tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63919425518290508232024-02-18T20:51:46.912-05:00Books: Just for Fun!Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-72116408066332715582014-01-24T08:43:00.000-05:002014-01-24T08:43:13.494-05:00This is just a test postI am checking things our on here for a patron, please disregard.<br />
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<br />Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-49033582240400743342010-05-12T09:05:00.000-04:002010-05-12T09:14:08.329-04:00Pride and Prejuidice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtrHs4b-DFGwx1YdoinSqWIOlZ6Rpxa4hwpwDL95LP_q4Ur1WQbSYfKndhdlPiSn5muU0ymXY2Zc9FKSnlpKAR6SsgdIp08pi59citgBoo7tEoCdFSN8EWSuqLcxmat1mb0e2YdX8McLq/s1600/62478863.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtrHs4b-DFGwx1YdoinSqWIOlZ6Rpxa4hwpwDL95LP_q4Ur1WQbSYfKndhdlPiSn5muU0ymXY2Zc9FKSnlpKAR6SsgdIp08pi59citgBoo7tEoCdFSN8EWSuqLcxmat1mb0e2YdX8McLq/s320/62478863.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470371098099040498" border="0" /></a><br />Now, if you are anything like me, you always hear about "the classics" and think that maybe you should read them. But...when you actually pick them up, they bore you to tears. I can't tell you how many times I have tried to read <span style="font-style: italic;">Moby Dick</span> *insert puking sound here*. Sorry, but I just can't get into Ishmael and all that. <br /><br />So...when I heard that there was a version of Pride and Prejudice coming out that involved zombies and ninjas, I thought 'hmm, this could possibly keep me awake!'. I listened to it on audio, which I very much enjoyed because it was then all in an English accent, as it should be. It was a fun romp of a book! The zombie part did get quite graphic, and there was a part where I was literally gagging in my car, but overall it was great. At this point, I am not exactly sure what there would have been to the story if it were not for the zombie story line. Why would Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth had any interest in each other if it was not because they were both first-rate warriors? But, let I give something away, I'll end. And, I am going to try <span style="font-style: italic;">Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter</span> very soon!Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-45510639244463226772009-08-26T21:14:00.000-04:002009-08-26T21:41:26.460-04:00Southern Vampire/ Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVCRUfwlgqMK2tDcIg6kwtbXoqCsAaW4Od3DP9lXje33xVmXHYdutducT2XGihmDf7coszmzdknMzqdHXNeB8FU9cv-LHvt_mueKByJKi80dP8KH88uMX8Tv837AdW9Baeh4cFvMoKy1s/s1600-h/harris1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVCRUfwlgqMK2tDcIg6kwtbXoqCsAaW4Od3DP9lXje33xVmXHYdutducT2XGihmDf7coszmzdknMzqdHXNeB8FU9cv-LHvt_mueKByJKi80dP8KH88uMX8Tv837AdW9Baeh4cFvMoKy1s/s320/harris1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374452481595708994" border="0" /></a><br />My friend Mary suggested the first book in this series to me. She told me it was like the Twilight series, but for grownups, because it is much funnier and much saucier. She was quite right. It is not as "romantic", although there is quite a bit of romance. The first book is Dead Until Dark. In it Sookie Stackhouse is a telepathic barmaid. She has many problems because of her ability. She knows too much and if she lets others know she can hear their thoughts, the think she is crazy. When Bill Compton, a vampire, moves into the area, he is perfect for her to date since he is dead, therefore no thoughts. The whole series is very good, I would love to have a week to sit on a beach and read them all. Much good fun!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH50OT9_boXMhTb9xNWlEMjI8PpzfqvA8YJExr6JEdJy0jYKC_i6Nc001XiCqEdpkCiJq5soC6rQL0UQvMUhzUtuUlLzUAqmLujI_qoHxXRMg5VAPPPg8ZM6xfG5hGjzB1efMBHXAxMsY6/s1600-h/stackhouse.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH50OT9_boXMhTb9xNWlEMjI8PpzfqvA8YJExr6JEdJy0jYKC_i6Nc001XiCqEdpkCiJq5soC6rQL0UQvMUhzUtuUlLzUAqmLujI_qoHxXRMg5VAPPPg8ZM6xfG5hGjzB1efMBHXAxMsY6/s320/stackhouse.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374452300312920226" border="0" /></a><br />Book 1: "Dead Until Dark"<br />Book 2: "Living Dead in Dallas"<br />Book 3: "Club Dead"<br />Book 4: "Dead to the World"<br />Book 5: "Dead as a Doornail"<br />Book 6: "Definitely Dead"<br />Book 7: "All Together Dead"<br />Book 8: "From Dead to Worse"<br />Book 9: "Dead and Gone"<br /><br />Aside from being a great book series, I am told that HBO has made the first book into a TV series called True Blood. I have not seen any of it since I have no cable, but maybe someday.