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Jan 04, 2013 04:49PM
I'm in! I better start reading, right?!?
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I've only read four so far this year. (Sigh) 1. The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner, 4/5 stars, 210 pages
2. The Case of the Rolling Bones by Erle Stanley Gardner, 4/5 stars, 202 pages
3. Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl, 5/5 stars, 160 pages
4. Outlaw Mountain by J.A. Jance, 5/5 stars, 368 pages
(940 pages read this year)
5. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith, 5/5 stars, 212 pages(1,152 pages read this year)
6. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 5/5 stars, 273 pagesWhat is it about this novel that grabs my interest . . . I read it only 4 years ago and picked it up again this year. It is so rich in its visualization . . . although the genre is "horror" - Victorian style - it seems to be a bit of a comfort read to me.
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Andrea wrote: "Kay, neither of us have done hardly any reading this year."Andrea - yes, it's a sad state of affairs!
7. Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate, 4/5 stars, 368 pages.Enjoyed this light-hearted romantic comedy . . . from a Christian perspective.
"Boy" is on my TBR list and "Frankenstein" scared the CRAP out of me when I was younger. MAN! And then I saw the movie with Robert De Niro as the "monster" and WOW, was that a scary, powerful movie. VERY much like the book. I haven't read it since I was a teen, but I still think that should I read it again, it would be ALL in daylight!!! :-)
Dawn Michelle, "Boy" is a remarkably good book, I think. It was illuminating to read about Roald Dahl's youth. I think it explains why his stories have a bit of a dark side . . . for example, why "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was written in the style depicted by the Johnny Depp version of the movie and not the Gene Wilder one!
Kay wrote: "Dawn Michelle, "Boy" is a remarkably good book, I think. It was illuminating to read about Roald Dahl's youth. I think it explains why his stories have a bit of a dark side . . . for example, why "..."The only one of his books I ever actually read as a kid was The Witches, but that one definitely had a dark side... actually it scared me more than I was willing to admit at the time! It was my first encounter with fiction that claimed to be true, and I wasn't quite sure if I believed it or not.
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I have not read The Witches yet, but loved Charlie and The BFG. DID not like the one where they stewed and poisoned the grandma. SERIOUSLY twisted and disturbing. I have friends that thought Coraline was scary. What did you all think of that book [not Dahl I know, but Gaiman can be scary too]?
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Looks like fall is here and we are in the same boat again...hahah
7. Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate, 4/5 stars8. To Love Anew by Bonnie Leon, 3/5 stars
Epic fail for 2013 with only 10% of the goal reached! Well - it has been an "interesting" year . . .
I think there is a Chinese curse that says "May you live in interesting times."
It is NEVER an epic fail if you did actually READ books!! :-)We can only strive to do better than we have before and so I am praying 2014 is a better and more stellar reading year for you!!! :-)
Thanks, Dawn Michelle! I really appreciate that.
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