Life is very much the same here.  I'm not getting many hours at work but I am starting to get sub jobs.   The weather generally stinks with a few nice fall days thrown in.

51. Life Among the Lutherans - Garrison Keillor    I much prefer listening to him occasionally on the radio.
52. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith   After I hit my goal of 50 ( Read more... )

For those of you who didn't see my facebook update, we woke up to a light dusting of snow today.  I am not very happy about it either.  It feels like we skipped summer and fall and jumped to winter.

45. Powder and Patch - Georgette Heyer
46. Forest Born - Shannon Hale
47. Every Boy's Got One - Meg Cabot    Her books are very fast fluff reading.
48. ( Read more... )

There were only 5 books in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series, I was wrong.

The last four:
40. The Dark is Rising  1974 Newbery Honor
41. Greenwitch
42. The Grey King  1976 Newbery Winner
44. Silver on the Tree

Overall not a bad series but I was ready for it to be done by the fifth book.

43. Toll Gate - Georgette Heyer

I know it has been over a week since Tim and I got back so I'm finally getting to the Chicago trip update.  Basically, it was great.  We had beautiful weather, no major transportation problems, and Scott and Audrey took good care of us. Thanks!

Friday: 
- Amtrak train from St. Paul to Chicago.  Tim loved the trains
- Metra train (Commuter train) ( Read more... )

On Thursday night I watched the new Ace of Cakes episode, a TV show on Food Network about a cake bakery that makes really neat cakes.  Their main cake was for the Cirque du Soleil show Kooza.  I mentioned to Tim that I've always wanted to go to a show and when we were in Chicago we should go.  He said, while I was thinking, that maybe they were in ( Read more... )

Thanks to my wonderful dad who climbed through the closet She-She was found.  And another thank you to Caleb for mailing her to me.  Now the gorilla crisis is averted.  :)

35. River Secrets - Shannon Hale   YA   One of her better books.

36. The Beach House - Jane Green   Eh. It was very predictable and she follows to many characters.

37. Cousin Kate - ( Read more... )

There is a gorilla at work that makes me miss She-She.  So mom next time we get together I want She-She.  I might still buy this other gorilla but dang it, seeing it all the time at work makes me homesick.  I haven't bought her yet because it feels like buying her might insult She-She. Or better yet maybe mom could send her to me?  I don't know but ( Read more... )

30. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey - Trenton Lee Stewart    Young Adult

31. 1984 - George Orwell  I understand why it is a classic and hope that something like it never happens to our society.  I just don't know how I felt about the book overall.

32. The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brain Selznick  Caldecott Award Winner    ( Read more... )

25. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen    Finally finished it.

26. Everything on a Waffle - Polly Horvath   2002 Newbery Honor Book

27. January 1905 - Katharine Boling    YA Historical Fiction

28. The 13th Reality:  The Hunt for Dark Infinity - James Dashner    It has been a long time since I've read a series when all of the books aren't out.  I'll ( Read more... )

I need to get these down before I forget.

1. 
   The Way We Never Were: The American Family and the Nostalgia Trap - Stephanie Coontz
   This was a very interesting read. It really explored the falsehoods that surround the “perfect American family.”
   
2. 
   King of the Middle March - Kevin Crossley-Holland
   The first two books were more compelling. I ( Read more... )