Comments on: Tuesday Book Club–Spanking Shakespeare

By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:34:09 +0000

I will definitely buy Spanking Shakespeare. As soon as I read that bit about the little girl’s sarcastic quips, I laughed out loud. I will buy just about any book that keeps me laughing, and so will my husband. And there are a couple of sarcastic girls in this household that will enjoy this book too.

I’ve been reading Gavin Dawes’ Prisoners of the Japanese. This is for research; for pleasure I’ve been reading a couple of Kate Atkinson’s latest.

By: RM1(SS) (ret)

RM1(SS) (ret) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:38:19 +0000

Since last week, I’ve finished rereading The Golden Compass (fantasy, by Philip Pullman.

At work, I’m about halfway through rereading The Crossroads of Time (SF, by Andre Norton), and at home I’m almost finished with Mimi and Toutou’s Big Adventure (WW I, by Giles Foden) - I’ll finish it tonight before bed.

By: Vivian

Vivian — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:09:23 +0000

Now I have two more books to add to my list. Those books sound great, Robin.

I’m still working through Eclipse. I’m a bit sad that it doesn’t have the same oomph as Twilight.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:41:23 +0000

Ok Lady S well I’ll keep pushing through it! Thanks for the advice!

By: jules

jules — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:34:35 +0000

Man, Spanking Shakespeare is so on my TBR list. It’s sitting here staring at me.

By: Patrick, the Space Lord

Patrick, the Space Lord — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:29:59 +0000

Technically I finished reading Uglies after midnight last night, so which week do I count it in? Do I have to wait until next Tuesday to say that I finished Uglies?

By: Lady-S

Lady-S — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:49:42 +0000

I don’t know, Dylan - it was a year ago or so that I read it, and I can’t remember if I loved it from page one (I think so) or if I got into it more after a while. I do know I loved it though! As did my daughter.

Cool - I put a book on Robin’s end-of-year list! Or some list sometime.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:54:19 +0000

That book sounds really good Robin I’ll have to read it!

Lady-S: I’m having trouble getting into Dairy Queen does it get better soon?

Kari: OMG I just found out about the dumbldor thing from your blog post and OMg i just WOW! XD I was totally caught off guard!! I can’t believe it! And I totally understand about the getting what you say to the auther thing right!
That’s such scary feeling! Luckly you don’t get to talk to your favorite authers that much so i’s not a lasting feeling! O_O

This week I’ve been shooting through so many books! I finished Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson…. (Thank GOSH! I dunno if I could stand having to spell that out again! ) AND I absalutly LOVED it! It was so awsome! at first I didn’t find it as funny as my friend said it would be, but it got SO funny! I almost started crying a few times! XD it’s just awsomeness!

Then I finished To Kill a Mocking Bird! My mom read it to me, I wanted to read The Subtle Knife because we had just finished The Golden Compass BUT she said we needed to read somthing off our list thing and it’s one of her favorite books so though I was totally agenced it…. we read it. BUT I must say even though it wasn’t my first choice, it was a really good book! …and now we’re done and can read a subtle knife! XD

ALSO I finished The Great Gatsby which was good but kind of hard to understand in some parts.

SO that’s my long post for the day! If you read all that…wow thanks! if not I totally don’t blame you!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:45:58 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. She spoke at our local independent bookstore on Saturday and it was great to meet her and hear her speak. I’m looking forward to the next books in the series.

I just finished The Curse of the Campfire Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales by David Lubar. His “weenie” books are full of fun short stories to read aloud to kids before Halloween.

By: Kari

Kari — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:43:50 +0000

Katie, I didn’t love the “love” section, either. I was kind of ambivalent about Eat, Pray, Love overall, but I definitely liked things about the first two sections more than the third. The solitude in Rome and the peace and meditation in India resonated more with me than her time in Indonesia.

And I really liked The Year of Living Biblically. I hope you do, too.