Book Challenge 2005: February - Page 9

[cathe]

Oh man - my library doesn't have it

[annettemarie]

Can you do an interlibrary loan?

[cathe]

Great idea - I got it!

[annettemarie]

Originally Posted by cathe

Great idea - I got it!

[loftmama]

Hi Konamama - I get nearly all my books from the library. I occasionally/ rarely buy a book. I also have been downsizing in general and take books to a great, small, locally-owned used bookstore and I keep a credit there. Love libraries!!

Cathe - I know what you mean about needing some good fiction. I've just started Time Traveler's Wife. It's so much fun and fast!

[MrsMissy]

I have no idea what number this is for me.

One Tuesday Morning
Karen Kingsbury

Per Amazon:

I’m a firefighter, God, so I know I’ve been in some tough places before. But this . . . this not knowing the people I love . . . this is the hardest thing I can imagine.

The last thing Jake Bryan knew was the roar of the World Trade Center collapsing on top of him and his fellow firefighters. The man in the hospital bed remembers nothing. Not rushing with his teammates up the stairway of the south tower to help trapped victims. Not being blasted from the building. And not the woman sitting by his bedside who says she is his wife.

Jamie Bryan will do anything to help her beloved husband regain his memory, and with it their storybook family life with their small daughter, Sierra. But that means helping Jake rediscover the one thing Jamie has never shared with him: his deep faith in God.

Jake’s fondest prayer for his wife is about to have an impact beyond anything he could possibly have conceived. One Tuesday Morning is a love story like none you have ever read: tender, poignant, commemorating the tragedy and heroism of September 11 and portraying the far-reaching power of God’s faithfulness and a good man’s love.

It is a captivating book. Very Christian, but really good. Looking forward to the sequel.

[MamaBug]

I don't really buy alot of books, just if I get a gift card or something, or like when we went to FLA this Dec I finished the book that I brought on the ride down and thus I needed to buy one for the ride back. I have bought books in the past that are still sitting in my closet unread as I take WAY too many out of the library. I do pass on books that I think are great to my local library which does not have a great selection, the main library I use is in another town and I pay $50 a year to go there. I will also buy a book in a series if my library does not own it and I am dying for the next one, then I donate it to the local library.

MrsMissy that sounds like a great book going to see if the library has it.

[MrsMissy]

**Love** the library. I get lots of books. If I can't get into the book, I always have a backup (or 19). Love that my library is online and I can have them pull books from the shelves FOR ME and I can just go in there with kiddos and check them out instead of dragging them through the grown up section.

[grumo]

Originally Posted by MrsMissy

Love that my library is online and I can have them pull books from the shelves FOR ME and I can just go in there with kiddos and check them out instead of dragging them through the grown up section.

Yep. Didn't really love the library until I could just search online.

My mother buys tons of books and she often passes them on to me. I usually register them with Bookcrossing before I pass them on to friends or "set them free."

[Alkenny]

Originally Posted by cathe

Great Alkenny - I'm going to request that. I desperatly need a good book - I am plodding through one now but you can tell when I don't really like a book - it takes me days to get through it.

By the way, do you know if that is the Preston that edits Byline Magazine?

Yep! Just checked and it's one and the same

[Alkenny]

I practically LIVE at the library.
Our library has been online for a few years now, but I just noticed the other day that I can now do ILL now from home too, so will be doing that with some popular books that my library doesn't carry.

[MamaBug]

My library will now order things that they don't have for you. They didn't have Pledged and they ordered it for me and I was the first to get to check it out! Still reading it!

[MaggiesMom]

Love my 'lil library, too. It is so close to my house I can stand on my sidewalk and yell to the library lady! And I do most of my browsing online, order from the huge library system, and pick it up 100 yards away from my house.

Anyway, on to my next book.

15- Get Your Act Together: A 7-Day Get-Organized Program for the Overworked, Overbooked and Overwhelmed by Pam Young and Peggy Jones

This book is not to be read for its literary merits- it is strictly for the organizing system. This is what the whole Flylady system is ripped off from- these sisters originally wrote S.H.E. in 1981, I think, or maybe 1977. I don't remember. Anyway, I read their first book two years ago, but there was just SO much to it. This is the streamlined version, and I would recommend reading the first book before you read this one, or you'll miss a lot of useful background info about the system. I think somewhere between these two books lies a happy medium for disorganized people....

