Day 14 - a non-fictional book. My favorite of the year so far: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. By Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver This book gets 5 stars. If more stars were available, I would award them to this book and to every Michael Pollan book I’ve read. This is now on my [...]
Day 13 – a fictional book. The Girl Who Played With Fire. By Steig Larsson This book was an unexpected gem. I had heard of the next book in this series, “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest,” but didn’t realize this was in that series until about halfway through the book. The Background: Murder [...]
Your favorite book. There’s no way I can pick just one. I’ve read a TON of books in my life, and have given probably 30 of them 5 stars. So I’ll tell you: Favorite author: Stephen King. Favorite subject: Murder/mysteries. Favorite non-fiction subject: Cooking & food.
What’s on your vacation/summer reading list this year? We’re headed to the beach for 11 days starting next Thursday (4 days in Wilmington for work, 7 days in Myrtle beach with my in-laws), and I picked up a few (lol) books to read on the trip. I’m hoping to get through 7 of them, plus [...]
By Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver This book gets 5 stars. If more stars were available, I would award them to this book and to every Michael Pollan book I’ve read. This is now on my list of “Books everyone in America should read.” The basic premise of this book is [...]
This will be an ongoing list of books I’ve read starting in 2010. I’ll post reviews as I finish each book going forward. Feel free to post recommendations for books–I’ll comment back if I’ve already read your suggestion, and I’ll consider all suggestions! 2010 (Goal: 30 books) 101 Ways to Have a Great Day at [...]
Remember back when I started this blog, I told you all that I was about to embark on a journey to read and understand the Complete Works of Shakespeare. Well, last weekend, I ordered Isaac Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare’s Complete Works. So I’m impatiently waiting for the most authoritative guide to the complete works to [...]
Over the last two years, I have undertaken a quest to read as many Stephen King books as possible. In 2008, I read about 20, and last year I was only able to manage another 5–although my reading time was limited with all the changes in our lives. I’m glad to be back on my [...]
This will be an ongoing list of books I’ve read starting in 2010. I’ll post reviews as I finish each book going forward. Feel free to post recommendations for books–I’ll comment back if I’ve already read your suggestion, and I’ll consider all suggestions! 2010 (Goal: 30 books) 101 Ways to Have a Great Day at [...]
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