Julie tagged me for a book meme.
Here's what you do:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the next three sentences
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.
The book nearest to me is "The Bad Mother's Handbook" by Kate Long. My mother gave it to me yesterday (is she trying to tell me something?) so I haven't even cracked it open.
Page 123, 5th sentence ....
Not hard to interpret that particular sequence of symbols; any quack psychologist could work it out. I wonder, though, if I ever got my life together, would the trains actually get there, or would the dreams simply stop?
Sometimes in the morning, before I get up, I lie for a few seconds and my heart's strung out with nostalgia for something I can't even identify.
Interesting.
Tag five people. Damn I can never remember who hates memes and who likes them. If I tag you and you hate to be tagged, sorry, just ignore me.
1. Jersey Beach Mama
2. Mama Misfit
3. Rambling Kellie
3. CPA Mom
4. Mrs. CPA
5. Coming at Ya' Kelly
I think you all know who you are.
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
Book Blowout
Mrs. S at Blue Archipelago is having a book blow out. Go here to check out the details.
How many books will I read in July? I'm finding out about this on July 7 and I've already read almost five books. I will set my July goal at twenty books. Let's see if I can do it.
How many books will I read in July? I'm finding out about this on July 7 and I've already read almost five books. I will set my July goal at twenty books. Let's see if I can do it.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Book Binge 2008
Welcome to The 2nd Annual Book Binge hosted by the lovely MaryP.
This Book Binge came at just the right time for me. I needed something to take my mind off the assorted crap going on and this was the perfect remedy! Thanks for having another binge, Mary!
What did I read? As I was sitting down to write this post I realized I didn't have my list with me. I look in my purse. Not there. I look in my bill drawer. Not there. I then look every where else in the house. Not there. Great. Can't find the damn list! They were library books for the most part, I can check the library's site. Nope, once they are returned there is no record. Here I thought the FBI or CIA was monitoring people's library borrowings. (FBI, If you are reading this, did I remember all of my books?)
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen I liked this book. Modern day woman finds skeleton in her yard. Story flashes back to the 1830's and back again. Not as good as some of her other books but a nice read.
Hour Game by David Baldacci I have read and loved Baldacci's Camel Club books but for some reason never read the Sean King/ Michelle Maxwell books. This book and the next on the list are both King/Maxwell books. They were...ok. I read them but they were also easy to put down. No "can't wait to get back to it" feeling.
Simple Genius by David Baldacci See above.
A Friar's Blood Feud by Michael Jecks A Knights Templar Book I love these books. Sir Baldwin de Furnshill is a Keeper of the Peace in the 14th century. He is also a former Knight Templar. Great settings and a plot that kept me engaged.
Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler I am on page 397 of 761. (I am reading it between other books.) I love this book! It is filled with letters from women (you think?). I love history, especially American history, and it is fascinating to get first hand accounts of things that happened so many years ago. Where possible the editors added biographical info on the writer and receiver.
The American Resting Place by Marilyn Yalom Photographs by Reid S. Yalom You may think I'm morbid but I love cemeteries. I have found so much interesting information in cemeteries while researching my family tree. This book follows the burying history of America for the last 400 years. A fascinating book not at all creepy.
Death Row by Jon Katz A Suburban Detective Book. This is what I call "an easy read". Engaging but not consuming. Interesting but not can't put down.
Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman An Alex Delaware novel. Do I really need to say more? They sort of bleed together after a while.
Rockabye: From Wild To Child by Rebecca Woolf She blogs at Girls Gone Child. I loved this book and talked about it so much, my mother is reading it now.
7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
The Front by Patricia Cornwell
For some reason my wordpress link thing isn't working so I couldn't link to the last few books. Sorry.
I have 8 or 10 more books to add but I am going to set this to automatically publish on Sunday. I am not sure if I will get back to it tomorrow as two of my kids (the smallest and whiniest) have strep throat. If this message is still here- I did not get back to it. If you like, check back on Tuesday for the full list, it should be up by then.
***Edited Monday June 2***
Since I lost my list I can't remember the other books so they probably weren't that good! Kids are a bit better, thanks for asking!
This Book Binge came at just the right time for me. I needed something to take my mind off the assorted crap going on and this was the perfect remedy! Thanks for having another binge, Mary!
