Wednesday, April 17, 2013

FLO COMES BACK IN MARCH. A BIT, ANYWAY


So, here's the scoop:  Flo-Valley had 6 people, reading 18 books for a total of 6637 pages.  Numbers are still down overall but, we have some new part timers that we're going to strong arm into joining the party.  LOL!  We need to get our numbers back up gang!

Meanwhile, out in the boonies known as Wildwood, Abby read 7 books for a total of 2501 pages.  No, HPIR, you may not absorb Abby into your ranks.  If anyone gets her, it's US!  After all I've been blogging for her, and she likes me best anyway.  Right, Abby?  :p  lol

Here's the list of books that we read and mostly enjoyed.

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Hegashino
The Black Box by Michael Connelly
Hereafter by David Brian Winter
Robert B Parker's Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman
Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir by Cyndi Lauper
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Last Victim by Karen Robards
Hannah's List by Debbie Macomber
Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon
Istanbul: The Imperial City by John Freely
Mission to Paris by Alan Furst
Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know by Andrew Finkle
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle and Helge Dascher
Post Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
A Rush of Blood by Quintin Jardin
The Healing by Jonathan Odell
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn


Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Rag Tag Readers of Highland Park March on

The FIVE readers left in our little band read a total of 7122 pages. First prize goes to Sheila with 1930 pages, second to Jim with 1817 pages, and third to yours truly with 1620 pages. Here's what we read:

The Paris Wife / Paula McLain
Best man to die / Ruth Rendell
Forest unseen / David George Haskill
The Glass Key / Dashiell Hammett
Enemy of Mine / Brad Taylor
Private Berlin / James Patterson & Mark Sullivan
Standing in another man's grave / Ian Rankin
Touch and Go / Lisa Gardner
Ramblin' Jack Elliott: The Never Ending Highway / Hank Reineke
The Thin Man / Dashiell Hammett
Angle of Repose / Wallace Stegner
Wish You Were Here / Graham Swift
The Scarecrow / Michael Connelly
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross / James Patterson
Husband List / Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly
Deeper Winter (in Harper's) / Alexander Maksik
various (in African American Review) / various
Mississippi Harvest / Lisa Knopp in Big Muddy
I hate to wash the Mississippi out / Jill Reid in Big Muddy
Narcissus over morning coffee / Tim Leach in Big Muddy
Contemporary American Indian Life in The Owl’s Song and Smoke Signals / Jim Charles in English Journal
A Vision beyond Time and Place / Scott N. Momaday in The Way to Rainy Mountain
Really including diversity in early childhood classrooms / Ruth Elswood in Young Children
Zoo / James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
Harper's Magazine (December 2012)                                    
Devil Sent the Rain / Tom Piazza
Stone Arabia / Dana Spiotta
A Sunless Sea / Anne Perry
Umbrella / Will Self
Sun and Shadow / Åke Edwardson

Meramec March

What a month: spring break & snowstorms!
Meramec's totals:
  • 8 participants
  • 33 books
  • 8329 pages
 
Here's what we read in March:

 
Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking Susan Cain
Where’d you go Bernadette Maria Semple
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat Edward Kelsey Moore
House of Earth Woody Guthrie
The House Girl Tara Conklin
Indiscretion Charles Dubow
The City of Devi Manil Suri
Lake People Abi Maxwell
Rule of Four Caldwell
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Riggs
This Dog for Hire Benjamin
The Dog Who Knew too Much Benjamin
Death by theory Preatizel
Importance of Being Wicked Alexander
Curiosity Thrilled the Cats Kelly
The Well of Lost Plots Jasper Fforde
Dragonborn Toby Forward
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Irresistible Balogh
Regency Valentine various authors
Midnight Pleasure James
The best short stories of guy de Maupassant Guy De Maupassant
The Mystery of the Cross Judith Couchman
The Balkans: People in Conflict Hal Marovitz
The Music School John Updike
Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very short Stories 
Twentysomething: Why do young adults seem stuck Henig & Henig
Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan
Testament of Mary Colm Toibin
Live By Night Dennis Lehane
Mortality Christopher Hitchens
Launching a Leadership Revolution Orrin Woodward & Chris Brady
Children’s books (various titles)

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