1) Daughter of God 2) The Lovely Bones 3) The Shattering 4) Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code 5) The Burning 6) Shadow Divers 7) Shadowmancer 8) Recipes For a Small Planet 9) The Red Tent 10) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 11) Diet For A Small Planet 12) Middlesex 13) The Time Traveler's Wife 14) A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage 15) Get Your Act Together

[MaggiesMom]

16-Living More With Less by Doris Janzen Longacre

This is a good book about simplifying your life and living with less. Less money, less clothing, less excess.... I will say I don't like the format of this book at all, but there is a lot of really good info in it and also a lot of thought provoking ideas. It was written by a Mennonite woman and does contain a lot of religion (well, a little actual religion and a lot of "when I was on a misision in so ansd so...") and I just wanted to put that out there for anyone who might not want to read a book with that kind of content. I will be ordering the cookbook that this is the companion book to from my library system. Or not- I just checked and it is the second book ever that is not available. Darn.

1) Daughter of God 2) The Lovely Bones 3) The Shattering 4) Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code 5) The Burning 6) Shadow Divers 7) Shadowmancer 8) Recipes For a Small Planet 9) The Red Tent 10) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 11) Diet For A Small Planet 12) Middlesex 13) The Time Traveler's Wife 14) A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage 15) Get Your Act Together 16) Living More With Less

[MamaBug]

wow maggiesmom that is so cool, I have to drive 20 minutes to the good library and the local one is not online at all

[Alkenny]

Can you tell what I did all day?

#23 The Elegant Gathering of White Snows by Kris Radish

When eight women in rural Wisconsin take off in the middle of the night for a journey of the heart, it touches women everywhere. The walking women are different ages and of diverse backgrounds, yet their friendship and unwavering mutual support have forged an immutable bond. They start their walk as support for Susan, who is facing an unwanted pregnancy, but all are walking for their own lost loves and lost dreams. As they walk, they talk about their lives, and the pain of the past is shed. The media picks up the news of their perambulation, and soon they become a national sensation that starts other women thinking about their lives, resulting in positive changes all over the country. The women are unaware of their influence, and their small community protects their privacy, so they can proceed without the intrusion of the outside world. A rallying cry for the empowerment of women, Radish's novel is also a celebration of the strong bond that exists between female friends.

Loved all the little backstories. This was a quick read for me, but nothing deep...more of a book group type.

[cathe]

Alkenny - I met Marcia Preston a few years ago when she spoke at a writers conference - her first book had just come out - a mystery I think. I'm looking forward to reading her book.

[MaggiesMom]

Originally Posted by MamaBug

wow maggiesmom that is so cool, I have to drive 20 minutes to the good library and the local one is not online at all

Yeah, it is pretty great. I HATE to admit it, but sometimes I drive, : : but ONLY because it is so extremely windy where I live and I pretty much always have to take DD w/ me when I go- she cries if it is too windy no matter how bundled she is. It certainly isn't to save time- by the time I get her buckled/unbuckled, I don't save any time at all. In either case, it takes me about two minutes to get there. So if I just drop off my returns and pick up books I have on hold, I can go there and be back in about 6 minutes.

Can't wait till the weather gets nicer and DD can "drive" her little car or trike to the library.

[Alkenny]

Originally Posted by cathe

Alkenny - I met Marcia Preston a few years ago when she spoke at a writers conference - her first book had just come out - a mystery I think. I'm looking forward to reading her book.

[isosmom]

#8 In the Name of the Father by Gerry Conlon

Most of you have probably heard of or seen this movie. A truly amazing and moving true story. Loved it

From the back of the book:
Gerry Conlon was 20 when the cops picked him up. He was a drifter, a drinker, a gambler, a petty thief-but that wasn't why he was hauled in. His crime was being an Irishman in England when IRA bombs were going off. That was enough for the police to wring a confession ut of him, a jury to convict him of murder, and a juddge to throw the book at him. Before it was over, three innocent people-plus his own father-were sent to jail for life as well.
In one of the century's most scandalous miscarriages of justice, Gerry Conloon spent fifteen years locked behind prison doors, unable to clear his name. Hid father's tragic death and the relentless energy of one English lawyer finally brought the truth to light, resulting in Conlon's freedom.
Impassioned and deeply shocking, this true story is both a powerful indictment of British law and order and one man's unforgettable journey from despair to triumph.