Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Thet were having a casting call for the movie version of "The Lovely Bones" in our area 2 weeks ago. I saw the ad in the paper and called my cousin b/c I thought her daughter would be interested in trying out. (It was for extras and samll roles.) She said "Oh, that's one of her fav. books." and I had never heard of it! (I am so out of the loop, I guess, b/c everyone on LP had read it, too!) Does it take place near Philly? (cause that's the area we live in, just outside.) It sounds like a big deal with Peter Jackson directing and all.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 Just finished my second trip through Deathly Hallows. First time through I was to anxious to get on with it and missed a lot. Before it came out I read the other 6 so now I really need a total change of pace. Won't start anything new until I get home from my trip.
Originally Posted By alexbook I've just borrowed a copy of David Koenig's latest, "Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World," from the store's inventory.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Let us know how you liked the book DAR! It was definitely unique. I am currently reading Stone Song by Win Blevins. The life of Crazy Horse. So far, it's very good.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I also enjoyed The Lovely Bones. Very moving. I am currently reading "The Tao of Pooh"
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Just finished The March by E.L. Doctorow...I'm a sucker for a civil war novel...
Originally Posted By DAR I think the Lovely Bones is going to be something I'll read in between other things. This weekend I was going through some stuff and found some old Justice League trade paperbacks, so I'm giving those a read.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 A couple of weeks ago, I read this book called "Knit Together, Discover God's Pattern For Your Life" by Debbie Macomber. I picked it up at the library and I never read books like this, so I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It was like getting a nice pep talk. The librarian suggested I read one of her fiction books, it's a 1st in a series called "The Shop on Blossom Street". It's really good, too. It about a lady that opens a yarn shop and starts a knitting class to drum up business. The group of 4 ladies are very different from each other, but still manage to become friends. I'm glad there are two more to follow, b/c I hate to see it end.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 <<her fiction books>> oops, by "Her" I meant the same author, Debbie Macomber.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Macomber is a huge seller where I work. Another of those authors that I have on my "must read" list. Or at least "try". That series is also a good seller. As is her "Navy" series. Right now I'm reading another Nicholas Sparks book "True Believer". So far, so good. But I'm only about a quarter of the way into it. His books are always good though. Often sad, but good.
Originally Posted By alexbook Austin Grossman, "Soon I Will Be Invincible" Not a comic book, despite the title.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo I picked up a couple of books to humor my 11-year old daughter and I ended up loving them. "Peter and the Starcatchers" and "Peter and the Shadowthieves." They're actually Disney books with the backstory of Peter Pan as imagined by Dave Barry (you know, the hilarious columnist) and Ridley Pearson. Very entertaining, if mindless. According to my son, I have to read the Golden Compass now.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I've been trying to read "The Forgotten Man" by Amity Shlaes. It's sub title is A New History of the Great Depression. It's a period of history that I know so little about and I want to like it and learn something. But, I just doze off every time I pick it up. I made it to page 75 in a week. I think I will give up.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Ohh, I love MacBeth. I'm reading Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, & the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott. It's an amazingly fun read about the Everleigh Club in Chicago, run by sisters Minna & Ada Everleigh. Up next is The King's Reformation: Henry VIII & the Remaking of the English Church by G.W. Bernard.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter I just finished "We Are All Welcome Here," by Elizabeth Berg. It was excellent, and I highly recommend it. It's a novel loosely based on the life of a woman who contracted polio in the 1950's, gave birth in an iron lung, and raised that daughter on her own despite being paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of her life. The book takes place the summer of her daughter's 13th year, and it's a fascinating read--sad but inspiring at the same time.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon DH read the Golden Compass and loved it as well as the other two that go with it (titles of which escape me at the moment). That Elizabeth Berg book sure sounds good Pixie Glitter. May check into that one. I think I have a Dick Francis book (Mystery) next on my list.
