Tuesday Book Club
A non-fiction week for me. Teaching People Teaching Dogs by Dani Weinberg because Bear and I need to talk. That special lunging thing he does every time he sees a cat is fine most times because I usually see the cat, too, and can work on my biceps by holding him back, but last week the cat in question was especially well hidden, so the surprise lunge nearly dislocated my elbow, which was not as much fun as you might imagine. So it’s back to training for both of us.
And we were so enjoying being free spirits.
So anyway, nothing of a novel-like nature this week, although I have started Looking for Alaska and plan to be able to report on that next Tuesday.
That’s my deal. Whatcha got?
(Hey, by the way, hope you noticed this. I posted it last night, and I don’t imagine any of you were up reading that late. But I’m so excited I wanted to make sure you saw it!)
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May 15th, 2007 at 6:17 am
I’ve been reading a lot lately, just have not had the chance to finish anything because of my schedule. Argh.
May 15th, 2007 at 6:26 am
Yeah, Heather, I know what you mean. At some point you’ll have about five books finished at once.
No pressure here! We all do what we can. If not for the dog training book, I would have had zero to report this week.
May 15th, 2007 at 6:38 am
Good luck on the dog training, Robin! I hope it goes well
I spent the weekend editing The Edge of the Forest and wandering around in the beautiful spring weather. (Hmmm…seems I STILL have ADHD.)
While wandering, I purchased Ian Rankin’s last Rebus novel. Usually I like to listen to mysteries on audio, so I can’t cheat. But this one came out only in an abridged version. I”m sorry, I can’t do abridged. Call me a snob, but there it is. So I had to buy it. In hardback.
Now I’m compensating by listening to “The Titan’s Curse,” by Rick Riordan.
May 15th, 2007 at 7:24 am
I only have 2 for you this week. I read a YA Romantic Comedy called Love Undercover (which was cute) and then I tackled The Order of the Phoenix for the third time!
The first time I read OOTP, I didn’t like it, but it seriously gets better with each reading. I started Half Blood Prince again last night! I am so excited for the new book!!!
May 15th, 2007 at 7:41 am
Kelly, I’m with you: I can’t deal with abridged versions. It just feels wrong. A writer went to the trouble of writing a whole slew of words, and I want to do him or her the honor of listening to or reading them all.
Christen, I love all the Harry Potters. Every time I read them I become a better writer because I can learn so much from Rowling. She’s like Charles Dickens in her skill at description–particularly character description, where I’m so weak. Plus those books are just so much fun!
May 15th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Murder on Mulberry Bend by Victoria Thompson. This is the 5th in another series I’ve been reading on and off all year.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:01 am
I haven’t finished anything yet either,but I should have Neptune Noir done by this week(blog review to come). I’ve started making a list of summer reading for myself-I get drawn into making lists but,like Emma Woodhouse,I don’t always complete them.
One of my Summer Reading catagories is “Old School Beach Books” and the three titles in that section are:
Peyton Place by Grace Metallous(found an old hardcover copy in a local thrift store with a battered but original dust jacket)
Valley of the Dolls by Jaqueline Susann(a reread)
Maia by Richard Adams-Maia is a reread and a rediscovery for me. Years ago,I fell in love with the cover art of the paperback and wound up enjoying the story as well. However,it becomes neccessary to make room for new books so Maia was donated to charity during one of my literary purges.
Recently,I went to a church rummage sale and found a hardcover edition of Maia,which I embraced like an old friend. The cover art is different but still lovely. Plus,I think I may be better off with the hardcover,since the book is over a thousand pages long! Here’s a link to the paperback cover:
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/ae/Maia.jpg
May 15th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Kimmy, it’s so much fun to come to a series late enough that there are plenty of books in it you haven’t read yet, isn’t it? Glad you’ve found a series you enjoy so much.
Lady T/Miss Woodhouse, I love the idea of a summer reading list, and especialy the Old School Beach Books. What a cool idea! I think I just might have to do that myself. I’d definitely want to start with Judith Krantz’s Scruples. I always loved how her character lost all that weight in France by eating fruit and lots of cheese.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Yes, it’s fun indeed! I hate waiting between books. When I read a good book, I always find myself entirely too invested in the characters, so a series like this is great for me;-) Too bad it’ll end sometime.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:12 am
My daughter and I read, ‘The Magic Pony’ yet another in the Pony Pals series by Jeanne Betancourt. A nice one where Anna conquers her learning disabilities and is able to memorize her lines for a community play and her pony Acorn, who was understudy for Lulu’s pony Snow White in the play, overcame his ‘that pony is the wrong color for this part’ challenge to be the pony star.