<br /><br />My mother-in-law had recommended Charlaine Harris' other series' to me as well. I will try them soon and get back to you. For more information, check out her <a href="http://www.charlaineharris.com/bibliography/bibliog-sookie.html">website</a>.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-55670412718205620532009-07-06T12:27:00.000-04:002009-07-06T12:33:19.442-04:00Foul Play by Janet Evanovich<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSn7zAw3Vkw7rLZbrgFW18p-uklvKqKZtS5dmflcc9JYZxdLBRdyPPYG00uRoEiVmCPe82KBEJlYBSZPcAWuQ-BoZwRaNLr2bI2XVfpJXsce_WFxETxOyvb6ucXrK3bnRf5SsrVr2LyKjI/s1600-h/foul.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSn7zAw3Vkw7rLZbrgFW18p-uklvKqKZtS5dmflcc9JYZxdLBRdyPPYG00uRoEiVmCPe82KBEJlYBSZPcAWuQ-BoZwRaNLr2bI2XVfpJXsce_WFxETxOyvb6ucXrK3bnRf5SsrVr2LyKjI/s200/foul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355384742095297858" border="0" /></a>This book was pretty silly, as most of Janet's books are, but I laughed out loud repeatedly. The book follows Amy as she loses her job as a children's TV show host to a chicken and gets a job at a vet office, where the chicken is subsequently stolen from. Amy is blamed when she walks into the office the next morning, unknowingly, and carrying fresh, homemade chicken noodle soup.<br /><br />Very funny, even my husband was laughing out loud.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-65929288879984869112009-07-06T12:20:00.000-04:002009-07-06T12:24:47.324-04:00The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNDwLR2KTvsRLecnXJosUuzLPqRcPop-I__iZ-oEtNo9FM6hOR-9zEobQLfRAVm6KA1vhldm6U1w1-NWR1l0uj4SYmmlIw090C1RQ-gfQVV4hzmogIo8riivFRvcwtcHJBCBoikwnACgE/s1600-h/disrep.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNDwLR2KTvsRLecnXJosUuzLPqRcPop-I__iZ-oEtNo9FM6hOR-9zEobQLfRAVm6KA1vhldm6U1w1-NWR1l0uj4SYmmlIw090C1RQ-gfQVV4hzmogIo8riivFRvcwtcHJBCBoikwnACgE/s200/disrep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355383086530470530" border="0" /></a>I read this YA book just for fun and it was a lark! I'm going to recommend it to my friend Meredith, as I think she will enjoy the word play. Synopsis from B&N:<br />"Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14:<br />Debate Club.<br />Her father's "Bunny Rabbit."<br />A mildly geeky girl attending a highly competitive boarding school.<br /><br />Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15:<br />A knockout figure.<br />A sharp tongue.<br />A chip on her shoulder.<br />And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston.<br /><br />Frankie Laundau-Banks.<br />No longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer.<br />Especially when "no" means she's excluded from her boyfriend's all-male secret society.<br />Not when her ex boyfriend shows up in the strangest of places.<br />Not when she knows she's smarter than any of them.<br />When she knows Matthew is lying to her.<br />And when there are so many, many pranks to be done.<br /><br />Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16:<br />Possibly a criminal mastermind."<br /><br />Frankie masterminds so many great pranks that you find you want to be her.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-43071325277307127712009-07-06T11:59:00.000-04:002009-07-06T12:19:51.744-04:00Unwind by Neal Schusterman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMhRD91s93gexjDJGtqQf-bh2Vz0F56FgnlI8kT1qlMfyaegE7TD6NHJ2B-bmUiI444UNlq70BHrBMa8m0XlWy7OF9xTX4Zdp0LYit-MDHZtF1Ix88Wftuqre0k-cHHnqrQXlyxIkyJjb/s1600-h/unwind.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMhRD91s93gexjDJGtqQf-bh2Vz0F56FgnlI8kT1qlMfyaegE7TD6NHJ2B-bmUiI444UNlq70BHrBMa8m0XlWy7OF9xTX4Zdp0LYit-MDHZtF1Ix88Wftuqre0k-cHHnqrQXlyxIkyJjb/s200/unwind.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355377684387610034" border="0" /></a>I'm not going to say too much about this book, in case some of my book club members tumble upon this post before July 15. It is really good, you should read it. Here is the blurb from B&N:<br />"<br /><p align="center"><big>In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would "unwind" them</big></p><p>Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his family's strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these three unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance. If they can survive until theireighteenth birthday, they can't be harmed -- but when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, are wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away.</p><p>In <i>Unwind</i>, <i>Boston Globe/Horn Book</i> Award winner Neal Shusterman challenges readers' ideas about life -- not just where life begins, and where it ends, but what it truly means to be alive."</p><p>Read it.