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Monday, November 03, 2008

Blogs

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http://lelia-stitchesoflife.blogspot.com/

 

 


My 2008 Book List ....

The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry ***** ... btw, this was really, really good!!!
Lauren Groff: The Monsters of Templeton*****
Kate Jacobs: Friday Night Knitting Club *****
(I requested the sequel from the library - Knit Two)
Maeve Binchy: Whitethorn Woods *****
Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist *****
Amy Bloom: Away (read it & listened on audio book -- I felt like I missed a few turns in the story - tho, even the second time around for this novel, was confused, would be perfect for a reading circle)
Tom Perrotta: The Abstinence Teacher
Nancy Horan: Loving Frank
Anne Tyler: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel
Ann Brashares: The Last Summer (Of You & Me)
Arthur Lee Herman: Waiting for the Fall, ISBN 1-930259-48-4
Anne Rice: Christ the Lord
Sue Miller: The Senator's Wife
Alice Hoffman: The Third Angel
Janet Fitch: White Oleander

William Golding: Lord of the Flies
Margaret Lawrence: Hearts and Bones
Joanne Harris: Chocolat
Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
Lillian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers
Judith Guest: Tarnished Eye
JoAnn Harris: Gentlemen & Players
Harlan Coben: Hold Tight
Fern Michaels: Week-end Warriors (IMO-terrible book)
Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady
Jennifer Crusie: Faking It
Cecelia Ahern: PS, I Love You
Cecelia Ahern: Rosie Dunne
Jane Green: To Have and To Hold
Jane Green: The Beach House
Jane Green: Second Chance
Luanne Rice: What matters Most
Luanne Rice: Sandcastles
Luanne Rice: Dance With me
Luanne Rice: Light of the Moon (Pretty good!)
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Winding Ways Quilt
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Quilter's Kitchen (more recipe than story)

Stephenie Meyer: Twilight
Stephenie Meyer: New Moon
Stephenie Meyer: Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer: Breaking Dawn
Sophie Kinsella: Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
Sophie Kinsella: Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Sophie Kinsella: Shopaholic and Baby
Sophie Kinsella: Can You Keep A Secret? (laughed thru this one!!)
Sophie Kinsella: The Undomestic Goddess
Sophie Kinsella: Shopaholic & Sister
Janet Evanovich & Leanne Banks: Hot Stuff
Janet Evanovich: Plum Lucky
Janet Evanovich: Plum Lovin'
Janet Evanovich: Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14)

Rev 01Nov08

My New Books:


With Violets By Elizabeth Robards (Berthe Morisot - Impressionism)
Knit One, Kill Two Maggie Sefton (knitting mystery series)
Susan Vreeland: Luncheon at the Boating Party
Maeve Binchy Scarlet Feather

Current Reads


Jane Johnson: The Tenth Gift (about a quarter thru & may have to re-read from the beginning)
Anthony Capella: The Wedding Officer (about half way thru)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Love in the Time of Cholera (read first section)

Plus, there are other Books in my stack!


Friday, March 21, 2008

Currently Reading
The Senator's Wife
By Sue Miller
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book lists

2008:

Arthur Lee Herman: Waiting for the Fall, ISBN 1-930259-48-4
Cecelia Ahern: PS, I Love You
Cecelia Ahern: Rosie Dunne
Jennifer Crusie: Faking It
Sophie Kinsella: Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
Sophie Kinsella: Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Sophie Kinsella: Shopaholic and Baby
Sophie Kinsella: Can You Keep A Secret? (laughed thru this one!!)
Sophie Kinsella: The Undomestic Goddess
Janet Evanovich & Leanne Banks: Hot Stuff
Rev 19March2008

2007:

