to be found here at a Book Blogger’s Diary. Enjoy!
Vacations…
July 1, 2009 at 1:11 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: book reviews, books, excercise, fiction, Patrick Davy, reading, Susan Runholt, The Mystery of the Third Lucretia, The Will to Win, vacation
…are so amazing. I think that Americans need to follow in the footsteps of the Europeans in getting a lot more vacation weeks per year than we get now because it would lead to me being a more productive employee and would combat burn out tremendously.
Today started off for me late, relatively speaking. My husband and son let me sleep in to about 7 AM. Then I took Nate with me to Sag Harbor, where we had coffee, walked around, went to the post office and then went for a walk on Long Beach, which has a boardwalk that is about a mile (so two miles roundtrip). It was nice. I spent the remainder of my day reading, hanging with Nate and writing reviews.
I ended up reviewing the following books:
- The Will to Win by Patrick Davy, review here.
- The Mystery of the Third Lucretia by Susan Runholt, review here.
Enjoy!
Monday Musings
June 29, 2009 at 5:47 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: book reviews, books, Monday Musings, reading
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about mid-year reading…
Now that we’ve come to the middle of the year, what do you think of your 2009 reading so far? Read anything interesting that you’d like to share? Any outstanding favourites?
I have read a couple of books so far that I really enjoyed. So far, 2009 has been good to me as far as reading selections. My favorites are below along with links to my reviews:
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Without a Map by Meredith Hall is about a single teenage mom in the 60s. My review is here.
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The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar is about an American couple that is transplanted to India after losing their son. My review is here.
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The Mystery Roast by Peter Gadol about an art thief in NYC. Review here.
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Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead is about young African American teens who summer in the Hamptons. Review is here.
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett is about race relations in the Deep South in the Fifties. Review is here.
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel about her life in Iran during the Revolution. Review is here.
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Sepulchre by Kate Mosse is an historical fiction/mystery novel. Review is here.
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The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. Review is here.
Happy reading folks!
Gray mornings…
June 28, 2009 at 8:06 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: 100 Book Challenge, 100 minute challenge, anxiety, book reviews, books, Charles J. Shields, Hamptons, Harper Lee, I Am Scout, New york, reading, To Kill a Mockingbird, vacation
…mean that I can do nothing more than relax here in Sag Harbor. In and of itself, this isn’t a bad thing at all because I totally get enough time to do this at home and I definitely don’t get enough time to appreciate my son at home, with working and everything, like I do here. But there is also a negative to sitting here, just relaxing.
I tend to dwell on things – unfinished business and cases at work that I worry about blowing up while I’m away is a big one. I have brought things to do with me while I’m here. I am planning on reading discovery for at least an hour each night until I go home.
I have also noticed that there are really good things about being home and really bad things. My entire family is here, so that is good sometimes. And so is being 5 minutes away from the beach and the ocean and being able to get really fresh, right off the boat seafood. I also really love being in and near a huge city. The culture is fantastic and I love it. For instance, yesterday, I bid on and won a painting at a silent auction. So much fun!
But in the last 24-36 hours, I’ve had to come into contact with the “natives” and they so rub me the wrong way. Don’t get me wrong – many of us are fantastic and nice people. But the other ones tend to spoil the bunch. Loudness, crassness, rudeness and just a general disregard for those around them. So not classy.
I did take a walk this morning and probably will take another one tonight with Nate, now that it looks like the sun is coming out.
Also, I have reviewed this book:
You can find the review here. Enjoy!
Nice relaxing weekend…
June 22, 2009 at 11:54 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: 100 Book Challenge, Armageddon's Children, book reviews, books, conjunctivitis, Fantasy, Genesis of Shannara, health, pink eye, reading, Shannara, Terry Brooks
…and pink eye again. That’s right folks. The weekend was really nice, as you can see by the pictures down there in my Flickr feed. We went to the Nashua Rotary’s Ribfest and I think that we probably went along with everyone else in the State because we got one of the few sunny breaks all weekend. It was pretty humid though. In spite of that, we had a great time. When we got back, we had a little half birthday party for Nate. Poor kid gets forgotten because his birthday is Christmas Day so we had a cake for him and some presents.
I woke up this morning and thought that i had poked my eye with a poker and that it was then being shoved up my nose to my sinuses. After blowing my nose for like five minutes, I realized that my left eye was pink and itchy – not a good sign. I got my butt into the doctor only to be told that I did indeed have pink eye again. Now I have medicated eye drops that i have to use four a times a day for the next 10 days. Wonderful. I love it. At least I don’t have to remember to take another pill.
On another note, I do have a review up on this book:
It can be found here.
Ribfest
June 21, 2009 at 12:54 am (Uncategorized)
was totally awesome. I will upload pics probably tomorrow as I’m taking the night off from all things blogging.
Monday Musings
June 16, 2009 at 1:27 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: Monday Musings, reading
This one is about award winners.
Do you feel compelled to read prize-winning (Giller/Booker/Pulitzer etc) books? Why, or why not? Is there, perhaps, one particular award that you favour?
This was submitted by Miz Q.
I don’t think that I necessarily feel compelled to read award winning novels. If I need an idea for anoter book to read, I always start at the awards list. It is the first place that I can go to for ideas as to what to read next. I think that it’s good to read the classics and other award winners because it’s good to be able to talk about them with others and, in my case, my kid will probably at some point read them and I really think that it’s important to keep on top of the material that he’ll be exposed to. I totally have high expectations of myself and being the uber-educated mom that can talk about anything with her son.
If you can believe it…
June 15, 2009 at 2:21 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: Bon Jovi, Gloriana, Jennifer Nettles, life, Sugarland, work
…then do it. I cleaned up and did a ton of packing up of my office today. No, I wasn’t fired and I’m not leaving, if I can help it. Our office is moving locations and getting a bigger space and we’re moving next week – Friday is my day to move into our new abode. I have a pretty busy week, including a jury trial, so I spent a lot of quality time in my office today doing not only trial prep but packing everything but the bare essentials – my files, my computer, my phone and my IPod speakers. I was really proud of myself but my allergies went nuts because there was so much dust there.
And I also wanted to share my newest country music obsessions with you guys:
Gloriana – they are so cute and super upbeat. I totally love them already.
And of course:
and
You can’t go wrong with these folks!!
Seth MacFarlane…
June 14, 2009 at 2:04 am (Uncategorized)
…is hot. OK? I admitted it. What’s so hard to believe about that. I mean. Really.
