Anna Begins

! I do hope you enjoy the re read. I aim to finish up Make Me by Lee Child today and get started on Lauren Oliver's Requiem. I also amused myself by making up a reading plan for the rest of September and for October, I am quite pleased

That would be fun, I'd like discussing it with you after I've had it on my list for awhile too, I though October would be appropriate!

Wow- Such different covers from the ebook ones... they make Lena look more like Katniss. I agree with your review of Pandemonium and I agree about the plot twists. They were too obvious. But Lena is a good character and I look forward to finishing up with Requiem!

And we can post progress here- if that's ok... I'd like to know what everyone is reading, like during a regular read a thon or group read. I think that's great... I want to read King's Revival and MR Carey's The Girl With All the Gifts, so. Works for me

I noticed your reviews were/ are getting shorter- is that on purpose? Loved the Lemony Snicket reviews! And wow- that's a lot of Sanderson- but that's a good thing Edit: Doesn't this complete Follett's Century trilogy for you? I have it too, I'm so proud of it

Very true... Noll might pick something

Maybe a group read is in order then! We can take all month to decide and chat! For the read a thon, I vote for the 16-18th... I've got a kid, so Halloween weekend doesn't work for me! (it's a Day of the Dead skull this year).

Closer to San Francisco, but inland a bit, so we don't get the coldness SF gets. I know- LA is always nice! The people that live there don't even own jackets The read a thon is lots of fun, basically, its like Athena said. It's just a fun way to immerse yourself into reading- either one book or several, no matter In the thread, we basically post our progress and chat a bit about what we will read or what we are reading.

Oooh- a good one! I just listened to it on audio last year (I think it was last year!), narrated by Sissy Spacek, which was way cool. I agree! That doesn't bode well! I thought the movie was way creepier than the book! Yikes.

I once had a book open along the lines of "this book should make you sick, disgusted and is a vulgar expression of society..." It was a Chuck Palahniuk, so. Anyway, sorry you didn't like this one, I know you like the author. I liked Holes a lot, except for the ending. What a cool book to get to read in school! I'm jealous!

The Painted Veil- W Somerset Maugham (175 pages) When Kitty meets her future husband Dr. Walter Fane, it takes several times for him to make an impression. Desperately shy but in passionate love, Walter over comes his fears and after a few encounters and dances, he convinces her to marry him. Two years into their marriage, Walker discovers Kitty’s adulterous affair. Walter gives her an ultimatum: either he will make an issue out of their divorce, therefore harming an upcoming promotion for her lover or accompany him into a poor province in China that is at the heart of a cholera epidemic while he serves as doctor at the post. After Kitty is told by her lover he will not divorce his wife for her, Kitty reluctantly follows her husband, fearful she is being sent to her own death. Set in London, Hong Kong and a small, dirty, impoverished, cholera stricken Chinese province during the 1920’s, the book is just simply beautiful. The relationship between Kitty and Walter reminds me some of messed up Tennessee Williams marriage, while some of Kitty’s inner thoughts bring to mind Vivian Leigh’s portrayal of Scarlett O’Hara. A solid character, Kitty is a superficial woman, which goes well with the complete jerkiness of Charley, her lover. Walter is a very dark and morbid character. I held off on this review until I saw the movie again. Naomi Watts plays Kitty and Edward Norton as Walter, they were both heavily involved in the project and the movie is simply gorgeous, dare I say just as good as the book. The novel was first published serialized, in five parts in 1925.

I haven't seen it! It didn't get made a big deal of here, not like The Fault in Our Stars. I would like to see it in the future though, I'd like to compare it to the book.

I might be away this weekend or next, but maybe?? ~OR~ Maybe we can do a Halloween one (in October). Peacefield- might be a good way to knock off something on the TBR ^^

I love that scene where they walk through the venders during the early morning flower delivery.

But his death brought some on light that horrible situation. I was aware of the issue, but not the terrible conditions.

