Books I'm planning to read:
1- Silken Prey by John Sandford
2- The Dry Grass of August - Meyhew (book club choice for July/August)
3 -Secrets of Eden - Bohjalian
4 - The Kitchen Daughter (book club choice for July/August)
5 - The Descendents - how appropriate for Hawaii and I loved the movie
6 - Better than Chocolate
Do you think I can read more than that? :) Let's hope so!
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan
**** 4 stars
Almost a 5 star book for me. Really, really enjoyed this book with historical background and facts. I liked the weaving of the stories, the different eras and the different couples. Great read! I'm looking forward to reading her other books, particularly "Maine".
Almost a 5 star book for me. Really, really enjoyed this book with historical background and facts. I liked the weaving of the stories, the different eras and the different couples. Great read! I'm looking forward to reading her other books, particularly "Maine".
Getting the Important Things Right by Padgett Gerler
**** 4 stars
What a pleasant surprise! Often Kindle freebies aren't worth the paper they aren't printed on! This was an excellent read and I will be watching out for the authors other works. Just a gentle, bittersweet read; easy to read. Some tough subjects and sad topics but so readable. That's just enjoyable. Just a couple quibbles; a few things felt a little tacked on as though they were introduced for shock value more than anything. But it really was a lovely read.
What a pleasant surprise! Often Kindle freebies aren't worth the paper they aren't printed on! This was an excellent read and I will be watching out for the authors other works. Just a gentle, bittersweet read; easy to read. Some tough subjects and sad topics but so readable. That's just enjoyable. Just a couple quibbles; a few things felt a little tacked on as though they were introduced for shock value more than anything. But it really was a lovely read.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Falling Behind - Catching Up....
Too busy to read? Really inexcusable. Really means I'm devoting too much time to other things. I always have a book or two or three on the go and I read at least a bit every night. How have I been spending my time? Ebay-ing truckloads of stuff (to buy more books heh heh...not really). Re-watching Breaking Bad from the start because this show is every bit as good as the best book you ever read.
General tasks related to home ownership; the yard was a jungle. The new roof is done but there was unexpected fallout from that project (ceilings needed painting) which delayed general housekeeping. So a massive effort to get the house habitable again and presentable for our house-sitter.
Continuing to refine my book database and adding new books to read all the time. I need to read a book a day for the next 3 years (and not add any new ones) to catch up. Once my database is complete I can run some statistics on it (nerd-alert) but I'm guessing that my abandon rate is about 30%. I'm a pretty fickle reader. I get into funks where I think, "Maybe I'm not a reader any more; I'm not finding any book to grip me." Then I find a great book and all is well again and I am reminded once again to not hesitate to abandon and move on. Life's too short and all that.
Two chairside books have captured me currently. The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan. So far, just a lovely book which follows several characters and couples in various eras. Some political opining that I don't really appreciate but I'm overlooking that for the story. Also, a lovely surprise in a Kindle Freebie, Getting the Important Things Right by Padgett Gerler. A wonderful, bittersweet dysfunctional family saga. More once I finish both these. I sought out Gerler's other works and found she has a couple short stories for download and I gobbled those up. I especially liked The Act of Dying which can be found at her website here: http://genesislight.com/padgettgerler/book.htm I'm just squee-ing inside that I found a new favorite author! Can't wait to see what else she writes.
As part of the great database cleanup, I'm also marking TBR titles which are available as e-books from my public library. I'm amazed and pleased at the selection. I'm only up to the titles starting with "N" and I have found 118. I will be carefully planning my downloads for later this week as I want a nice stockpile for an upcoming trip with a long plane ride and lots of beach time!
And a PS regarding "reviews" (such that they are). I won't necessarily have a dedicated post for every book I read. For instance, I am working my way through the Lemony Snicket series (again); I can't imagine I will have much to say about each book. So, my posting will be fully in character with my personality; fickle and somewhat random. I'll review and post when moved to do so (sounding defensive all of a sudden....)
General tasks related to home ownership; the yard was a jungle. The new roof is done but there was unexpected fallout from that project (ceilings needed painting) which delayed general housekeeping. So a massive effort to get the house habitable again and presentable for our house-sitter.
Continuing to refine my book database and adding new books to read all the time. I need to read a book a day for the next 3 years (and not add any new ones) to catch up. Once my database is complete I can run some statistics on it (nerd-alert) but I'm guessing that my abandon rate is about 30%. I'm a pretty fickle reader. I get into funks where I think, "Maybe I'm not a reader any more; I'm not finding any book to grip me." Then I find a great book and all is well again and I am reminded once again to not hesitate to abandon and move on. Life's too short and all that.
Two chairside books have captured me currently. The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan. So far, just a lovely book which follows several characters and couples in various eras. Some political opining that I don't really appreciate but I'm overlooking that for the story. Also, a lovely surprise in a Kindle Freebie, Getting the Important Things Right by Padgett Gerler. A wonderful, bittersweet dysfunctional family saga. More once I finish both these. I sought out Gerler's other works and found she has a couple short stories for download and I gobbled those up. I especially liked The Act of Dying which can be found at her website here: http://genesislight.com/padgettgerler/book.htm I'm just squee-ing inside that I found a new favorite author! Can't wait to see what else she writes.
As part of the great database cleanup, I'm also marking TBR titles which are available as e-books from my public library. I'm amazed and pleased at the selection. I'm only up to the titles starting with "N" and I have found 118. I will be carefully planning my downloads for later this week as I want a nice stockpile for an upcoming trip with a long plane ride and lots of beach time!
And a PS regarding "reviews" (such that they are). I won't necessarily have a dedicated post for every book I read. For instance, I am working my way through the Lemony Snicket series (again); I can't imagine I will have much to say about each book. So, my posting will be fully in character with my personality; fickle and somewhat random. I'll review and post when moved to do so (sounding defensive all of a sudden....)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
*** 3 stars
Very funny stuff. Completely insane but a really fun diversion. I was not familiar with Lawson's blog, so I went into this book pretty unprepared. She's hilarious.
Very funny stuff. Completely insane but a really fun diversion. I was not familiar with Lawson's blog, so I went into this book pretty unprepared. She's hilarious.
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