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Book club week 2 update
How is everyone doing?
Audiobook
Just finish Xenocide - Orsen Scott Card - book written over 20 years ago. Whoa, really this book is DEEP. But I liked it more than Speaker of the death (book #2).
Started Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn - 50 pter - last night. I really like it so far. Very excited about this book haha.
Books
Finished Bitten - Kelley Armstrong - free space. I was actually reading this fo NBC discusion but didn't finish in time. I was ok. I didn't really get into it until halfway in.
Started Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey - nonfiction. I knew the fundamentals of his ideas, just wanted to read more into them. He a little crazy about somethings, but his snowball to debt paying makes sense. Once H's job settles in I really hope to do this. starting with paying a few things off with taxes and rolls those to the next debt.
After TMM I'm going back to Feast for Crows - George RR Martin (500+ pages).
Total - 45 pts
Re: Book club week 2 update
Since I decided to not read A Clash of Kings my reading has been going really well.
I finished Gone Girl - 50 pt book
I read The Fertility Diet - nonfiction book - I didn't really enjoy this book because I felt like a lot of the information was stuff I already knew. A friend gave it to me to read and I didn't really realize that basically its for people that don't ovulate and are overweight and/or have a very unhealthy diet. I am almost too healthy in my diet, so this book wasn't really all that helpful. but still informative
Little Bee- free book - I liked this book. its based losely on the stuggle within Nigera and the killing of people in small villages....it was good but not amazing.
I'm now reading two things - The American Wife (book over 500 pages) and am really enjoying it. and also Anna and the French Kiss (book in a series) its sooo good! I can't believe its been laying next to my bed for months and I haven't picked it up.
and thats it! I need an audio book, so I put several on hold at the library and I think i'll try to get there tomorrow night.
The Rowdy Roberts
I also had it for 2-3 months!
I can't remember if I'd finished Opening Moves last week. That's my new book by one of your favorite authors.
I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last night. I used it as book with a male main character, but please let me know if I should move it. I also read Downpour for book written in 2012.
I'm currently reading The Rivals as book in a series. It's book two of The Mockingbirds series. YA, but quick & fun & I enjoyed the first book. I started listening to Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore this morning. I am in love with it already! The narrator is awesome!
boy (n): a noise with dirt on it
I didn't read the book, I watched the movie and was pretty drunk actually while doing so, but wasn't the girl more so the main character? I honestly don't care if you use it here but I actually think it would fit better in book you've seen talked about on NBC.
have you read the Life of Pi? Brittany suggested I read it for my book with a male main charachter.
The Rowdy Roberts
I did read Life of Pi. I didn't care for it.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is a multitude of characters, really, but the primary ones are Mikael Blomkvist & Lisbeth Salander. The blurb on goodreads starts out talking about Blomkvist, so that's why I was considering it a book with a male main character.
boy (n): a noise with dirt on it
go with it then!
The Rowdy Roberts
I use this spreadsheet to snowball: http://www.vertex42.com/Calculators/debt-reduction-calculator.html
I really like it.
Finished:
I used Sisterhood Everlasting for my free space. It's a companion book to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series and was once of the worst books I've read in a long time.
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor-Book recommended by a friend (Andrea). I enjoyed reading this book but it was purely a story, not much excitement.
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-Book talked about on NBC
Crewel-A YA book that I'm not sure I can fit into the challenge.
Reading Now:
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List-I don't think this will fit into the challenge either
Listening to:
The Diviner's-I think I may use this for genre you wouldn't normally read because it's a little demented and I think if I weren't doing the challenge I wouldn't continue reading it. Especially with having just read Gone Girl and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I've reached my weirdo quota.
THANKS! I actually did my bills etc in a spreadsheet on my own and I came out to be about the same of when each one would get paid off!
boy (n): a noise with dirt on it
I finished A Gathering of Witches last night. It consumed my life, hence why I wasn't here for a while. The sequel is waiting for me at the library, which was closed today, along with The Crimson Crown.
Why was the library closed?
Because my library is closed on Thursdays.
LAME
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For reals.