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Summer Books . . . Comment on this item
 Submitted by Shaun on Tue, 06/13/2006 - 11:00am.
. . . make me feel fi-ine." That's supposed to make you think of the Isley Brothers song Summer Breeze! OK, Heidi started this on Flybabies but I am expanded it: What are you reading this summer?! Bookmark/Search this post with: delicious | digg | reddit | google | yahoo | technorati | stumble upon | sk*rt( categories: Kaffeeklatsch )
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What I'm readingI borrowed a book called I'm Not the New Me I'm also wanting to read My Year of Meats and then I have Mill on the Floss waiting  I'm working on The SecretI'm working on The Secret Lives of Bees right now. Then I have a few Dan Browns to read (I've finished Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons). Also re-reading Sink Refections. That's probably all I'll have time for. I used to be a BIG reader, but just don't have much time anymore. I spend my nursing time doing Sudoku puzzles. LOL! PollyannaI am reading Pollyanna, which somehow I never read as a child. I've recently read Maximum Ride, by James Patterson, another children's book. It was quite good, but far too quick a read for me (3 hours). I am also partway through Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, which I am really struggling with. It has recently won an award and it sounded SO interesting, but I am about an inch in and I have hardly ever been so bored in my life  I love this thread, we'veI love this thread, we've got to keep it going. Shaun, those sound really good. I'm Not the New Me sounds funny. The Mill reminds of the The Girl with the Pearl Earring for some reason, maybe it's the cover. I already posted all this on Flybabies, but I will again. I am reading any Jody Picoult I can get my hands on because I love her books! Just checked out the Tenth Circle and finished the Pact and Plain Truth. Very good. Jenny, i think you would like them a lot. Heidi has read some of hers. Also am reading Whose Names Are Unknown about the Dust Bowl. So much I want to read and not enough time of course. My other favs are Anita Shreve and Barbara Kingsolver, Jane Smiley. Anne Tyler, Anna Quindlen and others. I've made a decision I will only read what I like with maybe a few forays into the unknown. I have spent too many hours reading books I was bored with but thought I was supposed to read. Life is too short! Andrea  My readingAnhata gave me a pile of silly paperbacks to read in hospital--Georgette Heyer and Barbara Hambly, all perfectly ridiculous and delightful. I'm currently reading Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals," about Lincoln's extraordinary cabinet. Lynn Siprelle, Editor Some people I know use booksSome people I know use books on tape while driving. I have never done this since I like to sit and relax and actually hold the book in my hands. Have any of you used books on tape to feed your reading addictions?? lol Heidi My DH has. He is NOT aMy DH has. He is NOT a reader. I think since we married almost 12 years ago, he has read 2 books! No kidding! But he has done long driving jobs alot (was a truck driver for a while, and plowing on the tractor takes many long days and nights). He would sometimes get them on tape or CD from the library. He doesn't anymore. Now he spends all that time listening to talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh, who he absolutely worships. LOL! But I prefer music while driving. just out of curiosityRush Limbaugh is only on a few hours a day. What does he listen to the rest of the time? sean hannity, mike reagan,sean hannity, mike reagan, and any one else that is on the amarillo stations. lol! I can't say for sure, since I don't do talk radio myself. and since I don't ride around with him. But I do think he has been listening to the pop/mix station in town. DD9 put in a Kelly Clarkson CD when we drove to Lubbock the other day and he kept saying, "I didn't know she sang THIS song" and "Oh, she sings this song TOO!?" lol!!  My DH EitherHe's so dyslexic it's a wonder he can walk a straight line! When the family was in the think of its Harry Potter mania a few years back, before the movies, we used the books on tape on long car trips so DH could know the story and understand what the heck we were talking about. I also love the Jim Weiss tapes, but they are really (superb) storytelling, not books on tape. DS16 downloaded Frankenstein to his ipod and read along, which seemed to really help him. Anyway. I LOVE books on tapeI listen whilst spinning or knitting, and if I'm not in the mood for a book I'll listen to Air America or NPR. I was an Audible member for a long time; had to drop it for financial reasons but if our finances improve I'm going to resubscribe. Lynn Siprelle, Editor books on tapeOur Library has hundreds of books on tape and the State of Oregon also has books on tape that they loan out. I Have A Huge PileBut that just makes me really happy! A group of about 5 of us pass books around, so its not as expensive hobby as it sounds. Phew! My pile: Eat.Pray.Love. Plus, there will be more because I will be camping with 3 of my book sources in two weeks, and they already told me they are bringing me more! Drool, drool! I want to