The SAHM Book Club Weekly Check-In

mandymack · May 2011

Welcome to the THIRD year of The SAHM Book Club!!!

Anyone can participate simply by replying to this post with the following information:

* Your 2011 goal (the number of books you want to read this year)
* How many books you have read to-date
* The last book you read and the book you are currently reading

You pick the book you want to read and tell us about it once you've finished it!
For those currently participating, please check your information below and let me know of any changes (books you've completed or stopped reading) and/or inaccuracies! Feel free to leave a review (good or bad!) and your thoughts on the book(s) you are currently reading and should you need a recommendation for a great book, check our Recommendations Spreadsheet.

Happy Reading!

P.S. "CR" = Book you are currently reading "LBR" = The last book you read

Current Participants:

40+twinmom 1/12 CR: In Praise of SAHMs

LBR: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

abbie612 0/12 CR:?

adriasf 3/12 CR: Water for Elephants

LBR: Seeing Me Naked

aktemple 1/12 CR: Decision Points

LBR: Sizzling Sixteen

AlishaMay 0/12 CR: Twin Set

LBR: Who Loves You Best

Andrewsgal 0/100 CR: Fault Lines; Deep Down True

LBR: Always the Baker Never the Bride

AshleyEric609 1/12 CR: The Recipe Club

LBR: Sing You Home

Aspade 9/25 CR: Julie and Julia

LBR: My life in France

aundraya 11/24 CR: Gone With the Wind

LBR: The Red Queen

Babypuplove 4/12 CR: Water for Elephants;

LBR: Sarah's Key

brightning 5/11 CR: Half-broke Horses

LBR: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels

broomy 1/25 CR: The Mysterious Benedict Society

LBR: Handling the Undead

cadengani 18/150 CR: Family Tree

LBR: Friendship Bread

Canzadalyall 4/12 CR: Sleeping Arrangements

LBR: Barefoot

celestej619 20/25 CR: Anna and the French Kiss

LBR: Neverwhere

chedder143 7/15 CR: Sweet Valley Confidential

LBR: The Host

Cherhop1 0/12 CR: How Did You Get This Number?

CnAmom 8/40 CR:1st To Die

LBR: Room

Daisy77 7/20 CR: Signs of Life

LBR: Something Borrowed

David_n_cole 0/12 CR: War and Peace

LBR: Breaking Dawn

Eaduvall 19/200 CR: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

LBR: Sierra's Homecoming

Englishmajor03 14/25 CR: A Thousand Splendid SunsLBR: Deception Point

FirefightersBride 3/25 CR: Switched

LBR: The Confession

fishstyx 10/50 CR: Custard's Last Stand

LBR: Anna and the French Kiss

Foo572 8/25 CR: Lisey's Story

LBR: House Rules

foreverMorgan 9/25 CR: In the Heart of the Sea - The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

LBR: The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers

Gatogrrl 9/30 CR: The Year of Living Biblically; After the Quake

LBR: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

gaughan258 5/20 CR: Rescue

LBR: Son of a Witch

hheyderh 2/20 CR: Christmas in Cedar Cove and Catching Fire

LBR: The Hunger Games

hopecounts 7/25 CR: 13 Little Blue Envelopes

LBR: Anna and the French Kiss

hs & js baby #1 12/25 CR: She's Come Undone

LBR: The Pact

jackieobride 0/8 CR: Secret Daughter

jana_86 5/30 CR: Marrying Daisy Bellamy

LBR: My Blood Approves

jblonde81 0/10 CR: Bram Stocker's Dracula

LBR: Sense & Sensibility

jcsumm0 16/50 CR: The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

LBR: Superfreakanomics

Jenifairies 13/75 CR: Jane Eyre

LBR: Sweet Valley High

Jnksmom 10/20 CR: Remember

LBR: Redemption

Julie004 0/30 CR: Hunger Games

LBR: Torn

KateB1984 16/40 CR: A Year and A Day

LBR: Gone With the Wind

katie_cj@hotmail.com 1/50 CR: The Bastard of Instanbul

LBR: Hunger Games

Kitten80 3/25 CR: Young, Fabulous, and Broke

LBR: Eating Well When You Are Expecting

Kiwi433 1/50 CR: The Joy Luck Club

LBR: Reading Lolita in Tehran

KMS1025 9/30 CR: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

LBR: House Rules

Lms_bride 5/15 CR: 1-2-3 Magic

LBR: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels

lysszimmerman 3/30 CR: Mockingjay

LBR: Catching Fire

MalloryRae 6/12 CR: The 9 Rooms of Happiness;