<br /></p>Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-13491669973736438432009-07-06T11:43:00.000-04:002009-07-06T11:46:08.070-04:00Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJH0Ia12d0gfQ02bjdRRZ3NV2LOFONllRlgWKZir2o7qCTgLAMBBPGvv0yjPwoAxdXpSxDI_OHMQeKYBA9dKewCpm3n4EG0162Awy5xzC-W78v-0Wsf6jtb206pg6_rMWVZJ5RZSSNWPT/s1600-h/heart.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJH0Ia12d0gfQ02bjdRRZ3NV2LOFONllRlgWKZir2o7qCTgLAMBBPGvv0yjPwoAxdXpSxDI_OHMQeKYBA9dKewCpm3n4EG0162Awy5xzC-W78v-0Wsf6jtb206pg6_rMWVZJ5RZSSNWPT/s200/heart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355373560445513490" border="0" /></a>3rd in the Trilogy. Darcy has always claimed that she only wants a rich man who can provide for her want of material things. She doesn't plan on falling in love, ever. Until Trevor Magee shows up on the scene.<br /><br />Narrator wonderful. The whole series is emotionally satisfying!!!Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-44356925931312443122009-07-06T11:39:00.000-04:002009-07-06T11:43:24.148-04:00Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sFxUSIJqQaMHz8umHwETc3laBDFO8e0QFgXwU-iQjpIb3IUwiDL988690VyrVJnnLqixtYC0_3CC47bGeLrW9JXWArE8-zIddNMGTqelHiLEKSWbbFl3N6FS1Mcx8e1bNfI09OcjNZqs/s1600-h/tears.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sFxUSIJqQaMHz8umHwETc3laBDFO8e0QFgXwU-iQjpIb3IUwiDL988690VyrVJnnLqixtYC0_3CC47bGeLrW9JXWArE8-zIddNMGTqelHiLEKSWbbFl3N6FS1Mcx8e1bNfI09OcjNZqs/s200/tears.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355372475660520882" border="0" /></a>The 2nd book in a trilogy. Brenna O'Toole has a "yen" for Sean Gallagher, a man she has known all her life. She figures a good roll in the hay will cure her of it, and so she proposes it to her. Sean is horrified...Brenna is like his sister. Then he starts to think of it and decides that she isn't going to get rid of this 'yen' so easily. Especially when Carick, the fairy king, gets involved.<br /><br />Again, the narrator is wonderful. I love the Irish accents and Gaelic words. Both the book and the audio are worth the time.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-76762227244998791012009-06-17T12:31:00.000-04:002009-07-06T11:39:16.578-04:00Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iqer2ayd0lBPFYjg1pGMv1R1cIZJ-JWJGpp5Q6HbhMrww69RKu5ci_bORqpM9e_RtZXWIrI4QgB8roPu20DOx2AlHmQA3azJMh9XKK-y9_nycef47GAb7iml7xHBlmcvRBI8i49g7LMH/s1600-h/jewels.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iqer2ayd0lBPFYjg1pGMv1R1cIZJ-JWJGpp5Q6HbhMrww69RKu5ci_bORqpM9e_RtZXWIrI4QgB8roPu20DOx2AlHmQA3azJMh9XKK-y9_nycef47GAb7iml7xHBlmcvRBI8i49g7LMH/s200/jewels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355370608718087634" border="0" /></a>This is the first in a trilogy. I've read the series before and really enjoyed it, so when I needed something to listen to in the car, I gravitated toward this. In this first book, Jude has come to Ireland from Chicago and she's not sure why. She's always done what is right and expected of her in life. Since her husband of 2 months left her for another woman, so has been restless and unhappy. In a move not understood by her parents, she quits her job as a psychology professor and goes to stay in Ireland for 6 months. Here in the small village of Ardmour, she is welcomed with open arms since her grandmother was raised there. She befriends the Gallagher siblings and Brenna O'Toole. All the while she is supposedly writing a paper on the psychological aspects of legends and storytelling. When she becomes part of a legend, things get very interesting.<br /><br />I loved this book and the narrator is wonderful in her Irish accents, and the pronunciation of many Gaelic words. A great read or listen!Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-68663224647473868532009-06-05T21:55:00.000-04:002009-06-05T22:04:47.852-04:00Fancy White Trash by Marjetta Geerling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfyPLV5_ONY_X-zu-FMhkfeRScNhjH2OdzvruvfCbUKGGV1FgWEYzPpQg7mNkGwQ_dvbcTr9jubHeguI9b-geWSHRKGUI6fZSwmxdLbAQp5gl7D8w09iZLqIiU3Ph5J9UioUDxCTs8NMT/s1600-h/fancy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfyPLV5_ONY_X-zu-FMhkfeRScNhjH2OdzvruvfCbUKGGV1FgWEYzPpQg7mNkGwQ_dvbcTr9jubHeguI9b-geWSHRKGUI6fZSwmxdLbAQp5gl7D8w09iZLqIiU3Ph5J9UioUDxCTs8NMT/s200/fancy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344028854548196018" border="0" /></a><br />This book was absolutely hilarious. I found myself thinking that I couldn't believe a book could be so far out and yet so believable. Abby is 15 and lives with her two older sisters, her niece (daughter of oldest sister), her mom and Guitar Player (mom's new husband). All of a sudden Mom announces that she is pregnant. Oh, I also forgot to mention that middle sister is also 8 months pregnant (by Guitar Player, but before he was married to her mom). And possibly older sister is preggers too? So, Abby has come up with the One True Love Plan to keep her from ending up like the rest of her family. She is assisted in this major quest by her best friend, the boy next door who is adamantly trying to insist he's not gay. All in all, a very fun book. Aimed to teens, but great for adults too.