12 posts tagged “books read in '08”
Just finished this. Much easier to finish than Baby Proof which I thought was awful. Hard to even like that main character. This character was interesting. I've never been in a similar situation and think she flirted a bit too much with relationship danger for ridiculous reasons but it was a good book. Well written and in the end she made better decisions so everything ended fairly well. How's that for being vague? Don't want to give anything away though do I?Think it's the better of her books.
Now I'm off to see if I can get my super tired boy to sleep some so I can get to bed myself!
Yay! I had the time to finish my book ...
I must say that in the end I liked it. A good reminder to tell the truth to kids (as much as they can deal with at whatever their developmental age) ... they always figure things out anyway and then they won't be pissed at you for lying and might retain their faith and trust in you even if the truth hurts. Not to give anything away, but the thing that redeemed the book for me was the author killing someone off. Usually that upsets me and at first I was annoyed, but it really did bring everything together and wrap the book up nicely, along with the other surprise but alas I don't want to completely ruin anything for someone who hasn't read the book and wants to.
Here's a quote from the book that really resonated with me:
"This is motherhood for you, " said my own mother. "Going through life with your heart outside your body."
Just struck me as an interesting thought. I want the best for my son, I love him dearly. For the moment I'm the center (or mostly so) of his little universe. All is well when I'm nearby. As he grows this will change. He'll go to kindergarten, middle school, high school and maybe leave for college. He's mine for a season and God's forever. Wherever he goes I'll think about him, wonder how things are going for him and probably want to pick up the pieces when things fall apart ... he'll always have a piece of my heart with him. I think my biggest job as a mother is to make sure he has confidence, enough to weather the ups and downs of life, enough to know when he needs the help of others, enough to know he needs his Savior through good times and bad.
Finished this book a few days ago. Not bad. Sweet story. Sort of follows Fancy Pants, there are a few characters from that book in this one and it's set in the same area.
Now I'm on to Certain Girls which I just picked up from the library. I'm kind of excited to start reading that ... and am off to it as soon as we can get Stephan to take a nappy!
Picked this up from the bookstore last week when Stephan refused to nap one day and was driving me nuts so I went shopping. I enjoyed the book but thought the ending was a bit lacking. I'm guessing this is due to the fact that it's the first in a series of four books about the girls but still ... my favorite series are those where each book is able to stand alone as a complete story. As the next books come out we'll see how things go. Great cast of characters though, each with their own flaw.
This one was an audio book I listened to mostly while working out but also a lot on our trip to FL. While I ended liking the book, this was another difficult character for me to get into, mostly because she was so selfish and shortsighted most of the book. As she started to help others and not focus so much on herself the book got better, course by then it was almost over. I'm now on to the next book in the series Shopaholic Takes Manhattan and hope I enjoy the book more since I've come to like the character ... however she's back to being selfish so we'll see. I've got the whole series of books on my iPod and plan to finish them so I hope I like them!
This book was good. A somewhat predictable romance set in the old wild west of Texas ... Girl doesn't want arranged marriage. Girl runs away and pretends to be a boy. Finds a place on her uncle's ranch and gets "whipped into shape" buy said uncle's top cowboy. Befriends top cowboy. Everyone discovers she's a she not a he. Top cowboy totally pissed. And since I said it was predictable, of course the top cowboy gets the girl. Nice fun, fluffy fiction. Perfect for relaxing before bedtime. I've got another of Hake's books on my iPod to listen to at some point. She's a decent author, but doesn't hit the favorite mark like Micheal Phillips (who writes historical fiction with a Christian bent) or Karen Kingsbury who writes poignant stories that always get me in tears or Neta Jackson who wrote the Yada Yada Prayer group books set in Chicago, and of course there's Kristen Billerbeck whose Ashley Stockingdale novels have me laughing often! I should read those again soon.
I finished:
I like the Baxters and their continuing saga, but unlike most people I'll be fine with the final book coming out soon. All good things must end and I'm sure she'll continue to write other good books, just different people.
I'm almost done with:
I've really enjoyed this book. While I've gotten a lot of helpful stuff out of it, the best is the idea of being a "perfectly good mother" since there is no such thing as a "perfect mother," that is unattainable. Being perfectly good most of the time is something that I really connected with. Was like a weight lifted off my shoulders. Thanks to whomever read this an posted about it somewhere!
Show us the most productive thing you'll accomplish today.
Finished this book. Not sure this is the most productive thing I'll do today but it was somewhat productive so it'll make the list. Not the most interesting book I've ever read, pales in comparison to #8! and other books I've read ... Like Reconstructing Natalie by the same author. Think that might be her best book, this one was just ho-hum.
On other news for today. I hope another productive thing will be getting my Vicodin refill refilled! When Andy called it in they said Tuesday. Seriously, I need the drugs now, I'm in pain NOW! By Tuesday I might be fine with Tylenol. Stupid pharmacy. We are going to head over in person after Stephan gets up from his nap to see if that might make a difference and get them to refill it today.
The first productive thing I did was take a nap whilest Andy went to church for our monthly nursery duty. Ended up only have three little ones since we went from 72 degrees and super fabulous weather to a foot of snow and the obnoxious sledders within the span of 24 hours. So glad we were able to get new tires on my car yesterday ... just in time!
I think my final "productive" thing of the day will be making Shell's potato soup and watching a movie with Andy. Maybe Superman Returns or Wimbledon.
I LOVED THIS BOOK! I'm not sure I can even quite put into words exactly why. Fabulous writing, that's probably it. I think this might have been the prettiest book I've ever read if you can call a book pretty. Maria has a gorgeous way with words that left me somewhat awestruck. Add in a wonderful story that while it might have taken a bit to get going was really honest and sweet. Not sure if that makes any sense at all, but nevertheless, this was a wonderful book that I'm glad my hubby bought for me straight off the bargain rack at Borders. Run to the nearest Borders or your library and read it! Hope you love it too!!
decided i should start numbering these like Kelly. so here's book #7.
finished this this morning. wanted to finish it last night but it was late and i needed to get to sleep. on to the next book. this one i actually purchased (gasp) from Borders on the bargain shelf.
Finished this book last week? I think. Liked it. Not quite as good as Reconstructing Natalie but it was good.
Eventually I'll get the sequel from the library too. So we'll see how that is.
