Reading Review 2008

[bojojoti]

2. Awakening by L. A. Banks

3. Captain’s Fury by Jim Butcher

4. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

5. Unlocking the Secrets of Your Childhood Memories by Dr. Kevin Lehman & Randy Carlson

6. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

7. The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work by Dr. John Gottman

8. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

9. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

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Comments

[deltamiss]

I KNEW you'd like Eats, Shoots and Leaves!

Lula is my all-time favorite character! Evanovich is definitely the BEST at characterization.

I haven't read Life of Pi, and probably won't, but I felt the same way when I read Angela's Ashes. My expectations were too high, maybe.

Great year of reading!

[bojojoti]

It was a very enjoyable read!

I can't pick out a favorite Evanovich character. I'm happy to have Grandma Mazur make her appearances, though!

Skip LoP! As an English teacher, you might appreciate how the writer brings his story line together, but I can't recommend it for an enjoyable read.

Yes, high expectations will torpedo a book quicker than anything!

Do you keep a list of the books you read?

[deltamiss]

I do not keep a list, but that might be my project for 2009. In fact, sometimes I get halfway through a book and realize I've already read it. :/ Hmmm...wonder what that says about my attention to detail?

Time for you to go to bed and me to go to work! :D

[bojojoti]

Good night, er, morning!

It's so sad that I don't remember a great deal of what I read any longer. I used to be so sharp. I could even remember the page number where certain events occurred. Oh well, everything is new!

Do keep a list. I love to see what people are reading. Of course, I can't die for the next 100 years if I'm going to catch up on my to-read list!

Have a good day! I hope the kids are all worn out from vacation, and you have a peaceful first day back.

[curly_purls]

I am sooooooooo amazed at all of your reading. I applaud you (and many like you on my flist)!

I could not shred. Ther was one--just one--book that I tossed in our burn barrel. It was about a guy who feels that he was Paul of Tarsus in a past life. Twisting the purpose of Jesus had to be his motive, and once I figured that out, to the barrel it went.

[donerleg]

thats how I felt when I finished the last book in the Golden Compass series. Like I had been punched in the stomach!

[donerleg]

I read them years ago before all the hype!

[curly_purls]

Thanks for sharing that...such a letdown.

[curiouswombat]

I really must try to keep track of my reading this year - I think I read only about 15 new books last year, maybe more, and 20 or so re-reads, but mainly I read a wonderful selection of Lord of the Rings fanfic, which I discovered in April or May

[bojojoti]

Isn't it lovely how Tolkien created such a rich world that we feel drawn to it? It's been so long since I read the trilogy. Perhaps I should do that this year. *eyes teetering stack of books in to-read pile*

[donerleg]

Tolkien, what can I say about Tokien. I love him. Him and Lewis. They came into my life at just the right time and took me to places that I needed to go and that I still can go to when I need to :) I love him.....

[bojojoti]

Me, too! I love those gentlemen! They were my mentors in literature.

[donerleg]

I love Ursela Le Guin

[bojojoti]

She writes beautifully!

[donerleg]

Again! I love love love Ann La Mott she is undoubtalbly my favorite to read for a laugh and a cry... she is so real and she loves Jesus...what more can you ask?

[bojojoti]

She is so real and flawed. She can drive me crazy at times, but I feel in sisterhood with her.

[donerleg]

yes, a sisterhood...