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-37361534900240514242009-05-29T15:07:00.000-04:002009-06-05T22:04:22.212-04:00The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqLIUeIEw51v8cQOFEaASvE8eZXMPGIhvua7dRv5iIRfKzKIayeLEBsbKYOurQyxXFrV9-T8C65ndo8G8zhP-udGj-nTkNZf0ADOYTGQsGrqLdzCyJZkKy6qKHkNZrAyLn6nFBavLvJWn/s1600-h/chosen.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqLIUeIEw51v8cQOFEaASvE8eZXMPGIhvua7dRv5iIRfKzKIayeLEBsbKYOurQyxXFrV9-T8C65ndo8G8zhP-udGj-nTkNZf0ADOYTGQsGrqLdzCyJZkKy6qKHkNZrAyLn6nFBavLvJWn/s200/chosen.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341326107391756370" border="0" /></a><br />I had read and seen quite a bit of pre-pub hype for this book. May times when there is too much hype, the book is not all that good. That was not the case with this title. The Chosen one is about a 13 yr. old girl, Kyra, who has grown up in a polygamous sect of a cult. She has 24 brothers and sisters and her father has 3 wives. Suddenly, it is announced that the Prophet has had a vision from God and she is to marry her uncle, age 60, in 4 weeks time. While her father does all he can to fix things, the Prophet insists it must be so. So, it is up to Kyra to decide if she should save herself and never see her family again, or go about life as "normal" and enter into an incestuous marriage to a man 4 1/2 decades order than she, as a 7th wife. Excellent book, I was cheering her on and hissing at the bad guys.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-87699278881532424572008-10-24T14:16:00.000-04:002008-10-24T14:31:28.933-04:00What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj4Le28qJEl8E8H410c8Zx9bbzoA_b7UgDhr1xkMOziEE6n17P2hRcZcU5ixSO4sE7HJYkeoNZN-DGFrSUmd1TtnHeBS7maBNeDUXfhoPD5PV6uX0AKn1dLcwwVu8h-HcOSjZ1FY8JFZc/s1600-h/what.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj4Le28qJEl8E8H410c8Zx9bbzoA_b7UgDhr1xkMOziEE6n17P2hRcZcU5ixSO4sE7HJYkeoNZN-DGFrSUmd1TtnHeBS7maBNeDUXfhoPD5PV6uX0AKn1dLcwwVu8h-HcOSjZ1FY8JFZc/s200/what.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260786455731532546" border="0" /></a>This was one of the best book club books that we have done. It garnered enough discussion to last us several hours. We did get off topic a couple of times (we always do), but it was mostly relating the book to our own lives and those of people we know.<br /><br />As the book opens, the main character is flying to see her mom, whom she and her sister have not talked to in 35 years. Her sister is about to find out whether or not she has cancer and she feels they should reconnect with their mother, in case. We hear most of the story through the main character's reminiscences on the plane flight there. Their mother did something horrible all those years ago. Can you wait to find out what?Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-85023735609093911372008-10-24T13:06:00.000-04:002008-10-24T14:14:19.755-04:00Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZssIBWPHDXufyHqGlfA5MYuHORfUut3Kb3gUYKU9p40NAFa9GEyngES-GOW9sgTSlbHuxWO76eqz7doa1jF41OOx0A5wcBpNj5D9xr4V7DrBY2OKFjJPejz8r34U1dGCrQiXLwkUvh1KD/s1600-h/20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZssIBWPHDXufyHqGlfA5MYuHORfUut3Kb3gUYKU9p40NAFa9GEyngES-GOW9sgTSlbHuxWO76eqz7doa1jF41OOx0A5wcBpNj5D9xr4V7DrBY2OKFjJPejz8r34U1dGCrQiXLwkUvh1KD/s200/20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260768800055694978" border="0" /></a>I love the Blossom Street series by Debbie Macomber. This is the 4th book in the series and maybe my favorite. The book starts with Anne, who owns the bookstore on Blossom Street. It has been three years since her estranged husband passed away and she feels she is missing something in her life. She and three other widows gather on Valentine's evening and she comes up with an idea that they should each come up with a list of 20 wishes that they would like to do to revitalize their lives. Some of them are big and some are small. A couple of Anne's are to buy a pair of red boots and to see Paris with someone she loves. My only complaint about this book is that I want more. Macomber shares the major details of each widow's quest with us, but she could have made this into four books and I would have eaten them all up!<br /><br />P.S. This book made me also seriously consider starting a list of my own 20 wishes. Maybe soon.