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Summer 2007 Reading List

Jdarg avatar
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OKAY- the "Television is Killing Us" thread made me think about my summer reading list....what is on yours? Amazon.com is a dangerous place for me.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (author of The Kite Runner, oneof my favorite books)

God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens. Now THIS should be interesting!

The Assault on Reason by Al Gore. Let's see what Big Al has to offer.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling. Duh! Can't wait!

I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris. Sounds hauntingly familiar.:blush:

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NoHall avatar
hmmmm......can't remember
#128
GTTBM to rescue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:clap: :clap: :clap: :wub: :wub: :wub:

Well, it'll take you til this Christmas to read the whole thread, but look here...
http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?t=9330&highlight=ornament+exchange

Awww...Love you guys again.

I'm gonna have to read it in the morning because I'm about to face-plant. Just finished watching "The Fisher King" for the umpteenth time. I love that movie, but sometimes I don't know if I like it...

Goodnight, Gulls! Thanks so much for the cheer :wub:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#129
Awww...Love you guys again.

I'm gonna have to read it in the morning because I'm about to face-plant. Just finished watching "The Fisher King" for the umpteenth time. I love that movie, but sometimes I don't know if I like it...

Goodnight, Gulls! Thanks so much for the cheer :wub:

Nite, dear!! Sweet dreams!:wub:
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#130
Then I MUST have been near them; Grayson isn't that big. I was at Buck Jones Nursery on New Hope Road, near Chandler Road...

They live off 84. Which is Grayson Parkway. All I know is....the little dude in my 'tar can be in my arms in 8 minutes from my driveway. Done deal. ;-)

I still want to hear about this ornament thing!

OL is the absolute best. :clap: She organized the whole thing last year. Good thing the person I got was a forgiving sweet friend. (artistic i ain't) . I was so lucky ! Allifunn got my name. My hand painted ornaments are now in my safety deposit box. :wub:
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#131
Nite, dear!! Sweet dreams!:wub:

DD wish you were here! Did we so just hijack a thread? Sorry! :blush:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#132
DD wish you were here! Did we so just hijack a thread? Sorry! :blush:

Sorry I left ya hangin'. Went to bed too. I wish I was there too!!!!! And yes, another thread hijacked....as usual..:biggrin:
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#133
Sorry I left ya hangin'. Went to bed too. I wish I was there too!!!!! And yes, another thread hijacked....as usual..:biggrin:

:clap: ...but done in a most hilarious and gifted way!!! The tampon cat had me :floor: . NoHall...why won't Mrs. Hop come play with us? :confused:
NoHall avatar
hmmmm......can't remember
#134
:clap: ...but done in a most hilarious and gifted way!!! The tampon cat had me :floor: . NoHall...why won't Mrs. Hop come play with us? :confused:

I don't think she much likes to play on the computer. (She likes to hang with Hop and the boy when she can get Hop off the internet!) But if you get her in person, she is the life of a party. Funn gull!

(We didn't hijack anything. This is "Summer Reading.")
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#135
I don't think she much likes to play on the computer. (She likes to hang with Hop and the boy when she can get Hop off the internet!) But if you get her in person, she is the life of a party. Funn gull!

(We didn't hijack anything. This is "Summer Reading.")


Is she ever! :clap:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#136
Jdarg: Got the book---"I Like You"
Looks great.....can't wait!!:clap:
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#137
Jdarg: Got the book---"I Like You"
Looks great.....can't wait!!:clap:

:idontno:Why are you discussing books on this thread? :confused: :funn::lol::floor:
NoHall avatar
hmmmm......can't remember
#138
:idontno:Why are you discussing books on this thread? :confused: :funn::lol::floor:

:lolabove: :rolling: :clap: :funn:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#139
:idontno:Why are you discussing books on this thread? :confused: :funn::lol::floor:

Oops, my bad! What was I thinkin'?????:idontno: :biggrin:
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#140
Oops, my bad! What was I thinkin'?????:idontno: :biggrin:


:floor::lolabove::wub:
supermom262 avatar
Beach Fanatic
#141
I just finished One Thousand Splendid Suns. It was an incredible read. We are so blessed to live where we do, to have freedom, without living in a war zone, or the worries of raising a family in the midst of it all. I loved the characters! The writer really made Afghanistan come to life vividly. I felt myself walking with these women. It is just awful that years and years later, they are still fighting.

