Katrina1968

Up til this minute I wouldnt have thought to choose this person, but I would love to switch places with Molly Weasley (HP). Living with the twins, Fred and George and actually ALL the red heads would never be dull. I would love to live in her magical home and have a yard with little knombs(sp) running around. Her home just seems so cozy and she's a fierce protector of her realm. I have a houseful of kids, the love and respect of my hubby and kiddos but the magical part would be crazy cool:lol:

I do have a few really cool bookmarks, but I find that when I'm switching books midway, I often forget where they are til I pick that book up again. My name is Katrina and I dog-ear my books:cry2: Whispers "help me", is there a twelve step program? Actually, its only my old ratty paperbacks that I got at thrift stores that I turn down!

On my sofa with a blanket and a cup of tea when its quiet, at work on a quiet evening, or in the bathroom (not the tub) when I just ABSOLUTELY want to finish a chapter undisturbed!!!! Dont laugh, I've finished quit a bit of books that way! ;o)

The last two movies I saw were The Oprhan and HP. I hadnt expected to like The Orphan because I'm not big on thrillers but this movie was AMAZING!!! OMGosh! HP was pretty good, just wasnt happy with all creative license taken with the plot. Anyone whose read the book KNOWS that the Weasleys house didnt burn down (EVER), that they didnt live in the middle of a wheat field, that Harry wasnt trying to hook up with the girl in the diner and that Slughorn was WAY bigger than he was portrayed! If I hadnt read the book, it would have been so much better, I wouldnt have known the difference.

I have War and Peace but havent read it yet, dont know why, maybe I'm afraid I'll like it too much and then read THAT one 5 times!!

If I'm going to read mystery its GOT to be Agetha Christi to start although I got a hold of English Country House Murders that I cant wait to dig into. Not quiet cold enough for me just yet;) Also love Miss Marple!

I actually dont have any intention of reading the series but I will say this, in my bookshoppe, we couldnt keep the books on the shelf. When the movie first came out, it was so bad, I actually had to scour Best Buy and Walmart for copies to tide us over til we could get another shipment:roll: Special orders, prepaid orders, PLEASEI'VEGOTTOHAVETHISBOOKRIGHTNOWORIWILLDIEBECAUSEALLMYFRIENDSHAVEREADITANDTHEYWONTLENDITTOMEANDIHAVENTANDIWILLBESOUNCOOL!! Talk about your teenage girl drama!

Hi all! Was wondering if anyone has read this book yet? I have it on my bookshelf and its really tempting me to put down the tomb (Mists of Avalon) and delve into a delicious dish! Synopsis Julie & Julia is the story of Julie Powell's attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, in a period of 365 days. The result is a masterful medley of Bridget Jones' Diary meets Like Water for Chocolate, mixed with a healthy dose of original wit, warmth, and inspiration that sets this memoir apart from most tales of personal redemption. When we first meet Julie, she's a frustrated temp-to-perm secretary who slaves away at a thankless job, only to return to an equally demoralizing apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening. At the urging of Eric, her devoted and slightly geeky husband, she decides to start a blog that will chronicle what she dubs the "Julie/Julia Project." What follows is a year of butter-drenched meals that will both necessitate the wearing of an unbearably uncomfortable girdle on the hottest night of the year, as well as the realization that life is what you make of it and joy is not as impossible a quest as it may seem, even when it's -10 degrees out and your pipes are frozen. Powell is a natural when it comes to connecting with her readers, which is probably why her blog generated so much buzz, both from readers and media alike. And while her self-deprecating sense of humor can sometimes dissolve into whininess, she never really loses her edge, or her sense of purpose. Even on day 365, she's working her way through Mayonnaise Collee and ending the evening "back exactly where we started--just Eric and me, three cats and Buffy...sitting on a couch in the outer boroughs, eating, with Julia chortling alongside us...." Inspired and encouraging, Julie and Julia is a unique opportunity to join one woman's attempt to change her life, and have a laugh, or ten, along the way. --Gisele Toueg

My pet peeve?!! Lets see, oh here it is... When the author does his/her dedication page on a piece of pornography between the covers (no pun intended) and the FIRST thing they do is "I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ". What irks me about this? Well, the fact everything after that is totally NOT what He wanted to be associated with. I mean, your writing a book full of perverisons out of the norm and you thank God for that? Uh, sorry, BIG pet peeve! Better to write the smutt and leave God out of it if for no other reason but respect. Mind you, its got nothing to do with whose a Christian and who isnt, its the mindset of someone who CLAIMS to be, not someone who DOESNT claim to be. Now I shall step down off my soapbox.

Well, here's my 5 cents worth. The Bible (still havent read it all the way thru) The Hobbit The Chronicles of Narnia Fellowship of the Rings Madame Bovary (many lessons to be learned about morality)

V.C Andrews "Flowers In The Attic" Now THERE was waste of film!

Thank you all so much for such a warm welcome. I truly look forward to coming on the board. Its fantastic! And Katrina is a really cool name:smile2:

Thank you. I LOVE the colorful "welcome" very creative:)

These are my top 3 and let me tell you, it was a hard pick. Pride and Prejudice Anna Karenina Wives and Daughters

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Yes indeed, I am a busy woman! Of the four children, three are adults (24, 25 and 19) and one is 14. Three live at home and the grandbabies live here also (mommy married young and is divorcing). I also forgot to mention my favorite hobbies. I love Native American beading, geneology studies and most things homemaking ;o) Whats not to love about a bookstore, its fabulous. Laid back yet hectic. Its an independent bookstore so your guaranteed to get to know your customers. Nothing like Barnes and Nobles.

