I have a "craft club" I go to but really it is just an excuse for all of us to get together and talk. This last topic was books. It is always nice to get recommendations from friends on clothes, music, makeup and books too! I will definitely be adding a few of these books to my queue... although some I am going to have to decline!
The Kingdom and the Crown: Gerald N. Lund
Rough Stone Rolling: Richard Lyman Bushman (I think this is the correct author)
Green Eggs and Ham: Dr. Seuss
Five People You Meet in Heaven: Mitch Albom
Princess Diaries: Meg Cabot
These is My Words: Nancy E. Turner
Gone With the Wind: Victor Fleming
Twilight Series: Stephanie Myer
Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens
Ashes of Remembrance: Bodie and Brock Thoene
Zion Chronicles: Thoene
Zion Covenant: Thoene
Anamalia: Graeme Base
The Memory Keeper's Daughter: Kim Edwards
Dead Certainties: Schama
The Host: Stephanie Myer
Howl's Moving Castle Curse of Blessing: Chevitz Aleisha
This is My Story:
Elantris: Sanderson
The Holy Temple: Boyd K. Packard
Life of Pi: Yann Martel
Atonement: Ian McEwan
The last two are my recommendations, but I also forgot to include the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Used Bookstore...
I am in love with used bookstores. There is a fantastic one in Port Townsend, William James Bookseller. I came out with 6 books for a total of $20.00, that is a price you can't beat. Books I came out with: Sophia's World, Three Cups of Tea, Night, Snow Falling on Cedars, Vanity Fair and a compiled book of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (good bedtime stories for future children).
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Well it has been over a year since my first and only post. The blog didn't go as well as planned, but I am giving myself another try.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a very different read than the Harry Potter series I just finished. It wasn't that Atonement was difficult to read, but the sentences and storyline produced more thought than Harry Potter. Be assured I loved the Harry Potter series and loved that it would take me into a fantasy world; however, Atonement takes you into the real world. With Atonement I would often reread a sentence over because it was such a great simile or metaphor. The sentences and storyline would instigate trains of thoughts. It is a story filled with love, war, struggles and forgiveness and throughout the book you connect with the characters as they grow. Because the book talks of common elements (love, forgiveness) it leads to thoughts or memories of our own similar situations of love and forgiveness. I think one of my favorite sentences is in references to one of the characters reading a letter from a loved one over and over again, so much it becomes translucent. It immediately put a picture into my mind and I was better able to understand the emotion of the character. This letter is ultimately a lifeline while they are apart. The book actually has a bit of a sullen ending, but sometimes life has those endings.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a very different read than the Harry Potter series I just finished. It wasn't that Atonement was difficult to read, but the sentences and storyline produced more thought than Harry Potter. Be assured I loved the Harry Potter series and loved that it would take me into a fantasy world; however, Atonement takes you into the real world. With Atonement I would often reread a sentence over because it was such a great simile or metaphor. The sentences and storyline would instigate trains of thoughts. It is a story filled with love, war, struggles and forgiveness and throughout the book you connect with the characters as they grow. Because the book talks of common elements (love, forgiveness) it leads to thoughts or memories of our own similar situations of love and forgiveness. I think one of my favorite sentences is in references to one of the characters reading a letter from a loved one over and over again, so much it becomes translucent. It immediately put a picture into my mind and I was better able to understand the emotion of the character. This letter is ultimately a lifeline while they are apart. The book actually has a bit of a sullen ending, but sometimes life has those endings.
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