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August 21, 2008

I Vote for Books

For a fun way to exercise your voting muscle before the big day, go to First Book.org. You can enter your favorite children's book, or the one that made you a reader, and then vote for the state you'd like to receive $50,000 of new books.

www.firstbook.org

And I have no way of FORCING you to vote for Maryland. But I can gently encourage.

The End.

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Quotes

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. Anna Quindlen

coming soon

Ree Drummond: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Ranch Wife
Oct 27
Nigella Lawson: Nigella Christmas: Food Family Friends Festivities
Nov 1
Jeff Kinney: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
October 11
Barbara Kingsolver: The Lacuna: A Novel
November 3
Alice Munro: Too Much Happiness: Stories
November 17

in the queue

little peeps

David Sacks: Vigfus the Viking
laugh out loud funny, and the kids like it too :)
Michael Bedard: Emily
beautifully illustrated story of a little girl who lives next door to Emily Dickinson
Kate DiCamillo: The Magician's Elephant
Laurie Halse Anderson: Fever 1793
KWB's summer reading
David L. Weitzman: Pharaoh's Boat
with 2 older boys who have studied Egypt - this presents a lot information beautifully
Lauren Child: Charlie and Lola: We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers (Charlie & Lola)

the end

Suzanne Collins: Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
i appreciated the slower parts and thought the end was rushed. i'm also not sure i like the added emphasis on the romantic part of the story - i hope it's not the influence of twilight. (****)
Rebecca Stead: When You Reach Me
going on my top 10 list this year (*****)
Dan Chaon: Await Your Reply: A Novel
another 3.5 - much hyped and there lies my disappointment. i just didn't care about the story or characters until about 2/3 of the way through, and then soon after figured out the clever twist. but a very well written clever twist. (***)
Jenna Blum: Those Who Save Us
i'm hovering in between a 3 and 4...3.5? another perspective - a German woman's survival during WW2. it think I need a break from this genre. (***)
Beth Kephart: Undercover
(*****)
Maeve Binchy: Heart and Soul
no one writes feel-good stories better (****)
Gillian Flynn: Dark Places: A Novel
another eerie one...with quite the twist (****)
Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
4.5 - old fashioned mystery (****)
Kathryn Lynard Soper: The Year My Son and I Were Born: A Story of Down Syndrome, Motherhood, and Self-Discovery
(****)
Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Played with Fire
(*****)
Diana Orgain: Bundle of Trouble (A Maternal Instincts Mystery)
review coming soon (***)
Zoey Dean: Hollywood Is like High School with Money
(***)
George Pelecanos: The Night Gardener
3.5 - my first Pelecanos book - love the DC setting (***)
Dave Cullen: Columbine
(****)
Jennifer Cody Epstein: The Painter from Shanghai: A Novel
3.5 (***)
Ninni Holmqvist: The Unit
(****)
Kathryn Stockett: The Help
(*****)
Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize)
(****)
Claire Kilroy: Tenderwire
(****)
Gin Phillips: The Well and the Mine
(****)
Valerie Steiker: The Leopard Hat: A Daughter's Story
(****)
Joyce Hinnefeld: In Hovering Flight
(****)
Thrity Umrigar: The Weight of Heaven: A Novel
(***)
Chris Cleave: Little Bee: A Novel
a 3.5 - I wanted to like it more but the story seemed kind of forced... (****)
Jamie Ford: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel
(***)
Tess Callahan: April & Oliver: A Novel
look for the review this week... (****)
Abraham Verghese: Cutting for Stone: A novel
my first Kindle read (*****)