tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669218427680408972024-03-07T21:32:01.034-08:00Stop Talking and ReadWherein a dedicated blabbermouth shuts up long enough to read something (but then she still wants to talk about it).LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-56175946388700493172010-01-03T06:18:00.000-08:002010-01-03T06:19:39.959-08:00January 3, 2010<em>Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me</em> by Howie Mandel and Josh YoungLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-45181791484673685962010-01-03T06:16:00.000-08:002010-01-03T06:18:17.084-08:00January 1, 2010The third book in <em>that series</em>.<br /><br />I don't understand why I liked these books so much the first time around. This time, I keep thinkging, "God! They are all such jerks!".<br /><br />Well...except Alice.LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-85965746799303055492009-12-23T10:52:00.001-08:002009-12-23T10:56:55.257-08:00December 23, 2009I finished the second book in <em>that series</em>, and now I'm half-heartedly re-reading the third. I can't remember anything about this one, so something tells me I found it boring the first time around.<br /><br />I read <em>Read My Pins </em>by Madeleine Albright. Very interesting. Now this is the kind of book I love: one that tells me the why's and how's behind a fascinating trait or hobby or habit. A book that I come away from thinking, "Wow! I learned something new about this person!"LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-83287601751106360482009-11-28T08:16:00.000-08:002009-11-28T08:17:29.337-08:00November 26, 2009I read <em>that book</em> again. And now I'm reading the second in <em>that series.</em> <br /><br />Like I said...fluff.LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-481467149581553632009-11-20T12:26:00.000-08:002009-11-20T12:33:24.481-08:00*insert sounds of crickets*I have been reading, but I'm having trouble finding a book that really holds my attention and makes me want to stop everything and finish it.<br /><br />I read <em>Official Book Club Selection</em> by Kathy Griffin in early October, and then...I drifted...from one book to another, not finishing anything. Last week I picked up <em>Bringing Home the Birkin</em> by Michael Tonello.<br /><br />I think I'm just in the mood for (I hate to say it, because I realize that every author works hard and I don't like to belittle anyone's work) fluff reading.LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-86879654676092153062009-09-30T04:01:00.000-07:002009-09-30T04:02:42.972-07:00September 29, 2009<em>The Hour I First Believed </em>by Wally LambLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-79938387230450059052009-09-06T16:26:00.000-07:002009-09-06T16:27:24.044-07:00September 6, 2009<em>The Time Traveler's Wife</em> by Audrey NiffeneggerLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-89325410250778113112009-08-27T19:16:00.000-07:002009-08-27T19:17:49.899-07:00August 26, 2009<em>Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown</em> by Edmund L. AndrewsLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-17471768012837918912009-08-27T19:14:00.000-07:002009-08-27T19:16:22.088-07:00August 21, 2009<em>Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table</em> by Ruth ReichlLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-58013291341383743402009-08-20T04:42:00.000-07:002009-08-20T04:44:31.013-07:00August 18, 2009<em>Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival</em> by Clara Kramer and Stephan GlantzLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-18485516728701477392009-08-12T05:04:00.000-07:002009-08-12T05:06:23.470-07:00August 11, 2009<em>Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way</em> by Ruth ReichlLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-54862870924305150332009-08-11T04:15:00.000-07:002009-08-11T04:17:51.303-07:00August 10, 2009<em>Julie and Julia</em> by Julie PowellLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-30388576169789860072009-07-17T05:18:00.000-07:002009-07-17T05:19:21.896-07:00July 16, 2009<em>My Life in France</em> by Julia Child with Alex Prud'hommeLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-70125248603123152972009-07-13T04:25:00.001-07:002009-07-13T04:26:27.589-07:00July 9, 2009<em>Marly and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog</em> by John GroganLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-9118517084260477552009-07-13T04:22:00.000-07:002009-07-13T04:24:01.453-07:00July 7, 2009<em>The Last Great Dance on Earth</em> by Sandra GullandLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-32877415812643670642009-06-26T12:53:00.000-07:002009-06-26T12:54:50.271-07:00June 24, 2009<em>Mistress of the Sun</em> by Sandra GullandLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-74219576711023269892009-06-26T12:52:00.000-07:002009-06-26T12:53:46.214-07:00June 16, 2009<em>Tales of Passion Tales of Woe</em> by Sandra GullandLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-22337026529433561152009-06-08T04:07:00.000-07:002009-06-08T04:10:28.758-07:00June 7, 2009<em>A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table </em>by Molly Wizenberg<br /><br />The chocolate cake recipe at the end is delicious. Make it right now.LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-56122053398753358892009-06-08T04:03:00.000-07:002009-06-08T04:07:07.533-07:00May 18, 2009<em>The Reader </em>by Bernhard SchlinkLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-10256384311281042662009-05-30T04:19:00.000-07:002009-05-30T04:20:19.142-07:00May 29, 2009<em>The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.</em> by Sandra GullardLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-23936292101430413182009-05-24T17:53:00.000-07:002009-05-24T17:55:30.256-07:00May 17, 2009<em>Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg: Life and Other Calamities </em>by Kathie Lee Gifford.LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-29296524864035972412009-05-19T04:29:00.000-07:002009-05-19T04:43:56.417-07:0010 Most Challenged books of 2008The ALA has released their list of the 10 most challenged books of 2008. You can read about it <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/april2009/nlw08bbtopten.cfm">here</a>.<br /><br />I usually like to exercise my rights and read all of the books on this list, however, this year there are some that I don't think I can stomache. Not because I find them offensive, but because I find them to be...drivel. <br /><br />I just can't believe that <em>these</em> books are the most challenged (two male penguins adopt an abandoned egg), when there are authors like Chuck Palahniuk. I am still trying to bleach my brain after reading one of his books MONTHS ago (and I think I read one of his tamer tomes). <br /><br />I'm not saying that Palahniuk should be challenged - I don't believe in that kind of censoring in the first place - I'm just saying that when I think of possibly offensive material (and I'm judging only from my own views), none of these would make the list.LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-65915136878237342182009-05-19T04:25:00.000-07:002009-05-19T04:27:25.343-07:00May 14, 2009<em>Columbine</em> by Dave CullenLQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-38378562732505991382009-04-03T18:51:00.000-07:002009-04-03T18:55:38.404-07:00April 3, 2009<em>Magical Thinking</em> by Augusten Burroughs<br /><br />If I could host a dinner party, and invite any three people, living or dead, I would ask Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris and Freddie Mercury. It would be the best night of my life. (This is coming from a straight girl.)LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166921842768040897.post-50979042276129660002009-04-03T18:50:00.000-07:002009-04-03T18:54:51.707-07:00April 2, 2009<em>The Amber Spyglass</em> by Philip Pullman<br /><br />I am seriously pissed about the ending.LQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217988817240679956noreply@blogger.com0