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I haven't started the Tortoise book -- I think I'm waiting for the Vicodiin to kick in first.
I've seen that Saving CeeCee Honeycutt book but it never grabbed my attention. Then again, neither did the Guernsey Potato Pie book until everyone started raving about it here... and then I loved it.
Yeah, I'll log into Amazon soon and check out CeeCee again. And if I'm whacked out on Vicodin while I'm on Amazon, who knows what else I'll end up with! Weeee! Let the games begin! * Snort *
Who needs vicodin to end up with orders you hadn't planned? Its those "books you might be interested in" emails that get me. I need to build a new bookshelf.
I doubt I would have read the Guernsey book either, but got curious and looked it up. I love the whole way you can see what it was like but through the filter of later and the way its refered to. Bravo to the authors! Its a gentle sort of wartime memiour.
It needs to warm up enough for a few days so I can get in the shed to get the wood to finish the shelf which didn't get put up this summer. My BIG puppy has chewed up one book already and had to fix the spine on another.
I was on medication for a while and just couldn't read and its such a joy to go into these worlds again that only words can make.
Yup, I still felt the same way after the last 30 pages. The only part that made the ending "better" for me was the part about her mother (I don't want to ruin it for anyone who's going to read it). I thought what happened was too coincidental, but that part worked, in all its shlockiness, for me. In all, though, even though I found it interesting to learn about Left Neglect in terms of a TBI (traumatic brain injury), the story itself was predictable and hokey.
Not a major disappointment as far as a book, but a disappointment in terms of Lisa Genova.
I am about 25% into "The 1000 Autumns of Jacob DeZote", an excellent read.
You are in great company. 1000 Autumns was one of two books President Obama chose to read over Christmas vacation. Me, too. Certain parts were depressing, but it was fascinating and well written. I needed to keep my dictionary handy.
Agreed. I've decided to read When Gods Walked the Earth after reading Keith's life. Keith cleared up a lot of misconceptions in the book. Led Zeppelin were the real bad boys. I love Robert Plant's music of late.
Last book was "Angels and Deamons" -very good book. If I ever want to print a book I go to [URL="http://www.bidsforprint.com"]Bids for print - Online quotes for printing services from companies all over the world[/URL]
I'm still reading Kill Bin Laden but I just had to share the funny that even the black helicopter people are afraid of black helicopters !
Quoting briefly from the book: "The fabled Black Chinook is a slang legend inside the special ops community. If an operator makes an extraordinary egregious error in judgement or physical performance, then regardless of who he is or where he is at the time of the infraction, a mysterious black helicopter will arrive to sweep that person away... It was a nightmare every officer had worried about at some time or another...."
I'm still reading Kill Bin Laden but I just had to share the funny that even the black helicopter people are afraid of black helicopters !
Quoting briefly from the book: "The fabled Black Chinook is a slang legend inside the special ops community. If an operator makes an extraordinary egregious error in judgement or physical performance, then regardless of who he is or where he is at the time of the infraction, a mysterious black helicopter will arrive to sweep that person away... It was a nightmare every officer had worried about at some time or another...."
Oh yeah. The Afghans call them "Black Tulips." The Soviets used them, too, when they invaded Afghanistan.
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