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3rd Trimester
What non baby book are you reading?
Looking for a good book to read to pass the time waiting for LO. What are you reading right now that is not baby related?
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Re: What non baby book are you reading?
The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
I know it's subtle, how much I miss drinking... :-)
"The Crimson Room," don't know author. Historical mystery from post WWI London.
Also planning to get 'Eat, Pray, Love' this weekend, as I want to read it before the movie comes out. May save it for hospital bag, may not
The Power of One...by Bryce Courntany. Just finished. Has the BEST ENDING ever to a book. About a boy growing up in south africa in world war 2 era. VERY GOOD.
Just started The Surgeon. Pretty good...murder/mystery.
I just got into the House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, and I'm on the most recent book...which I believe is called Burned.
I recently finished Ghost Girl, can't remember the author's name...but I thought it was a pretty cute story.
And I've also been reading some Christian romance novels that have 3 stories in one book, and every book takes place in a different state. I'm really not one for romance...but it has just enough in them to satisfy my "aw" for it, they're pretty good.
And an ex-neighbor of mine told me read the book, "Death in Yellowstone." (It might be Deaths) She let me borrow it from her, and I haven't finished it yet. Based on true stories of deaths in Yellowstone.
I get bored easily from reading, so I tend to jump from book to book.
Just finished My Life In A Hereim... true story about a girl that was a prostitue in a sultans kingdom, pretty good, im not getting any right now so its good to read about haha
Just started Glenn Becks Common Sense and this other random one I picked up called Whats Left Of Us
whats this girl with the dragon tattoo allabout?
blog / birth story / my baby blues
If you haven't read the dragoon tattoo books, those are good (I've read the first 2, haven't started #3 yet). The first one was slow to start for me, but once the guy got his "assignment" it really started to pick up.
I also liked The Help; had to get used to the dialect used by one of the narrating voices.
My book club selection this month is actually The Thornbirds... came out in the 70's, was the subject of a miniseries in the 80's. The book spans several years starting in the ~1920's in New Zealand & Australia. If you like long books, this is the sort of book for you.
My favorite book of all time is The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged). It's a timeless tale of revenge, so clever. But SO SO SO long, so it might not be the best book to pick up because if you don't finish it before the baby comes, you may never be able to get back to it!!
I just finished Girls in Trouble by Carolynn Leavitt. It is about a teenage girl that gives her baby up for open adoption and all the turmoil that follows. Incredible page turner and so interesting.
Water for Elephants
My sister and my mom are both reading it and they both love it and highly recommend it. I think I am going to get it on Audible and listen on my ipod since I just don't have the attention span to read right now
Loved this book!!! I am currently reading "The GraveDiggers Daughter".
3 great books that I could not put down about the WWII era....
"Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
"The Kommandant's Girl" and "The Diplomat's Wife" by Pam Jenoff. These two books are a part of a series, "The Kommandant's Girl" is the first in the series followed by "The Diplomat's Wife". Don't read them backwards like I did b/c you will be confused!
Nice!!!! my cousin Sara is the author. It's also pretty cool they are making a movie out of it! i cant wait to see it. i hope you are enjoying it!
I just finished "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer. If you haven't read this, pick it up. It's all written in letter form and it moves great. It's about a book club during WWII but is pretty light and fun. I've never read anything quite like it.
Before that I read "The Innocent Traitor" by Alison Weir. I am a junky for Tudor history and Alison Weir is a much better source than Phillipa Gregory (I've also enjoyed her books but I've become a bit of a Tudor snob). This book is about Lady Jane Grey who took the throne after Edward died and had it for nine days before Queen Mary came and took what was hers. Very well written.
Anybody that wants to talk books, I'm your girl. I'm dying to start a book club but have a hard time finding people with time and the will to read.