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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

1. Five Days in London (Embejo) 2. The Thirteenth Tale (Embejo) 3. Shopaholic Abroad (Sandra) 4. Imperium (CoversGirl) 5. Alaine 6. The Borrowers(Embejo) 7. Melissa 8. A Study in Scarlet (Sandra) 9. Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland (Becky) 10. An Absolute Gentleman (bookworm) 11. Amy(Clouds Over Mountains) 12. Cindy B 13. raidergirl3 (Latitudes of Melt) 14. Diary of a Young Girl (Becky) 15. Blue Dahlia (bookworm) 16. Free Life (Cafeshree) 17. Amy(Bootlegger\'s Daughter) 18. Tiny Librarian (Deep Dish) 19. Tiny Librarian (Agnes and the Hitman) 20. Tiny Librarian (1 of those hideous books) 21. raidergirl3(The Ravine) 22. Change of Heart (Alaine) 23. Tiny Librarian (Tantalize) 24. A Thousand Acres (Biblio Brat) 25. Prince Caspian (Becky) 26. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Becky) 27. Amy(Mayada, Daughter of Iraq) 28. Beezus and Ramona (Becky) 29. The Ice Queen (bookworm)

30. Ramona the Pest (Becky) 31. Camilla by Fanny Burney (Becky) 32. Ramona the Brave (Becky) 33. The Princess and The Pea (Strlady) 34. Ramona And Her Father (Becky) 35. The Shadow of the Wind (CoversGirl) 36. Under the Greenwood Tree (CoversGirl) 37. Left To Tell (Embejo) 38. Long Way Gone(Embejo) 39. The English Patient(Embejo) 40. Ramona And Her Mother (Becky) 41. Ramona Quimby Age 8 (Becky) 42. Frozen Moments 43. Wendy (Angle of Repose) 44. The Interpretation of Murder (Biblio Brat) 45. Entangled (bookworm) 46. The Crimson Petal and the White (CoversGirl) 47. Throne of Jade (Yati) 48. Enticed (bookworm) 49. The Female Quixote (Ashleigh) 50. I Have Lived A Thousand Years (Becky) 51. Ramona Forever (Becky) 52. raidergirl3 (Mister Pip) 53. Black Powder War (Yati) 54. Dragonrider (Strlady) 55. varun 56. Wendy (Lost and Found) 57. Tammy (The Forbidden Body) 58. Tammy (Sex For One)

59. The Notebook(Embejo) 60. I Am David (Embejo) 61. Tiny Librarian (Enchanted, Inc) 62. My Bridges of Hope (Becky) 63. Ramona\'s World (Becky) 64. raidergirl3(The Gathering) 65. Gone With The Wind (Becky) 66. The Secret Scroll (bookworm) 67. Sleuthfoot 68. Queens\' Play (Yati) 69. The Middle Place (Lead Momma) 70. nadine 71. Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck) 72. The Outlaw Demon Wailes (Shron 73. TThe memory Keeper\'s Daughter (Sharon) 74. The House of Sand and Fog 75. Dark Watch (Sharon) 76. Crime and Punishment(Sharon) 77. The Unnatural Inquirer(Sharon) 78. The World Below (Wendy) 79. The Colorado Kid (bookworm) 80. raidergirl3(The Outcast) 81. Tammy (Legends) 82. Tammy (Quotable Star Wars) 83. Amy(Dear Enemy) 84. N. Vasillis (The Arrival) 85. N. Vasillis (Love Walked In) 86. Tiny Librarian (Shakespeare\'s Landlord)

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Posted by 1morechapter at 4/30/2008 01:05:00 PM 5 comments  

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Book Review: 1776
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

I heard so many things about this book, and I was really looking forward to reading it. So here's my take.

Pros:

The opening. Every other Revolutionary War book starts with the Americans. This one started with the British. There was some great stuff in there I'd never read before, and I really enjoyed the reminder that this was a war with TWO sides.

The information. Lots of good stuff in there, thoroughly researched.

Cons:

A little too much information. Get to the action already!

The layout. There were 2 or 3 sections of pictures and maps and that was it.

No maps. Maybe it's just me, but I have trouble following the action of a battle. A map right where the battle is being described is much more helpful than if I have to turn back to look at it. There actually were 2 maps, both drawn at the time and almost impossible to read. Not helpful.


