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What I'm Reading Now--Dec 2009 |
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12/01/09 11:49 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Gosh, here we are at the end of 2009 already...whoosh. Guess it's time to jam in all those last minute reads so we're ready for the new batch LOL.
I'm into our group read, A High Wind in Jamaica--speaking of whoosh. And a teetering pile is calling me.
Currently reading: Year of Wonder by G Brooks
Just Finished: Information Officer by Mark Mills |
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12/01/09 12:04 PM |
Ooops, somehow I found myself without a book to read before I went to sleep last night (how on earth did that happen?!). I have an
Edward Rutherford, 'Ireland' book but it is hard bound and huge and I just felt like I wanted something simpler at the moment. So I went through my
shelves to find books that I decided against or forgotten about and I found a little paperback, Redwall by Brian Jaques, hm, it sounded cute and interesting so
that's what I'm reading. The hero is a mouse.
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already
stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.
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12/01/09 12:10 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Thanks, Olle. I knew that "hurting" saguaros was illegal but never thought of it as "poaching". It's the terminology that I got hung up
on, I guess. I think of it as a matter of game keepers etc.
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 |
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12/01/09 12:31 PM |
PBee, my kids have and have read all the Redwall books. They are definitely a favorite in this house and were with us long before Harry Potter. I think they
are actually better written and the vocab for young readers is fabulous. I read the first one to each kid and then they took off on the ones after. They used
to come out every holiday season and I still buy them for the kids if I see a new one.
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12/02/09 01:44 AM |
I just finished If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and have to say that I found the writing lovely. The punctuation can sometimes confuse a bit but always
makes sense when you really look at it. I'm not sure I understood all of the plot and hope someone else here reads it soon so we can talk about it, but I
found the journey lyrical and moving. The book will probably not be everyone's cuppa but I liked it a lot.
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12/02/09 08:35 AM |
Read "Water Ghosts" and liked it for the most part. Takes place in CA in tiny town filled mostly with Chinamen. 3 women arrive by boat and the town
begins to change. There is definitely woo so it's not for everyone.
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12/02/09 10:55 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
i did finish the Sarah Palin autobiography and the reader's general feeling will of course be colored by ones politics, but it was telling how much the Mc
Cain folks tried to bottle Sarah up--and when she wouldn't play their way they called it going rogue.
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12/03/09 09:41 AM |
Tried to listen to an audio of the new Nevada Barr (it's not an Anna Pigeon) and utterly disliked it. Don't know if it was the reader/actor or the
content/story but from the prologue I knew it would be an unhappy story and I knew right away I wouldn't like it. Doesn't mean you shouldn't try
it, I think Betsy thought it ok.
Started 'Personal Days' and it's ok. I had hoped for funny which is how I thought it was described on that Penguin give/get list but it isn't. It did make me think of the tv show "The Office" as that g/g blurb said, but as it goes along it just gets sadder as you read about these office drones fearing for their jobs, never really connecting with each other, etc. This being said, I could definitely see some of the things in the book on that show. Without the underlying sadness the novel carries it'd be humorous. |
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12/03/09 11:00 AM |
Tom, first, not a Palin fan, so here's what I'm thinking, maybe McCain tried to bottle her because they knew she was a disaster
waiting to happen. I believe that McCain could have won the election if had a different running mate. I'm a Dem and I actually like McCain but I could not
in good conscience vote for him with Sarah on the ticket. That's just my opinion.
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already
stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.
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12/05/09 05:32 PM |
I'm still struggling to finish The Styx by J. King. I like it, but it's just not holding my interest but I
don't know why. About to dive into the book Jill sent in the swap, A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd. Just put
together my Christmas wish list too. Has anyone read the newest John Irving yet?
kathy
Reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Styx by Jonathon King and listening to The Spire by Richard North Patterson |
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12/05/09 06:07 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Kathy, I read the John Irving--Last Night in Twisted River--got it as an ARC. I really liked the first half, but then it just fell apart for me. However, lots
of LibraryThingers loved it. Check their reviews to see if they accord with what you like.
Currently reading: Year of Wonder by G Brooks
Just Finished: Information Officer by Mark Mills |
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12/05/09 07:27 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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I'm finished with a Quiet Belief in Angels which was good over all but it went on a bit too long for me. I started losing patience with it in the last 1/4
or so.
Next up: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn.
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 |
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12/06/09 12:19 PM |
Finished listening to The Spire by Richard North Patterson. Not nearly as good as some of his earlier more socially
conscious thrillers/mysteries, but OK. He needs to get back to focus on the legal twists/turns and stop working on the soap opera-ish romantic plot points.
Also got an invitation this morning to download a "gift" from audible.....Tim Curry reading A Christmas Carol. Can't wait!
kathy
Reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Styx by Jonathon King and listening to The Spire by Richard North Patterson |
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12/06/09 12:47 PM BCC Bookaholic |
Betsy - let me know how you get on with Dark Places........ I read her first book Sharp Objects, and really liked it, although some parts
made for uncomfortable reading.
Jane, UK
Currently Reading: A Distant Echo by Val McDermid Recently Read: The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling |
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12/06/09 03:19 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Okay, I promise Jane. I'm not far into it yet but it's not "easy" reading. The characters are generally unlikeable and a little scary at
times but they have a story to tell that is intriguing so I'm willing to listen (read) even though it's fairly grim.
Kathy, I just downloaded my "gift" from Audible too! It's perfect for that silly holiday driving around town to distant stores etc. Maybe even for standing in line? Stick those earbuds in and put myself in another century and another continent! Love it!
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 |
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12/07/09 03:32 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Finished the second LR Wright, Sleep While I Sing and it was ok, but not worth hunting down imo. The policeman is somewhat likable but there's just
something missing--humor? suspense? quirks? Not sure, but there's nothing wrong with it either. Middle ground LOL.
Currently reading: Year of Wonder by G Brooks
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12/07/09 05:41 PM BCC BookieMonster |
Finished The Jewish husband and thought it was pretty good. It's about a Jewish man who marries a Catholic woman during the Fascist regime in Italy and he
writes to someone about his life in Italy during that time.
I started Bridge of sighs by Richard Russo. I'm liking it so far and hope I will continue to do so. Rema
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12/07/09 07:16 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Oooh, Rema, I have that one too, I think so anyway. It's buried in my tbr stack somewhere. A friend highly recommended it to me last summer and then bought
it for me during a "field trip" to Bookman's, our great ubs. I'll dig it out and read it next after Dark Places.
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 |
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12/08/09 08:27 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Picture this: Sicily 1942---no no wait. Picture this: a hard-boiled PI in Boston (Southie) with one little problem. He has narcolepsy. And he has it baaad. A
very Maltese Falcon woman comes into his office claiming someone has literally stolen the fingers off her hand and sewn others back on. Before he can get much
further, he falls asleep and when he wakes, she's gone. Ta dah. And we're off to the races.
I have no idea whether this is going to be good, but it is pretty original and written in a snappy Raymond Chandler style. In fact, it's called THE LITTLE SLEEP, by Paul Tremblay.
Currently reading: Year of Wonder by G Brooks
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12/08/09 10:58 PM |
Jill, that's a great title/nice tie-in.
Finally finished that book of essays based on days in American history. Some were fascinating, some not so much. But that's what skipping/skimming are for. |
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12/08/09 11:58 PM |
Picked up The Toss of the Lemon by Padma Viswanathan at the library -- enjoying it so far but I expect the heroine's life to go BOOM very shortly
(otherwise, what's the story?) -- there are enough references to how ordinarily thus and so happened and how the astrological charts were auspicious for
thus and so to make me think things will go wildly awry forthwith
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