What I'm Reading Now--July 2009

0 Kudo

Author	Comment
beachgal		#141	[url]	[-]
07/29/09 09:29 AM BCC BookieMonster	I finished The Physick book of Deliverance Dane and was a little disappointed after all the good reviews and recommendation from others. Generally, I liked it but would have preferred more writing about Ms Dane. Now I am rereading The wind in the willows. When I checked it out of the Library, all four copies were in and I wonder if the children of today still read it. "Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back" Fortune cookie saying Rema
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
bayjoens		#142	[url]	[-]
07/29/09 09:59 AM	Olle, I am up here in Ashland, Oregon, home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and in the bookstore, they had a Christopher Moore book that I think is his version of Shakespeare's Lear. I thought about picking it up for AJ but think it will be much better to read right after seeing Lear. Someday... Last night, the dd and I saw a really good version of Henry VIII, as good as it gets for one of the history plays, I think. Henry VIII was played well and fairly sympathetically...for a king ruled by his... well, you know. Still, I wanted to yell down to Anne Boleyn, "C'mon. If he's doing it to Katharine, you know he is going to do it to you too! Run!" Sandra
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
pioneerbee		#143	[url]	[-]
07/29/09 10:17 AM	Sandra- LOL There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. Mirabel Osler
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
BCCJillster		#144	[url]	[-]
07/29/09 10:35 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE Administrator	Funny Sandra I finally gave in to its popularity and started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and almost put it down but then the girl with the tattoo was introduced and I got much more interested. All the financial stuff in the beginning was putting me to sleep--handled much better in Stone's Fall, I thought. Everyone seems to have loved this book, so I'm seriously hoping I will too. 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
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
jodijoy		#145	[url]	[-]
07/29/09 12:13 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER	Finished The Scarecrow. Good, but not one of his best and definitely, NSFM (not safe for Mary) Spoiler [+] I enjoyed the newspaper scenes (felt very true to life), but he went on too long about the computer gadgetry, and I much prefer when I DON'T know who the bad guy is right off the bat. I want the "who", more than the "how". There are some gruesome scenes in there, and Rachel's on/off job status seems a bit forced and unlikely. The good news is that there's a new Bosch book coming in the fall. Hope that one is stellar! "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - CS Lewis
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
BCCJillster		#146	[url]	[-]
07/29/09 01:01 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE Administrator	You echoed my sentiments on The Scarecrow Jodi--bring back Bosch. Spoiler [+] It also hit a bit too close to home because my Aunt Ella wore a leg brace due to polio and I used to help her strap it up in the morning if I was over there mooching breakfast or books or puzzles. It was a treat for little me, probably a bit of a pain for her. So I kind of shriveled a bit when it was explained. Ick. 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
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
Blanchard		#147	[url]	[-]
07/29/09 03:22 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master	I'm trying to play "catch up" here after being away about a week and there's a lot to read but I gather that Jill and Sandra took my recommendation and read Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and liked it as much as we did (Curtski and I that is). I'm so delighted that others are enjoying it because it's definitely on our top notch list for the season if not the year! Loved it and will buy more and will look forward to more of Flavia in the future!! It's so nice to have that after that awful Zafon! (My opinion only but a real one for me!) Betsy Taking allergy pills is like having Snow White multiple personality disorder. You go from Sneezy/Grumpy to Sleepy/Dopey/Happy. from CEO of Zappo's, Tony Shieh
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
bookmuse		#148	[url]	[-]
07/31/09 05:19 PM	Beachgal, I agree about Deliverance Dane. I expected a lot more. It's well written and starts out with a very promising plot. But when it degenerates into Hollywood-type magic -- sparks, lights and all -- it lost me. I'm getting lots of reading ideas here. Now when to read it all?! Help. I should've taken one of those speed reading courses. :P
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
bookworm2		#149	[url]	[-]
07/31/09 07:41 PM	I am finally back to reading after an extended break. I am trying to catch up and am enjoying the books so far. I really enjoyed Borderlands, although I must admit I would have enjoyed just about anything after not being able to read anything during the last few months. I just finished The 19th Wife. I really enjoyed the story and LDS history mixture. I only rated the book a three because although I enjoyed the book, mostly because it gave me a better insight into my in-laws' religion(LDS not FLDS), I do not know of anyone that I would recommend the book to.
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
kathylaz		#150	[url]	[-]
07/31/09 08:23 PM	Agree with you two on The Scarecrow. Mind candy, but definitely not Connelly's best by a long shot. I'm reading Girl With Dragon Tattoo too Jill...we can compare notes. I have to finish by the time I leave on vacation next week....unfortunately, I started it, then sidetracked myself with Angel's Game, and now back to the tattoo....and I've lost the threads... kathy Reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
Blanchard		#151	[url]	[-]
07/31/09 11:19 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master	I'm about 3/4 through The Inner Circle by TC Boyle which is another of his fictionalized portraits of a famous man; in this case, Dr Alfred Kinsey, the famous sex researcher in the 40's and 50's. The book is supposedly seen through the eyes of a young, good-looking English major who is clueless in the hands of "Prok", (Professor K), the name that Kinsey's intimates call him. "John Milk" is recruited by Prok and is apparently putty in the hands of the famous man. TC Boyle is smart enough to use fiction as his vehicle for the fascinating story of Prok, a zealot with a one track mind. I can't wait to see what other jams this man entangles Milk in next. Betsy Taking allergy pills is like having Snow White multiple personality disorder. You go from Sneezy/Grumpy to Sleepy/Dopey/Happy. from CEO of Zappo's, Tony Shieh
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post
wernoclue		#152	[url]	[-]
08/01/09 12:18 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER	Monica, I took one of those speed-reading courses way back when and can tell you it doesn't help -- when you're reading fiction half the fun is the journey and speed reading wipes that out. Sorry to hear two bad reports on Deliverance Dane since it's here and on my TBR. Guess I just push it down a bit. Betsy, I love TC Boyle, though I don't know why since I've only read two, with two others waiting for me. Maybe I should just extend my summer reading program? 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
Interact My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Invite Blocking Ignore User's Posts Report Post

Yuku free message boards

What I'm Reading Now--July 2009