Comments on: Tuesday Book Club

By: Little Willow

Little Willow — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:46:09 +0000

Today, I shall read Alanna the First Adventure.

By: Sheila Ruth

Sheila Ruth — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:17:46 +0000

I’m rereading HP7 also. I don’t know about best book ever, but I did really like it. For two days after I finished it the first time I was emotionally on edge, it affected me so strongly. Strange, I know.

By: robin

robin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:33:37 +0000

Alkelda, I’ve joined Goodreads, but haven’t even begun to take advantage of all its cool features. One more thing to play with . . .

Jone, that sounds good! I need to add it to my list.

Lady T, YAY! What a nice present for yourself. Hope you love it as much as I did!

Mary Lee, you read all those in a week? Aaaa! I’m so lazy! But how inspiring to see your list!

By: Mary Lee

Mary Lee — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:08:55 +0000

Glad to see I’m not the only one reporting on Wednesday!

Greetings From Planet Earth — Kerley (superb)
Letters From Rapunzel — Holmes (also superb)
How to Steal a Dog — O’Connor (gripping)
Study Driven — Katie Wood Ray (will help me be a better writing teacher)
Dragon of the Red Dawn — Mary Pope Osborne (reading every book in this series is just something I do…there are 4th and 5th graders every year who are relieved to have permission/validation to read at this level. Sometimes it is their true level, and sometimes they learn the joy of “book candy” that they can pop off in 20 minutes.)
The Professor’s Daughter — Sfar (YA/adult graphic novel. Funny funny funny.)
The Sisters Grimm: The Unusual Suspects — Buckley. (Jone–the second one is even better than the first!)
No Talking — Clements (one of his best)
Educating Esme — Codell (gets me pumped up to start a new teaching year every time I read it!)

By: Lady T

Lady T — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:32:40 +0000

Hey,Robin,I’m finally going to get to read Austenland! Amazon sent a coupon as thanks for my HP pre-order(sweeet)and I had to spend atleast twenty bucks to use,so I went for AL! Really looking forward to it after hearing such good word of mouth about it:)

Oh,and I goofed up-it’s Debra,not Deborah Ginsburg who wrote Waiting. My bad!

By: Jone

Jone — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:39:49 +0000

The Sisters Grimm is written by Michael Buckley. First in a series of orphan girls. It is on a reader’s choice list for this coming year. I think you need to know your Grimm fairy tales to really get the humor but it is a good read.

By: Alkelda

Alkelda — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:20:32 +0000

Hey hey. I’m enjoying GoodReads because now I have an easy electronic way to keep track of the books I want to read. I need to set up something like that for the books I lend out. I always lend out books, think I’ve written the titles down somewhere, and then forget where “Somewhere” is.

I just finished Maureen Johnston’s Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes and enjoyed it very much.

By: robin

robin — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:57:31 +0000

Thank you, Sara. Maybe we can talk about it after all.

Miri, I’m so excited you’re working on your own book! Yippee!!! Keep going! Finish! Go!

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:53:21 +0000

Absolutely, Robin. If anyone ever tried to pick apart The Book of Three (my favorite book) I’d be all bared teeth and sharp nails. I will say that after finishing HP7, I feel satisfied. And there are many, many things I DID love. Like her little nods to her readers…she was so respectful of them and their investment in the story. I could go on, but you’ve already voted it BBE, so…

By: Miri

Miri — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:49:25 +0000

I, sadly, have not read whole books since I last checked in, choosing instead to actually write mine (and let me just say that I’m at that stage of the writing process where I’ve stopped aiming for good and am hoping for salvageable, but you can edit anything but a blank page, right? Right?)…I’ve been doing a lot of drawing and painting, too, to fill the procrastinatory void. (Funny thing: I’ve found a total inability to draw my current MC, Naomi, but I can paint her. Weird.)

I did, however, buy a book and start it - a thousand page paper brick by the name of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I’m saving it for next week, though, when my schedule changes rather abruptly and there’s no telling when I might need a book.

Hang on–I did read a book this week. After a fashion. Darwin Awards 3, about people who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it. Very good if you like the darker side of funny.