Hi all
Here are my picks and misses for my books that I read during 2008......the year started off really well, but with the move and all I ran out of steam towards the end...
My "Don't Miss List" in no particular order....but do start with The Kite Runner....
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseni, I gave it 5 stars, awesome book
Here are my picks and misses for my books that I read during 2008......the year started off really well, but with the move and all I ran out of steam towards the end...
My "Don't Miss List" in no particular order....but do start with The Kite Runner....
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseni, I gave it 5 stars, awesome book
The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, 4.5 stars
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Wife-Audrey-Niffenegger/dp/015602943X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249132&sr=1-1
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 4 stars,
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls a bio/memior, 4 stars
http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Castle-Memoir-Jeannette-Walls/dp/074324754X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249298&sr=1-1
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See
http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Flower-Secret-Fan-Novel/dp/0812968069/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249347&sr=1-1
The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
http://www.amazon.com/Pillars-Earth-Deluxe-Oprahs-Book/dp/0451225244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249467&sr=1-1
The Birth House, by Ami McKay
http://www.amazon.com/Birth-House-Novel-P-S/dp/0061135879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249533&sr=1-1
The Audacity of Hope, Barak Obama
http://www.amazon.com/Audacity-Hope-Thoughts-Reclaiming-American/dp/0307455874/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249608&sr=1-1
Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picolut
http://www.amazon.com/Nineteen-Minutes-Jodi-Picoult/dp/0743496736/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249762&sr=1-1
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picolut...interesting topic!
http://www.amazon.com/My-Sisters-Keeper-Jodi-Picoult/dp/0743454537/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249837&sr=1-1
Those Faraday Girls, Monica McInerney
http://www.amazon.com/Faraday-Girls-Ballantine-Readers-Circle/dp/0345490231/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249912&sr=1-1
Beautiful Boy, David Sheff, Biography, a powerful perspective from a fathers experience with his son's meth addiction.
http://www.amazon.com/Faraday-Girls-Ballantine-Readers-Circle/dp/0345490231/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249912&sr=1-1
A Burqa and a Hard Place: Three Years in the New Afghanistan, Sally Cooper...and Aussie's experience in Afghanistan...sorry I can't find it on Amazon and I can't remember how I found out about this book, but I enjoyed the read!
http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Travel/Travel_Writing/product_info/12538439/?cf=3&rid=1662243376&i=2&keywords=sally+cooper
The Lady Elizabeth, Alison Weir
http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Elizabeth-Random-Readers-Circle/dp/0345495365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251240&sr=1-1
The Household Guide to Dying, Debra Adelaide
http://www.amazon.com/Household-Guide-Dying-Debra-Adelaide/dp/0399155597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232250572&sr=1-1
The Boylen Inheritance, Phillipa Gregory
http://www.amazon.com/Boleyn-Inheritance-Philippa-Gregory/dp/1439124671/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251405&sr=1-1
And the rest...some are misses, some were OK but didn't have huge impact on me....
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert...all my friends were/are raving about this book..sad to say I listened to them and went out and bought it...and while I did finish it, I'm missing what the rave is about....I think it will go to the book exchange!
http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Pray-Love-Everything-Indonesia/dp/0143038419/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251062&sr=1-1
East of the Sun, Julia Gregson
http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Fiction_Literature/General/product_info/12536828/?cf=3&rid=2048781449&i=2&keywords=east+of+the+sun
The Secret Life of Bee's, Sue Monk Kidd....I was looking forward to this books...something about books written in the south of the US appeals to me...it lacked something for me! Nice but not worth all the raving...imo!
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Bees-Monk-Kidd/dp/0143114557/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251658&sr=1-1
The Awakening, Kate Chopin...for me it was one big yawn of a book and I didn't finish it although i really did try!
