January 20, 2008
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Books 2006, First Half
I know. It is 2008. 2006 was the first year I tracked my reading. I’m just getting this on the blog for archival purposes.
Laddie a classic I will always love and re-read
Shadows on the Rockcharming girl, lovely geography, 1697 Quebec
A Lost Lady
The Song of the LarkThe Magic of Honey
Teacher Man
Humility highly excellent little bookThe Histories
Financial Peace Revisited
Meacham, A Wide Spot on the Trail
A Song I Knew by Heart
Tender At the BoneThe Scotswoman
More to Be Desired Than Gold
Boy: Tales of ChildhoodThe Oedipus Cycle
The Quotidian Mysteries
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea
The Giver
Blue Shoes and Happiness
Last Days of Socrates it was duty that made me read it
Final Witness by Tolkien’s grandson; don’t bother
Comments (6)
Thank you for the booklist, Carol, and the short synopses. If you find a book not up to snuff, do you feel compelled to complete it?
I am afraid I feel guilty if I abandon a book I’ve started. I’m an oldest child. I blame a lot on that.Carmon
Yes, thanks from me, too, for compiling this list.
I value your recommendations and see several that I have started and not finished, but will based on your comments.
It’s never too late.
Thanks, but for a different reason. What a sane way to keep track. I had begun dating mine, but then, if I don’t keep up, I don’t remember exactly when I read a book, so I let it drop, then I loathe myself for yet another unfinished resolution!
I don’t feel guilty dropping a book that I don’t like, I just don’t have the time, and neither do you, Carmon! Give yourself permission! I’m a first child too, but always have been a slacker! Oh well!
Some of these look intruiging. The only ones I’ve read are “Faces”, “Chosen by God” and “The Last Days of Socrates”
Carmon,
I
used to think that way, but life is too short. It’s hard when someone
recommends a book whose opinion I value; if I can’t get into it, I
soldier on, thinking that I’m missing something obvious. Other times I
get snagged in a book that’s not up to par, morally, and keep excusing
or overlooking stuff that I shouldn’t. After I’ve finished I feel a
bit filmy. Other books begin with promise but lag and droop in the middle and end.
Like bad movies, there are books which I’ve finished
and said, “what a waste of time. I wish I had shut it off.” I hate
that feeling. All the books here are ones I’ve finished. I didn’t include the handful of titles which I plain dropped.
I’m a day behind in reading posts due to a paper I had to write, but what fun to finally get here and browse through a bit of your library
Several I have read, others such as French Women Don’t Get Fat and Chosen By God — how’s that for a pairing… Blessings, Laurie
My list of books to read has grown by five to 43. Thanks a lot! : ) I finished 119 last year, November to November. A lot of them were teen since that section is between the children’s library and the check out desk! The librarians gasp collectively when I treck towards the adult section with my four pre-school aged children. I really enjoyed Garlic and Sapphires by Reichl, I look forward to reading a memoir. Thanks for the tips.