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-77227007898768956982008-09-12T11:24:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:27:34.807-04:00Booked for BreakfastI joined an e-mail book club a couple of years ago. It's quite fun. They feature a new book each week and M-F you receive a small snippet of the book, along with funny stories by the host, Suzanne. If you don't like the book, you can delete it. Sometimes I do, but I always read Suzanne's column. She's very funny and she likes to give things away, like home-baked chocolate chip cookies and fuzzy socks. I belong to the Mystery and Thriller Book Club, but they offer others as well. Check it out here: http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/bookedforbreakfast/Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-9840927633283528512008-09-12T09:34:00.000-04:002008-09-12T09:40:30.286-04:00Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4hQznhLb92FePHBV_KpqsS56gV2lkCKq6uiAab3AySgEC7-HiOiEIG2oKzjT84l1LrK1vK1v51xhoxsd6wVln7q0S9sxuaSSWx6JraG7CScdQlV6imxtyq1l-KJxm1P9ZZkk6x0_3NL-/s1600-h/dress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4hQznhLb92FePHBV_KpqsS56gV2lkCKq6uiAab3AySgEC7-HiOiEIG2oKzjT84l1LrK1vK1v51xhoxsd6wVln7q0S9sxuaSSWx6JraG7CScdQlV6imxtyq1l-KJxm1P9ZZkk6x0_3NL-/s200/dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245128134565802562" border="0" /></a>For those of you who are regular readers, you know I'm not really into non-fiction. I actually chose this book for our Book Discussion Group at my library. They like to have books with lots of controversy so they have a lot to talk about. <br /><br />Sedaris writes about his life and the lives of his family and friends. I laughed a lot at their antics, although there were many sad and poignant stories as well. He has admitted that he tends to exaggerate things at times, but I think that added to my enjoyment, rather than detracted from it. Some of my favorite stories in this book are about his baby brother. He is so crude and much larger than life. Even if you normally like fiction, you'll probably enjoy this too.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-44960606823109960612008-09-12T09:22:00.000-04:002008-09-12T09:34:33.369-04:00Play Dirty by Sandra Brown<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKhRxCDzDYyVk64Pt7npCKntnNbTCQZZGqncGL2Uhn9x_d0HW4jZURbXt1HqsGPIjMVdhZaUfWNDOHgJmWPRXQ4cClww8Gf1OxvZ2V_5j458CilG29HpB2dDoyG6efMdxz6crbZVrlUQW/s1600-h/play.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKhRxCDzDYyVk64Pt7npCKntnNbTCQZZGqncGL2Uhn9x_d0HW4jZURbXt1HqsGPIjMVdhZaUfWNDOHgJmWPRXQ4cClww8Gf1OxvZ2V_5j458CilG29HpB2dDoyG6efMdxz6crbZVrlUQW/s200/play.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245125087525973298" border="0" /></a>Sandra Brown isn't always on my "must read" list, but she has had some good ones over the years, including this. I actually picked it up because my mother-in-law was telling me about it and I was intrigued. <br /><br />Play Dirty features a former NFL star who has just been released from prison for betting on and throwing a major NFL game. He is approached by a paraplegic billionare to sire a child with the man's wife. And...there can be no doctors involved because someone might find out! So they have to do it the old fashioned way. Also involved in this whole scene is a man from the NFL star's dirty past who would like nothing better than for him to be dead. Soon someone else dies and all is in an uproar. This was quite the page turner.<br /><br />Some of Sandra Brown's books are just lusty romances, but others are really good mysteries. My two favorites are <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Unspeakable/Sandra-Brown/e/9780446607193/?itm=1">Unspeakable</a> and <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Standoff/Sandra-Brown/e/9780446609616/?itm=1">Standoff</a>. Try them out.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-26854351260589446432008-09-12T09:19:00.000-04:002008-09-12T09:22:38.099-04:00Sorry for the delay...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbUhli_NCrSCn8jXj3KOx0tC9ebUAWHI4Bp020IvBJlqROodkgi7QAOr1xlBqdbBd21qSTxJ7S1BSxKkxr6fjyLKoq036_-VtmNqHWZB4NlQjvmAKUQQCpa049NrLz9BLe45V2cnUhaEy/s1600-h/qwill.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbUhli_NCrSCn8jXj3KOx0tC9ebUAWHI4Bp020IvBJlqROodkgi7QAOr1xlBqdbBd21qSTxJ7S1BSxKkxr6fjyLKoq036_-VtmNqHWZB4NlQjvmAKUQQCpa049NrLz9BLe45V2cnUhaEy/s320/qwill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245124461057927346" border="0" /></a><br />For anyone who has been checking this blog hoping for updates, I apologize. On July 2nd, we welcomed our 2nd son, Qwilleran Robert, into our lives and I've been behind on this blog ever since. I will get back into the swing of things starting today. BTW, you get bonus points if you know where his name comes from. Hint: if you are reading this blog you're already in the right area.