Book Challenge : May 2006 - Page 6

[Indigo73]

I wanted to post my latest few before the end of the month. I have been trying to avoid paranormal romance for a bit. But it's been tough and I've been somewhat successful. LOL

#102 Three Fates by Nora Roberts
#103 Ghost Walk by Heather Graham
#104 Good Girls Do by Cathie Linz - very amusing, looking forward to her next one.
#105 Chamomile Mourning by Laura Childs
#106 Divided in Death by JD Robb

Have 15 or so books in my library pile that are all over the place. Should be an interesting couple of weeks.

[fremontmama]

#31 Born to Buy, The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture by Juliet Schor

This book freaked me out! But was in informative read. I cant remember who read it here, but I saw it on this thread and got it from the library. Thanks to whoever that was

#32 Put Your House on a Diet

A de-cluttering book with a catchy title, but nothing new or innovative in the contents.

#33 The New Ecological Home, The Complete Guide to Green Building Options,

Yet another green building book, this one I read cover to cover though. Chock full of great info.


oh, and this new smilie is cute :

[cathe]

"A Woman's Eye" Edited by Sara Paretsky - great recommendation Bufomander. I'm not much of a mystery reader by I really enjoyed these short stories.

"The Balanced Mom" by Bria Simpson - this was okay. I liked MOJO Mom way better. This had a few good ideas but if the author told me to "get creative" one more time, I would have thrown the book at someone.

[Indigo73]

Originally Posted by cathe

"A Woman's Eye" Edited by Sara Paretsky - great recommendation Bufomander. I'm not much of a mystery reader by I really enjoyed these short stories.

This one is in my library pile waiting for me. Looking forward to it more and more.

[snozzberry]

continuing on my kids' book kick...

#20 George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Not my favorite Dahl book, but still a cute, quirky read.

[snozzberry]

oops! Internet connection snafu so I accidentally posted twice...

[Alkenny]

#61 The Girls by Lori Lansens

Twenty-nine-year-old twins Ruby and Rose Darlen are conjoined at the head and share an essential vein, which makes separation impossible. Born during a freak Canadian tornado and abandoned by their teen mother, the girls were raised by Aunt Lovey, the fiftysomething nurse who delivered them, and Lovey husband, Uncle Stash. In two wildly distinct voices, Lansens brings to life these surprisingly independent sisters (they have separate jobs at the public library) who couldn’t get any closer and yet who have secrets from each other and unexpectedly private interior lives, tempered always by a humor rich in what-can-ya’-do self-deprecation. Rose, the catalyst for getting their story into her laptop, is a natural-born storyteller whose exquisite use of language masks many of the shattering truths that blaze forth in Ruby reluctant long-hand version. Lansens fills Rose and Ruby world with loving parents who have stories and secrets of their own and friends found in unlikely places.

This is one of the best books I've read this year, IMO.

[Queen Gwen]

#17 The Latin Centered Curriculum: A Homeschooler's Guide to a Latin-Centered Classical Education by Andrew Campbell

Classical education as presented by Well Trained Mind is actually neoclassical. This book looks at actual, traditional Classical Ed. The author decided to call it Latin-centered to differentiate from TWTM (The Well Trained Mind) model.

Anyway, very readable and inspiring. Incredibly stripped down compared to TWTM, since the author recommends doing just a few things and doing them well rather than trying to do a little bit of everything.

[Bufomander]

Originally Posted by cathe

"A Woman's Eye" Edited by Sara Paretsky - great recommendation Bufomander. I'm not much of a mystery reader by I really enjoyed these short stories..

Cathe, I'm so glad you liked them! (i was a little nervous)

[snozzberry]

Last one for May finished last night...

#21 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
This is a beautifully written novel. The mother of the main character, 10-year-old Opal, left her husband and daughter when Opal was three, and how Opal deals with that is a common thread throughout the novel. Here's my favorite part: "Sometimes, it seemed like everybody in the world was lonely. I thought about my mama. Thinking about her was the same as the hole you keep on feeling with your tongue after you lose a tooth. Time after time, my mind kept going to that empty spot, the spot where I felt like she should be."

[MamaBug]

What a great month! I have just started the new June thread! Keep those books coming!

[cathe]

Originally Posted by Bufomander

Cathe, I'm so glad you liked them! (i was a little nervous)

No pressure Bufomander - but we do seem to have similar taste.

[dziejen]

#19 All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark


My last one for May...off to find the June thread : )

[spiderdust]

I can't find the June thread! Where is it?

[dziejen]

Here is the June thread:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=461492

See you there!

[coldfeet]

I finished these in May, so I'll list them here. I haven't been reading much and haven't been keeping track because we've been so busy moving etc...

I'm just going to start over with no goal for the year.

#1 Promise Me -- Harlan Coben

Last seen in bestseller Coben's Darkest Fear (2000), Myron Bolitar, former basketball star (Boston Celtics) turned sports and entertainment agent and occasional knight in shining armor, is back in fighting form in his action-packed eighth thriller. For the past six years Myron has been leading a quiet life, much of it at his parents' old house in Livingston, N.J. A new girlfriend, Ali Wilder, a 9/11 widow, is helping to bring him out of his shell. Concerned that Ali's teenage daughter, Erin, and Erin's friend, Aimee Biel, might fall in with the wrong crowd, Myron gives them his contact information in case either of them feels she needs help. Aimee later calls him in the middle of the night for a lift to a friend's house, on condition that her request remain a secret. When Aimee turns up missing in circumstances mirroring those surrounding another vanished girl, Bolitar himself becomes a suspect in her disappearance and must use his wits and martial arts skills to uncover the truth. Coben fans will find much to enjoy in this well-crafted suspense novel, which has a startling final twist. (Apr. 25)
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#2 The Tenth Circle -- Jodi Picoult

Starred Review. Some of Picoult's best storytelling distinguishes her twisting, metaphor-rich 13th novel (after Vanishing Acts) about parental vigilance gone haywire, inner demons and the emotional risks of relationships. Comic book artist Daniel Stone is like the character in his graphic novel with the same title as this book—once a violent youth and the only white boy in an Alaskan Inuit village, now a loving, stay-at-home dad in Bethel, Maine—traveling figuratively through Dante's circles of hell to save his 14-year-old teenage daughter, Trixie. After she accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape, Trixie—and Daniel, whose fierce father-love morphs to murderous rage toward her assailant—unravel in the aftermath of the allegation. At the same time, wife and mother Laura, a Dante scholar, tries to mend her and Daniel's marriage after ending her affair with one of her students. Picoult has collaborated with graphic artist Dustin Weaver to illustrate her deft, complex exploration of Daniel and his beast within, but the drawings, though well-done, distract from the powerful picture she has drawn with words. Laura and Daniel follow their runaway daughter to Alaska, at which point Picoult drives the story with the heavy-handed Dante metaphor—not the characters. Still, this story of a flawed family on the brink of destruction grips from start to finish.
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