75 Books...More or Less! discussion

wow another year gone. I wasn't even close to 75 books this year but it was still fun. I'm not really expecting to get 75 this year either as we should be having a little one in the house for sure in Feb, but possibly much sooner. I'll try and keep reading though in my spare time and see how close I get. Happy Reading Everyone!!

#1. Of Human Bondage 2.5/5 stars.

I read most of this book in 2010, but I finished it yesterday. This was for my classic book club. It was too long... the middle was a bore.. you really had to concentrate to get through it. The main character bothered me for most of the book. BUT it had a decent beginning, and ending so thats why I gave it 2.5 stars. =)

#2. The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon Tim LaHaye. 4/5 stars.

The 9th book in the Left Behind series. Only two more left. I wanted to have them done last year but life got in the way. Still enjoying this series. The next two books are on their way to me so I think by the end of this month I should have the series done. Yay!


#3. Your Pregnancy Week by Week 5/5 stars.
I enjoyed this book very much. Very imformative and I liked how it was week by week not month by month like many of the books are. There are some heavy duty topics in it, and if you have a medical background it may help to understand it more.
I technically read most of this last year.. but I finished it this year so i'm counting it.=)

#4. What to Expect When You're Expecting 3/5 stars.
This one was ok.. but not as good as the above one.

Wow this is a slow couple months for me... I guess that is what happenes when you have a newborn.. reading gets put aside.. I'll still try for the 75 though..

Just for fun.. don't worry I won't count this one. =)

What a cute little book! =)

Angie, I missed the birth of your little one. I hope everything went well! I don't even think we knew you were expecting. BIG Congrats momma!

Andrea wrote: "Angie, I missed the birth of your little one. I hope everything went well! I don't even think we knew you were expecting. BIG Congrats momma!"

Thanks Andrea! Yeah Jacob was due Feb 8th but we had to have an emergency c-section on Jan 21st. Then spent 2 weeks in Edmonton at the NICU. BUT everything is going good now, Praise the Lord!... just have to find time to read. =)

#5. The Other Side of the Story-Marian Keyes 3/5 stars.
Oh I would so like to give this book 4 stars. I enjoyed MOST of the story.. just can't get passed all the swearing. I've read MANY of her books and I don't remember any of the other ones dropping the f-bomb THAT much.. this one was a little over the top.
PLUS being a married woman I have a hard time reading about people having affairs.. just can't tolerate it..
Having said all that I'm not ready to give up on Mrs Keyes quite yet. I enjoy her Irish humor! =)

Angie- I'm so happy to hear that everything is okay with Jacob! Are you finding you have less time and energy to read?

Andrea wrote: "Angie- I'm so happy to hear that everything is okay with Jacob! Are you finding you have less time and energy to read?"

well yes and no.. lol. but now that he is a little bigger I can read while feeding him.. which probably adds up to about an hour a day which isn't too bad. I like to read in the afternoon when he's sleeping, but really that is when I should be sleeping too.=)

#6. Lori Wick 3/5 stars.
Not my favorite book by her but still a cute story. An easy read for sure which is exactly what i was in the mood for.

#7 -3/5 stars.
Not my usual kind of book... it was okay. I have the other two in the series but I'm not going to be jumping to read them.. I probably will get to them eventually though.

#8. Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. 4/5 stars

Just as good as the rest.. just one more book and I am done the series...

That's Not My Monkey
I love monkeys so this book was super cute to me. =) Love all the textures!

Angie wrote: "3/5 stars.
Not my usual kind of book... it was okay. I have the other two in the series but I'm not going to be jumping to read them.. I probably will get to them eventually though.

I'm sad to hear this wasn't that great. It's been in my TBR pile forever. I had several friends rave about it, but as always you never know if you'll like something.

Christy wrote: "Angie wrote: "3/5 stars.
Not my usual kind of book... it was okay. I have the other two in the series but I'm not going to be jumping to read them.. I probably will get to them eventually though.
..."

I have this one in my TBR as well and I was wondering about it but couldn't start to read yet somehow. Sad to hear you haven't enjoyed it much.

#9 -Tim LaHaye Jerry Jenkins 4/5 stars
I'm done!yay!! took me long enough. This book was a great ending to the series.

#10 -Karen Kingsbury. 5/5 stars.