Okay, I was so eager to do my intro that I didnt notice the formatting, please forgive me! I failed to mention that I live in South Carolina Tolkien is my favorite author, followed by Rowling, and C.S. Lewis What drew me to this site was the ease of use, the variety of topics and all the little "extra's" that come along with it!

Hello All! I'm new here but honest to goodness, I feel like I've been here awhile. I'm from across the "pond" US side. I'm the wife of one, the mother of 4 and mama to one gorgeous 15 month old boy and one little baby girl (due 6 February). And I just celebrated my 41st birthday! I work part time at a bookstore and let me tell you, I love it, absolutely love it. I get great discounts:D meet lots of neat people and have had the pleasure of working a few booksignings of our local authors (ever heard of Pat Conroy, author of The Water is Wide, Beach Music, Lords of Discipline). Primarily, I am a homemaker and I love it. I love being available to my family. My dh is a retired Marine (just turned 49) and very accommodating:friends0: One day I dream of coming across that one great book for me to write!

I've loved this book from the moment I read it. I also own the vhs BBC version of the movie (all 4 of them!). What amazes me is that I have yet to come across anyone else who has read it?! Oh how I would adore doing a group read on this one! Synopsis Novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published serially in the Cornhill Magazine (August 1864-January 1866) and then in book form in 1866; it was unfinished at the time of her death in November 1865. Known as her last, longest, and perhaps finest work, it concerns the interlocking fortunes of several families in the country town of Hollingford. Wives and Daughters chronicles the maturation of Molly Gibson, a sincere young woman whose widowed father, the town doctor, marries Hyacinth Kirkpatrick, a charming but petty widow and former governess in the household of Lord Cumnor. Although Molly resents her stepmother, she befriends her stepsister Cynthia, who is secretly engaged to Lord Cumnor's land agent, Mr. Preston. Molly is warmly received at the home of Squire Hamley and his disabled wife. The Hamleys' two sons are Osborne, a clever but shallow man who marries unwisely and dies young, and Roger, an honest scientist who eventually marries Molly after being engaged to Cynthia, who ultimately weds a London barrister

WOW! My husband would strangle me if I attempted to have so many copies! ROFLOL! I would love to have each book in leatherbound though. I'd feel really Tolkienish!

What I love about classics, Austen in particular, is that very ordinariness. When you think of it, as an author, your often told to write what you know. Austen knew about the society she was born into. Doing nothing was pretty much what they did:lol: But Austen adds so much humor to her stories. There are plots to her writings and very good plots they are! Emma is about a young, aristocratic busy body wanna-be match maker who suffers from too much of a sense of herself. In other words, she stepped in the "confidence" line more than once. What I liked about this particular story is how Emma is brought round to reality by her friends and her attempt to make right her wrongs.

Thank you for the welcome Vanwa! I read parts of the Silmarillion a few years ago. Very deep and yes, it has elements of (in my opinion) of satan's fall and the creation. I tried to listen to it on audio but got distracted. Of course, Tolkien would disagree that there was any allegory-ism in his books. The sad part about his greatest work is that it never got the acclaim that his later works attained. When writing and finishing The Hobbit and LOTR, he actually tried to get it published along as a group, to no avail. If I were to list these works in order, its obvious to me that it would be The Sim, The Hobbit and then the LOTRs. I do believe that Tolkien missed many opportunities for this particular work to be published but for his ability to procrastinate, re-write, re-edit, procrastinate, re-write, re-edit.... It took 16 years to complete LOTR! I remember reading that Tolkien inscribed Beren and Luthien on his and Ediths headstones. What a beautiful sentiment.

I work in a bookstore in the US and just to mail a hard back via media mail, costs our store $6.50, nationally! Shipping is ridiculous. Our son spent the summer in Hawaii and I DREADED mailing him things because of the postage, so saying, it sounds about right:cry2:

Oh, I love this thread! I'm the priestess sister of the High King. We have a warped relationship but its not our doing but of our busy body aunt who caused us to "mate" during the Great Marriage. Yeah, sick. I was masked and so was he. Didnt know I was pregnant til his crowning. Now I'm ticked off and caught up in a plan in which I had no say, just like my mother before me. Thats what happens when you come from a hidden place that mere mortals cannot see! Can you tell me who I am? Morgain in Mists of Avalon! I know, I just cant keep a secret!

I too am a Tolkienite! I never really got into the book until the movies came out and now I am truly addicated. I love the Hobbit because it gives me a sense of "cozyness". I can feel myself becoming a Hobbit. I have also read The Fellowship Of The Rings and The Two Towers. Loved them both even though they got a bit "windy". I've since put the book down as I need to "prepare" myself for the final book, it IS, after all, a very LONG journey! I'll say this much. Since reading his works and seeing the movies, I cannot look at the mists and mountains, flora and fauna without a deep desire to listen to the soundtrack and whip out the books again!

Hello all, I'm new here. Having searched high and low for an online bookclub for almost a year, I'm really excited! I've read A.K. 5 times and listened to it on audio cassette about 4 times. I have to admit, if you couldnt already tell, I LOVE this book! Kitty and Levin are my favorites. You cant help but love the innocence of their love. I believe Tolstoy wanted to contrast the "pure" love to the "perverted" love between Kitty and Levin and Ann and Vronsky. Character wise? Anna just annoys me to no end, no matter how many times I read this story. Everytime she is whiney and pathetic. Just my opinion. Anna is the ultimate victim of her own choices. Why DIDNT she accept Alexa's offer of the divorce when it was first mentioned? Why did she consistently shoot herself in the foot? She played the martyered (sp) victim who was determined to garner pity. Vronsky payed for his flippant attitude towards Kitty's love for him. What did he get? He got into a tortorous (just cant spell correctly today!) relationship with an unstable and jealous, married woman. I have so much more to say on this but I'll pace myself!