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GO WARRIORS!

Good Luck this Season!

Special Olympics Oath:

Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.

A great book which sparked the movie. I always love a good inspiring teacher story.

Another good book about raising dogs with loving kindness.

This one caught my eye at BJ's today.  A good quick read complete with lots of circus history. I liked it :-)

Finally read this one (that I missed) so I can go on to the 6th Target.

Miami vacation travel read. Picoult's books have been on my reading list for awhile but haven't had a chance to get to them. 

Miami vacation read. (Excellent book!!)

 Shorty and sequel to True Believer. Single day read while in Miami for the game.

Rafe tells it like it is.. Truly a visionary and inspirational teacher.

Excellent book for any dog lover.

I'm totally into this book. What an awesome teacher and an inspiration.

A very good book with lots of nice illustrations.

One of many Patterson's.. Always a quick read when I'm in the mood for fiction.

An awesome ending to an excellent series.  Harry and pals will be missed. Thankfully, I have them all in hardback and can re-read.

Of course, I read this one in one night.  Tedy and Michael Holley did a great job with it.

by Judith H. Cohen

synopsis and review

by

Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay

synopsis and review

A Miraculous Child Breaks the Silence of Autism

Reading a lot of books about Autism these days.

&

Body Clutter

by The Flylady, Marla Cilley

Book 2: Deceit

Science Fiction weekly podcast series

Dear John

Nicholas Sparks

synopsis and editorial reviews

Read in a single day of travel home from Nashville... typical Sparks tear jerker just like I like it :-)

The Christmas Box

These caught my eye at the library. Quickies for my trip to Nashville.

Perfect!! Read all 3 over the weekend.

I absolutely loved this book and couldn't put it down on our Miami trip.. one of those that I  hated to see end.

I've read everything by JP and his quick reads always make their way to the top of the pile..

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by James Patterson

synopsis and editorial reviews

Getting caught up in my fiction reading.. I've read all of his others.

Vacation Read...

by

Vince Papale and Chad Millman

True story of Vince Papale.. soon to come out as a movie...

Quickie vacation read...

A fantasy podcast novel by a fellow Podcast Pickler!

written and performed by Scott Sigler

Podcast Novel!

A weekly edition of his third sci-fi podcast novel.

Science Fiction weekly series

The story of the infamous Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci

Sequel to Something Borrowed written from Darcy's perspective.

synopsis and reviews

A quickie chick-lit book...just what I needed after all the heavy non-fiction stuff I've been into.

by JK Rowling

synopsis and editorial reviews

Yes, I admit I'm a HP Geek...

Starting this one again as it got lost in the pile..but April vacation is next week so my fiction reading time will start to increase...

Finished in no time but now I'm anxious for the next one since this installment left me hanging.

A Light from Heaven

Jan Karon

synopsis and editorial reviews

The final story in the Mitford Years Series...

This is one of my favorite "feel good" series of books... Read on the plane to and from Florida for Melissa's wedding.

by

Patricia Logan Oelwein

synopsis and editorial reviews

I'm always looking for new ideas in teaching my kids...

written and performed by Scott Sigler

Podcast Novel!

A weekly edition of his second sci-fi podcast novel.

by Jennifer Weiner

The latest novel by one of my favorite authors.

Synopsis and Reviews

Although one of my favorite authors, I found this one to be to be too far-fetched and not one of my favorites... took me forever to read which is not like me!

 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

by

Carson McCullers

One of Oprah's Classics book club series.  I don't know much about it but usually enjoy her choices.

This one took me forever to get through...not because of the book itself but because it's football season.

by Carol Goodman

synopsis and editorial reviews

This month's Square Mile Readers selection... one that I need to blow through for our meeting on the 28th.  Thank God it's a bye week!

I couldn't put this one down... a real page turner!!

Sue Monk Kidd

Picked this best seller up at the airport on the ATL trip.

synopsis and editorial reviews

Liked this one a lot and will be checking out the Mermaid Chair as well.

written and performed by Scott Sigler

The world's first Podcast ONLY novel..

(now available in paperback too!)

I'm hooked on this podcast novel and listened to most of it in NH on the dock.

London Bridges

James Patterson

synopsis and editorial reviews

Quickie that I read on the way home from vaca... lots of short chapters to fly through.

True Believer

Nicholas Sparks

synopsis and editorial reviews

A huge disappointment for me... BORING... definitely not up to par for one of my favorite authors.