This book/devotional is extra special for me. Last year my mom bought me this because she knew I liked Karen Kingsbury not knowing what kind of an impact it was later going to have. In Dec mom put it in my stocking stuffer..
I was due with our first child Feb 8th 2011 and on Jan 5th, after many ultrasounds and test ect. we were told that our baby might not survive.. and if he/she did that babe would have many developmental difficulties. Husband and I were at a loss.. no idea what to do, knowing there was nothing WE could do. It was in God's hands. We started reading this book every night and it was amazing!! It gave us so much hope. Sometimes I think miracles just happen in the Biblical times, but after reading this book I found out that was not true. Every night we read about another miracle that God had performed.
Jan 21st Jacob was born and other than being small for gestational age ( 4lb 10oz) everything else appears normal. Praise the Lord. He gave us our little miracle.=)
My mom says that God picked out that book for us a year ago, and I couldn't agree with her more.

What a touching story Angie!

Angie wrote: "#10-Karen Kingsbury. 5/5 stars.

This book/devotional is extra special for me. Last year my mom bought me this because she knew I liked Karen Kin..."

Amen!!! I am so glad that your little gift from God, lil' Jacob is fine!! Praise God!!

Angie wrote: "#2.The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon Tim LaHaye. 4/5 stars.

The 9th book in the Left Behind series. Only two more left..."

I have a 3 week old myself, so I, too am going a bit slower on this challenge, but am still pressing on...I thought about switching to the 50 book challenge group, but I love the people in this group so much that I'm just gonna stick with it here! Good luck with your challenge, and! Congrats on your little boy!!!

You can't leave us, I won't let you...lol

wow its been awhile since I've updated.. okay here we go.

March Reads:

#11 4/5 stars. I don't agree with everything in here.. but I did find some helpful things.

#12 4/5 stars.. same as above. Some of her stuff is a little out there though.. " give you baby a tour of your home as soon as they get home".. ummm ok.....

#13. 4/5 stars. This book was just a fun read. I could pretty much relate to every woman's pregnancy story in some way.

#14 3/4 stars. This book was a little bit of a disappointment to me. I enjoyed the idea behind the book. every chapter being the same day a year later.. kind of a " where are they now?" idea. BUT i disliked the main character... and I didn't like the ending...so that pretty much ruins a book for me.

April Reads:

#15
4/5 stars. I had never read anything by this author before. It was a nice easy, clean read. I will read more of her books.

#16 4/5 stars. I read this for book club. I remembered watching the movie when it came out and I didn't really like it. I enjoyed the book though so maybe I will have to give the movie another chance.

#17 4/5 stars. I found this book interesting. It is about Emergency room Doctors. Since I work in the hospital, and work night shifts, I found the story about the lady who came in to ER in the early morning for hiccups, quite funny.. and not far off..=)

#18 4/5 stars. I enjoyed this book. I'll definietly check out more of Ted Dekker's books.

#19 3/5 stars. Another book club book. I thought it was ok.. strange.. glad it was short.

#20 2/5 stars. Strike 2 for Mrs Picoult.....this one was more back to her same style.. but I just found the content in the story very disturbing. I cared more about what happend with Max then I did with Zoe.. and then towards the end I didn't care about Max anymore either...

#21 4/5 stars. another book club. cute, short, story

Angie. lots of great books this month! I just read the little prince and was very cute!

Hey angie! Havne't heard from yah here in about 2 months, hope you're alright, and little baby Jacob too! I am hoping you are juat busy with the everyday things of being a mama!

Hey! I'm still around! I have been doing some reading.. but then I would forget to update.. and then I needed a LARGE time slot to add everything... so I ended up just forgetting about it. =)
Everything is good with little Jacob and I.. been busy, but LOVING motherhood.. just don't have as much free time.. lol.
How are you and your little girl doing?? I see you have added lots of books but have you been able to get much reading done??

April-June books!

#22. 4/5 stars.

#23 3/5 stars. Book club. Thought it was pretty good.

#24 4/5 stars
#25 4/5 stars
#26 3/5 stars
#27 5/5 stars. Awesome series!! I just love Francine Rivers!
#28
5/5 stars. this was GREAT! I think I enjoyed it more than Jacob.. but once he gets older he will love it too!! =)
#29 4/5 stars
#30 4/5 stars
#31 4/5 stars
#32 3/5 stars.

Good to see you Angie!!! Looks like you are reading some good books and enjoying being a mommy :)

Angie wrote: "Hey! I'm still around! I have been doing some reading.. but then I would forget to update.. and then I needed a LARGE time slot to add everything... so I ended up just forgetting about it. =)
Eve..."

I'm doing pretty good! I am also enjoying mommyhood! lol...And getting some reading in, not as much as I would like but some, which is better than none at all! wow, you really are flyin' through the books! Good for you!! Good to see you here again!! Glad to hear lil' Jacob is doing well.

Wow, that's a nice chunk of books there!

