Rock N' Rollin' Man Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I just finished reading The Lord of the Rings, yes for the first time. Most excellent book deserves all it's praise. Now I'm going to start The Life of General Garibaldi autobiography. "Hero of the Two Worlds" he's called. Also I recently purchased The Children of Húrin and How Black Was Our Sabbath both of which I really want to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Murder of a Sleeping Beauty by Denise Swanson (another "cozy" mystery novel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Bowie - by Marc Spitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Bowie - by Marc Spitz Is that Marc Spitz the former Olympic swimmer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Hi all, "The Heretics Daughter" By Kathleen Keen. It's about a family in Andover,Ma who amoung 100+ others were accused of witchcraft and brought to Salem,MA. Kathleen is a direct descendant of both Martha and Sarah Carrie in the book.Highly recommended. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spalove Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 The Kite Runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 The Kite Runner ^oooh! How is that one? I watched the movie, and I probably should have read the book first. I loved the movie, so I'm sure the book is better. I'm reading Three Cups of Tea, Literacy Difficulties: Diagnosis and Instruction for Reading Specialists and Classroom Teachers, (for a class), and I'm attempting to preview some literature that I may be using IF I get a job that I'm holding my breath on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock N' Rollin' Man Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 ^oooh! How is that one? I watched the movie, and I probably should have read the book first. I loved the movie, so I'm sure the book is better. I read The Kite Runner last year and it is a great book, very hard to put down. Preferred it over the movie which was also good. He has another book called A Thousand Splendid Suns which I hear is also very good so I should eventually check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Both books are on my to read list, but with teaching night school 4 nights a week this past semester on top of day school, let's just say I didn't quite get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMAharaja Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Great book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conneyfogle Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 It's very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Waa I haven't been on for AGES! I'm reading The Time Travellers Wife and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo at the momento. I started reading one and then someone gave me the other and I started reading the first page and now I'm just reading both here and there... I should just choose one to finish first because I keep thinking one is the other... it makes for a really strange story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 I loved The Time Traveller's Wife! The movie doesn't do it justice. I hope you like it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 It's very good I'll have to check that out; I love Bill Bryson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spalove Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 ^oooh! How is that one? I watched the movie, and I probably should have read the book first. I loved the movie, so I'm sure the book is better. I'm enjoying it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conneyfogle Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I'll have to check that out; I love Bill Bryson cool, it's his first one, but if you haven't already read this one, do! 'cos it is brilliant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 cool, it's his first one, but if you haven't already read this one, do! 'cos it is brilliant!! My favorite is "A Walk in the Woods" about his hiking the Appalachian trail; there were parts that had me seriously ROTFL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conneyfogle Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 My favorite is "A Walk in the Woods" about his hiking the Appalachian trail; there were parts that had me seriously ROTFL! I haven't done that one yet, i'll check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conneyfogle Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Is that Marc Spitz the former Olympic swimmer? wasn't that Mark Spitz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Pyscho- Stephen Rebello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Jung's Autobiography-- Memories Dreams Reflections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 wasn't that Mark Spitz? Ahhhh, must be; that sounded like a strange combination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbreaker Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 About to start reading "To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World" by Arthur L. Herman for AP European History, which I'm taking this coming year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock N' Rollin' Man Posted May 27, 2010 Author Share Posted May 27, 2010 Just read The Life of General Garibaldi, autobiography of Giuseppe Garibaldi translated by Theodore Dwight. Great read on a great revolutionary man. Here's the wiki page on him if you want to read a brief biography of him. Now I'm reading this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I'm currently reading 3 books: The Great Santini Notes From The Warsaw Ghetto The Book Of Genesis by Robert Crumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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