Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maude Montgomery
Read: I think there is some sort of law that any female raised in Canada has to read Anne of Green Gables at some point.
Source: e-reader
Finished: June some time
Pages: 270
I had never really wanted to read this book. I kind of sort of knew the general premise, but I knew it had some sort of vague connection to Road to Avonlea which was a show I always despised but would end up watching the last few minutes of since it aired before the Bugs Bunny and Tweety show on Sunday nights.
But, it was one of the free books on my e-reader and I thought, what the heck, I'll give it a go.
I actually enjoyed it. I really wasn't expecting to. I wasn't expecting it to be funny, and I wasn't expecting for the characters to be so relate-able. Anne, who always struck me as an obnoxious little prat when I would see/hear/read something about the book, was just a funny kid with a wild imagination and a runaway mouth. She wasn't trying to be annoying, it just worked out that way.
Am I going to join the legion of crazy Green Gables nuts? Nah. But it was a cute book and I am glad I read it. I might read it again some day.
****
Book count: 7
Page count: 992+270 = 1262
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Second half of the Bone Series by Jeff Smith
Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border (Book 5)
Old Man's Cave (Book 6)
Ghost Circles (Book 7)
Treasure Hunters (Book 8)
Crown of Thorns (Book 9)
Read: Because I've always heard good things about Bone when I used to stalk the comic book community.
Source: Christmas Presents from Kim
Finished: 6/26/2011
Rating: 9 out of 10
Publisher: Graphix/Scholastic
Pages: 116+118+150+136+212= 732
Published: 2009 (overall)
This series is really just too good. It is as satisfying a fantasy read as you can get, and in a different form. And I love the use of the drawings to move the story along without any dialogue at all in some parts. The books are sweet, funny, deep and incredibly creative. I highly, highly recommend.
****
Book count: 6
Page count: 260+732= 992
Old Man's Cave (Book 6)
Ghost Circles (Book 7)
Treasure Hunters (Book 8)
Crown of Thorns (Book 9)
Read: Because I've always heard good things about Bone when I used to stalk the comic book community.
Source: Christmas Presents from Kim
Finished: 6/26/2011
Rating: 9 out of 10
Publisher: Graphix/Scholastic
Pages: 116+118+150+136+212= 732
Published: 2009 (overall)
This series is really just too good. It is as satisfying a fantasy read as you can get, and in a different form. And I love the use of the drawings to move the story along without any dialogue at all in some parts. The books are sweet, funny, deep and incredibly creative. I highly, highly recommend.
****
Book count: 6
Page count: 260+732= 992
Saturday, September 24, 2011
I know, I know, I fail.
It's pretty easy to see that my attempt at a standard format to make entries "easier" on me failed miserably. Directly after my posting of Mitch Albom's book, going back and following the format seemed like a huge chore. That, coupled with life, meant that I neglected the blog for a couple of months.
In fact, I neglected to read. Period.
Normally books are my number one escape. I smash through them at light speed and can't wait for more. But the last few months have not been easy for me, dealing with health, pets, work, and the massive changes that life has thrown at me in general.
Well, I did read. I have been reading collections of Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Cathy... comic strips that are completely mindless and the perfect tonic for an exhausted, stressed out brain. I needed pictures and immediate gratification.
But they don't count.
In the last week, though, I've been reading again. I picked up a book that's been sitting on my shelf, just waiting for a re-read. I know it's a book that I enjoy and is light, but piques my deeper interests also. And that's gotten me thinking about the blog again and the fact that, I can come back, admit that my experiment in formatting was a huge fail, and get back to what I like doing. Reading books and jotting what I liked about them.
Tonight, I came across something else. Something that has me EXCITED to read. Something to LOOK FORWARD to. I haven't been excited or looked forward to something in a long time. This feels like a bit of a tonic for me and I am ready to do this. I am stoked.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
When Mike and I went to a resort in Cuba a few years ago, there was an informal library where guests took books, left books, etc. So I took a couple of books from that library, but left a few that I had brought with me - cheap used book store finds that I wouldn't miss. But there was a bit of a thrill, thinking about them moving on to someone else. Maybe moving on to yet a different part of the world altogether. It reminded me of when I was younger and I liked to hide little treasures for people to find. Small toys or pretty rocks or a quarter. When I was older it turned into moving the lawn ornaments around in suburban yards. I wouldn't damage them, just place them oddly for the owners to find in the morning.
That goes back even further to a talk show episode I saw when I was very young. Someone had stolen a small plastic duck lawn ornament from a yard, and then took pictures of it in different locals all over the world and mailed them back to the owners. They loved getting updates on their little duck and then one day, the duck showed up in their yard again. It was a bit more beat up, the colour had faded, but it must have had stories to tell. And someone is doing that with a rubber duck right now. I love it. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20110816/NEWS/708169979
In fact, I neglected to read. Period.
Normally books are my number one escape. I smash through them at light speed and can't wait for more. But the last few months have not been easy for me, dealing with health, pets, work, and the massive changes that life has thrown at me in general.
Well, I did read. I have been reading collections of Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Cathy... comic strips that are completely mindless and the perfect tonic for an exhausted, stressed out brain. I needed pictures and immediate gratification.
But they don't count.
In the last week, though, I've been reading again. I picked up a book that's been sitting on my shelf, just waiting for a re-read. I know it's a book that I enjoy and is light, but piques my deeper interests also. And that's gotten me thinking about the blog again and the fact that, I can come back, admit that my experiment in formatting was a huge fail, and get back to what I like doing. Reading books and jotting what I liked about them.
Tonight, I came across something else. Something that has me EXCITED to read. Something to LOOK FORWARD to. I haven't been excited or looked forward to something in a long time. This feels like a bit of a tonic for me and I am ready to do this. I am stoked.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
When Mike and I went to a resort in Cuba a few years ago, there was an informal library where guests took books, left books, etc. So I took a couple of books from that library, but left a few that I had brought with me - cheap used book store finds that I wouldn't miss. But there was a bit of a thrill, thinking about them moving on to someone else. Maybe moving on to yet a different part of the world altogether. It reminded me of when I was younger and I liked to hide little treasures for people to find. Small toys or pretty rocks or a quarter. When I was older it turned into moving the lawn ornaments around in suburban yards. I wouldn't damage them, just place them oddly for the owners to find in the morning.
That goes back even further to a talk show episode I saw when I was very young. Someone had stolen a small plastic duck lawn ornament from a yard, and then took pictures of it in different locals all over the world and mailed them back to the owners. They loved getting updates on their little duck and then one day, the duck showed up in their yard again. It was a bit more beat up, the colour had faded, but it must have had stories to tell. And someone is doing that with a rubber duck right now. I love it. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20110816/NEWS/708169979
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