Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Meramec's July totals


Meramec is a firecracker in July! Despite the heat, our 9 participants have read a total of 34 books and 11753 pages. Phil Carmody takes the prize for 7 books, 2958 pages!

Ray, Calling Invisible Women, 246
Barrett, Murder on the Half Shelf, 293
Newby, Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, 247
Sefton, Cast on, Kill Off, 294
Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War, 356
End Back & Neck Pain, 210
David Maraniss, Barack Obama: The Story, 641
Elaine Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person,138,  pp.99-236
Gregor Thum, Uprooted,66,  pp.260-325
Steven Ozment, A Mighty Fortress: a New History of the German People, 123
Richard H. Schmidt, Glorious Companions: Five Centuries of Anglican Spirituality, 185
Don DeLillo, Falling Man, 246
Timothy Schaffert, The Coffins of Little Hope, 262
Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle: A Memoir, 288
Jetta Carleton, Claire de Lune, 276
Anne Tyler, Beginners Good-bye, 197
Jessica Anthony, Chopsticks, 272
John Corey Whaley, Where Things Come Back, 228
Peter Tremayne, Master of Souls, 320
Peter Tremayne, Absolution by Murder, 272
Pat Conroy, Beach Music, 768
Karen Thompson Walker, The Age of Miracles, 272
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin [Splendid Edition], 560
Liza Klaussmann, Tigers in Red Weather, 356
Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies, 410
Mary Kay Andrews, Summer Rental, 402
Mary Kay Andrews, Savannah Blues, 404
Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number, 433
Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies , 432, (Highly, highly recommend)
Susan Hill, Shadows in the Street,384
Jo Nesbo, The Snowman, 512
 Laurent Binet, HHhH, 327, Mostly historical, blend of true act of heroism and personal memory of assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
 Jo Nesbo, The Leopard, 517
 Jean Zimmerman, The Orphanmaster , 432
Lee Child, One Shot, 384

Thursday, July 12, 2012

TOTALS FROM THE WILD-VALLEY


 
         We can all tell that summer is in full bloom.  Not only is it hot as heck, but many of our readers are away, enjoying their time off.  Lucky dogs!

          But, as much as we (and our totals) miss them the FV crew still did their thing and ended up with:
6 readers
18 books
7219 pages 
Not bad for such a small crew!

         Our dear Abby, out in the boonies added 6 more books & 1755 pages! 

READING LIST:
World War Z
Heartburn
On The Road With The Ramones
Growing Up Yanomam'o: Missionary Adventures in the Amazon Rainforest
Barnstorming to Heaven: Sidney Pollock and His Great Black Teams
Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball
Newsweek
A Plague on Both Your Houses
An Unholy Alliance
A Deadly Brew
A Wicked Deed
The Devil's Disciples
11/22/63
The Bird Sisters
Walking Back to Happiness
Autobiography of Miles Davis
Ravens
Castro's Secrets
Our Man in Havana
A Discovery of Witches
Easy Asian Noodles
Once Upon a River
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
When She Woke
The O'Brien's


Thursday, July 5, 2012

Meramec is sweating it out in June

Meramec is lagging a little now that the full force of summer has hit, but we still had 6 participants reading 29 books for a total of 6624 pages. Betty took top honors with 11 books and 1936 pages, and Bobbie came in a close second at 1638 pages.

Meg Wolitzer, The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman, 293
Nicole Jordan, Princess Charming, 357
Jetta Carleton, The Moonflower Vine, 318
Jetta Carleton, Clair de Lune, 276
Jonathan Franzen, Freedom, 562
Margaret Wise Brown, The Color Kittens, 24
Mo Willems, I Broke My Trunk, 54
Mary Balogh, The Proposal, 311
Mary Jo Putney, No Longer a Gentleman, 368
Amanda Quirk, Crystal Gardens, 320
Daniel Pinkwater, Mrs. Noodlekugel, 72
Janet Craig, Tiniest Pumpkin, 16
Don Freeman, Corduroy Goes to the Beach, 16
,God Made Me: The Story of Creation, 14
Steve Haskamp, Eight Silly Monkeys, 18
Lisa Kleppan, Scandal in Spring, 374
Julia Quinn, A Night Like This, 373
Jaycee Dugard, A Stolen Life, 273
Lily Tuck, I Married You for Happiness, 190
Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, 258
Lou Beach, 420 Characters, 169
Donna Leon, Beastly Things, 296
Michael Ondaatje, Cat’s Table, 269
John Irving, In One Person, 425
Gahan Wilson, Nuts, 143
Tim Winton, The Turning,  336,  AUDIO 10hours, 45 min
Alister  McGrath, The Journey , 150
Gregor  Thum, Uprooted , 250
Elaine Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person,  99 

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Highland Park Instructional Resources

HPIR is hot, hot, hot! But aren't we all these days? Our 7 readers read a total of 10577 pages in June. As usual, Marian topped us with 3304, Jane came in second with 1942, and our new participant Evale logged 1618 pages! Here's what we read:

Age of Innocence / Edith Wharton
The Witness / Nora Roberts
Kill Alex Cross  / James Patterson
“You must remember this”: Trauma and Memory in Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-Five / ALBERTO CACICEDO
Built-ins / Time Life Books
Lost Memory of Skin / Russell Banks
Deadlocked / Harris
Lothaire / Cole
The Sun (April 2012)                             
The Fourth Man / K.O. Dahl
Slaughterhouse Five / Vonnegut
Mystery of the ivory charm / Carolyn Keene
Out of Oz / Gregory Maguire
The Reluctant Queen / Jean Plaidy
The Moonflower Vine / Jetta Carleton
The third gate / Child
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography / Jimmy McDonough
501 Minutes to Christ / Poe Ballantine
The Sun (August 2011)                        
Micro / Michael Crichton
An available man: a novel / Hilma Wolitzer
Life on Mars / Tracy K. Smith
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey: the lost legacy of Highclere Castle / The Countess of Carnarvon
Eye of my heart: 27 writers reveal the hidden pleasures and perils of being a grandmother / Barbara Graham, editor
Summer reading: a novel / Hilma Wolitzer
The Doctor's Daughter: a novel / Hilma Wolitzer
Michael of Wales / Paul Conklin
Looking back: a book of memories / Lois Lowry
Ladies of Missalonghi / Colleen McCullough
Motherland: beyond the Holocaust; a mother-daughter journey to reclaim the past / Fern Schumer Chapman
Silver: a novel / Hilma Wolitzer
Clair de Lune: a novel / Jetta Carleton
Unpacking my library: writers and their books / Leah Price, editor
Money shot / Rae Armantrout
Eat cake: a novel / Jeanne Ray
Julie and Romeo: a novel / Jeanne Ray
Katherine the Virgin Widow / Jean Plaidy
Breakdown / Sara Peretsky
Anansi and the tug o' war / as told by Bobby & Sherry Norfolk
The Night Circus / Erin Morgenstern
Anansi and the Sky Kingdom / as told by Bobby & Sherry Norfolk
The Sun (April 2012)                             
The Sun (May 2012)