tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post2419124688995341873..comments2023-10-24T09:17:19.207-04:00Comments on The Perpetual Beginner: Books Read: July - December 2008Perpetual Beginnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-6605445914393890052009-01-05T09:14:00.000-05:002009-01-05T09:14:00.000-05:00I really liked the Parable of the Sower as well. T...I really liked the Parable of the Sower as well. The Parable of the Talents is coming home from the library as soon as our guests have gone home, but I have no time to hit a library until then.<BR/><BR/>The Mummy Case was not bad, but I like the mysteries where Ramses is grown better than the ones where he's a child. He's just a little too precocious in too many ways to be believable to me. Also, annoying. But Ramses as a grown man is an interesting person, and his children are smart without being such paragons.Perpetual Beginnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-44079212743779857322009-01-04T21:25:00.000-05:002009-01-04T21:25:00.000-05:00I just read The Parable of the Sower a few weeks a...I just read The Parable of the Sower a few weeks ago. I thought it was wonderful. Did you like it? I got Parable of the Talents from the library and hope to start on it tonight.<BR/><BR/>Was The Mummy Case any good?Nicole Makihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09931671327435077212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-47434572988938847822009-01-02T12:18:00.000-05:002009-01-02T12:18:00.000-05:00Kathryn, the Lee & Miller drafts are linked th...Kathryn, the Lee & Miller drafts are linked through Sharon Lee's livejournal at: http://rolanni.livejournal.com/ Look at the links in the right-hand column.<BR/><BR/>Off this list, The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, and Mr. Popper's Penguins were read to the boys. Garth Nix will probably be on this year's bedtime reading list.<BR/><BR/>MAM - I think you're probably right. I track mine by opening a blog post and adding to it without publishing each time I write a new post.<BR/><BR/>Michele - I'm out to increase my MA library too. About 2/3 of my current Amazon wishlist is MA-related.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year to all!Perpetual Beginnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-59858846831886303812009-01-02T10:05:00.000-05:002009-01-02T10:05:00.000-05:00Happy New Year! Keeping a list is a great idea. Si...Happy New Year! Keeping a list is a great idea. Six books at once...I am not sure if I could keep them straight.<BR/><BR/>One of my goals is to increase my martial arts library. I have gotten into the habit of keeping a book close at hand.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317845403611730397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-61468604115720966752009-01-02T10:02:00.000-05:002009-01-02T10:02:00.000-05:00I'm guessing a couple of those you actually read t...I'm guessing a couple of those you actually read to the kids, no? I remember being quite fond of Tricksters Queen and Tricksters Choice, when they came out. They were better than some of her previous books mainly because Aly is a very engaging character. <BR/>Ah, to have access to a large selection of English books at the library. <BR/>Where did you find the draft versions of the Miller and Lee books?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-88243557039831066352009-01-02T08:01:00.000-05:002009-01-02T08:01:00.000-05:00PB - You are about as obsessed with reading as I a...PB - You are about as obsessed with reading as I am! I just don't keep track of my books, although that might be interesting. But then again, it's one more thing I would need to add to my already unmanageable "TO DO" list. : )Slop -n- Goulash: Dinner of Champions!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10609954816213004079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-50128201878162371062009-01-01T20:25:00.000-05:002009-01-01T20:25:00.000-05:00As far as I can tell historically, I read between...As far as I can tell historically, I read between 80-120 books pretty much every six months. I keep a book in my purse, in the bathrooms, by the bedside, in the car - I'll have up to six going at any one time, and never fewer than two unless I'm away from home. I started keeping a running list because when I tried to recall the last six months of reading this last July, I knew I was forgetting tons of them.<BR/><BR/>I once tried to go a month without reading, just to see if I could. It was an abject failure. I need my book fix as bad as any junkie. Fortunately they're a bit easier to get a hold of - and far more legal!Perpetual Beginnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-3025643803995344112009-01-01T18:49:00.000-05:002009-01-01T18:49:00.000-05:00That's a lotta books! Right now I can only rememb...That's a lotta books! Right now I can only remember one book I've read this entire year--make that two. <BR/><BR/>I read Dawn's Light by Terri Blackstock and Gentlemen, This Is A Football by Eric Zweig.Becky Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901212090175780900noreply@blogger.com