julie Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi All No fancy frills or doodads . This will be where I post my reads of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) 2015 Books Read ---- Behind on Reviews -- will post soon -- 1- Disposable Income by Tammy Mal *** 2-Popular : Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen *** 3-Here is Where : Discovering America's Great Forgotten History ** 4-Mrs. Poe ** 5-To Serve Them All My Days **** 6-The World of PostSecret *** 7-Carter Beats the Devil ***** 8-Dare I Call It Murder : A Memoir of Violent Loss **** 9-Countdown- Deborah Wiles ***** 10- Revolution - Deborah Wiles ***** 11-Homer Price- Robert McCloskey ***** 12-Murder on a Lonely Road *** 13- Finding Bethany **** 14 -Edge of Dark Water *** 15 -True Story : Murder, Memory , Mea Culpa ** 16 -Travels With Judy- In Search of Steinbeck's America *** 17-Death of a Pinehurst Princess *** 18- Our Little Secret *** 19-Murder on Rouse Hill *** 20- The Gatton Murders ** 21 - Happy Valley : The Story of the English in Kenya *** 22- I Am Sophie Tucker - ***** 23-The Morning and the Evening 24 Whiskey and Charlie 25 The Barton Murder 26 The Midwife's Revolt 27 The Undertaker's Daughter 28 Young Blood Murder in the Woods 29 The Wrong Man The Final Verdict on the Dr Sam Sheppard Murder Case 30 The Bullet 31 A Wilder Rose 32 The Returned 33 Lacy Eye 34 Hissing Cousins 35 One More River 36 The Safe Room 37 The Winter Family 38 The Miracle Girl 39 Southern Haunts 40 Don't Look at Me in That Tone of Voice ! 41 To Soften the Blow 42 Don't Tell My Mum 43 Gone, Just Gone 44 The Nurses 45 Don't Blame Me ,It's Everybody Else 46 Don't Know Where She Gets That From 47 Who Killed Chrissy?: 48 Dial M 49 Unsolved Murders 50 Portraits of Celina 51 No One Helped 52 Eyewitness to Titanic 53 Travels with Gannon and Wyatt : Ireland 54 The Nightingale Girls 55 Wit and Wisdom of America's First Ladies 56 The Dirty Dust 57 Pines 58 Biggie 59 House of Echoes 60 Obituary Writer 61 A Year Unplugged 62 The Moaning of Life 63 Journey With Strangers 64 Wylding Hall Edited April 17, 2015 by julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) 65 -On the Carpet 66- A Plain Scandal ** 67 - Dobryd 68 - Not From Here 69 - Every Day By the Sun I'm up to 108 books -- not in the mood to list them right now , Edited May 20, 2015 by julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hey Julie. Again, it's great to see you back here! I hope your New Year is a wonderful one, and a great reading year, as well. Welcome Home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thank you kindly, Kate Good to be back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hope you have a great reading year Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thanks Weave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Happy reading Julie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I hope you have a great reading year, Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thanks Noll and Bobbly . Best wishes for you both , too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Disposable Income by Tammy Mal Anna Snellman was getting up in years and was lonely . She did fairly well for herself, running a small boarding house . She had a few friends , but wished for a husband to spend time with her ,so she placed an ad in a lonely hearts magazine in 1948 . Surprisingly, she got a response from a younger man ,who was pleasant and they got along well . It wasn't long until he proposed to her . She was happy , knowing that she would have someone to spend many years with . They sold the boarding house and bought a small home in another state . Anna spent her days happily, being a housewife . Little did she know, her new husband Charles was still reading the lonely hearts magazine , and responding to ads , Many , in fact ! Read the book to see how his secret life was discovered . Quite an interesting way ! I rate this book with 3 stars ,mainly because it's a fairly new writer who still has problems knowing the difference between the word TO and TOO .. drives me bonkers when a word is misspelled repeatedly in a book . The story was interesting because I guess I didn't realize back in 1948, we had an early version of "meeting online", such as the dating websites ,with sometimes people losing their life savings in the end . On to the next .............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi Julie Good to see you back. Hope 2015 is an excellent year for you and your reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hey Julie ! I hope you have a great reading year in 2015 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thank you Alexi and Athena The same to you guys, too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Great review, Julie! Yeah, who knew.....everything old is new again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Welcome back Julie ! Hope you have some great reads in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Happy reading in 2015, Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Great review, Julie! Yeah, who knew.....everything old is new again. How true. We lived back in the day before every home had computers, cell phones , video games and such ... In fact, we only had one black and white TV for the first few years of my life. I remember getting colored TV and thinking we were the coolest people in town !! I guess I never realized they had those magazines , although there was an even earlier version when the settlers out West sent back East for a mail order bride ! I guess no matter what the age or time frame, we all want a companion . Welcome back Julie ! Hope you have some great reads in 2015. Thank you and I wish the same for you Happy reading in 2015, Julie. Thank you Janet. I hope you also have a wonderful year of reading ahead . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I hope you have a great reading year in 2015, Julie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Nice to see you around again Julie, hope you have a good year of reading ahead of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks Frankie and Chesil . I hope you both have an enjoyable year of reading , too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Popular : Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen What a cute book this was ! This was a memoir about a girl in Middle School who wanted to learn to be more popular , Her dad found an old copy of a book from the 1950's .written by a young girl back then about ways to be popular, from the way you dress, to making friends, etc . Maya decided to try to use this book in today's world and follow it as closely as she could for one year, to see if it helped her to become more popular in school . It was a really quick read and an enjoyable book, bringing back lots of memories of school , friends, clothes, etc .. If you want a light read that is a really feel-good-story , and teaches us ALL how to be more popular, give this a try, You won't be sorry ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 No fancy frills or doodads . Ha, I love it! I hope you a better year personally than you did last year, and I hope your reading year is fantastic too! Hope to see you around the forum more often. We miss you when you're not here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 That's an interesting read, Julie! I agree with Kylie, it's nice to see you around here . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Happy reading in 2015 Julie, and best wishes for good health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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