What did I read? As I was sitting down to write this post I realized I didn't have my list with me. I look in my purse. Not there. I look in my bill drawer. Not there. I then look every where else in the house. Not there. Great. Can't find the damn list! They were library books for the most part, I can check the library's site. Nope, once they are returned there is no record. Here I thought the FBI or CIA was monitoring people's library borrowings. (FBI, If you are reading this, did I remember all of my books?)
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen I liked this book. Modern day woman finds skeleton in her yard. Story flashes back to the 1830's and back again. Not as good as some of her other books but a nice read.
Hour Game by David Baldacci I have read and loved Baldacci's Camel Club books but for some reason never read the Sean King/ Michelle Maxwell books. This book and the next on the list are both King/Maxwell books. They were...ok. I read them but they were also easy to put down. No "can't wait to get back to it" feeling.
Simple Genius by David Baldacci See above.
A Friar's Blood Feud by Michael Jecks A Knights Templar Book I love these books. Sir Baldwin de Furnshill is a Keeper of the Peace in the 14th century. He is also a former Knight Templar. Great settings and a plot that kept me engaged.
Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler I am on page 397 of 761. (I am reading it between other books.) I love this book! It is filled with letters from women (you think?). I love history, especially American history, and it is fascinating to get first hand accounts of things that happened so many years ago. Where possible the editors added biographical info on the writer and receiver.
The American Resting Place by Marilyn Yalom Photographs by Reid S. Yalom You may think I'm morbid but I love cemeteries. I have found so much interesting information in cemeteries while researching my family tree. This book follows the burying history of America for the last 400 years. A fascinating book not at all creepy.
Death Row by Jon Katz A Suburban Detective Book. This is what I call "an easy read". Engaging but not consuming. Interesting but not can't put down.
Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman An Alex Delaware novel. Do I really need to say more? They sort of bleed together after a while.
Rockabye: From Wild To Child by Rebecca Woolf She blogs at Girls Gone Child. I loved this book and talked about it so much, my mother is reading it now.
7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
The Front by Patricia Cornwell
For some reason my wordpress link thing isn't working so I couldn't link to the last few books. Sorry.
I have 8 or 10 more books to add but I am going to set this to automatically publish on Sunday. I am not sure if I will get back to it tomorrow as two of my kids (the smallest and whiniest) have strep throat. If this message is still here- I did not get back to it. If you like, check back on Tuesday for the full list, it should be up by then.
***Edited Monday June 2***
Since I lost my list I can't remember the other books so they probably weren't that good! Kids are a bit better, thanks for asking!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Good Reading
I love history and I love to read. I especially like to read fiction with a historical background. I also love a fiction series with recurring characters. I like to see what happens next, ya know what I mean?
I have been reading a fiction series that has all of these qualities. Author Michael Jecks has a wonderful series featuring a former Knight Templar, Sir Baldwin Furnshill and his friend, Bailiff Simon Puttock. These novels are set in 1300's England and feature Baldwin and Simon solving a crime (usually murder- maybe always murder, I haven't read them all so I'm not sure). Mr. Jecks is a gifted writer. He really gives a sense of what life was like back then. He has a helpful glossary and cast of characters in the beginning of many of the books- great for keeping track of everyone and deciphering some medieval words! The mystery part of the books keeps you guessing. I hate a mystery that has a convenient ending- "so & so did it"- but the story just doesn't support the conclusion. These books are not like that. Mr. Jecks is very skillful with his plotting.
If you like a good mystery, you should try these books.
I have been reading a fiction series that has all of these qualities. Author Michael Jecks has a wonderful series featuring a former Knight Templar, Sir Baldwin Furnshill and his friend, Bailiff Simon Puttock. These novels are set in 1300's England and feature Baldwin and Simon solving a crime (usually murder- maybe always murder, I haven't read them all so I'm not sure). Mr. Jecks is a gifted writer. He really gives a sense of what life was like back then. He has a helpful glossary and cast of characters in the beginning of many of the books- great for keeping track of everyone and deciphering some medieval words! The mystery part of the books keeps you guessing. I hate a mystery that has a convenient ending- "so & so did it"- but the story just doesn't support the conclusion. These books are not like that. Mr. Jecks is very skillful with his plotting.
If you like a good mystery, you should try these books.
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