Clare Naylor & Mimi Hare: The Second Assistant; A Tale From the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder
Vivian Livingston & Sherrie Krantz: The Autobiogaphy of Vivian
Vivian Livingston & Sherrie Krantz: Vivian Lives
Vivian Livingston & Sherrie Krantz: Vivian the "V" Spot
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter
Alice Hoffman: Illumination Night c.1987
Diane Mott Davidson: Catering to Nobody
Charles Frazier: Cold Mountain *****
Charles Frazier: Thirteen Moons
Gregory Maguire: Wicked
Diane Setterfield: The Thirteenth Tale *****
Arturo Perez-Reverte: The Queen of the South
Sophie Kinsella:Confessions of a Shopaholic : )
Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes: Full Blast
Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes: Full Scoop
Janet Evanovich: Twelve Sharp
Janet Evanovich: Hard Eight
Janet Evanovich: Plum Lovin'
Janet Evanovich: Mean Lean Thirteen
Alice Munro: The View from Castle Rock
John Irving: The World According to Garp
Alice McDermott: After This
Brenda Rickman Vantrease: The Mercy Seller *****
Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes
W.Somerset Maugham: The Painted Veil *****
Zoe Heller: What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
Janet Fitch: Paint it Black
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Sugar Camp Quilt *****
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Quilter's Apprentice
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Christmas Quilt
Jennifer Chiaverini: Round Robin
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Cross-Country Quilters
Jennifer Chiaverini: The RunAway Quilt
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Quilter's Legacy
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Master Quilter
Jennifer Chiaverini: Circle of Quilters
Jennifer Chiaverini: The Quilter's Homecoming
Jennifer Chiaverini: New Year's Quilt
Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner
Tracy Chevalier: Burning Bright
Jennifer Egan: The Keep; A Novel *****
Markus Zusak: The Book Thief
Jeffery Deavers: The 12th Card
Robert Swindells: Nightmare Stairs
Katherine Paterson: Bridge to Terabithia
William Bernhardt: Capitol Threat
Jennifer Crusie: Bet Me
Jennifer Crusie: Anyone But You
Jennifer Crusie: Don't Look Down
Jennifer Crusie: Welcome to Temptation
Suzanne Brockmann: Ladies Man
Adriana Bourgoin: Nine Months in August, My comments HERE at Bookreporter.com
Susan Minot: Evening *****
Susan Vreeland: The Forest Lover
Kaye Gibbons: Ellen Foster
Kaye Gibbons: Divining Women
Mary Balogh: Simply Magic
Jan Karon: Home to Holly Springs
Luanne Rice: The Edge of Winter *****
Nora Roberts: Angels Fall
Nora Roberts: Blue Dahlia (audiobook - while I stitch!)
Nora Roberts: Black Rose (audiobook)
Nora Roberts: Red Lily (audiobook)
Jodi Picoult: Nineteen Minutes
Francine Prose: The Blue Angel
Rebecca Barry: Later, at the Bar: A Novel in Stories *****


Monday, January 21, 2008

Currently Listening
The Story
By Brandi Carlile
The STORY
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Enjoying this CD.   DH bought it yesterday.

 

Enjoying the book ... Link here:

9780060760281 http://www.amazon.com/Away-Novel-Amy-Bloom/dp/1400063566

 

 


Sunday, November 11, 2007

Currently Reading
Blue Angel: A Novel (P.S.)
By Francine Prose
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2007 book list ... updated

Clare Naylor & Mimi Hare:  The Second Assistant; A Tale From the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder
Vivian Livingston & Sherrie Krantz:  The Autobiogaphy of Vivian
Vivian Livingston & Sherrie Krantz:  Vivian Lives
Vivian Livingston & Sherrie Krantz:  Vivian the "V" Spot
Nathaniel Hawthorne:  The Scarlet Letter
Alice Hoffman:  Illumination Night c.1987
Diane Mott Davidson:  Catering to Nobody
Charles Frazier:  Cold Mountain  *****
Charles Frazier:  Thirteen Moons
Gregory Maguire:  Wicked
Diane Setterfield:  The Thirteenth Tale *****
Arturo Perez-Reverte:  The Queen of the South
Sophie Kinsella:Confessions of a Shopaholic  : )
Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes:  Full Blast
Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes:  Full Scoop
Janet Evanovich:  Twelve Sharp
Janet Evanovich:  Hard Eight
Alice Munro:  The View from Castle Rock
John Irving:  The World According to Garp
Alice McDermott:  After This
Brenda Rickman Vantrease:  The Mercy Seller *****
Frank McCourt:  Angela's Ashes
W.Somerset Maugham:  The Painted Veil *****
Jennifer Chiaverini:  The Sugar Camp Quilt *****
Jennifer Chiaverini:  The Quilter's Apprentice
Jennifer Chiaverini:  The Christmas Quilt
Zoe Heller:  What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
Jennifer Chiaverini:  Round Robin
Janet Fitch:  Paint it Black
Jennifer Chiaverini:  The Cross-Country Quilters
Jennifer Chiaverini:  The RunAway Quilt
Jennifer Chiaverini:  The Quilter's Legacy
Jennifer Chiaverini:  The Master Quilter
Jennifer Chiaverini:  Circle of Quilters
Jennifer Chiaverini:  The Quilter's Homecoming
Khaled Hosseini:  The Kite Runner
Tracy Chevalier:  Burning Bright
Jennifer Egan:  The Keep; A Novel *****
Markus Zusak:  The Book Thief
Janet Evanovich:  Plum Lovin'
Jeffery Deavers:  The 12th Card
Robert Swindells:  Nightmare Stairs
Katherine Paterson:  Bridge to Terabithia
Jennifer Crusie:  Bet Me
William Bernhardt:  Capitol Threat
Jennifer Crusie:  Anyone But You
Jennifer Crusie:  Don't Look Down
Jennifer Crusie:  Welcome to Temptation
Suzanne Brockmann:  Ladies Man
Adriana Bourgoin:  Nine Months in August, My comments <a href="http://www.bookreporter.com/one_to_watch/0706bourgoin/arc.asp" target="_blank">HERE</a> at <a href="http://www.bookreporter.com" target="_blank">Bookreporter.com</a>
Susan Minot:  Evening *****
Susan Vreeland:  The Forest Lover
Janet Evanovich:  Mean Lean Thirteen
Kaye Gibbons:  Ellen Foster
Kaye Gibbons:  Divining Women
Mary Balogh:  Simply Magic
Nora Roberts:  Angels Fall
Jan Karon:  Home to Holly Springs



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