How many books (and which ones) did you read last year?
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Comments (39)First of all, I can't believe that Annie got FOUR HUNDRED KIDS!!! That just blows my mind! What's in the water there? ;) I got none. Zilch. Nada. I was a little surprised, but not unhappy. The dogs I have now go ballistic when someone comes to the door, so keeping them from escaping, or grabbing a child's bag of goodies is challenging. (yeah, bad Dog Mom..) So I didn't have to deal with that, and I have a whole, (well, half now...) bag of Butterfingers all to myself. jessicavanderhoff - unbelieveably, I was a kid that got *something* in their candy bar. It happened in the early 70's, and the best I can figure is that it was a little bit of LSD. I am not making this up. I had a very weird reaction to something in my candy bag. To the point where my mom called the police. I was about 13 at the time, and during their investigation, the police tried to blame it on me experimenting with drugs and getting scared. Heh. I did dabble in pot at the time, but nothing else. Something was definitely spiked. If I had children, my biggest worry would be one getting snatched on Halloween. Everyone is dressed up/disguised... it would be simple to grab a kid without being identified. I am amazed at parents that let young children roam unattended. I think the trunk or treat/community/church things are good, and as much fun as our memories of Halloween are, these types of events will be the current young generation's great memories....See MoreMy fellow readers...........which book are you reading?
Comments (73)This month my Book Club read: 1,000 White Women-The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus I thought it was wonderful! I'm usually not a big fan of historical fiction, but this was great! Based on a true event, and then the author writes about what could have happened. Back in the 1850's the Cheyanne Indians wanted to increase their tribe numbers, so they asked the US govt to "trade" 1,000 white women for 1,000 horses. The US govt said no, but in the book, they agree. Very interesting idea. Characters were outstanding!! Written in journal form and quick read. Some language & violence esp at the end, but it's not too bad. Next month we read: Whistling in the Dark We read Water for Elephants at the beginning of the year and I thought it was okay. Normally would have never read about the circus. Others seemed to like it more then me. Read Life of Pi, but it took me about 3-4 times to get through it! Has anyone read Middlesex? I want to know if it's worth reading. Ii don't mind the topic, but it seemed really hard to get into? I've got my list made of all the books you guys have recommended. Teresa-who once had a dream about being locked in a library all night. (Wouldn't be so bad!)...See MoreWhich book do you irrationally cringe away from reading, despite
Comments (48)Years ago when The Far Pavillions first came out, it was very popular and was hard to get from the library. I finally found it on the shelf (and I worked at that library too!) and took it home. It went back unread at the end of the borrowing period. This happened a few times; for some reason, I just couldn't sit down to read it. Finally, my sister in law gave me a paperback copy as a birthday present and it again sat on my shelf unread for quite a while. One day, bored, I picked it up and started reading it. Hours later, my eyes closing despite my efforts to stay awake, I put down the book with only 60 or so pages to go and fell asleep. I finished it the next morning and couldn't understand what took me so long to get into it. For those who think Tolkein is too wordy, Rosefolly explained it much better than I could. She said he wrote as if the books were being presented orally. (Rosefolly, you explained it more clearly in a much earlier post.)In other words, his works are meant to be read aloud. If you listen to an audio presentation of LoTR, you will hear this....See MoreHow many years will wooden arbors last?
Comments (20)Floral, I'm turning 23 this month and probably going to marry my girlfriend in a few years. But my current job doesn't have any possibilities of me transferring to a different location. My boss already told me that in our interview. And this job is already my career as it is a horticultural position. So unless either me or my girlfriend- soon to be wife wants to move out by choice, I don't think there would be any worries on that. Which I don't know if either of us will, hopefully not. Peren.all, ok so arctic beauty is a cultivar that has both male and females. I know they have subnames on them but their main name is arctic beauty. Just wondering since many males and females have different cultivar names. And thats good to hear! I heard that deer love to eat them(I guess the deer in your area have weird preferences)....See More- 9 years ago
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