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-70816069801891317462008-06-19T14:42:00.000-04:002008-12-11T17:16:20.482-05:00The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6Luo__WBsgd2OsdIS1rbLcro7-4lFdATHTjB7cPjfinHlAk1Pls156f7iUBYEZK-qAgnwy7Dhe0vBnXG0XFmJrTZMPuvICAI2wRSP8WbpZdUgmbEHhZgqoYz83GCn_DLE2LoLLOOLwFX/s1600-h/rag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6Luo__WBsgd2OsdIS1rbLcro7-4lFdATHTjB7cPjfinHlAk1Pls156f7iUBYEZK-qAgnwy7Dhe0vBnXG0XFmJrTZMPuvICAI2wRSP8WbpZdUgmbEHhZgqoYz83GCn_DLE2LoLLOOLwFX/s320/rag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213665241372494706" border="0" /></a>I probably would have had an easier time with this book if I had read it instead of listening to it on audio. The book focuses on the murder of a 7 yr old girl, Alicia. The main character, a 12 yr. old boy named Jason, is under suspicion for her murder, although he doesn't know it. The bulk of the book is Jason being interrogated by a professional police interrogator named Mr. Trent. This made me so uncomfortable that I had to shut the tape off at least 5 times. <br /><br />See, Jason's mother lets him go to the police station alone, thinking he is only there to give police some background information to help their investigation. Once there, they corner him in a small stuffy room with Mr. Trent and let him at Jason. Mr. Trent has been promised political favors if he secures a confession from Jason. I'll stop there, so I don't give everything away. A thought-provoking book, although the subject matter was uncomfortable.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-66459078067902371602008-06-19T14:36:00.000-04:002008-12-11T17:16:20.811-05:00Princess Mia by Meg Cabot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx0TGhCmYTZzr_VZXoL4rxwfNtUqQn6r-CzxRGC7DHQxh8G-daGJWnZ__qXsua_WfhRpPoom83WzU5kBytH5FXvruoGDd5fAyHwf1RgBV05_iQ1l_Ox-qvW9P_Gua4K_nj8wqnzNYKAZY/s1600-h/mia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx0TGhCmYTZzr_VZXoL4rxwfNtUqQn6r-CzxRGC7DHQxh8G-daGJWnZ__qXsua_WfhRpPoom83WzU5kBytH5FXvruoGDd5fAyHwf1RgBV05_iQ1l_Ox-qvW9P_Gua4K_nj8wqnzNYKAZY/s320/mia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213663800804516546" border="0" /></a>If you've read any of the Princess Diaries books so far, this book isn't anything different. Princess Mia's boyfriend has broken up with her while he's in Japan for the next year. Her best friend, Lily, isn't speaking to her. Her grand mere is being horrible and no one understands the depression she is going through. Her dad even makes her see a therapist. <br /><br />I understand that teens like series books, and normally I do too, but I am ready for Mia to graduate high school and move on to something else. Probably a good book if you are under 15.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-26941262203644548492008-06-18T07:42:00.000-04:002008-12-11T17:16:21.055-05:00Plague Ship by Clive Cussler and Jack DuBrul<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tiZaHWYLCOU1Zku1ZMhIW39j2qqRtIuYKEupYxDwnKnyisKWLrUXoseOfNcR6xrYJfhxHjCMkDFISZx2Mw3I6dTcxYQf1TlTMrl2zwLNe9YhTZwjzV-0ufjuUNyq5seOYFHTFOHjAkNG/s1600-h/ship.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tiZaHWYLCOU1Zku1ZMhIW39j2qqRtIuYKEupYxDwnKnyisKWLrUXoseOfNcR6xrYJfhxHjCMkDFISZx2Mw3I6dTcxYQf1TlTMrl2zwLNe9YhTZwjzV-0ufjuUNyq5seOYFHTFOHjAkNG/s320/ship.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213186010397843138" border="0" /></a>For those of you who have never tried Clive Cussler, you really don't know what you are missing. His books are adventure from beginning to end. They normally start out with something happening far in the past. In this book, a German pilot finds the Ark (yes, Noah's Ark) in the Arctic Circle during WWII. Then you fast-forward to a little into the future from today. Bad guys are always trying to do something horrible to affect the earth. In this case, there is a group called Responsivists who thinks that the human race is breeding itself into extinction. So, to join to cult-like group, you must get a vasectomy or tubal litigation. <br /><br />At this point, the Oregon, a ship from many of Cussler's previous books, comes across a cruise ship on which everyone has been killed horribly by a mysterious disease (yes, I know, pretty far-fetched). There turns out to be one survivor, so they then go about figuring out what happened. Overall, an excellent book as long as you have a good "willing suspension of disbelief". Adventure from beginning to end.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-18106781949174361582008-06-05T22:18:00.000-04:002008-12-11T17:16:21.189-05:00Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSOc45GE7mJe7hxkEVgS0EsF3te-QrUwEiJxe_eZ711W8hHy-yrPxOattXvtD3bGimOPMfZWwCPrHYsjTQ_L6LLmfKf7T5Iav6UIEN5gWWupe3QO4p182htKeJZj195P5o7clhAcg-MnM/s1600-h/deep.