroney and Gretchen Mol played the lead roles in the Lifetime movie.
I never like the movie over the book. I just read The Tenth Circle and then saw the Lifetime movie and HATED IT because it didn't incorporate the comic stuff AT ALL!!! which in my humble opinion was the best part of the book.
Tera, again, you're amazing!Personally, Twilight made me want to puke!
I haven't read Twilight yet but its in my to read pile. I LOVE East of Eden. Serious one of the best books ever written. Another one I really liked by Steinbeck was Tortilla Flat.
And, I completely agree that "The Other Boleyn Girl" was way better than the movie. I was so disappointed because I love the book!
Here are my 2008 reads...or, the ones I have tracked since joining GoodReads in July...07-08
The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew--Three Women Search for Understanding
Change of Heart- Picoult
Makeup Makeovers: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations
Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair from the Beauty Authority
Real Simple: The Organized Home
Real Simple Solutions: Tricks, Wisdom and Easy Ideas to Simplify Everyday
Real Simple: Cleaning
In Style Parties (The Complete Guide to Easy, Elegant Entertaining)
Real Simple: Celebrations
Harvesting the Heart- Picoult
Face Forward
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
Husbandry: Sex, Love & Dirty Laundry--Inside the Minds of Married Men
08-08
Marley Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and a Daughter
Coming Out- Steel
That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Secret Lives of Girls: What Good Girls Really Do--Sex Play, Aggression, and Their Guilt
Getting Near to Baby
Hunger Point: A Novel
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
Love Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs
Free Gift with Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup
The Lorax- Seuss
09-08
The Penny: A Novel
Three Little Words: A Memoir
The Luxe
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
In Search of Eden
Debutante: Rites and Regalia of American Debdom
Listening with My Heart
Sisters- Steel
I checked out the Life on the Refrig. Door & my daughter picked it up and read it before me. We both cried. It was a quick read, a good mother/daughter read.I like the idea of simplifying every day - maybe those Real Simple books would do it ??
I LOVE the Real Simple books. They are written by the editors of the magazine. They are so fresh, streamlined, informative. They have awesome pictures, too. I think the Cleaning and Organized Home were my favorites.
Thanks, those are the 2 I just requested from the library. They are holding them on the shelf for pickup! Hee hee!!!
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9/08
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (LOVED IT!)
To the Nines - Janet Evanovich (funny)
Ten Big Ones - Janet Evanovich (still funny)
Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich (still funny fun)
10/08
Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich (same funny)
Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich (my guilty pleasure)
The Glass Castle: A Memoir - Jeannette Walls (not worth the hype)
The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent (well done)
11/08
Fearless Fourteen - Janet Evanovich (laughable)
The Lace Reader - Brunonia Barry (stayed with me)
The Other Queen - Phillipa Gregory (okayish)
This is a great goal Tera!!! I think I will have to try this for 2009!
I love this thread! I think I'll be doing good to hit one book a month in 2009 and I'll make that my goal. I just started my master's program, so that eats up my reading for pleasure time. dang it!
Tera, you'll have to let us know what your grand total number of books ended up being. More than 36, I'm sure!!!
I just counted. 49 so far. Dayum! :) Color me impressed!!!
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My goal was 3 a month and I exceeded that in some months and just barely made it in others. I am thinking next year of making it 4 books a month.
My December list.
12/08
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (dark yet sweet)
The Birth House Ami McKay (I liked it)
My Forbidden Face: Growing up Under the Taliban Latifa (easy informative read)
teri wrote: "I think I have read 3 books/month so far, at least since February. Should we all add ours? Also I'm wondering what you thought of Five Quarters of an orange. My favorite recent reads are The Gla..."I loved The Glass Castle...I just love a well written and brutally honest memoir.
I've listed it as one of my favorite memoirs.