hear what everyone thinks of their books! Reviews when you are done if you are willing! A fellow reading fiend, I am totally addicted toI am totally addicted to books on tape. I drive about 60 miles everyday and they really help pass the time. I never would have had the time to finish the Da Vinci code. Jo-like your DH, my DS hasJo-like your DH, my DS has dyslexia as well. His school is providing texts that he will be using next year on CD and cassette for him and I assume others. I made sure it is in his IEP so that it will happen. Glad that your DH was able to participate in the Harry Potter stories that way with you all. School must've been incredibly hard on him or did he get alot of reading support? Heidi No Support at AllHe was told that he was a discipline problem, was just refusing to learn how to read, was lazy, stubborn, would end up a juvenile delinquent, he was held back in first grade, was called stupid by two different teachers, and only made it through because his mother was a mama lion. I often laugh that he ended up married to me, the bookworm of all time... Gosh Jo , I haven't read anyGosh Jo , I haven't read any of those! Lots of ideas there. have never done books on tape but maybe I should try it for my walks, etc. Enjoy your camping trip! Jo-sadly that was how itJo-sadly that was how it used to be for most kids. Even alot of kids with discipline problems today have some sort of LD issue. They act out so they get sent to the office and indirectly it works so they don't have to read out loud in class or whatever it was that was expected. Heidi YupSo true. Luckily he had his mom, and your DS has you. I feel really bad for the kids who have no one to advocate for them. Ooh, Ooh!More! I got more from another book-passing-buddy this morning! Digging to America Looks like it -Jo not much time recentlybut I've found a couple of new authors I'm enjoying. Well, new to me... Philippa Gregory (historical novels, inc. a really different view of Katherine of Aragon!) and Katie Fforde (much lighter - not quite fluff but good light summer reading). I'm also reading a doorstop - Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd. He takes the history of one place from prehistoric times and follows a few families right through to the present. Truly epic! And re-reading a Jean Plaidy - Victoria in the Wings - which I found when I was clearing Enid Blytons out of my parents' loft. The kids have a few new books I want to read too, including the 3rd and 4th books in the Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo, and something called Call of the Icemark, author forgotten! good job I've got no time or I'd have run out of reading material by now! Kerri.  Current readsI'm doing Jane Austen all over again, I've recently read: I'll probably end up reading Lady Susan and Love and Friendship just to even it out. I'm hugely enjoying Emma right now and am chomping at the bit to go rent the movie with Gwenyth Paltrow that I've not seen yet. It's funny, the books of Jane's I liked the least grow on me when I go back to them, namely Mansfield Park. Each one is my favorite while I'm reading it. I'm especially enjoying the very well written introductions before each book that really flesh out the stories. What I'd like to read this summer: This is just a partial list, you understand. And, Lynn, I do not consider Barbara Hambly silly. Harumph. Anhata  Northanger AbbeyI think Northanger Abbey is the only Jane Austen I've actually read (as opposed to seeing movies based on her novels), and I thought it was really funny. Course, the juxtaposition with Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Italian in my Brit Lit class may have had something to do with that. (Personally, I wouldn't bother finding The Italian again.) not to start the age-old argument...but I think perhaps part of the reason that Northanger Abbey appealed to you was that Austen's humour is very tongue-in-cheek here, much less subtle than in most of her other novels, and therefore more easily reveals itself to the reader. The nuances of humour in the other novels are more easily overlooked, especially on a first reading, and I think this is where the idea that Jane Austen was just a dried-up spinster with no idea of the world beyond probably comes from. The more one re-reads any Austen novel the more one sees the humour and appreciates it. She stuck cleverly with the world she was most familiar with - not having the internet to help her investigate other worlds - and the results were careful pictures of that small part of society. Only very occasionally did she indulge herself so far as to be outright nasty in her writing. And those are the best bits of all, because she was very, very good at it!
I'm done. Really. I've tried reading some of the gothic novels mentioned in Northanger Abbey (on a computer screen mostly) and they really were worth her ridicule! I know - some people will never be Austen converts, but for anyone considering reading one of her novels, or anyone who has enjoyed a television or film adaptation, give one of them a whirl and really read it, not just skim it or you'll probably miss the best parts. For Jane-haters I apologise for wasting space! Kerri. Post new comment |
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