What Are You Reading This Year? 2013

[helia]

Wow! Lots of reading going on here. So many book recs that sound so good! Some of you are very prodigious readers!! I used to read a lot more. I think kids and life kind of stifled that. I hope to get back into reading more. So many good books out there!!

Harmony, you've read more Potok than I have. I've read The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, and 1/2 of The Gift of Asher Lev.

Caleb's Crossing sounds like an interesting story. I haven't read that author before.

I don't think I've read Jules Verne, though my ds has read a couple of his books. Nice to hear of fun reads!!

I really like Jane Austen, but yeah, the stories are all pretty similar in some ways. The daughter/s need to find husband/s.

Did the character become less annoying, elly?

[Ivy]

I started reading Debbie Macomber's book called 1225 Christmas Tree Lane. It's very relaxing to read on it, especially after seeing the "Cedar Cove" series on the Hallmark Channel, based on her books, on Saturdays. The books are as relaxing as the series. They make you forget bad news on the evening news, stresses, etc... Reading her is very therapeutic for me.

[ellyphant]

helia, yes, the character did redeem herself by the end of the book. I didn't read much at all when I had children at home. I think I only read one book when they were young and that was during a week that I had jury duty! Once we shipped them off to college, I remembered that I love to read and have made up for the missed years!

[ellyphant]

Harmony, I will look for People of the Book. I also have read and enjoyed all of the Jane Austen books. She could have written for soap operas, if she lived in modern times.

[Ivy]

I finished Tenth of December, by George Saunders. It was a book of short stories.

Now I've pulled out a very thick book numbering 904 pages, not counting glossary of terms. Its title is The Art of the Short Story - 52 Great Authors, Their Best Short Fiction, and Their Insights on Writing, by Dana Goia and R. S. Gwynn. I enjoy the passion I have for writing short fiction stories and look so forward to reading this wonderful educational and inspiring book.

[Ivy]

Our DD surprised me by mailing me 2 books, which she thought I'd enjoy. I received them in the mail today. The first one is:

THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS - PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE FULFILLMENT OF YOUR DREAMS (BASED ON CREATING AFFLUENCE), by Deepak Chopra. AND

HOW TO RAISE YOUR SELF-ESTEEM - THE PROVEN ACTION-ORIENTED APPROACH TO GREATER SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-CONFIDENCE, by Nathaniel Branden. (I plan on reading this 1 first, before the other.)

I love to read! DD does, too! A family who reads together, stays together! DD and I share our books back and forth with each other, like we're each others' lending library. It's wonderful. DH hates driving me to the library because of gas $, and I cannot afford to purchase books all the time due to $, so free books from DD are MOST welcome, and free Nook Books are, too. I'm acquiring quite a library, which warms my bookshelves and my heart, too. We can learn so much about life and each other through the gift of reading.

When Christmas or my birthday or Mother's Day comes, DD gives me book gift cards. I love her to pieces for that. It's a great way to buy nice journals on sale, too.

HAPPY READING TO EVERYONE!

[Nancy]

A couple of books not worth finishing; half off at the thrift shop; the ones I was the most pleased with were at the thrift shop for dgd Franklin the turtle wears a helmet and Franklin learns to ride a bike. Readinga new chicken mag. what is on your reading wish list?

[lucylee]

The Devil in the White City --
true story about the architects of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair AND a serial killer who was active in Chicago at the same time. Fascinating.

I keep wanting to tell ddad stuff about the technical aspects of the planning and building... b/c he was a draftsman and builder his whole life, you know...
and the killer stuff is just amazing... he apparently had a Ted Bundy kind of persona -- women just swooned over him, it seems... and the hustle and bustle in the city of preparation for the fair apparently gave him much "cover" for his suspicious activities. It is kinda morbid and frightening to read... but fascinating.

It alternates chapters between the architects and the killer. There is no association between them -- except that they were both in Chicago at such an exciting time.

[blessedw2]

I liked the Devil and the White City d Lucy

I am reading a world lit only by fire (I like history and how all aspects of life intermingle; however, I don't care for the ruthlessness of men.)

[Nancy]

When chickens grow teeth by Wendy Anderson Halperin.
A kids book we got at the library today.

What I am reading;
Buddy by Brian McGrory
How a rooster made me a family man.
Three Brides no groom
By Debbie Macomber
she has another book out that I can not remember the title of that is on my wish list. Rose Harbor in Bloom.
[Trying to learn how to use this e-reader option on my tablet, and making some progress.]