How to Knit a Lovesong...

I "WAS" reading: How to knit a Lovesong... I was so disappointed. I was only on Page 86, it was crawling along at a snail's pace and I had already figured out the rest of the book. It wasn't Rocket science. So back to the Library it went. Now I will move on to my next book: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender.

What we are reading and recommending - June 2011

Wow! We talked about a lot of books this month, our favorite audio book narrators (Jim Dale and Barbara Rosenblat), and even a movie. I compiled a list of links to author information so click away and have a great summer!


http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/jean-marie-auel/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/jefferson-bass/

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/B_Authors/Bass_Jefferson.html

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/alan-bradley/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/greg-bear/

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/C_Authors/Carrington_Tori.html

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/tori-carrington/

http://www.amazon.com/Wednesday-Sisters-Meg-Waite-Clayton/dp/0345502825

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/suzanne-collins/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/helen-fielding/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/charlotte-perkins-gilman/

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/H_Authors/Henry_Sue.html

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/sue-henry/

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_at_ep_srch?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Rachael%20Herron

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/naomi-hirahara/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/sophie-kinsella/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/kathryn-lasky/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/henning-mankell/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/david-nicholls/

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/P_Authors/Paretsky_Sara.html

http://www.annpatchett.com/books.html

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/P_Authors/Peters_Elizabeth.html

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/stella-rimington/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/rick-riordan/

http://www.maryroach.net/books-news.php

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/lisa-see/

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/helen-simonson/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1664894/

movie The Cave of Forgotten Dreams

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/11/137108125/for-a-navy-seal-balance-between-heart-and-fist

interesting book recommendation I heard about on NPR

What we read this month - theme: western

150 Western Art Masterpieces (west meaning west of Jerusalem) (great pix)
Poets of the American West (nice change of pace)
Western a novel by Christine Montalbetti (haven't read yet)
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig (one for, one against)
Last Stand at Saber River by Elmore Leonard (good quick read)

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (couldn't put it down)

Inspiration

The Bookshop has a thousand books,
All colors, hues, and tinges,
And every cover is a door
That turns on magic hinges.
--Nancy Byrd Turner

I came across this quote and just loved it.

Henning Mankell

For a list of books by Henning Mankell see Fantastic Fiction

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/henning-mankell/

April 2011 - Classics (or Classics with a Twist)

Books discussed in April

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
short stories of Edgar Allen Poe
Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
(with a twist)
Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein
The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines

Theme for May is Western
Theme for June is author Henning Mankell

TJ's Supernatural Readings

Sorry to have missed book club this month.... Even though I missed it, I wanted to share with you the books I read for this month. I was busy... when I first heard that we were supposed to read a supernatural theme I was reluctant since I'd read Harry Potter and Twilight and the Outlander series... Until Dawn shared with me her thoughts of a book right up my alley. They are part of a new series and there's only three of them so far. It is the Sugar Maple Series. About a town called Sugar Maple and it inhabitants are vampires, witches, werewolves, shapeshifters, selkies etc... it is protected by Chloe a sorceress-in-training who owns a Knitting Shop. YEP! Right up my alley.
Author: Barbara Bretton
Book #1: Casting Spells
Book #2: Laced with Magic
Book #3: Spun by Sorcery
I have reads books 1 & 2 and today started #3, They are written very well and has a little of everything. The action is written so well that I couldn't put the book down. Definitely great reads!!!!!

I also listened to the following audiobooks that were amazing:

The Postmistress By: Sarah Blake
This book is about 3 different women at the beginning of WWII. And their perspectives on the War and life. One is a postmistress, one is a doctors wife and one is an American reporter stationed in England. Very well written and I really enjoyed it.




The Kings Speech By: Mark Logue & Peter Conradi
This is a true story and one that the Academy Award winning Movie was based on. I enjoyed the movie very much and so was excited to listen to this story to get more of the story and details.

I think this last month was a real record for me. 4 books and starting a 5th... Not sure what I am going ot read for next month for the classics or classics with a twist... very exciting.