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What are you reading?
It's been at least a few weeks since we've done this.
How are you liking it so far? Anything exciting on your TBR list/pile?
Re: What are you reading?
I am reading The Hunt by Jan Neuharth.
I literally just started this yesterday, and I'm not too far in, but I do like it so far.
I am reading A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley. I read a review where it was starred low due to being "depressing." I'm close to halfway through and it just took a turn for the really depressing.
I'm curious to see where it goes. The ending is key for me--it can totally save or kill a book for me.
Totally agree.
Just finished "Baby Proof" by Emily Giffin. Better than I was thinking when I started it.
TBR next: either The Book Thief or The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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I loved The Book Thief! I read it in a year of fantastic books and it still stood out to me. I read it the same month as GWTW.
I would rank it in my top 10 and *maybe* top 5 best books of all time.
Oh yay. I've heard it starts slow, but I should stick with it b/c it's worth it. DH bailed early on, but everyone who has finished it (and who posts on The Nest, lol) has loved it.
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I think the first 100 pages or so were just okay, kind of wondering where things were going. At some point, though, I remember the book just turning and totally sucking me in. I read it during the month L was in Cali and every waking, not at work minute was consumed until I finished. I think I started late in a week and was done by Sunday night.
It's one of those reading experiences that I am always searching for--the book that can completely transport the reader. So beautifully written, so amazing and so not cliche.
Same here!
You're getting quite a few of these today.
Speaking of books, I think I'm going to the N.Muskegon library tonight. They have a book on Playaway (audio) that I don't think I want to wait for in paper form. Commuting to GR for the rest of the week should give me enough time to get most of the way through it.
Cool, wave when you drive by.
I have yet to "read" an audio book.
I need to go there to see their hours and what they offer. It's a short bike ride to the library, and T needs some more book exposure. I don't want him to end up like his dad, whom I would bet has never finished a book in his life.
It get's better. I ended up loving it and can't wait for the next one to come out.
When I looked at the map, I thought it might be biking distance for you.
Yay on getting T book exposed. L and I are constantly lamenting how little our nephews like to read. The almost 9 yo is just too laid back to be motivated to finish books, although he is a pretty skilled reader. The 6 yo "hates reading." He is frustrated with the challenge of learning and gets impatient with himself about it. Their parents don't make much effort at all to get them reading.
I heard recently that kids should have as much "book time" as "screen time" (video games, tv, movies, computer, etc.).
LOVED the book thief, so powerful.
I currently have some quilting books on hold for me at the library. I'm lame-o! haha
I have read a lot of "fluff" books this summer because my Master's classes and teaching exhausted my higher level thinking :P
My list so far:
Sizzlin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart (Young Adult)
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (YA)
My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler (thumbs down-not a great read)
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Up Next:
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (it's about the most intelligent or different people in the world and how they got there, family background, etc.)
The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles series- more fluff hehe)
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (on Kasa's rec)
Love & Logic Magic for Early Childhood by Fay & Fay (I've read it before. Refreshing myself before school and since Mere is being especially testy these days. Highly recommend this for parents!)
Readicide by Kelly Gallagher (Talks about how schools are "killing" reading and what teachers should do to make sure it doesn't happen under their watch.)
Late last week, I finished Heidi. I read it as a kid, but decided to read it again (primarily because my mom handed me my great great grandma's copy from 1932 which she had found, and suggested I read it). I enjoyed it. I really liked the descriptions of the mountains where Heidi and her grandfather lived. Now I want to visit the Swiss Alps.
Other than that, I've been reading Hawaii tour books.
And now I need to make sure that The Book Thief is on my to-read list.
Related to books (and kids reading in particular)... I was at my family reunion all weekend. At one point I was chatting with my 10-year-old second cousin while we were sitting around the bonfire and he spent roughly 30 minutes telling me about Warriors, his favorite series. I guess it's about cats. He told me all about the characters and the highlights of each book. He's really into the series. It was cute.
(I'm on Google Chrome and it's not letting me italicize the book titles, and that makes me sad.)
In one of my classes, we just talked about the need for students to choose their own books to read vs. teacher led choices (the way WE were taught). The newest research shows that it doesn't really make a difference in the quality of literature as long as a student is reading. The workshop I was in today showed findings of a study of middle class fifth graders: the students in this large scale study read for an average of 4.6 MINUTES per day. Isn't that ridiculous? Anyway, I'm glad your cousin has a series he's enjoying. That's all I really wanted to tell you hahaha.
Also, Chrome and The Nest are not friends. I switch back and forth depending on the websites I'm going to be visiting.
I am about half way through "the Shack". So far I am enjoying it.