LBR: Mothers & Other Liars

Marathonkate 3/25 CR: Little Bee

LBR: Lady Vernon and Her Daughter

matt&steph 6/8 CR: ????

LBR: Water for Elephants

michaels_lovely 16/50 CR: The Mammoth hunters

LBR: Alphabet Sisters

Missliz01 1/20 CR: A Common Pornography

LBR: Dizzy and Jimmy

MKNola 3/12 CR: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress

LBR: Dragonfly in Amber

momaholic 0/10 CR: Mother Warriors

MrsDWeb 11/25 CR: Something Borrowed

LBR: Best Friends Forever

Mrs.Hizzo 16 CR: Fall of Giants

LBR: The War Play Dilemma

mrsnemitz 7/20 CR: Heaven is for Real

LBR: A Short Guide to a Happy Life

musicmamma09 1/25 CR:?

LBR: Hell's Corner

NathsPrncssD 3/12 CR: Happiest Toddler on the Block

LBR: Safe Haven

Nictel 6/40 CR: The Most Human Human

LBR: A Passage to India

PearlieGirl'sMom 6/30 CR: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

LBR: Seabiscuit

Read2Me 64/111 CR: 666 Park Avenue

LBR: A Great and Terrible Beauty

robinsokj 5/20 CR: The Girl Who Played With Fire

LBR: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Seans_grl 26/60 CR: The Sky is Everywhere

LBR: Bossypants

Spiritenergy 11/65 CR: ????

LBR: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

spunkyprincessmande 10/20 CR: Crazy Love

LBR: Winter Garden

Stacyc625 1/12 CR: The Guardian

LBR: The Alchemist

tabi_ja 8/15 CR: The Time Traveler's Wife

LBR: City of Thieves

thatgirl85 8/48 CR: Pride and Prejudice

LBR: Jane Eyre

Tigergirl14 3/15 CR: Decision Points

LBR: Rude Awakenings

tjbabe 3/15 CR: Eclipse

LBR: Sweet Little Lies

TobeMrs.Shavers 5/12 CR: The Hunger Games Series book 1: The Hunger Games; The Queen's Gambit

LBR: Twisted Sisterhood

Toutoute 2/25 CR: The Invisible Man

LBR: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Vonita 21/50 CR: The Tiger's Wife

LBR: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Wesleysgirl1106 CR: Left Behind

LBR: A Very Special Delivery

WhitePicketFence 24/75 CR: The Shinning; Divergent

LBR: The Stand

jnksmom · May 2011

I finished Remember and am now reading Snowfall at Willow Lake which is part of a series I started months ago and didn't finish because I could not find all the books. Hoping this one is as good as the others were.

jnksmom: 11/20 CR: Snowfall at Willow Lake LBR: Remember

jana_86 · May 2011

jnksmom:
I finished Remember and am now reading Snowfall at Willow Lake which is part of a series I started months ago and didn't finish because I could not find all the books. Hoping this one is as good as the others were.
jnksmom: 11/20 CR: Snowfall at Willow Lake LBR: Remember

That series is pretty good! I'm on the last one now! At least, I think it's the last one.

5/30 CR: Marrying Daisy Bellamy

Temp174496125006552 · May 2011

I finished The Sky is Everywhere. So that puts me at 27/60 for the year.

I'm currently reading The King's Speech.

Thanks!

laney75 · May 2011

Lms_bride 6/15 CR: N/A

LBR: Sea Glass by Anita Shreve

Daisy77 · May 2011

My count is 8/20.

