Struggling Through Winter Reading

So I'm trying to get through my Winter Reading Challenge book list.
Okay, that's a lie.
I WAS trying to get through it. Then I threw up my hands and went back to reading the stuff I like.

Don't get me wrong, some of those books are really good - Like the series by Libba Bray, which starts with "A Great and Terrible Beauty", which I read early in December. It's good. It's well written. Funny, even.
But those books are LONG! And then the love story started developing, but slowly, and so of course I skipped ahead to see what was up with that -
Long story short: I ended up skimming thru most of the second two books, and then I was horrified by the sad ending of the third.
SAD!
I do not read sad books! And given, there was still some happiness and hope going on, and it wasn't like, sad for all time, like some sad books, but still. I was not in the right mindset to be reading these things.
I loved Elantris. It's really good. I'm glad we're reading it for bookclub and I'm looking forward to getting someone's copy (because where mine is, I do not know. naturally) to re-read it.
Plum Lucky was hilarious, of course, and not long enough, of course.

The Other Boleyn Girl.....
Okay here's the thing with that. I really prefer to live my life ignoring the horrible and unimaginable plights of others. I don't want to live in a cloud of depression for the other people in this world whose lives are not as easy as my own.
The Boleyn girls did NOT have easy lives.
But it was well written, and it was good. (warning though; it's PG-13, if you were interested)

The past two weeks I've deviated from my list and read 3 Chick-lit books; two Pride & Prejudice inspired, and also "Confessions of a Shopaholic" which was awesome. (warning, bad language)

Darcy's Story I didn't really love, but Me and Mr. Darcy, I totally loved. (there's some language in that one too)

And isn't that a pretty painting? It's in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Lady reading in a Landscape" or something like that.

Elantris Book Club Meeting

Hi Everyone!

Some people have expressed an interest in having more time to read Elantris since it is a longer, more involved book. So, we'd like to move book group to Thursday, February 21, if that is alright with you. Please post a comment if this day works or doesn't work for you. I'm picking the 21st since the week before is Valentines Day.

Winter Reading Challenge

Catherine made me aware of this challenge, which officially started on Friday last, and I'm finally posting my list of books. I had already planned on reading several, and re-reading a few for bookclub or in order to reacquaint myself before I read the 3rd in a trilogy or whatnot - but then the challenge encourages us to branch out of our genre - so I had to pick a few more to make me feel like a rounded person.

I've not got all of the author's listed, sorry. Don't feel like looking them all up at the moment...


1. Rebel Angels- Libba Bray
2. Sweet Far Thing - Libba Bray
3. Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
4. Plum Lucky - Janet Evanovich
5. To Kill A Mockingbird (I know, I should have read this years ago..)
6. The Other Boelyn Girl
7. Kristin Britain's Green Rider Trilogy
8. The Kite Runner
9. His Majesty's Dragon
10. The Android's Dream by John Scalzi

January Book Club - Elantris

Imagine that you are princess betrothed to a prince in a far away land. Imagine that you go to meet him to be married, only to find out he died before you got there and that you are actually now a widow. It stinks to be you because you thought you might actually like the guy.

January's Book Club will be on Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. He is a Mormon author and he does a great job with keeping the Fantasy genre fresh. His novels have strong women characters and a good plot.

I'm thinking to have book group on the 3rd or 4th Thursday in January (17th or 24th). We can nail down the date after the holidays. Please put your your preference at your leisure.
-Angela

Bella has been Cast!!!

In case there is anyone who is not obsessively checking Stephenie Meyer's website, the part of Bella Swan has been cast! (thanks, Hannah, for the info!) She will be played by Kristen Stewart, and production starts in February 2008.

"eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!"

Redeeming Love

I was recommended this book by a friend and it's turning out to be good. A little sad and a little deep (she's sold to a brothel when she's 8) but it's a christian inspirational story and I'm likin' it.

Must see!

Ladies,

If you want a great laugh, go see this movie. It is hilarious and Disney did a great job poking fun at themselves.

The girl that plays Giselle does a smashing job at being genuine. Bits and pieces of all the Disney princess movies cobble together to make a classic.

Rotten Tomatoes approval rating is 92%!