Comments on: Tuesday Book Club

By: adrienne

adrienne — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:37:43 +0000

I'm a day late. It was too hot to do much computer work yesterday. I finished reading World War Z last week, which wound up having a mention of someone getting killed at a Wal-Mart in Rochester, NY (where I live)!!! YES!!! I know in my heart that if someone got killed in a Wal-Mart it would be the one up the street from me that we refer to as "TPOD" (The Pit of Despair). That place is filled with evil. I finished Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature the other day, which I loved, and now I'm reading Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume. So far, so good with that one. Next, I think I'm going to start rereading the Potters.

By: robin

robin — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:27:13 +0000

Excellent HP plan, Nancy–both of them. I hadn’t thought of doing a skim re-read of the early books–I’ve been thinking I had to make the full-on commitment. But that’s not a bad idea at all to skim the first five, then really read book #6. I also like thinking of you and your mother sprinting into town to buy HP 7 before you set sail! True devotion.

Alkelda, sorry you didn’t love Austenland as deeply as I did! But that’s why there are plenty of books in the bookstore–something for all of us. I’m impressed with your studies into parenting. Your daughter is very lucky to have such a thoughtful mother.

Boy, Jen, you’re reading up a storm. The pressure to finish HP in time! I’m with you! Read on!

And Michelle, your kids will learn from the experience of having you go underground to read HP. You’re teaching them to love books with all your heart and soul. What could be wrong with that?

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:52:49 +0000

I’m just starting Harry Potter 1 as a re-read. I hope to skim through the first 5 in the next week or so, and then read #6 for real next Thursday and Friday.

My mom and I preordered HP7 today, but we had to do it by calling the bookstore in Rockland, Maine. We’re sailing out of Rockland at 10AM on Saturday the 21st. We board on Friday night, so I’ll have to run to town early Saturday to pick up our copies before we set sail.

I have a copy of Odd Thomas standing by waiting to be read. I read both sequels already, so I just want to go back and catch up.

By: Alkelda

Alkelda — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:53:32 +0000

I’ve finished Austenland (I liked the premise more than the actual book) and now I’m reading Queen Bee Moms and King Pin Dads: Dealing with the Parents, Teachers, Coaches, and Counselors Who Can Make–or Break–Your Child’s Future by Rosalind Wiseman and Elizabeth Rapoport. As a child and teenager, I was often the “victim” or the “ostracized” and now as an adult I’m a “floater parent” (i.e. gets along with different groups of people but isn’t looking for queen bee power). I’m a bit concerned that I’m going to spill my baggage onto my daughter, and I don’t want to do that. So, I’m taking precautions.

By: Jen Robinson

Jen Robinson — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:59:15 +0000

Atlas Shrugged is one of my favorite books of all time. But I haven't had the nerve to sit down and try to listen to the whole thing on MP3. I liked The Fountainhead, but not quite as much. I also second the Stephenie Meyer love. Can't wait for Eclipse. I haven't pre-ordered Harry Potter yet, because I can't decide where to get it. But I'm not too worried about finding a copy. This week I read the first book in John Marsden's Tomorrow series, the last book in the Gregor the Overlander series, and I finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I'm about 1/4 of the way through Order of the Phoenix. So many books, so little time...

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:54:49 +0000

Of course! That is why I am excited and yet also apprehensive about the last book finally arriving… I know that it will be loooooonnngggg and I will want to do nothing else but read it until it’s done. But I also know there will be a million other pesky things that will want to get in the way of staying up all night and the next day reading. There’s sleep, and meals, and children, and my husband’s birthday celebrations. I will be forced to shut the book at some point and live real life while THE BOOK is sitting nearby, calling to me, begging to be finished.

I don’t know if I should look forward to this or dread it.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:47:05 +0000

The speech was pretty bearable, although I admit I was doing slightly-higher-concentration-level activities while those three hours played.

By: robin

robin — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:48:32 +0000

Nice, Michelle! I really enjoyed Here, There Be Dragons, too, and now I’ve managed to snag an advance copy of the sequel, The Red Dragon. Can’t wait to read it!

I’m impressed you’ll be staying up until midnight to get your HP. Does that mean you’ll stay up until the wee hours reading it?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:45:27 +0000

Austenland was fabulous! So much fun to read. Thank you Shannon Hale! Austenland was the only “grown-up” book that I finished this week, so the rest is kids lit: “Whatever Happened To Janie” by Caroline Cooney (halfway through my goal of reading the whole Face On The Milk Carton series this summer) and “The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street” by Sharon Flake. My boys requested to read “Please Write In This Book” by Mary Amato again and I enjoy reading it to them every time. I have also been enjoying “Here, There Be Dragons” by the marvelous James Owen.

I preordered Harry Potter and I’m looking forward to picking it up at midnight!

By: robin

robin — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:34:54 +0000

Katie, so how was that ridiculously-long speech at the end? Was it okay when you just had to listen, instead of read it?