Good for you Tera. I made it to 58 books this year. My goal was 50 so I think I did okay. I'm going to try harder next year. This was the first year I ever kept up with what I read. It was fun to do. Finding this group was also instrumental in helping me to keep up and try more books.
Tera I like your short and to the point reviews above. What would everyone say was their favorite read of this year?
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Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs (other topics)
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With that in mind I am going to start this as my list in 08, and list the books I have read thus far JUST in '08 and update it as I read more. Feel free to start your own list/thread and it can maybe be an easier way for everyone to keep up on what weve read and what we think of those books.
1/08
Rhett Butler's People~ Donald McCaig (No GWTW but better than Scarlett)
The Kite Runner~Khaled Hosseini (beautiful)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter~Kim Edwards (potential but didn't hit it for me)
Taking Hold: My journey into Blindness ~ Sally Hobart Alexander (interesting)
2/08
Three Cups of Tea ~ Greg Mortenson (Loved the story didn't like the writing)
Water for Elephants ~ Sara Gruen (A little raw but I liked it)
A Thousand Splendid Suns~Khaled Hosseini (proved he wasnt a one hit wonder)
Five Quarters of the Orange ~ Joanne Harris (Didn't love or hate it)
Ya-Ya's In Bloom ~ Rebecca Wells (true ya ya style)
3/08
A Long Way Down ~ Nick Hornby (Funniest book ever about suicide)
About a Boy ~ Nick Hornby (It was okay)
Jane Austen Bookclub ~ Karen Joy Fowler (good not great)
4/08
The Red Tent Anita Diamant (LOVED it)
Last Night at the Lobster Stewart O'Nan(painfully boring to read)
Loving Frank Nancy Horan (Hated the characters)
5/08
The Book Theif ~ Markus Zusak (Loved it)
And Old Fashioned Girl ~ Louisa May Alcot (predictable but cute)
The Wind Done Gone ~ Alice Randall (blech)
I am Messenger ~ Markus Zusak (Liked not Loved)
Red Leather Diary ~ Lily Koppel (More time away less I liked it)
One for the Money ~ Janet Evanovich (FUNNY)
6/08
Two for the Dough ~ Janet Evanovich (Just as good as the first)
The Constant Princess ~ Philippa Gregory (Great Read)
Three to Get Deadly ~ Janet Evanovich (Love these Characters)
Plain Truth ~ Jodi Picoult (Liked it but angry too)
Four to Score ~ Janet Evanovich (Score indeed)
High Five ~ Janet Evanovich (Grr a cliffhanger!)
7/08
East of Eden ~ John Steinbeck (work of ART!)
Hot Six ~ Janet Evanovich
Seven Up ~ Janet Evanovich
Hard Eight ~ Janet Evanovich (waiting on 9)
The Knitting Circle ~ Ann Hood (Good Read)
The Other Boleyn Girl ~ Phillipa Gregory (MUCH better than the movie)
My French Whore ~ Gene Wilder (Sweet story)
8/08
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ~ Mark Haddon (wasn't a favorite)
The Boleyn Inheritence ~ Phillipa Gregory (Good but not as good)
The Queens Fool ~ Phillipa Gregory (Got into it about halfway through)
Twilight ~ Stephanie Meyers (Anne Rice writes for Sweet Valley High)
9/08
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (LOVED IT!)
To the Nines - Janet Evanovich (funny)
Ten Big Ones - Janet Evanovich (still funny)
Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich (still funny fun)
10/08
Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich (same funny)
Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich (my guilty pleasure)
The Glass Castle: A Memoir - Jeannette Walls (not worth the hype)
The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent (well done)
11/08
Fearless Fourteen - Janet Evanovich (laughable)
The Lace Reader - Brunonia Barry (stayed with me)
The Other Queen - Phillipa Gregory (okayish)
12/08
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (dark yet sweet)
The Birth House Ami McKay (I liked it)
My Forbidden Face: Growing up Under the Taliban Latifa (easy informative read)