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marliese
Vogue SISter (3255)
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# Posted: 23 Jun 2008 14:40
i finished the kite runner and i loved it.
It's impressive, isn't it? I read it a few months ago and found it to be overwhelming. I am sure I will remember it a decade from now.
Has anyone read his 'other book'? (I guess there are even more, but I mean the other best seller...)
Allison > wow, you rock! xx
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lpmkate
Favorite SISter (9453)
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2008 00:41
Has anyone read his 'other book'? (I guess there are even more, but I mean the other best seller...)
yes...A Thousand Splendid Suns...equally disturbing/gripping/great as Kite Runner, but told from a female perspective.
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jocelynneb
Style Addict (1346)
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2008 14:33
let's see, i believe i'm up to NINE now as i think i forgot to mark down that i read 'madness' by marya something or other (making 8) and then i just finished 'the double bind' by chris bohj-something (making 9).
so let's go with NINE! i have another right here waiting for me!
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HeatherJ
Model SISter (2307)
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2008 11:42 - Edited by: HeatherJ
Just finished Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult and absolutely loved it. The Amish community always has intrigued me and I feel that Jodi did a wonderful job researching before writing this book. This is a great book.
so...
8/30
I need to get my read on! :)
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HeatherJ
Model SISter (2307)
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2008 11:53
This book is very, very, very disturbing and dark. I'm proud of Nikki Sixx being able to just be honest and I wish him all the best. May he stay sober and stay in the moment for himself and for his children.
I've got to say Joey (my hubby) {who NEVER reads} actually wants to read this. I'll have to let him know what you thought of it.
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weebbt
Favorite SISter (11242)
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2008 12:02
15/50
Finished A Friend Of The Earth, liked it.
Started The Fourth Hand by John Irving, totally digging it so far.
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Stacijo
Favorite SISter (5651)
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2008 23:09
I've got to say Joey (my hubby) {who NEVER reads} actually wants to read this. I'll have to let him know what you thought of it.
The last book I remember him reading was about the Fab Five (U of M) dream team....that was a while ago. He'll like it!
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Stacijo
Favorite SISter (5651)
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2008 23:11
42/50
Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
What can I say? I just read it for the hot vampire sex. Sometimes my brain needs a break and this was for fun...!!!!
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scrappinpixie
Model SISter (2907)
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2008 23:19
Finished Escape, Marley and Me and Kite Runner, for 6/30 for this 1/2 of the year. :) I flew through all three of the books; I enjoyed each of them.
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tracirenae
Model SISter (2111)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 09:44
ugh.
i am s-l-o-w-l-y reading middlesex.
i am determined to finish this book.
I checked out Gorgeously Green from the library the other day so I am working my way through that as well.
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allison11
Vogue SISter (3685)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 11:27
anyone got their bookmarks yet???
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weebbt
Favorite SISter (11242)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 11:45
anyone got their bookmarks yet???
Got mine yesterday, they are awesome! Thanks everyone!
I have a couple extras that I made. If anyone not in on the swap wants one I'd be happy to send it to you. Just pm me!
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Sonja
Favorite SISter (5587)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 14:04
I just finished The Jane Austen Book Club, I wouldn't say it was my favorite book of all time, but I enjoyed it:)
That makes me 15/18
I'm thinking about getting the new David Sedaris book or Tracy reminded me of my love for John Irving, so I might pick up one of his (he's good in small doses, after reading a couple of his books you think it's normal to be a prostitute or dressed in a bear suit)
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prairieWillow
Favorite SISter (15654)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 14:08
got mine yesterday!
awesome work everyone!!
thanks again Allison for doing that!
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lpmkate
Favorite SISter (9453)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 14:50
Got my bookmarks - love, love! Thanks to everyone!
Just finished Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri which I loved.
It's short stories which I'm not usually into but she's a GREAT story teller!
Puts me at 14/24
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tracinicole
Favorite SISter (16355)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 14:54
I got my bookmarks!
AWESOME amazing and I love them ALL!
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julie99
Vogue SISter (3984)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 15:27
My bookmarks are here, too (and already taking their places in my current reading pile).
Thanks so much ladies for all of your beautiful work, and Allison for organizing this! Love them all!!
