Me too!!

This is about the time that I started reading like crazy last year, and I feel like it is happening again now. I just finished reading Atonement by Ian McEwan. It was really good. I've seen the movie, but as is usually the case, the book was much better. I definitely recomment it to everyone who reads this blog.

Now I am reading a book that Grama gave me for Christmas called Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. I'm not too far into it but so far I really like it. I'm not even totally sure what it's about, but I'm guessing something about pirates...haha. So far it's sort of Pirates of the Caribbean-esque. But I know that's not really what it's like. Either way, it seems to be right up my alley. I for sure hope I am able to keep up with my reading and with this blog. I'm glad we have started up again , I like the connections too!

Letter To My Daughter

I bought and started this book yesterday. I'm already on Chapter 6. It's a fast read, but one filled with lots of meaningful words. I'm just reading through right now, but I'll probably go back and read it again some day so I can copy down some quotes that really popped out at me.

What I'm Reading

One of my goals this year is to READ MORE! I've been on the same book for ages but loving every word. Still Meadow and Sugar Bridge is a collection of correspondence between two writers, Gladys Tabor and Barbara Webster. Through the course of a year, they write back and forth to each other about their homes, their families, their thoughts, dreams, and reflections on life in the country. The book was published at a time when letters were still handwritten and computers filled whole rooms (late 1950's, I think).

I'm looking forward to reading what everyone else has open. I really enjoy this blog and the connections we make through books.

Hello!

I would love to get this blog back up and running. It's one of my goals for the year.

I know the previous format might seem a little daunting, so lets relax things a bit and see if we can get things going again.

Just post when you can about what your reading, what you've read and enjoyed, and what you'd like to read. I'm going to keep the previous format link in the sidebar though, just for reference in case you need a push in a direction for a certain day.

Right now I'm struggling through a book by Ann Rule, but I think I'm only struggling because I'd rather be reading Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou, which is the book I bought for Grama this year for Christmas.

So I'll be headed to Borders today or tomorrow to pick that up and then that's what I'll be reading through. I think she's already done, so I've got to get hopping. :)

Christie's Manifest

I'm up way too late, but I wanted to fit a quick post in as I'm hoping my dedication will revive this lovely bloggy.

I'm still reading The Sun Also Rises. I have a feeling it will take me awhile as I've been keeping busy with other things and staying up too late, which equals being too tired to read when I finally do get in bed.

I hope you all are reading something lovely in between all your other bits of life!

Christie's Top 100

Well hello!

I'm actually reading one of the Top 100 books. #18 to be exact: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

To be honest, I've kind of had a hard time following it. It's like the sentences are all chopped together and the story is rushed along in short chapters.

Maybe I need to drink in order to really get it.

Ha, we all know that's not going to happen, so I'll just keep enjoying it and trying to understand it as best I can... I hope you all are doing the same with some book or another!

Christie's Top 100 Thursday

Wow, I'm actually going to be reading a book from the Top 100 list!

I haven't started yet, but plan to start tonight or this weekend. Grama gave me a book of four Ernest Hemingway books for Christmas and I'm finally diving in. All four books are on our Top 100 list and I'm going to start at the front with The Sun Also Rises, which is #18 on our list.

I hope everyone else is fitting plenty of reading in, even if you aren't able to share here!

Christie's Finished

I finished Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I got a lot more out of it than I anticipated. I don't want to share too much in case someone else decides to read it, but definitely read the last part (Dr. Jekyll's explanation of the happenings) carefully to get the most from the story and the examination of good verses evil.

I'm reading the last few stories that are included in the same book, but they're short so I'll move on quickly. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next, but a trip to the library is likely in the next week or so.

Happy Reading!

Karen's BACK!

It's been a million years since I posted, but here it goes again! I'm not prepared for a Tuesday post, but I will say that I am re-reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I've been working on it for a while and haven't gotten far, but now that I've settled in I will be better at reading and posting and all that.

Christie's Treasure

From the August 30 devotional in Hope for Each Day: Words of Wisdom and Faith, by Billy Graham:

"We Christians should stand out like sparkling diamonds against a dark velvet background" (p. 265).