1.27.2008
Book Without End...
Holy cow, World Without End is epic! I love it! :) I think what I've enjoyed most from his books (being this one and the previous one) is that you follow the characters throughout their whole lives...that's really interesting, and while this one pretty much has the same plot design as Pillars, it is still an engaging story. Who needs it next?
1.06.2008
Amazon loves me....
Once I finish all the YA reading (I don't know why I'm in such a YA frenzy of late), I've got a shelf full of titles I've accumulated (ok, purchased) that I'm anxious to start reading. I did take a break and read a quick "hysterical" romance the week before Christmas.
I'm listing the titles of what I have on hand to read (so ya'll won't go buy any of them):
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon (645-page historical mystery)
Girls of a Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith (memoir of French-Italian family struggling to survive in 1953 in a housing project in Hartford, CT)
Paula Deen: A Memoir--It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen
Dark Angels and Through a Glass Darkly and Now Face to Face by Karleen Koen (hysterical romance series)
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (author of Cold Mountain)
A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong & Sheryl Feldman (first-hand account set in Lancaster County, PA)
The Star Garden: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy E. Turner (4th book in series--first one is one of my all-time favorite books--These is My Words)
Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
Consuelo and Alva Vanderbuilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Egyptian Coffin by Jane Jackman (2nd in the Lord Ambrose Historical Mystery series--I think I sent the first one to Kari or to Mother)
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig (4th in the Pink Carnation series)
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor (a hysterical romance)
Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow
Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas (I think I've read all her books except one--she's a great writer! I especially recommend The Persian Pickle Club, The Chili Queen, and The Diary of Mattie Spenser)
The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin (2nd in the Mistress of the Art of Death series)
A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron (set in Queen Victoria's court)
A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander (3rd in the Lady Emily Ashton series--the series actually doesn't have an official name that I've found--Lady Ashton is a widow who takes up solving mysteries)
Queen of Swords by Sara Donati (5th in the Into the Wilderness series--am having this one shipped directly to Mother.)
As you can see, this is why I need a 2nd job! LOL OH...and I still have to read World Without End!!!
I'm listing the titles of what I have on hand to read (so ya'll won't go buy any of them):
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon (645-page historical mystery)
Girls of a Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith (memoir of French-Italian family struggling to survive in 1953 in a housing project in Hartford, CT)
Paula Deen: A Memoir--It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen
Dark Angels and Through a Glass Darkly and Now Face to Face by Karleen Koen (hysterical romance series)
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (author of Cold Mountain)
A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong & Sheryl Feldman (first-hand account set in Lancaster County, PA)
The Star Garden: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy E. Turner (4th book in series--first one is one of my all-time favorite books--These is My Words)
Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
Consuelo and Alva Vanderbuilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Egyptian Coffin by Jane Jackman (2nd in the Lord Ambrose Historical Mystery series--I think I sent the first one to Kari or to Mother)
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig (4th in the Pink Carnation series)
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor (a hysterical romance)
Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow
Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas (I think I've read all her books except one--she's a great writer! I especially recommend The Persian Pickle Club, The Chili Queen, and The Diary of Mattie Spenser)
The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin (2nd in the Mistress of the Art of Death series)
A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron (set in Queen Victoria's court)
A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander (3rd in the Lady Emily Ashton series--the series actually doesn't have an official name that I've found--Lady Ashton is a widow who takes up solving mysteries)
Queen of Swords by Sara Donati (5th in the Into the Wilderness series--am having this one shipped directly to Mother.)
As you can see, this is why I need a 2nd job! LOL OH...and I still have to read World Without End!!!
YA Frenzy!
Like Kari, I've been on a YA kick during the month of December...Here is what I've read: The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone: How Early Americans Took to the Road by Cheryl Harness (published by Nat'l Geographic--interesting read to me--my early Hopkins family traveled and settled in the same Missouri area as Boone and family at about the same time); The Unrivalled Spangles by Karen Wallace; The Ramsay Scallop and The Bediuns' Gazelle by Frances Temple (sadly, she died before she wrote the 3rd book of this intended trilogy--picked these up for cheapo at Books A Million). I'm currently reading Primrose Past: The 1848 Journal of Young Lady Primrose by Caroline Rose Hunt (from the famous oil Hunt family of Dallas--this is an autographed copy I picked up at Half Price Books--will put it up to give to Olivia someday because her mom works for the Hunt family) and Voyage by Adele Geras. (Does anyone else read more than 1 book at a time??)
YA titles still to read are: Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth; 100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson (this was an advance copy I picked up at AASL); Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum Peril and Romance by Marthe Jocelyn; Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff; Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, From World War I to Iraq edited by Zlata Filipovic and Melanie Challenger; Green Jasper and Blaze of Silver by K. M. Grant (books 2 and 3 in The De Granville Trilogy--highly recommend, esp. if you love stories about horses and the medieval period).
Most of these are books I've rec'd from publishers.
YA titles still to read are: Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth; 100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson (this was an advance copy I picked up at AASL); Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum Peril and Romance by Marthe Jocelyn; Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff; Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, From World War I to Iraq edited by Zlata Filipovic and Melanie Challenger; Green Jasper and Blaze of Silver by K. M. Grant (books 2 and 3 in The De Granville Trilogy--highly recommend, esp. if you love stories about horses and the medieval period).
Most of these are books I've rec'd from publishers.
1.01.2008
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Happy New Year! I have several books going at once, and have really been reading alot of "young adult" but this was the one I had posted that I've finished. Not sure who needs it next?
Anyway...Sorry, I didn't crop the picture, but pulled it from her website. http://www.labyrinthbook.net/home/index.asp
This was a fast action-packed story that centered around the Holy Grail legends...very similar to Da Vinci Code, but certainly with it's own storyline. I liked it, it was a quick read.
Anyway...Sorry, I didn't crop the picture, but pulled it from her website. http://www.labyrinthbook.net/home/index.asp
This was a fast action-packed story that centered around the Holy Grail legends...very similar to Da Vinci Code, but certainly with it's own storyline. I liked it, it was a quick read.
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