#33. 4/5 stars. I really enjoyed this book.. I finished it and right away picked up the second one in the series...If its as good as the first one I should have it done in a couple days =)

ugh...I had all my books with reviews but I lost it.....and now Jacob is awake.. so i'm just going to put the titles down and maybe come back and write something more later.. grrr...
#34 4/5
#35. 5/5
#36. 4/5
#37. 5/5
#38. 3.5/5
#39. 3.5/5

I want to read I am the Messenger!

Andrea wrote: "I want to read I am the Messenger!"

It was ok... I liked the idea behind the story, but disliked most of the characters. I LOVED book thief and this was nothing like it... a little disappointing..

#40. 3/5 stars. I used to waitress ( not at a high end restaurant) but I could still relate to many of the things in here. funny look at the "front of the house" although again could have done without all the swearing...
#41 4/5. my first Coben book. I really enjoyed this one, which is a surprise because i'm not a HUGE fan of mysteries but this one grabbed me right away. I can't wait to read the rest of this series.

Angie wrote: "#414/5. my first Coben book. I really enjoyed this one, which is a surprise because i'm not a HUGE fan of mysteries but this one grabbed me right away. I can't wait to read the rest of this series. "

I think I am the only person in the world (or at least in this group) who doesn't like Harlan Coben. I read a book of his, and it was a decent enough mystery, but there were just enough little things about his storytelling that I didn't like. And then I tried to read another one, thinking I shouldn't base my opinion off just one book . . . but within the first 5 pages I just found myself annoyed with his voice again.

*shrugs* To each his own.

Charleen wrote: "Angie wrote: "#414/5. my first Coben book. I really enjoyed this one, which is a surprise because i'm not a HUGE fan of mysteries but this one grabbed me right away. I can't wait to read the rest o..."

LOL! there are a couple authors that I feel the same way about..that EVERYONE on here loves and I just don't get it. =) yup to each his own for sure! it would be crazy if we ALL liked the same books/authors!

#42 2/5. another one for the classic book club! it was ok.. I have definitely read worse books. I think I would like to check out the movie someday...

#43. 3/5 This was my first ebook.. and it was free. It was ok, a little cheesy,but at least it was clean. Just what I needed while I was waiting for my library books to get here. There are two more in the series and maybe someday I will get to them when I need a little "brain candy".

#44. 3.5/5. Cozy little mystery. I think these books are fun! I'm sure I will read more from this series.

#45 2.5/5 I feel bad giving this only 2.5 stars but it just really wasn't that good, which was a huge disappointment for me. I have read and liked quite a few other books by Weiner, but this one just didn't cut it....oh well maybe her next one is better. I haven't given up on her quite yet....

Angie, I know just how you feel! I hate giving an author I love a bad rating, it just feels wrong...lol On the other hand I think it's important to be honest. From what I'm reading your rating is in the norm for this book!

#46 4/5 stars. I had never read anything by this author. It was pretty good and the last 100 pages took quite the turn...I will check out the rest of this series for sure.

#47. 4/5 stars. awww what a sweet book. This was for my classic book club, and not a hard read at all. short and sweet!

Hi, Angie. I enjoyed the Yada Yada Prayer book too. I've read a couple of others in the series, but quite out of sequence. Liked all three.

good to know Kay! I'm going to try and pick up the next one in the series the next time I am at the library. Have you read the spin off series??.. can't remember what its called but I know one of the books is " you are my shelter" I've heard they are also really good.

#48 3/5. another free ebook. quick read, again kind of cheesy but still entertaining.. just didn't realize it was part of a series...
#49 3.5/5. loving this series! so fun!

I didn't know about this spin-ff series! I will have to check it out.

@Andrea - Have you read the yada yada series? what did you think of them?

#50 5/5 stars.
wow I loved this book. It hooked me right from the start! I have only read a couple Ted Dekker books but they were nothing like this one. I definitely need to check out more by this author.

#51 4/5. Really enjoying this series. I like the fact that they aren't squeaky-clean and have real problems/struggles just like the rest of us.

#52 4/5 stars. What a great book! If you like Historical Romance and Jane Austen then I really think you will enjoy this book! Will be checking out more books by this author.

#53 4/5 stars. I have just recently heard of the " Love finds you..." series. What a sweet little story about second chances in Amish country. I will have to check out more from this series.

Angie, your last 3 books like one's I would like!

they are all Christian Fiction,so not sure if you are into that.. but even so you might like them. =) The Girl in the Gatehouse is very subtle..and of course the yada Yada are alot more " preachy" hence the title lol, but I enjoyed all three of them. great books!

I really wanna read the Yada-yada series! They look like a lot of fun! And I read a Christmas one by Joanne Fluke, and really wanna start her "Hannah Swenson series"...they look like lotsa fun too!