November 2010 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Post your... book recs!
Seems like several of us would love to be reading more in 2011, since we have a little more free time now that our weddings are behind us. So, here's a place to post your recommendations. Let's keep it simple, without a lot of back and forth about particular books. Here's a little template:
Title/Author:
Super-brief synopsis:
Why you loved it, in 10 words or less:
Re: Post your... book recs!
Mansfield Park/ Jane Austen
Emma/Jane Austen
Mansfield Park: A more impoverished cousin is taken in by more wealthy uncle as a charity case; she turns out to be the more upstanding female in the house (another cousin cheats on her husband and the other elopes with an unsavory character).
Emma: If you've seen Clueless - you know the story - it is what the movie was based on
I love all of Jane Austen's works - they are fun and easy to read while also providing a good depth of meanings, undertones and character developments
Digital Fortress / Dan Brown
Synopsis: Follows NSA cryptographer trying to break this "unbreakable" code, which turns out to be a virus that will allow hackers to be able to get a back door entry right into the NSA. People get murdered for information or to cover up information as is typical of Dan Brown.
Why I loved it: I'm a very techy person (I'm a software engineer) and this was right up my alley.
The Last Child/John Hart
Synopsis:
In short, a brother (age 12) is trying to find his missing twin sister. He goes door to door and does things unimaginable in order to seek the truth and on the way, is put in danger of his own. He must search to find clues and still keep out of trouble of his own.
Why I loved it:
I love mysteries and there was a lot that unraveled, but not too much to lose track of what was going on.
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Synopsis: A young girl is sold by her family to Kyoto, Japan, where she is raised in the art of becoming a geisha, in the backdrop of World War II.
It's a beautiful book, and a very quick read. I couldn't put it down.
Books read in 2012: 21/50
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Sophie is a witch living in the human world. She came into her powers when she was 13. She gets sent to a boarding school for Prodigium (witches, warlocks, shape-shifters, faeries and a vampire) after a spell of hers goes awry. This book follows her first pretty intense year there.
Very enthralling. Once I started to read it, I couldn't put it down.
I have one more:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Johnny Truant is looking for an apartment. His friend tells him about an apartment in his complex that was being rented by an old man, Zampano, who has recently died. When Johnny looks at the apartment, he comes across a manuscript Zampano was working on about a documentary called The Navidson Record. The book is a hodge podge of first person writings of Johnny, the manusrcipt of Zampano's and different parts of The Navidson Record, which is about a house that, although remaining the same size on the outside, the inside dimensions keep growing.
Why I liked it:
It's a very intense book that makes you question things. The format of the book is really interesting. It's a favorite of mine.
I love Jane Austen too! My favorites are Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. Pride and Prejudice is a drama involving scheming mothers, jealous rivals, various love affairs, and a lot of other action. Persuasion is about "the one who got away" returning.
I also like Georgette Heyer for quick, light reads. Her books take place in Jane Austen's time, but were written later. They always involve a girl who somehow gets into a complicated situation and a hero rescues her, but in a funny way.