I am now on to Kite Runner, which I missed reading last year!
Paula avatar
Beach Fanatic
#142
I have Thousand Splendid Suns and Kite Runner on my reading list for our maine vacation next week. While here in Hong Kong for work, I'm reading Eat, Pray, and Love (as was recommended earlier on this thread) and that sure is a fantastic book. I'm on the opposite time zone and I usually have a hard time falling asleep when I'm here and I get up in the middle of the night. This book is such peaceful and fun and thoughtful reading, that I fall asleep peacefully and have sweet dreams.
NoHall avatar
hmmmm......can't remember
#143
This book is such peaceful and fun and thoughtful reading, that I fall asleep peacefully and have sweet dreams.

I'm still stuck in my Brahms biography. I fall asleep, too, but not so peacefully...
Beach Lover
#144
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Year-Sea-Thoughts-Unfinished-Woman/dp/0767905938/ref=bxgy_cc_b_text_a/105-5151384-1802043"]A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman[/ame]

by Joan Anderson

I loved it, and will read it again when I replace the copy I gave to a lucky woman who lives by the sea. There are 112 differing customer reviews on Amazon.



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DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#145
A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

by Joan Anderson

I loved it, and will read it again when I replace the copy I gave to a lucky woman who lives by the sea. There are 112 differing customer reviews on Amazon.





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I have actually read this!! Loved it!:clap:
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#146
I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. I think Kite Runner was better, but this is a great read too.

SO glad I am not a woman in a fundamentalist Islamic country after reading that!
Paula avatar
Beach Fanatic
#147
I LOVED A Thousand Splendid Suns, even more than The Kite Runner. But both were excellent. I also read "Kabul Beauty School" which was very good but not as good as the other two. I also read "Eat, Pray and Love" which was excellent, especially the first two parts about Italy and India (the Part about Indonesia was OK, but not as great as the first two parts which were wonderful). I also read "Middlesex" which was OK but not as good as Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns. I love summer reading because I don't do as much pleasure reading the rest of the year.

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sbartoldus avatar
Beach Fanatic
#148
I also highly recommend:
Water for Elephants - hilarious quick read - several copies on the shelves at Ceruleans

Great Book!
Jdarg avatar
SoWal ExpertAuthor
#149
I must be a bestseller failure. I gave up on "Eat Pray Love"- hated it. I thought it would be introspective and thought provoking and a beautiful story, but it was nothing but one-liners and cliches. So, 100 pages into it and I'm moving on.

Now I'm on "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and it is excellent like I knew it would be----
Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#150
I don't think she much likes to play on the computer. (She likes to hang with Hop and the boy when she can get Hop off the internet!) But if you get her in person, she is the life of a party. Funn gull!

(We didn't hijack anything. This is "Summer Reading.")


nohall, I think Miss Kitty wants Mrs Hop to play with us here on the board. we have definitely enjoyed her company in person several times - she is our official sowal dance instructor...

:wave:

we'll get her on the board some day soon, I feel sure. she thinks she has to know stuff about the computer and this board to participate. we'll have to convince her that all she needs is a name and a tar, and she's off to become head dance wench.
Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#151
I must be a bestseller failure. I gave up on "Eat Pray Love"- hated it. I thought it would be introspective and thought provoking and a beautiful story, but it was nothing but one-liners and cliches. So, 100 pages into it and I'm moving on.

Now I'm on "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and it is excellent like I knew it would be----

I took one glance at this one (eat/pray/love) and said, "nah"... not my cup of tea.

anyway, just started kite runner (its good already), and don't forget to save me the Suns one.

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