Daddy's Little Girl

Mary Higgins Clark

synopsis and editorial reviews

Book on CD to listen to on the iPod..

by Lorna J. Cook

synopsis and editorial reviews

A shorty that caught my eye in the new book section at the library.  With came here, my reading time will be cut until vacation.

by Amy Tan

I'm a big fan of the Joy Luck Club so I'm listening to this BOT in the car.

synopsis and editorial reviews

A nice story that was enhanced by the author's own narration.

Jemima J:  A Novel about Ugly Ducklings and Swans

 by Jane Green

Green's first novel.  I'm making wy way through her entire works.

synopsis and editorial reviews

I can see why she continues to be a best seller.. read it all in one sleepless night!

by Sandra Dallas

Reading on a schedule with other WW Book Borough members.. I don't know how I'll be able to ONLY read a couple of pages at a time but I'll try!

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July BLBC selection- a cute southern novel set in the 30's

by Graham Joyce

This one caught my eye in the new book section at the library.

synopsis and editorial reviews

started 7/8-  sort of a weird book filled with old home remedies and superstition... ok but not one of my faves.

by Jan Goldstein

Know nothing about this author or book but it's a quickie that I grabbed in the new section of the library because it caught my eye.

synopsis and editorial reviews

  A very quick read about a a love that spans generations. (This is one for you, Mom!)

by Michael Connelly

Since I loved The Poet so much I've decided to start at the beginning of his work and read the rest of his novels.  This is MC's first book.

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 The first in the the Harry Bosch series.

by Rebecca Wells

A companion book to Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.  A quickie BOT for driving around and working in the yard

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by Elizabeth Adler

Book on CD to listen to in the car, while cleaning and weeding.  I've never read her before but the jacket caught my eye in the BOT section.

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starting 6/29

by Sophie Kinsella

Rounds out the books by SK.. figured I should read the last of them to be caught up... An expected "fluff" book to accompany the heavier reading that I've got going on right now.

Synopsis and editorial review

My favorite of the Kinsella books thus far...

by Michael Connelly

Recommended by fellow teacher and avid reader,  Ali.  He gave it  two thumbs up!

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

Great book and excellent author ... one that I'll definitely read all of his works!

Lalita Tademy

Book on Tape that I'm reading while cleaning... a novel based upon 4 generations of the author's ancestors.

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6/23-One day read while working around the house..

by Sophie Kinsella

New library book but I'll wait to read it until Shopaholic Takes Manhattan and Shopaholic Ties the Knot come in... I love series but HAVE to read them in order!!

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

Book on CD to (temporarily)  upload to the iPod to listen to while I'm out and about.

The most recent adventure of Becky... I'm glad I'm caught up with them;  I need a break from her ditzy-ness!

Anita Shreve

Nice to have a Book on Tape (or CD) going while I'm working in the yard and in the car.

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

started 6/15 (finished 6/18 while working on the computer getting the site back up and running.)

by Sophie Kinsella

The 3rd in the series... Just came in so I'll push to the top of my list so I can finally read and return Shopaholic and Sister

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

starting 6/9...Quickie finished by the pool 6/10

Jackie Collins

Probably not something that I would have picked up but it's this month's Square Mile Readers' book club selection.

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

The ending was good but not a book club caliber selection IMO.

Sidney Sheldon

This one from 2004 slipped by me but he's one of my favorite quick-reads..

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

Starting this one Memorial Day just before reading the newest book club selection... A quickie much like the rest... the makings of a TV movie

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan

by Sophie Kinsella

Although I have more library books that came in first, I love these books and so I'm pushing it ahead of the others.

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

Started to get a big long with her ditzy ways.. but turned out great in the end. Waiting for Shopaholic Ties the Knot to come in!

Watermelon

by Marian Keyes

One of the earlier works of this best selling author... I'm trying to start at the beginning..

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

Starting 5/11/05  Took entirely too long to read this one.. not that it had anything to do with the book itself, rather my busy life! KC 05/23

Confessions of a Shopaholic

by Sophie Kinsella

The first of a whole series of best sellers.. figured I should read them in order so I put aside the rest until I read this one.

Synopsis and Editorial Reviews

starting 5/10/05

A one day read while sitting in waiting rooms today...will be checking out the rest of them soon!

Babyville

Jane Green

Enjoyed To Have and To Hold, so I picked this one up at the library  as well...Trying to squeeze a chapter or two in a night until my classes end next week, then I'll be able to really get to it...

To Have and To Hold

Jane Green

Best selling author.. should be a quickie if I can ever get started.  She's got some others out there but this is my first.

A quick read about the death of a relationship and the finding of oneself...

Angels and Demons

Dan Brown

The prequel to the awesome novel The Da Vinci Code.  Although I'm dying to start this one RIGHT NOW since I just finished DVC , I must wait since I have four library books that have come in to read  ahead of this one. (This one is mine so there's no rush... other than I'm dying to read it!)