LR: Signs of Life by Natalie Taylor

CR: Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life by Jillian Michaels

I finally finished Signs of Life. It was....okay. I wanted to like it more but it kind of dragged at times. It's a real life story about 24 year old (and 4-5 months pg) Natalie Taylor losing her husband of one year to a freak accident. The book is about how she basically learns how to move on. Sometimes I found it was hard to follow the multiple friends/family and her relationships to them. Such as she'll sometimes refer to someone with their first name and later on a nickname. Confusing. And while it was interesting at times, she is a teacher and refers to a LOT of books and applies their plotlines to her situation and how she was dealing. I felt like I was reading about the books more than her. It took me a while to finish it for that reason. It just couldn't hold my interest as much I wanted it to...it seemed like it could be an inspiring story.

I plan on my next book being Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life by Jillian Michaels. I'm currently doing her 6 Week 6 Pack workout and would love to see if she can bring in print like she does in her workouts:)

Fishstyx · May 2011

11/50 CR: The Lovely Bones

LBR: Room - this book was great! Unlike anything I've ever read before. Although I will say the first half is better than the second half, IMO.

matt&steph · May 2011

Hi everybody!

LBR: Water for Elephants

I am CR The Backup Plan by Sherryl Woods. It's OK, its an easy read. I really wouldn't recommend it though. I am almost done and looking foward to starting a new one soon.

foreverMorgan · May 2011

I'm 10/25. I finished In the Heart of the Sea. My current read is A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin. It's the first book I'm reading on my new Kindle. I think I prefer old school books, but it does come in handy at the gym.

EnglishMajor03 · May 2011

I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns last week. I am not sure I'd recommend it or not. The writing was amazing; truly a gifted author. However, the subject matter was difficult for me, particularly the part when the mom had to bring her daughter to the orphanage. It was definitely a book I had to put down multiple times because emotionally I was falling apart.

After my last few books, all heavy in subject matter, I have moved onto Non-Fiction. I'm reading The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. I'm not quite 100 pages into it so I'm just really scratching the surface of the book but so far it's been really interesting. He talks a lot about how the internet got started, and it totally brings me back to when I was in college...Netscape!? I haven't heard that in YEARS!

Englishmajor03 15/25 CR: The World is Flat

LBR: A Thousand Splendid Suns

40+twinmom · May 2011

I haven't checked in in forever but I finished In Praise of SAHMs awhile ago and am now reading The Road.

celestej619 · May 2011

I increased my goal, I'm now at 21/35.

CR: The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels

LBR: Anna and the French Kiss

ETA: fixed numbers

Read2Me · May 2011

It was a slow week for me. I finished 666 Park Avenue (okay but nothing special) and Grow Great Grub (an awesome reference for urban gardeners). I've got two books started- The Distant Hours (it's okay but I'm having a hard time getting into it) and Midwives (really interesting so far). I'm up to 66/111 for the year.

gatogrrl · May 2011

Gatogrrl 11/30 CR: Moby Duck by Donovan Hohn
LBR: The Year of Living Biblically

The Year of Living Biblically was great. Very entertaining and thought-provoking. I also finished After the Quake, which had some good stories and some not-so-good stories.

Now I'm reading Moby Duck, about what happens to over 28,000 bathtub toys that fall off their container ship into the Pacific Ocean during a storm. It's really quite an odyssey so far. Over the course of ten years, a couple make it through the Arctic and are picked up in Scotland and Maine!

WhitePicketFence · May 2011

WhitePicketFence: 26/75 CR: The Weird Sisters, The Complete Organic Pregnancy

LBR: Divergent, The Shining

aspade · May 2011

I finished Julie & Julia--kind of interesting how they made up so much drama for the movie that's not in the book. A quick, satisfying read. And oh how I've been cooking from MTAOFC! Inspiring.

So 10/25, CR, is Charming Billy (McDermott). I needed a novel, and I love her. I'm about 50 pages in, and it's good, but I don't know if I like it as much as Child of My Heart or After This.

mandymack · May 2011

I'm almost done with The Queen's Gambit... it is so good!!!

Drewbear · May 2011

I know I've missed a few updates...it's been a crazy May!

I finished The Paris Wife, I liked it! Something borrowed was a re-read, so we don't have to count that one.

I'm currently reading Dead Until Dark...so far so good.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

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