Booking Through Tuesday

Last week's read . . . and allow me to say, I am positive it is a better book than it will be a movie.

This week's read . . .
Inspired by my daughter's history day project topic, The Salem Witch Trials.

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As if I need another reason to read . . . but it is always fun to categorize books, and pursue a specific segment of literature. Sharon is hosting a Russian Reading Challenge, so here’s my Russian Literature Reading List for 2008--

*Dr. Zhivago*The Brothers Karamazov *War and Peace*Crime and Punishment* Great Russian Stories (a compilation of 12 short stories)

These are all selections I have been wanting to read (did I mention I am a HUGE Anna Karenina fan!), so this provides some focus.

Oh and yesterday, the Anne of Green Gables read and kal began. Now when is the last time YOU read about that Anne?!!

September

Well, here we are, approaching mid-September. August, came and went . . the first month of SaM4. And did I have a pair to share? Well I have a pair, but they don’t match. I am not sure this counts. One Perambulate + One Roza = a mismatched pair . . . I don't think it counts.

pretend you see a photo here--my camera isn't cooperating.

I did have such good intentions. I was going to have a pair finished. The first sock was finished in a flash. And then, all hell broke loose towards the end of the month, and I got distracted, and busy, and I probably should have knit socks on all those rainy days instead of scheming to knit sweaters and mittens.

And since it will be Tuesday soon, here's what I read last week . . .

And here's this week's read:

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It has been raining for two days, and I have alternated between reading and knitting.
Currently . . .

As a little "let's get out of the house before we kill each other" jaunt, we ended up at Border's, where these 2 tombs happened to come home with me . . .


I must have been thinking about how I don't read enough non-fiction.

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Currently reading . . .and taking a visit through the French Riviera and Europe with Dick, Nicole and Rosemary. While at the same time, I am also visiting the middle east . . .

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I finished this last week . . . those who haven't read it, are missing something really special.

I am almost finished with this . . . I have no idea why I have never had the opportunity to read this sooner.

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This is the view I wake up to each morning:


These beautiful bookshelves which are the home to my book collection. Next I am lobbying for a knitting room!

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Knitting is running a close second to Harry Potter . . . it has been all about Harry Potter for us.

There was the Potter Party all night on Friday (that was after we waited in line for an hour, mid-afternoon, to get our bracelet, which allowed us to get our book at midnight) . . .


We were the 47th person, and at about 12:10 am, we had it in our hand! And a few mminutes after that, we got an official box, which the books were shipped in . . .

Since we all are reading the same book, we need to take turns. So when I'm not reading, I am knitting . . . ms3, and finishing some socks!!!!

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This was a terrific, quick read, and I learned so much . . .
And like so many others, we can hardly wait until Friday night's party in honor of this . . .

Tick . . . tick . . . tick . . . .

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EEk! It's been a while . . . I took an unanticipated hiatus from blogging. Here's what I have been doing . . .

And counting the days until Harry Potter is released! Next post . . . Mystery Stole #3!

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Currently . . .

Another purchase for the pile . . .

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I love the Maisie Dobb's series. Maisie is a lovely heroine and each of the books (4 in all) are gentle, but interesting reads--easy for the pool.

In other book news, I seem to have lost/misplaced/hidden/forgot where I put it my copy of Scarf Style. This book has been missing for at least 2 weeks. I have even resprted to asking the kids and my husband if they took it (their replies--"why would I want that?"). I am pitching a serious fit about not having this book at my fingertips.

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I have read 3 fabulous books . . .
The Killing Sea is a story or tsunami survivors and is apprpriate for middle schoolers. Since I am trying to read what my kids are reading, I cam upon this book, and it was terrific.
Veronika was so compelling I finished it in one day! I wasn't sure I would like it as I moved through the first chapter, but I was thoroughly engrossed after that. And of course, because I loved The Kite Runner, I adored his second novel. It's on all the features lists, and it is so worth the price in hardback!

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What is this?

This is the summer book basket. I decided that I was going to collect (read: buy, pull off our bookshelves) all of the books that would be both enriching and interesting for my 2 children. There are things in the basket that we own, but neither of them have had the chance to read (Eragon, The Hobbit). There are new books which I have bought knowing they would really love (Tangerine, Speak) them, and there are some classics (The Diary of Ann Frank, Call of the Wild) which, unless I beg and barter, neither of them would pick. The summer book basket is the WOW! LOOK AT THIS, THERE’S SO MANY INTERESTING BOOKS WHERE DO I BEGIN, IT IS LIKE A BOOKSTORE RIGHT IN OUR FAMILY ROOM container.

My Personal Summer Reading Goals, for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge:

1. Read 25 books
2. Read (and attempt to enjoy!) Don Quixote

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Let’s do a little recap on the books challenge think, shall we?

4/5 read +6 others read

to read: Fever 1794

als0 read: The Blind Assassin, The Joy Luck Club, Blue Shoes and Happiness, Ahab’s Wife additional reads: The Road, Madame Bovary, The Reluctant Fundalmentalist, Love in the Time of Cholera, Eat*Pray*Love, Wicket’s Remedy

3/3 read

read: Woman in White, Ahab’s Wife, The Book Thief

0/4 read

better get busy!

I have also decided to take the plunge, joining Tilting at Windmills, where everyone is reading Don Quixote. I am not sure I am up for this particular challenge, but I am going to give it a “whirl” and see if I can make it my personal summer challenge. Do you want to work through this with us? Go buy the book and join us!