Comments on: Tuesday Book Club

By: Little Willow

Little Willow — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:12:32 +0000

I’ve read Dickens and Austen, but I have yet read Martin Chuzzlewit or Persuasion!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:27:54 +0000

Yeah! XD not so much! But it was good and i’m fairly glad I read it!

By: robin

robin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:57:42 +0000

Jen, that’s quite a week of reading! It’s nice to have a reason to pack it in like that sometimes, isn’t it? Of course, based on the number of books you read last year (wasn’t it something like 260?), I’m guessing you’d have read that much this week anyway, with or without the Cybils. What fun!

Lady S, there’s an eclectic pair. I love switching back and forth between history (or even better, memoir) and comedy. Puts everything in perspective.

Dylan, yeah, Raisin in the Sun isn’t quite the comedy, is it? But still powerful (despite the lack of gut laughs).

Molly, can’t wait to see what your list of reading for the Alex Award is going to look like! I need to dip into adult every now and then (Martin Chuzzlewit is going to count, right?), so I need some recommendations.

Heather, thanks for letting me know about the anti-spam thing. And cheers on the coffee overload–you know I love that. Keep on with the Koontz. That guy scares the crap out of me, but the books certainly stay with you, huh? Same with King. Have you read Lisey’s Story yet?

Kimmy, good week! Aren’t you kind of sorry you’re finally done with all the HPs, though? What other series can we turn you on to? Have you read the Twilight series? And His Dark Materials?

Michelle, it’s so nice to go back and reread something you know you love–very little risk, high enjoyment. I’m going to be doing that a few times in the near future myself. And yeah, on Helen Thayer–you should read her book about trekking to the magnetic North Pole. Polar bear attacks, etc. Made me want to get under the covers and suck my thumb.

But then a lot of things make me want to do that.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:07:33 +0000

The only book worth mentioning this week was a reread of Sarah, Plain & Tall. Short but so sweet!

Reading about Helen Thayer makes me feel REALLY lazy. Wow.

By: Kimmy

Kimmy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:49:22 +0000

I’m about halfway through Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn. So far, so good. Before that, I finished For the Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen.

By: Heather Harper

Heather Harper — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:17:45 +0000

I’m still reading Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz. (I’m on page 121 of 460.) It was written in ‘87 and is really, really wordy, but I loved Koontz and King when I was a teen and I’m embracing my inner teen this year. A few of his oldies were recently released with new Afterwords, so here I am reading a LONG book (like this wordy for me post) and unable to report a finished read today. Any suggestions to help me read faster would be greatly appreciated. But not tonight, because I’ll be watching American Idol.

Did I mention I’ve been drinking coffee ALL DAY LONG…

P.S. Your anti-spam is user friendly and doesn’t make me cross my eyes or have a seizure, so all is well.

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:24:24 +0000

I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexia and Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin. I enjoyed both very much and it was kind of a relief to read two good YAs in a row, as I’ve read a lot of crap lately.

Better get my YA fix by the end of January, as I’ll be reading primarily adult books for my work with the Alex Award committee beginning in February! Needless to say, it should be no problem for me to hit 50 this year!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:32:04 +0000

Sounds fun!lol I’ve finished the second book in the sweep series the coven and loved it even more then the first! ^^ also read a raisen in the sun which was pretty good but a little sad XD good times!

By: Lady-S

Lady-S — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:38 +0000

Not a good week at all, but finished Harold Was My King - 1968 children’s historical about the Battle of Hastings and time after it. Great book but the history’s done well, so it’s pretty bleak. Now reading Maureen Johnson’s Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes, which is perfect for the moment - funny but not at all just fluff. And I have a new Connie Willis to read next!

By: Jen Robinson

Jen Robinson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:50:02 +0000

I'm reading Cybils YA fiction finalists. I read Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend by Carrie Jones and Billie Standish was Here by Nancy Crocker, and now I'm reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. I also snuck in a couple of quick reads of early readers: Pa Lia's First Day by Michelle Edwards and The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean by Alexander McCall Smith. Both of those were quite fun, and recommended for early readers.