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSOc45GE7mJe7hxkEVgS0EsF3te-QrUwEiJxe_eZ711W8hHy-yrPxOattXvtD3bGimOPMfZWwCPrHYsjTQ_L6LLmfKf7T5Iav6UIEN5gWWupe3QO4p182htKeJZj195P5o7clhAcg-MnM/s320/deep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208587353984476994" border="0" /></a>This light novel is about two cooking show hosts who end up getting involved in a cooking reality show in order to see who will get a new show on cable. Regina is into Southern cooking with simple and natural ingredients. She has a cooking show on public television, but she has just found out that it is about to be canceled because her producer (and boyfriend) was caught sleeping with the major sponsor's wife. Tate's show is more of the "Kill 'n Grill" of Southern cooking. He shows how to fish or hunt for his meats and fish and then cook them up sizzling hot. Apparently he is sizzling hot too, as he has a bevy of beautiful ladies gathering where ever he shows up. This book was a lot of fun, but a bit predicable.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-8778697695206795752008-06-05T22:10:00.000-04:002008-12-11T17:16:21.368-05:00Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q2LUsdaSfejOvzeE9SrEtHHNn1PuT3OLBwM7PHVZYZE2xkaLVX2Vfk60OIfvo-qKzZ2RdE5RCUBmnt8kL3DAtZC0VMOlhGDmAjzU1PfZ3AWw8rEy6u_XhAkYAdcgk3LFu7Kserolx1G5/s1600-h/zapped.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q2LUsdaSfejOvzeE9SrEtHHNn1PuT3OLBwM7PHVZYZE2xkaLVX2Vfk60OIfvo-qKzZ2RdE5RCUBmnt8kL3DAtZC0VMOlhGDmAjzU1PfZ3AWw8rEy6u_XhAkYAdcgk3LFu7Kserolx1G5/s320/zapped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208585709012002610" border="0" /></a><br />For those of you who have never read Carol Higgins Clark, don't go into her books thinking that you are getting something like what her mother, Mary Higgins Clark, writes. Carol does write mysteries, but they are not nearly as well written or thought out as Mary's. Not that I don't like Carol's, there are just a lot different. <br /><br />In Zapped, Reagan Reilly (P.I.) and her new husband, Jack (head of the Major Crimes Squad at NYU) are returning home to New York City as a major blackout occurs. Somehow, they are each able to run separate investigations of separate crimes, but all the bad guys and all the good guys somehow run into each other in the darkness of NYC and all is solved almost concurrently. There are way too many coincidences in this book, but yet it is a light mystery read, if that is what you are looking for.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-8610223749820710592008-06-02T21:44:00.001-04:002008-12-11T17:16:21.640-05:00Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh381H4bp29i-dgcIaqPcyrc2HzJwTnhtuPBRs9J-sXYcVCkRh8by2WB2_ANDDwRi8tPfrqFP7aP0YE6uN7ho_qqoD3NIQfFGynH9C5CUsM6zsh5nSRQVFdmuLHBxQ2Zv_OkPfA-8PCxvul/s1600-h/sheer.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh381H4bp29i-dgcIaqPcyrc2HzJwTnhtuPBRs9J-sXYcVCkRh8by2WB2_ANDDwRi8tPfrqFP7aP0YE6uN7ho_qqoD3NIQfFGynH9C5CUsM6zsh5nSRQVFdmuLHBxQ2Zv_OkPfA-8PCxvul/s320/sheer.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207465337963802338" border="0" /></a>Ok, so I finally finished my book club book for May. I know, I know, it's June. But, it was a good book nonetheless. I don't have a lot to write since we did discuss it at book club a couple of weeks ago, but I'll give a short synopsis for those of you interested in possibly reading it.<br /><br />The book starts with three English girls leaving for a year of holiday between high school and college. They meet in the London airport and travel together for a week. They then split ways, agreeing to meet again in a year and see how things are. Life intervenes and they don't meet up after that year. In fact, as one of the girls is on her way back, she delivers a baby in a cleaning closet at the airport and abandons her there. You, as reader, do not know which girl it was. <br /><br />Fast forward 16 years. The abandoned girl is looking for her mother. We now see the three women and where they are in their lives. One is a doctor with a controlling husband, one is a barrister (lawyer) looking at getting into politics, and one is a journalist for a tabloid (I don't think the English use the word "tabloid" in the same manner that we do). Now, I'll leave the rest to you to find out. I enjoyed the book, although I wished some things had worked out a little differently at the end. Hey, you know I'm an optimist.