Karen- it just goes to show how well rounded we all are, we aren't just a bunch of dorky book readers, we have other interests, etc.
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Although I first reserved that Bottom of the Pie book when Betsy got excited about it, I'm still #12 on the reserve list at the library (and folks get to
keep them for a month automatically and can renew), so I gave in and ordered it, and I gave in an finally ordered the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo too (hee too
too). But the library did have Old Filth just sitting on the shelf, so I'm going to pick that up today. I was restlessly jumping around among books last
night and couldn't settle in to any of them.
Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s)
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Karen, I also have been catching up on children's classic I missed as a child. This year I've dived into The Wind in the Willows, Winnie
the Pooh, Mary Poppins, and The Wizard of Oz. I've enjoyed them all, though The Wind in the Willows was my favorite - loved Mr. Toad
and his car obsession (poop poop!). I should reread the Little House series, since it has such a connection to the Midwest.
I think that sometimes the straight narratives of these classics, the lack of physical and emotional violence, is necessary to sooth and clear the mind after a few modern nonlinear novels.
Sherry in WI
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07/21/09 10:34 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
And on that note, I'm reading Anne of Green Gables in bed at night -- so it's going to take a while to finish it -- and Animal, Vegetable,
Miracle in snatches through the rest of today. Maybe I'll find some 'sustained reading' time today.
Sherry, Mary Poppins was definitely a childhood favorite for me. I liked Pippi Longstocking, too.
Karen
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Add me to the loved Mary Poppins list, much better than the movie. I haven't read most of the other kids books mentioned, even the classics. Woe is moi.
Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s)
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I never read Mary Poppins (but do remember going to the theater to see it as a little girl) so I think I'll try to get that in this summer.
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PBee, do wipe Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke out of your brain cells first though--you'll enjoy it much more imho.
Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s)
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Black Beauty was my all-time childhood favourite - I read it 'til I almost knew it by heart and my family knew where I was up to by how hard I was crying.
Loved Heidi and Pippi too.
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07/21/09 03:23 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Oh, of course -- Heidi! But I saw the Shirley Temple movie version years before reading the book so it was always colored by that. Heidi is about the
only book I still have from childhood, for some reason.
Karen
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07/21/09 04:40 PM |
Oh yeah, Pippi I remember her, she had a great life!
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07/21/09 05:45 PM BCC BookieMonster |
I loved Pollyanna. Wish I could get my own daughters to read it.
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07/22/09 05:27 PM |
Karen, even though they're 'girl' books as I'm sure you noticed with CW they can definitely be read to boys so it's just as well you bought
them now :). While my ds wouldn't have picked them up to read on his own he's heard CW and Little House books. Don't think I read Anne out loud
although I read (and reread) it numerous times as a child. My dd has read more in the Anne series than I have. I like the first book best of all.
Yes, CW was made into a movie in the past couple of years. I've never seen it. Books bought at a tiny bookstore while we were on vacation.... You would have loved this place because the owner was there and she knew most of the books in her store. My ds used his $ to buy some and she gave him an ARC saying, "Let me know how you like it" and then gave him her email address. Then I bought a pile and she gave me 2 ARCs with the same message. Then my dd bought books two days in a row, my dd is into graphic novels, and on the 2nd day she gave her an ARC of one and then followed us out of the store with 5 non-arc graphic novels saying, "Take these too, no one around here is going to buy them, they're not cool enough." LOL Love her. Mind's Eye by Hakan Nesser (reportedly one of Sweden's/world's bestselling crime novelists) The Air Between Us by Deborah Johnson A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (I absolutely loved his book "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" and so was happy to add this to the stack) The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (bought for dd for Christmas but I'll read it first to see if she'll like it, if not I'll give it to a niece) Piping Down the Valleys Wild edited by Nancy Larrick ('a merry mix of verse for all ages' not sure if this is for our house or going to a niece. I know I wanted to look it over closer) Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster (this was on the shelf of the owner's favorites so I wanted to try one. not sure why I picked this particular one.) The Turning by Tim Winton (I remember really enjoying something else he wrote but he has more books under his name than I expected. Hopefully this will be a good 'un.) 2 arcs she gave me which she chose based on my pile: The Possession of Mr Cave by Matt Haig The Badlands Saloon by Johnathan Twingley My home TBR/books I own is getting out of control. Maybe we should claim a month as "ONLY read books you own Month" (except for BB and other book groups). That way we'll know the time is coming when we WILL get to some of those books. Anyone want to join me? Pick a month in the autumn/spring (depending on your hemisphere)?
Olle
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07/22/09 09:49 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Olle, I've been doing that "ONLY read books you own" thing since the beginning of June; even convinced my face group to read for the summer from
my stacks. Still didn't stop me from buying extras when I ordered our upcoming group reads and didn't stop me at B&N the other night. Of course,
that was for the grandson so it doesn't count...
Sounds like you came home with a great haul. I look forward to your descriptions as you get through them.
Karen
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07/22/09 11:23 PM |
Olle, the ds just read Dirty Job and Fluke by Christopher Moore. We will look for Lamb. :)
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07/23/09 10:36 AM |
Sanda, what did he think of them?
Karen, you've been doing so well with reading books you own and that's what made me think of us trying to make an upcoming month with that theme for our personal reading (for those who wish to), I think I'd need the support of a larger group to keep my fingers off the 'lucky day' and 'new book' shelves at the library. ;) This was probably in my head when Rema was doing this too....maybe she still is? but I kept forgetting to mention it.
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How about September for the read from our stacks month? I pushed back the chat date to early Oct for the who dun it because Chris wasn't going to be back
until that week.
BTW, Amazon delivered the Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie book (is that the right title?) and I was blown away. As soon as I put my hands on it, I got the familiar rush of pleasure I used to have as a kid picking up a new Nancy Drew or Honey Bunch book because it looks and feels just like one. The self-printed cover, the size and heft. I honestly had a flashback and could even picture Grosset and Dunlop on the spine LOL. Can't wait to actually read it.
Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s)
Finished: Secret Scripture; The Nine, Toobin Here's to librariers, our bookateria |
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07/23/09 05:31 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Yeah, September sounds good. That way I can finish my summer of reading my own books and follow it up with another month of reading my own books! LOL
I'll have to fit in the Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie one of these days.
Karen
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. - Anna Quindlen |
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07/23/09 09:50 PM |
Olle, the ds liked the Christopher Moore books a lot.
Sweetness is a very quick read, guys, and definitely worth it, even if I can't comment on the feel of the book because it is on my Kindle. Sandra |
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07/26/09 07:50 AM |
I guess I'll have to put Pippi Longstockings on my list too, since I somehow missed it. I have to say that I was slightly creeped out by Mary
Poppins. She crept around an awful lot - not at all sweet like the Disney Version. The Wind in the Willows was much more enjoyable, IMHO.
Sherry in WI
Currently reading: People of the Book, Mockingbird, The Help |
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WAIT, Sherry, you're labeling our beloved Mary Poppins as a creep? LOL Maybe it's time for me to reread that book too--it's been so long, diamonds
have formed.
Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s)
Finished: Secret Scripture; The Nine, Toobin Here's to librariers, our bookateria |
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