Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Our World Tuesday - Manhattan Passing By
In December we took a trip to New Hampshire. On our return we made a stop on Long Island so that the GPS took us through Manhattan as the best route home to Maryland! Here are some shots out the window because we didn't stop since it was just at the beginning of rush hour.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Almost 100
I didn't read the 100 books that I thought I could this past year, but I came very close. I was 5 short at 95. I'm not going to list them all here. Most of them have been listed in the Last 10 Books Read sidebar through the year. And all the Agatha Christie books, all 48, have their separate listings under the Agatha Christie posts here and here.
What I will give you are my favorites from the list.
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan. A historical fiction that takes place at the Niagra Falls. A rather sad story but worth the read.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. This one is set in present day England and gives you a picture of small town life and prejudices.
Happy Days by H. L. Mencken. After a visit to Mencken's Baltimore home both Dan and I were interested in reading about his life. I didn't get any farther than this first book which was a wonderful picture of life in Baltimore long ago.
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors. I always thought being a fire ranger manning a tower would be fun. Not so after reading this one. Not too many of these jobs left.
The Return of Captain John Emmett by Elizabeth Speller. What a mystery. This one I'll have to reread one day.
10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said by Charles Wheelan. Dan checked this one out and after he read it he passed it on to me. I had to go out and buy a copy it was that good. Sarah read it too as did my book club (at my recommendation). We had a special connection to the book since the speech was given at Dartmouth College where both daughters went.
The Unconquered - In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes by Scott Wallace. If you read "The River of Doubt" about Teddy Roosevelt's trip in the Amazon, you must read this modern day version of such an expedition.
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler. I don't always like Tyler's books but this one for book club was very good. We even went on a ghost walk in Ellicott City to celebrate our reading of the book.
Finding Casey by Jo-Ann Mapson. I usually like to stick to historical fiction and steer away from present day, but this one was an exception and an excellent read.
If you have some book recommendations for me, please leave a comment. I plan to get back to Agatha Christie later this year but for now I've started my 2013 list with The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb. I have another book to start and finish before Wednesday night's book club gathering! I better get reading.
What I will give you are my favorites from the list.
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan. A historical fiction that takes place at the Niagra Falls. A rather sad story but worth the read.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. This one is set in present day England and gives you a picture of small town life and prejudices.
Happy Days by H. L. Mencken. After a visit to Mencken's Baltimore home both Dan and I were interested in reading about his life. I didn't get any farther than this first book which was a wonderful picture of life in Baltimore long ago.
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors. I always thought being a fire ranger manning a tower would be fun. Not so after reading this one. Not too many of these jobs left.
The Return of Captain John Emmett by Elizabeth Speller. What a mystery. This one I'll have to reread one day.
10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said by Charles Wheelan. Dan checked this one out and after he read it he passed it on to me. I had to go out and buy a copy it was that good. Sarah read it too as did my book club (at my recommendation). We had a special connection to the book since the speech was given at Dartmouth College where both daughters went.
The Unconquered - In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes by Scott Wallace. If you read "The River of Doubt" about Teddy Roosevelt's trip in the Amazon, you must read this modern day version of such an expedition.
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler. I don't always like Tyler's books but this one for book club was very good. We even went on a ghost walk in Ellicott City to celebrate our reading of the book.
Finding Casey by Jo-Ann Mapson. I usually like to stick to historical fiction and steer away from present day, but this one was an exception and an excellent read.
If you have some book recommendations for me, please leave a comment. I plan to get back to Agatha Christie later this year but for now I've started my 2013 list with The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb. I have another book to start and finish before Wednesday night's book club gathering! I better get reading.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
As this New Year starts I'm rethinking how and what I will use this blog to do. Rather than completely go off the air as some bloggers seem to do, I need to find my new or modified niche and this may be a long process. So if you have been a follower and faithfully read what I post, I thank you. If you have been a regular commenter, I appreciate the feedback you've given me in the past. What I will do next and the direction I will go is waiting for the inspiration that is bound to come to me someday soon or at least I hope it does. If not, then I will make a final post and call it quits and say good bye.
As this New Year starts I'm rethinking how and what I will use this blog to do. Rather than completely go off the air as some bloggers seem to do, I need to find my new or modified niche and this may be a long process. So if you have been a follower and faithfully read what I post, I thank you. If you have been a regular commenter, I appreciate the feedback you've given me in the past. What I will do next and the direction I will go is waiting for the inspiration that is bound to come to me someday soon or at least I hope it does. If not, then I will make a final post and call it quits and say good bye.
Friday, December 28, 2012
My Agatha Christie Reading Challenge
I picked up an Agatha Christie book last January after many years of not reading such and was enthralled again by her writing style and ability to stump the reader. I challenged myself to read first all of the Miss Marple series which I did and duly noted here. Then in May I started in on the Hercule Poirot series going in order better than I did with the former and duly noted here.
I've just finished the third to last in that series and I have the last two checked out waiting to be read, hopefully before the close of this year. That will leave only 32 more books of Christie's to be read in 2013 and I will have completed my challenge!
If you are a fan of mysteries I highly recommend these books to you!
1/1/2013 - I did it. I finished the last two books before the New Year rang in.
I've just finished the third to last in that series and I have the last two checked out waiting to be read, hopefully before the close of this year. That will leave only 32 more books of Christie's to be read in 2013 and I will have completed my challenge!
If you are a fan of mysteries I highly recommend these books to you!
1/1/2013 - I did it. I finished the last two books before the New Year rang in.
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