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hilly0013
Favorite SISter (6357)
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2008 15:44
15/50
so, i've read 3 books since i've gotten done with my semester of school. :) i read a series by a religious fiction author, Wanda Brunsteter. My grandma likes these books and has gotten me hooked on them as well. they are about the amish.
Anyway, now i'm reading "Harvesting the Heart" by jody picoult.
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mellymel
Big SIS (4364)
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2008 14:06
very good, but i don't feel like the author explained why arthur blume chose to kill nada. maybe there were underlying reasons that i didn't pick up, but i just don't know why
allison - i don't remember, but it thought b/c she figured out he was in her house? no?
i read two very different books but would recommend both:
What Remains by Carole Radziwill (memoir ) &
By Bread Alone by Sarah Kate Lynch
B&N has some fierce clearance deals right now - if you don't have a store, check it online :)
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mellymel
Big SIS (4364)
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2008 14:08
oh and got my bookmarks - they are madcool :)
i must say kate, you have really outdone yourself - the sewing is fab!!
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allison11
Vogue SISter (3685)
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2008 16:03 - Edited by: allison11
allison - i don't remember, but it thought b/c she figured out he was in her house? no?
that kinda makes sense to me.
i still have it from the library, so i think i'm going to re-read it.
it was one of those books that i wanted so badly to finish it, because i wanted to know what happened in the end, that i don't think i let the words actually sink in.
and, finished the golden compass by phillip pullman.
i was afraid that i wouldn't like it, since i don't know if any 'magical' series could ever stand up to harry potter.
i did like it, in a different way.
so i am + 27/50
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mellymel
Big SIS (4364)
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2008 20:19
she was onto him..i'm almost sure
and i can't find my 13th tale...i'm knee deep in stacks from the basement remodel...when i find it, watch out! silly me, i'm going to have to reread it to have any kind of discussion.
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Sonja
Favorite SISter (5587)
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2008 20:28
I got my bookmarks!!!! That was a happy package:) Thank you so much everyone who did one and thanks Allison for organizing it!
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klh_hope
Fashion Plate (451)
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# Posted: 28 Jun 2008 19:12
Burned by Ellen Hopkins
Another great YA book and I love the poetry form of this book.
I just finished that book as well...I love how she writes!
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julie99
Vogue SISter (3984)
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# Posted: 28 Jun 2008 19:34 - Edited by: julie99
Update 23/40
Read The Quilter's Legacy by Jennifer Chiaverini. Turns out I began with number 5 in the series (story of my life), but I'll go back and read the other four and then go forward. It was a good summer read.
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Stacijo
Favorite SISter (5651)
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# Posted: 28 Jun 2008 22:03
Read The Quilter's Legacy by Jennifer Chiaverini. Turns out I began with number 5 in the series (story of my life), but I'll go back and read the other four and then go forward. It was a good summer read.
Julie,
I love this series and I hope you enjoy them too!!
Burned by Ellen Hopkins
Another great YA book and I love the poetry form of this book.
I just finished that book as well...I love how she writes!
Glad you liked it!! I have to read the rest of her books now!!
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marliese
Vogue SISter (3255)
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2008 16:06
I got my bookmarks!!! They arrived yesterday.
And.. I am in awe. So many nice creations! I love this swap!! Thank you all so much! (I hope you found the little magnets on mine, meant to hold the page, d'uh...)
You really rock Allison, thanks so much for hosting!
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marliese
Vogue SISter (3255)
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2008 16:12
Oh and I'm reading a wonderful book right now... it's called 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society', by Mary Ann Shaffer.
It's 'a lighthearted epistolary novel' and I just can't put it away. Events take place in 1946, so just after the war in England and Guernsey.
I was sad to hear that the author died earlier this year.
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rumor
SISter Elle (1653)
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2008 18:03
Dude. 2/30.
That was a long time coming. I finished Outlander last night. I liked it. Kept me entertained.
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coloredsprinkles
Haute SISter (850)
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2008 18:32
5/24
Just read "The other Boleyn girl" and it was good. I also read "Garden Spells" which reminded me of "Practical Magic" now im onto "The Secret Diaries of Anne Boleyn" Im really into hitorical novels.
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