Finally got to it and finished during school vacation week!

Looking forward to reading this one sent to me by the author (and Pats fan) after visiting my site!

Will most likely have to wait a bit while I watch my boys on the Gridiron.

Finally got to it.  A murder mystery based on the fictional NE Phantoms NFL team.  Local flavor and references galore.

The Program

by

Diana Schwarzbein, MD

The latest and most "reader friendly" of her books on a balanced diet and lifestyle for good health.

Witness

for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson

by

Amber Frey

This month's Square Mile Readers book club selection.

A really quick read.. I didn't really follow the case much in the media but now I'd like to read some of the other books out there right now.

Tales from the Patriots Sideline
by Michael Felger

Felger's scoop... Should be a quickie.

Lots of history of the Pats...back in the day...mostly the pre-Kraft era. A real quick read.

The latest novel by one of my favorite authors...

 She has a great style and has a way of endearing the reader to her characters right from the start.  Took me awhile to get through it but not because of the story or book itself, rather my busy life.

Playing With Boys

by

Alisa Valdes Rodrigues

The second novel by the author of The Dirty Girls Social Club.. I've been waiting for this one to be released.

This one took me way too long to read but only because of the playoffs and because I've been knitting up a storm!

In Her Shoes

by

Jennifer Weiner

Should be a good one  and a quickie by the author of Good In Bed.

Fast becoming one of my favorite authors... I loved this one about sisters coming of age.

The Catcher in the Rye

by

JD Salinger

Reading Perks of a Being a Wallflower got me in the mood to re-read this one from years back...

Started 11/26

finished 12/4

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by

 Stephen Chbosky

A short one that I'm reading between others...

Recommended by Kelsea, it's a collection of anonymous letters from a high school freshman dealing with growing up and all of the struggles of teen life....a modern day Catcher in the Rye.

Started 11/23/04 (finished 11/25)

3rd Degree

by James Patterson & Andrew Gross

 Another collaboration featuring The Women's Murder Club... (5th on my list of library holds that have come in but once I start a Patterson novel it's usually a one day read.)

A quickie that I read in a weekend while working on Kelsea's computer...

started 11/20 (finished 11/22)

Lucky

by

Alice Sebold

An auto biographical account of the author's rape and her struggle for survival as a victim.

Quite a powerful memoir and an amazing story.

11/17/04

Cut
by

Patricia McCormick
A quickie that I read before returning it to the library for my nephew.  It's the story of an emotionally disturbed teen who's in treatment for self-mutilation...

11/12/04

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

This classic comes highly recommended by my friend, coworker, and fellow reader, Steph.... I really enjoyed this story of a black woman in the south... Very heavy in the dialectal style.. once you get used to reading it phonetically it's fine.

A super quick read...and an inside look at the workings of the Pats organization.. My only complaint is that ALL of the pertinent stuff was posted everywhere as soon as it came out; almost no reason to read it.. 11/09/04

Under the Duvet

by

Marian Keyes

One of my summer books that I never got to read. Should be a quickie when I finally pick it up. Read in a day... a funny  collection of articles and essays..

11/09/04

October Book Selection

for Square Mile Readers

The Lovely Bones

by

Alice Sebold

A disturbing and compelling book that grabs your attention right from the start. It should have been a quick read but thanks to the Patriot's home schedule and the RED SOX winning the WORLD SERIES there was little time to read.

by Rebecca Wells

Been wanting to read this one for awhile.. I love books that span the ages and especially when they're  about women.

Read most of it on the plane to and from Arizona... This was a  good one that I wanted to catch before renting the movie... (Gosh.. I'm behind in the times!)

by Lee Nichols

Elle was a real walking disaster waiting to happen.... funny...but too ditzy for me!

The last of the fluff books I read at Abakee.

The Nanny Diaries

by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus

A comic look at the Manhattan upper crust written by two former nannies. 

The library holds are all coming in at once again!

A funny book...  but I was dying for her to QUIT that JOB!!

The Devil Wears Prada

Lauren Weisberger

The story of a recent college grad who takes a job as an assistant to an overbearing fashion editor boss...

Another one where I was dying for her to quit!

Good in Bed

by Jennifer Weiner

 A contemporary Cinderella tale...

An enjoyable quick read about a girl struggling with her weight and finding herself.  I'll definitely read many more of Weiner's novels.

Three Weeks with My Brother

Nicholas Sparks & Micah Sparks

A memoir of Nicholas's travels around the world with his older brother.

Should be a quick read once I get to it.  I love Sparks and look forward to this one. I've read all of his other works and th