[LATE, sorry!] 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 2/12 CR: The Road

LBR: In Praise of SAHMs

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 10/25 CR: Charming Billy

LBR: Julie and Julia

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 21/25 CR: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels

LBR: Anna and the French Kiss

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 8/20 CR: Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life

LBR: Signs of Life

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 15/25 CR: The World is FlatLBR: A Thousand Splendid Suns

FirefightersBride 3/25 CR: Switched

LBR: The Confession

fishstyx 11/50 CR: The Lovely Bones

LBR: Room

Foo572 8/25 CR: Lisey's Story

LBR: House Rules

foreverMorgan 10/25 CR: A Murderous Procession

LBR: In the Heart of the Sea - The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Gatogrrl 11/30 CR: Moby Duck

LBR: The Year of Living Biblically

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 11/20 CR: Snowfall at Willow Lake

LBR: Remember

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

Laney75 6/15 CR: ????

LBR: Seaglass

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: The Backup Plan

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 12/25 CR: Dead Until Dark

LBR: The Paris Wife

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 66/111 CR: The Distant Hours; Midwives

LBR: 666 Park Avenue

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

LBR: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Seans_grl 27/60 CR: The King's Speech

LBR: The Sky is Everywhere

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

LBR: The Shinning; Divergent

mandymack · May 2011

Sorry this check-in is late... DH and I spent all 3-day weekend turning Emily's room into a real "big girl" room, complete with all new furniture and decor (and about a day and a half cleaning, ugh!) and I was working hard on preparing/freezing the last of the meals on my list.

I actually fell asleep reading The Queen's Gambit last night with only 12 pages to go, ha! It's such a great book!

babypuplove · May 2011

CR: Room (so intense! about halfway through and can hardly put it down; unfortunately with two small babies I have to!)

LBR: Water for Elephants (enjoyed it, it held my interest, but it wasn't one of my all time faves)

gatogrrl · May 2011

My goodness, MrsShavers, it's getting so close to your due date. You're sounding very organized and ready for the arrival of #2!

Gatogrrl 12/30 CR: Be Near Me
LBR: A Widow's Story: A Memoir

I had to put Moby Duck down because A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates came in at the library and it had to be read fast. It's quite dark in how it deals with her terror, loneliness, and hopelessness after her husband of 47 years suddenly dies. Lots of talk of suicide. But it's also full of insights and little moments that I identified with. The image of her backing out of the hospital room after her husband dies, because she can't bear to turn her back on him forever, will always stay with me. Joan Didion did a similar memoir a few years earlier but I liked this one so much better.

babypuplove · May 2011

TobeMrs.Shavers:
Sorry this check-in is late... DH and I spent all 3-day weekend turning Emily's room into a real "big girl" room, complete with all new furniture and decor (and about a day and a half cleaning, ugh!) and I was working hard on preparing/freezing the last of the meals on my list.
I actually fell asleep reading The Queen's Gambit last night with only 12 pages to go, ha! It's such a great book!

You should post pics of her big girl room! :-)

babypuplove · May 2011

TobeMrs.Shavers:
Sorry this check-in is late... DH and I spent all 3-day weekend turning Emily's room into a real "big girl" room, complete with all new furniture and decor (and about a day and a half cleaning, ugh!) and I was working hard on preparing/freezing the last of the meals on my list.
I actually fell asleep reading The Queen's Gambit last night with only 12 pages to go, ha! It's such a great book!

You should post pics of her big girl room! :-)

Mrs. Rohde · May 2011

Oooh. This sounds like fun! I have a goal on my blog to read 50 of the 100 greatest books of all time before I turn 30 (Dec. 2012). I have read 13 of them so far so I guess my goal for this year is to read a total of 25 so I need to read 12 more. (at least) and I will most likely have "other" books in the mix too

CR: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

LBR: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (list), Water for Elephants (fun)

Comments: Huck Finn was fun though boring at times. Kind of dragged on. Water for Elephants was a good story, not my favorite but still kept my interest. I may want to see the movie too.