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-35965074115425689202008-06-02T21:30:00.000-04:002008-12-11T17:16:21.899-05:00Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJlQAn3-LJeEy6-jzWtU_QTuy_GaWMTBPS0NFtAlgckdCflEfcrwioDQauoMxuY4FIu4nu2fH8W71bnYw0sffO-GpzBGE3fw73S0qk8SAQ7mqpj0JcuXI3eTvlsYGN4jfNwzDWyTasPns/s1600-h/bonk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJlQAn3-LJeEy6-jzWtU_QTuy_GaWMTBPS0NFtAlgckdCflEfcrwioDQauoMxuY4FIu4nu2fH8W71bnYw0sffO-GpzBGE3fw73S0qk8SAQ7mqpj0JcuXI3eTvlsYGN4jfNwzDWyTasPns/s320/bonk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207462413091073746" border="0" /></a>Now, non-fiction is normally persona non-Grata in my reading repertoire, unless it is about paint techniques or recipes. But, as I was taking Peyton to Story Hour at my local library (not MY local library, but the one I pay for with my taxes), this book caught my eye. First, I was impressed that a very small-town library would have this book, as I looked at buying it for MY local library, but I didn't think it would get checked out much. Second, MY local library does have her previous book "Stiff" (no, it's not about sex, it's about dead people) and it was very funny. Third, who isn't interested in sex?<br /><br />So, I checked it out along with Peyton's farm books. This was a hilarious book! I kept laughing out loud while reading it, causing Hans to shush me because he was trying to read his book (yes, Hans reads now, as long as it is Clive Cussler). Mary Roach has a way of putting things that just makes you smile. She really researches her subjects too. Almost every page had foot notes. Also, since many sex researchers have a hard time getting things through their Human Subjects Review Boards, she volunteered herself, and at times, her husband as well to participate in these studies so that she could get an inside look at what was happening. I'm not going to detail these escapades here, but it is worth reading the book for that alone. Now, I am not going to tell you that there aren't things in this book that you'd probably be happy never knowing (did you know that piglet production rises by 6% when the female pigs are manually aroused before being artificially inseminated?). But, nothing, I think, that will scar you for life. Take a chance, I think you'll laugh.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391942551829050823.post-61919108596443523722008-05-15T11:58:00.000-04:002008-12-11T17:16:22.031-05:00Playing for Pizza by John Grisham<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIV2kZMWiKYP7tx5Ks73bRNH_bJGnWNav7zFbLi2m4CodFFdQc7L1h29EX-o7igB-67od2HIR7lRlO2AgU8G_wg574QrdfWdifIN7J4fWTIZzAsPtwoCbneq1R_IcwpjZs2UdIEV3NsPM/s1600-h/pizza.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIV2kZMWiKYP7tx5Ks73bRNH_bJGnWNav7zFbLi2m4CodFFdQc7L1h29EX-o7igB-67od2HIR7lRlO2AgU8G_wg574QrdfWdifIN7J4fWTIZzAsPtwoCbneq1R_IcwpjZs2UdIEV3NsPM/s320/pizza.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200635151573513394" border="0" /></a><br />If you have ever had a conversation with me about John Grisham, you know that I cannot stand his legal books. They're so boring, and they're about lawyers and laws and all that boring stuff. But, amazingly, I enjoy his non-legal books. The first one I ever read was given to me for Christmas by the best gift-giver ever, my Aunt Judy. She gave me <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Skipping-Christmas/John-Grisham/e/9780385508414/?itm=2">Skipping Christmas</a> by Grisham while I was in college. It is a delightful tale about all the commercialism at Christmas, and what would happen if we avoided it. If you saw the movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388419/">Christmas with the Kranks</a>, with Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, it was similar, but of course the book is always better.<br /><br />Anyways, back to Pizza. This book is about an NFL quarterback who, through a series of circumstances, basically ends his NFL career through one game. He is only 28 and not ready to be done with football, but football seems to be done with him. So, his manager Arnie manages to get him onto a team in the Italian version of the NFL. Each Italian team is allowed a maximum of 3 American players, and the Americans are the only ones who get paid, and not well at that. The Italians play for the love of the game, and they are treated to pizza and beer once a week by the team's owner. <br /><br />The descriptions of Italian food, wine, scenery, and customs make me want to dash over to Italy and spend a week or five tooling around the cities and countryside eating and sunning on the beach. Wait until you read/hear the part about Rick trying to get his little Fiat out of a parallel parking place when there is a vehicle less than 12 inches from both front and back, and Rick has never driven a stick. Reminds me of a couple of friends of mine who learned to drive my little blue truck in high school=). <br /><br />All in all: great book. Read it and crave pasta with me.Erin the Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222616776272140336noreply@blogger.com0