http://www.amazon.com/Awakening-Norton-Critical-Editions/dp/0393960579/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251762&sr=1-2
The Gathering, Anne Enright, another in the didn't finish list! I have to agree with the reviewer on Amazon, review entitled 'uneven'
http://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Novel-Anne-Enright/dp/0802118739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251938&sr=1-1
The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff...I was looking forward to this book, the topic and the manner in which it was written, two stories woven together about the same topic but set 100 years apart, intrigued me and I chose this book over Someone Knows my Name....sadly it lacked something and I wished that I'd gone with my first impluse....another book that will probably go to the book exchange
http://www.amazon.com/19th-Wife-Novel-David-Ebershoff/dp/1400063973/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232252387&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Castle-Memoir-Jeannette-Walls/dp/074324754X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249298&sr=1-1
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See
http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Flower-Secret-Fan-Novel/dp/0812968069/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249347&sr=1-1
The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
http://www.amazon.com/Pillars-Earth-Deluxe-Oprahs-Book/dp/0451225244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249467&sr=1-1
The Birth House, by Ami McKay
http://www.amazon.com/Birth-House-Novel-P-S/dp/0061135879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249533&sr=1-1
The Audacity of Hope, Barak Obama
http://www.amazon.com/Audacity-Hope-Thoughts-Reclaiming-American/dp/0307455874/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249608&sr=1-1
Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picolut
http://www.amazon.com/Nineteen-Minutes-Jodi-Picoult/dp/0743496736/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249762&sr=1-1
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picolut...interesting topic!
http://www.amazon.com/My-Sisters-Keeper-Jodi-Picoult/dp/0743454537/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249837&sr=1-1
Those Faraday Girls, Monica McInerney
http://www.amazon.com/Faraday-Girls-Ballantine-Readers-Circle/dp/0345490231/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249912&sr=1-1
Beautiful Boy, David Sheff, Biography, a powerful perspective from a fathers experience with his son's meth addiction.
http://www.amazon.com/Faraday-Girls-Ballantine-Readers-Circle/dp/0345490231/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232249912&sr=1-1
A Burqa and a Hard Place: Three Years in the New Afghanistan, Sally Cooper...and Aussie's experience in Afghanistan...sorry I can't find it on Amazon and I can't remember how I found out about this book, but I enjoyed the read!
http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Travel/Travel_Writing/product_info/12538439/?cf=3&rid=1662243376&i=2&keywords=sally+cooper
The Lady Elizabeth, Alison Weir
http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Elizabeth-Random-Readers-Circle/dp/0345495365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251240&sr=1-1
The Household Guide to Dying, Debra Adelaide
http://www.amazon.com/Household-Guide-Dying-Debra-Adelaide/dp/0399155597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232250572&sr=1-1
The Boylen Inheritance, Phillipa Gregory
http://www.amazon.com/Boleyn-Inheritance-Philippa-Gregory/dp/1439124671/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251405&sr=1-1
And the rest...some are misses, some were OK but didn't have huge impact on me....
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert...all my friends were/are raving about this book..sad to say I listened to them and went out and bought it...and while I did finish it, I'm missing what the rave is about....I think it will go to the book exchange!
http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Pray-Love-Everything-Indonesia/dp/0143038419/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251062&sr=1-1
East of the Sun, Julia Gregson
http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Fiction_Literature/General/product_info/12536828/?cf=3&rid=2048781449&i=2&keywords=east+of+the+sun
The Secret Life of Bee's, Sue Monk Kidd....I was looking forward to this books...something about books written in the south of the US appeals to me...it lacked something for me! Nice but not worth all the raving...imo!
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Bees-Monk-Kidd/dp/0143114557/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251658&sr=1-1
The Awakening, Kate Chopin...for me it was one big yawn of a book and I didn't finish it although i really did try!
http://www.amazon.com/Awakening-Norton-Critical-Editions/dp/0393960579/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251762&sr=1-2
The Gathering, Anne Enright, another in the didn't finish list! I have to agree with the reviewer on Amazon, review entitled 'uneven'
http://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Novel-Anne-Enright/dp/0802118739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232251938&sr=1-1
The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff...I was looking forward to this book, the topic and the manner in which it was written, two stories woven together about the same topic but set 100 years apart, intrigued me and I chose this book over Someone Knows my Name....sadly it lacked something and I wished that I'd gone with my first impluse....another book that will probably go to the book exchange
http://www.amazon.com/19th-Wife-Novel-David-Ebershoff/dp/1400063973/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232252387&sr=8-1
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I have finished the "Memory Keepers Daughter". I actually enjoyed it, even if they were very introspective people... perhaps why I enjoyed it so much??!
I loved the character of Phoebe. And Caroline, her adopted mum. I loved Phoebe's simplicity. She was handicapped, but I wonder if it isn't the rest of the world that really has the handicap.
Looking forward to your reviews.
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