I hope it's Pandemonium, would be nice if we were reading the series together (you with Pandemonium, me with Requiem) Plus, it will get me incentive to finish off the series! I think I might do this or Revival in October. Didn't you read that one? I think I remember you did? Today is another lovely day spent with Jack Reacher, I am savoring every page

I am glad to hear this about Girl on a Train as well, I own it and it's just sitting on my Kindle (a rare occurrence!). Saw you had a nice Labor Day holiday in the September thread, glad you had some nice weather... you are in the North, right? We are cooking here. Supposed to be 104. Did a bit of reading myself, with the read a thon. I made mine 4 days instead of 3 If you do one next weekend, post, I'd love to see how you do! Good to see you around!

I don't really find that his work is that scary, just creepy, like Carrie (I haven't read It or The Shinning). And I love his *other* stuff too, like 11.22.63, as mentioned, The Body (Which is included In an awesome collection called Different Seasons), The Green Mile... But ya, The Stand is where I'd start too, but don't forget Thinner, it's my favorite (and ok, maybe that one is scary). Psst- you asked the wrong question

Yes, it was with Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. It was Bridge's project, as he really liked the book, but I read an interview with him that said he was disappointed in the movie and it wasn't what he envisioned. The new Jack Reacher is out 10 pages in and Reacher is already in trouble. Oooohhhh yaaaaa. And what a nerd, I pre-ordered yesterday so I could get it last night, instead of today

Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall (270 pages) Sugar Legowski-Gracia wasn’t always fat, but fat is what she is now at age seventeen. Not as fat as her mama, who is so big she hasn’t gotten out of bed in months. Not as heavy as her brother, Skunk, who has more meanness in him than fat, which is saying something. But she’s large enough to be the object of ridicule wherever she is: at the grocery store, walking down the street, at school. Sugar’s life is dictated by taking care of Mama in their run-down home—cooking, shopping, and, well, eating. A lot of eating, which Sugar hates as much as she loves. When Sugar meets Even, she has the new experience of someone seeing her and not her body. This is a highly emotional story. I cried almost the whole way. I feel fortunate to have read such good books in the last few days, this one is definitely one of those. It’s a touching story of a teenager finding herself and also a love story. I feel like I’ve been on a journey with this character, a journey through the roughest time in her life. Sometimes, I pretend that the book was written by the character, many years later, reflecting back. And as Sugar’s story is told, it is told as if she is already above the experiences she lives through in the book, that they are beyond her. Which is an interesting thought- did the author do that intentionally to show that Sugar is above all the bulling? This book reminded me of some of the self-discovery in The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Some of the characterization and motives I thought were badly executed, but on the surface, a good YA story.

He also wrote Minority Report, so that might be included as well!

I'm curious as to what main character and what decision you were unhappy with

That sounds interesting, too bad you weren't getting along with it so well. Reminds me of The Giver, in a way. We just pulled that book (book 1) out of the "school work" box, we are waiting til she is a bit older for it, but we are excited about reading them/ it to her! I can't wait to see what new books you got! Hey- nice to see you around again! Maybe I will get to this in October... Hmmm.... I am glad you are enjoying it again. I am reading Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall, about an overweight Puerto Rican- Polish teenager. I can't help compare it to Louise O'Neil's Only Ever Yours. Has anyone noticed how pricey Kindle books are getting? The new Jack Reacher is 15 dollars

Thank you! Well, you know I always like PKD, but Eddie and Sunny was a nice surprise! You are welcome! I hope you enjoy it if/ when you read it! I believe it was only a dollar. Everyone who found out I was reading it said "Oh- is that the one where he goes to Mars?" and made a face! I've never seen the movie so I wouldn't know, but its a great little story!

Wow- good work! I did enjoy everything I read, I hope you did too I am going to extend my read a thoning through today as today is a holiday for me and I must finish Sugar by tomorrow, for the new Jack Reacher Sunday 9/6: 131 pages, Eddie and Sunny (Finished) 50 pages, Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall Total= 181 pages Total read a thon= 496 pages 2 books finished, 1 short story finished and 1 book finished off.