I made a huge dent in ‘The Dante CLub’ which I’ve been struggling with for weeks now and hope to finish soon. I bought ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ and hope to crack the cover in the coming week.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Deborah, EAT, PRAY, LOVE! Drop everything and read it now!!!
May 15th, 2007 at 10:48 am
I can do that if you will come finish packing for me…
May 15th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Finished “Kathy’s Story.” Whew, it was a downer. I’m glad I plowed through it though, because the last few chapters and epilogue were more about what O’Beirne is doing to bring justice to those who have been institutionalized and who have died. So many questions are left unanswered, which is frustrating for me, the reader, so I can’t imagine how unbearable it is for O’Beirne. What a story.
Next, I’m re-reading Dry by Augusten Burroughs, my most favorite memoir of all time, because I’m doing a booktalk for the Friends of the Library next Monday.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Christen: I’m with you on OOtP. The first time through, Harry was a whiny git. After that, it got better. (And if the movie people cut one hair off the Department of Mysteries scene, someone’s gonna pay. Yes, I am going to see it at the midnight showing, why do you ask? I’ll be so jetlagged I’ll be wanting lunch then anyway.)
Ooookay. Off-topic, yes.
I didn’t actually read a lot this week. Finished my reread of Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code and mowed through FMA, volume 12 (which contained one of the most excellent internal battles I’ve ever seen in a manga. When a teenaged girl finds the guy who killed her parents…and there’s a gun in easy reach…). Next week’s list’ll be a lot longer, as I got New Moon, Pretties, Specials, Mister Monday, and The Pilgrims of Rayne this weekend. I think Pilgrims of Rayne is next on the list, because I love the Pendragon books. Love them.
Robin, are you planning to read Inkheart any time soon?
May 15th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Miri, you’re doing the right thing to stay on me about Inkheart. I want to finish the John Green right now, then a book by someone we know from the blog, then Inkheart has to be next! So please ask me again in a few weeks.
Also, Miri, jetlagged from . . .?
Molly, you’re brave for finishing such a downer book. You deserve something fun after that. Something lighter than memoir, I’m thinking, but you’re your own boss on that.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Oh, don’t worry. I will. (Maniacal cackle here, I think.)
As for jetlag, I’m visiting Australia for three weeks and getting back a day and a half before the Harry Potter premier. There’s no way my internal schedule will be fixed by the 13th anyway, so might as well enjoy some classic Pottermania.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Miri, too cool. You’re taking a trip on my Life List. And then to see Harry Potter right afterward–that’s living the life, babe!
May 15th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I’m with Robin and Kelly on the topic of abridged books. Yuck. What a gyp an abridged book is.
I’m now listening to Matthew Skelton’s Endymion Spring, and reading the ARC of The Puzzling World of Winston Breen, by Eric Berlin. Winston Breen reminds me of The Westing Game a bit. The characters aren’t as complex, but it is filled with delightful puzzles.
I just checked Among the Free out of the library. It’s the last in a series I’ve been reading my way through recently, and I’m sure to read it soon. I also picked up The Watchman (adult mystery) by Robert Crais and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life. Don’t ask me what I’m doing picking up library books, when I have dozens of review books and purchased books to read. But somehow, I just can’t resist.
Kimmy, I like the Victoria Thompson books, too, though I’m sadly caught up in the series.
Happy reading all!
May 15th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Jen, seriously–I can’t believe how many books you’re able to fit into your life, especially considering that you have a full-time job.
You and all the other big readers who report in here every week keep showing me what’s possible. I need to read, read, read!!!
May 16th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Robin, I finished Twilight yesterday and then read New Moon in one sitting and finished early, early this morning. I’m walking around like a zombie with my brain just sucked dry. I must have Eclipse NOW…another book I have to wait for until August. Oh my goodness.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Vivian, I’m so glad you read those! But I understand the brain-sucked-dry part from reading them back to back, straight through. That’s exactly what I did. Yow.
Eclipse comes out August 7. Meanwhile there’s Harry Potter and other things to look forward to. But I’m with you–can’t wait!
May 16th, 2007 at 9:53 am
I just finished Alaska and it really rocked my world. Such an excellent book. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
I just finished Harlem Summer, which I reviewed over at 7-Imp today. Good timing; I started reading after exhausting a Fats Waller CD I had out from the library.
May 16th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
21 Proms anthology + Reality Leak.