One Book a Week Club in 2007

Post by **hugh** » January 17th, 2007, 9:29 am

****Lullabies for Little Criminals, by Heather O'Neill
review:
http://dosemagazine.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/bookreview-lullabies-for-little-criminals/

ceastman · Post by **ceastman** » January 17th, 2007, 2:41 pm

2. A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer. Fun read for when you have no brain because of cold/flu thing.

-Catharine

Ponyfeathers · Post by **Ponyfeathers** » January 18th, 2007, 12:04 pm

I need to read more. I slacked off from very heavy reading once I no longer had to commute on a train. Maybe this will help!

1. The Seventh Tower , Garth Nix (Six book series as published, but truly just one book broken into small bites for children.)
2. The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper [reread for bedtime]
3. The Complete Winnie the Pooh, by AA Milne [reread for bedtime]
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Phillip K. Dick
5. The Battle for Christmas, Stephen Nissenbaum (Lord, that was a hard book to get through. How many times can an anthropologist repeat himself? It was like being forced to get to the Tootsie roll center one lick at a time.)
6. The Long Winter, Laura Ingalls Wilder [reread for bedtime] Much beloved book. It was a joy to share it with my hubby at bedtime. He had never read it (or most of my childhood favs.) We will probably go on to read the others. I started with this one in case he didn't like them much, because it's my favorite of the series.
7. Thunderstruck, Eric Larson [audio] (Not as good as Devil in the White City. No mention of Tesla and his lawsuit, either; a huge oversight, IMO.)
8. The Human Drama of Abortion: A Search for Global Consensus, by Anibal Faudes and Jose S. Barzelatto. (I highly recommend this for anyone interested in the abortion debate. It has a very global focus, and it is interesting to hear worldwide opinions and statistics on the issue. It's a small book, relatively quick to read. I did feel a bit odd with it in hand when my neighbor came by to ask me to watch the baby...)
9. The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton. [audio] Great LV recording! I can't stand the ending of this book, though; it's absolutely unbearable. Actually, the entire theme is pretty painful. But a great reading, definately.

On deck: Caddie Woodlawn for bedtime. The Deadbeat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries, by Marilyn Johnson. The Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters on audio.

ChrisHughes · Post by **ChrisHughes** » January 20th, 2007, 9:57 am

review of Lord Jim: http://readear.blogspot.com/

2 down. 50 to go. How many weeks left in the year?

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » January 20th, 2007, 2:45 pm

Thank you Chris... I really enjoy reading your entries =)

Starlite · Post by **Starlite** » January 20th, 2007, 3:06 pm

OK I'm going to include all Audiobooks listened to or read in full.

1. Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush (almost done)
2. Allan Quartermain - proofing
3. Non LV - Deception point by Dan Brown. (In process of reading)
4. Non LV - Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes done
5. Sherlock Holmes - His las Bow (In process of reading)

aileron · Post by **aileron** » January 21st, 2007, 10:47 pm

weee! must join this one

Currently Reading:
Zorro - Isabel Allende

Finished:
1. Sara Gruen - Water for Elephants
2. Mitch Albom - Tuesdays with Morrie
3. Haruki Murakami - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
4. Isabel Allende - Portrait in Sepia
5. Isabel Allende - Daughter of Fortune
6. Choke - Chuck Palahniuk

ChrisHughes · Post by **ChrisHughes** » January 23rd, 2007, 3:46 pm

The Invisible Man - reviewed http://readear.blogspot.com

The review the world has waited for since 1895...

rootpi · Post by **rootpi** » January 24th, 2007, 12:53 am

Currently reading, from my original post:

rootpi wrote:The Mind Has Mountains by Paul R. McHugh
Mountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane

They are on very different topics (psychiatry and climbing, resp.), but both begin with a quote from Gerard Manley Hopkins, "O the mind, mind has mountains..." so I figured if I was reading one I ought to read the other as well

Note that in my already finished category are Mountain Man Dance Moves and Mind of the Raven, so there seems to be a theme going!

And I think this will be my 100th LV post - yippeeee

Post by **hugh** » January 24th, 2007, 7:11 am

**anarchism: a beginner's guide, by ruth kinna:
http://dosemagazine.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/bookreview-anarchism-a-beginners-guide/

ceastman · Post by **ceastman** » January 26th, 2007, 9:02 pm

3. The Man who Planted Trees, by Jean Giono:

http://amethyst73.livejournal.com/2492.html

-Catharine

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » January 27th, 2007, 6:24 am

2. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

For such a tiny book this one took me awhile to read. I am amazed by the depth that the author achieves in so few pages. The story follows pretty closely Joseph Campbell's stages of the hero journey (see Hero with a Thousand Faces), which, while making the story feel familiar, does not provide the reader with any surprises. However, the suspense is still there as the hero goes to the end of the world to battle himself. I may need to re-read Tombs of Atuan before I proceed to book three.

I'll keep my running list of books here:
http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/BetsieBush

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » January 27th, 2007, 6:36 am

And two more little books to boost my total

3. The art of growing miniature trees, plants and landscapes; Japanese bonsai and bonkei adapted to American conditions by Tatsuo Ishimoto
A thin 1956 volume on bonsai culture. This book remains as relevant and up-to-date as any "modern" book on the subject of bonsai cultivation and maintenance. Bonsai has not changed much and the photographs, while black and white, are very clear and provide much inspiration.

4. The art of shaping shrubs, trees, and other plants by Tatsuo Ishimoto
Another thin volume, this 1966 book on pruning and landscaping with shrubbary (no Monty Python jokes, please =) provides more inspiration than technique. I really appreciate the authors presentation style with photographic examples from around the world.

ChrisHughes · Post by **ChrisHughes** » January 27th, 2007, 6:44 am

Review: The Red Badge of Courage http://readear.blogspot.com

Starlite · Post by **Starlite** » January 27th, 2007, 6:53 am

To the powers that be - Can we link Chris's reviews to the catalogue pages that they pertain to? I guess it would just be an easy edit to the wordpress page?

Esther