Read2Me · May 2011

This week was a good reading week! I finished Midwives by Chris Bohjalian (awesome awesome read!) and I also read Divergent by Veronica Roth (really good, especially if you like the Hunger Game trilogy), Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner (good police thriller), Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah (my favorite of her books so far) and Dead Reckoning (the newest True Blood book and one of my guilty pleasures). Now I am reading Love You More by Lisa Gardner and it's really good so far. I have now read 71 books toward my goal of 111.

MrsShavers- do you need someone to cover the weekly check-ins for the next few weeks seeing as how you will probably be just a tad bit busy?

jana_86 · May 2011

6/30 CR: The Hunger Games

LBR: Marrying Daisy Bellamy

*Possible Spoilers*

I finally finished it, yay! It was pretty good. I found myself skipping a little bit, but the over all story was entertaining. My favorite part was at the end the guy gets stationed at Vance AFB, which happens to be in my town! Which is kind of funny, the base isn't very big and neither is my town. We don't get a whole lot of recognition.

I'm really excited about "The Hunger Games" I've heard wonderful things about it!

jnksmom · May 2011

Jnksmom 13/20 CR: Fireside

LBR: Snowfall at Willow Lake

I finished Snowfall at Willow Lake as well as reading Return. Both were good books and both are part of a series. I found myself skipping some parts of "Snowfall" though especially the beginning part. I am now reading Fireside which is the next book after Snowfall.

MommyMich · May 2011

Goal: 20

Read: 8 I'm listing them just for the heck of it because this is the first time I have participated...

Come Back- Claire Fontaine

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming- Joshllyn Jackson

Harvesting the Heart- Jodi Picoult

The Last Lecture- Randy Pausch

The Last Song- Nicholas Sparks

Life's a Beach- Claire Cook

Sarah's Key- Tatiana de Rosnay

The Help- Kathryn Stockett

CR: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake- Aimee Bender (not great)

LBR: The Help (loved it)

tabi_ja · May 2011

I finally finished "Time Traveler's Wife". I know it comes highly recommended, but I just couldn't get into it. I kept reading, hoping it would get better, but it never really did. I spent a lot of time forcing myself to keep reading.

As soon as I was finished, I picked up "The Hunger Games" and read it in a day and a half. That is a great book, and very well written. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

So, in summary:

10/15 books read for the year. I'd like to up my goal to 25 books, please.

LBR: "Hunger Games"

CR: "Undercurrent" - a teen fiction that I started last night and will probably finish tonight. Any recommendations for my next read?

Temp174496125006552 · May 2011

I finished The King's Speech. I thought it was ok. IMO, this is one of those instances where the movie is much better than the book.

I also read The Nanny Murders by Merry Jones. It was a quick read and I liked it. The author is from Philly and that's where the story is set. It was neat to read and recognize the different neighborhoods/towns and landmarks.

This puts me at 29/60 for the year.

I'm going to stary Light on Snow (by Anita Shreve) tonight.

Temp174496125006552 · May 2011

Read2Me:

This week was a good reading week! I finished Midwives by Chris Bohjalian (awesome awesome read!) and I also read Divergent by Veronica Roth (really good, especially if you like the Hunger Game trilogy), Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner (good police thriller), Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah (my favorite of her books so far) and Dead Reckoning (the newest True Blood book and one of my guilty pleasures). Now I am reading Love You More by Lisa Gardner and it's really good so far. I have now read 71 books toward my goal of 111.

I read Midwives recently too and really liked it.

I see the girls talking about Divergent on the NBC all the time and wondered what it was about. I LOVED The Hunger Games trilogy, so I'll defintiely have to check thsi out. Is it a series? Just wondering if there are other books that I should read first before that one. Thanks.

aundraya · May 2011

I'm still at 11/24, and I'm still reading Gone With the Wind, but I've also picked up another book called The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln. Scarlet O'Hara has put me in a Civil War mood. :-)