In summary, I compared this with Washington's Crossing which I read this year and I found 1776 lacking. I wasn't as motivated to pick it up and keep reading. Still, I'm glad I read it. But if you wanted to read a book on the subject, I would recommend Washington's Crossing and not this one.

Posted by Cindy B at 4/29/2008 11:44:00 AM 0 comments  

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Paula's 8/8/8

Hi, my name is Paula. I am still working on my creating my list, it is subject to change.
Here is my 8/8/8 list: Books in blue are completed. Happy Reading!

Classics

Robinson Crusoe

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Three Musketeers

Dante's Inferno

Don Quixote

Around the World in 80 Days

Hamlet

Canterbury Tales (selected sections)

Science Fiction/Fantasy

1. The Hobbit
2. Journey to the Center of the Earth
3. 20,000 leagues under the Sea
4. The Time Machine
5. Raising Dragons
6. The Candlestone
7. A Wrinkle in Time
8. Ender's Game

Youth Fiction

1. The Great Brain
2. Caddie Woodlawn
3. Stormbreaker
4. Point Break
5. Skeleton Key
6. Wind in the Willows

Non-fiction

1. Plot & Structure
2. The Creative Call
3. Man's Search for Meaning
4. The Unheard Cry of Meaning
5. Latin Centered Curriculum
6. Write Great Fiction - Revision & Self Editing
7. Destination Moon - Jim Irwin

Historical Fiction

Devil's Arithmetic

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry

Let the Circle be Unbroken

Bully for you, Teddy Roosevelt

Journal of Sean Sullivan

Golden Goblet

Bronze Bow

Christian

1. Case for the Creator - Student Edition
2. Case for Faith - Student Edition
3. Case for Christ - Student Edition
4. Pilgrim's Progress

Books begging to be read

Tales of King Arthur

Jane Austen book club

Sense & Sensibility

Books that call to me throughout the year

1. Common Sense - Thomas Paine

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CoversGirl's List
Saturday, April 19, 2008

I didn’t originally intend to sign up for this challenge, as I never know in advance what books I’ll get to read each year; it all depends on the availability at the BookFest and the library. But then it occurred to me that I could put my own spin on it: instead of a list of books I must read, I could compose a list of books I will read if at all possible and let serendipity take care of the rest. If I can track them down, great; if I can’t, it doesn’t matter. A pressure-free challenge with the added fun of testing fate!

1. The Collections

Books composed of short stories

Cat o’ Nine Tales - Jeffrey Archer

The Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke

Ghost Stories - Charles Dickens

In a Glass Darkly - J. Sheridan le Fanu

Life’s Little Ironies - Thomas Hardy

Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman

Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman

Waifs and Strays - Charles de Lint




2. Eighteen Hundred and Something

Books that have withstood the test of time

Shirley - Charlotte Brontë

The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

She - H. Rider Haggard

Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy

The Aspern Papers - Henry James

Indiana - George Sand

The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope




3. A Little Light Reading

Books that are fun to read

Welcome to Temptation - Jennifer Crusie

The Big Over-Easy - Jasper Fforde

Lola Carlyle Reveals All - Rachel Gibson

Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy

Austenland - Shannon Hale

Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome

The Man with Two Left Feet - P. G. Wodehouse

The Trials of Tiffany Trott - Isabel Wolff




4. Next, Please

Books that are next in a series or sequence

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams

Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor

The Angel of Darkness - Caleb Carr

Venus in Copper- Lindsay Davis

Cat in a Midnight Choir - Carole Nelson Douglas

Voyager - Diana Gabaldon

Rosa and the Veil of Gold - Kim Wilkins

To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis




5. The Rest of the World

Books set in the past of a country outside Britain

Shogun - James Clavell (1600s Japan)

Cocaine Blues - Kerry Greenwood (1900s Australia)

Imperium - Robert Harris (100s BC Rome)

Jerusalem - Cecelia Holland (1100s and guess where?)

Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry (1800s America)

The Honest Courtesan - Margaret Rosenthal (1500s Italy)

Perfume - Patrick Süskind (1700s France)

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (WW2 Germany)





6. Screen First, Page Second

Books I've seen an adaptation of

Bleak House - Charles Dickens

A Room with a View - E. M. Forster

The Quiet American - Graham Greene

Runaway Jury - John Grisham

Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand

Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman

The Cider House Rules - John Irving

Fingersmith - Sarah Waters




7. Things that Go Bump in the Night

Books that are mysterious, spooky, or just plain weird

Every Dead Thing - John Connolly

Neuromancer - William Gibson

The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

The Boys from Brazil - Ira Levin

Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake

Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake

Titus Alone - Mervyn Peake

The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield




8. We Meet at Last

Books I've been wanting to read for ages

Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel

The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Euginedes

The Crimson Petal and the White- Michel Faber

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

Northern Lights (a.k.a The Golden Compass) - Philip Pullman

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Posted by Amat Libris at 4/19/2008 12:12:00 AM 2 comments  

Labels: 1800s, fun, Historical fiction, In a series, Movies, short story collections, speculative fiction, wanted

Cindy B's 888
Monday, April 7, 2008

I'm making this even more difficult on myself by trying to get it done by 8/8/08 - or August 8th. I'm almost halfway there, and if I can just avoid getting distracted by new and more fabulous books, I'll be just fine. So here are my categories:

1. Books I gathering dust - ones I've had for more than a year and haven't read. 3/8

1. The Golden Goblet - done
2. Goodbye to Poplarhaven - written by one of my professors at BYU - currently reading
3. Fear Nothing - tbr
4. A Devilish Dilemma - tbr
5. The Bourne Identity - tbr
6. Diary of a Nobody - done
7. Eminent Victorians - tbr
8. The Girl with a Secret - done

2. Science/History books 7/8

1. The Book of Man - This was an easy to read account of the Human Genome Project. - done
2. Weighing the soul - About scientific discoveries that caused controversy. - done
3. A Brief History of Time - tbr
4. Chaos: making a New Science - done
5. Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars - done
6. Krakatoa:The Day the World Exploded - done
7. The 13th Element - done
8. The Signers - done!

3. Teen/kids books 4/8

1. Ark Angel - tbr
2. Snakehead - tbr
3. The Ruins of Gorlan - tbr
4. The Sisters Grimm: Unusual Suspects - done
5. The King's Swift Rider - tbr
6. The Thief of Always - done
7. Stone Fox - done
8. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents - done

4. Books about faith and religion 4/8

1. Just as I am by Virginia Smith - funny story (but not funny enough for list 8, as I didn't actually laugh out loud) of a wild child's baptism into Christianity. - done
2. Way to Be! - tbr
3. Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism - done
4. Sugar House Hill - done
5. Inspiring Experiences that Build Faith - done
6. Amazing Love - currently reading
7. not sure yet!
8. not sure yet!

5. Books with little or no redeeming value 7/8

1. Hitched by Carol Higgins Clark - fun Valentine's read. - done
2. The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher - done
3. Around the Rugged Rock by Elizabeth Cadell - done
4. The Lexicon of Stupidity - done-- funny!
5. Down Under by Patricia Wentworth - so done!
6. Five Rings, Six Crises etc. - a book of lists - done
7. World's Worsts - another book of lists - done
8.

6. Recommended by others 5/8

1. 1776 - tbr
2. The Historian - done! (I gave up)
3. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - tbr
4. Deliver Us From Normal - done
5. Fablehaven - done
6. The Master of Ballantrae - done!
7. The Zookeeper's Wife - tbr
8. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - done

7. Tried and true - books I am rereading 8/8

1. Charmed Life - all done!
2. The Mysterious Commission - done
3. Kaleidoscope by Dorothy Gilman- still pretty good, but not great. - done
4. Dead Men Don't Ski - done
5. Murder a la Mode - done
6. Death on the Agenda - done
7. Death and the Dutch Uncle - done
8. Black Widower - done

8. Books that made me laugh out loud 5/8

1. Murder With Peacocks - done
2. For Time and All Absurdity - done
3. Bachelors Anonymous - done
4. Leaven of Malice (audio) - done
5. Moving Pictures - done
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Posted by Cindy B at 4/07/2008 02:25:00 PM 0 comments  

I saw the list of categories on the right. How do I add my categories to those?

So excited to sign up!

Posted by Cindy B at 4/05/2008 05:11:00 PM 2 comments  

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