Book Reading.....

[disneydream06]

A couple of more books to add to the list...

No. 32 is Liberty by Garrison Keillor.
I listened to the cd version of the book read by the author.
It's the story of the man, Clint, who has been in charge of the Fourth of July festivities in Lake Wobegon, Mn for the past several years. Unfortunately this is his final year becaue the rest of the committee has ousted him. He has been going through a midlife crisis even to the point of having an affair.
Lake Wobegon is filled with a riotous group of people.

Grade: A-

No. 33 is The Fire Engine That Disappeared by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.
It's a Swedish crime/detective book. I picked it up on vacation at the Chapel in the Hills gift shop.
It's the story of a less then harmonious police station trying to solve the case of apparent suicide that involved an apartment building fire that killed 4 people. Of course it wasn't a simple suicide case.

Grade: A-


Book List 2014:

1. A Rite of Swords by Morgan Rice
2. Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson
3. The Garner Files A Memoir by James Garner and Jon Winokur
4. Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
5. Treatment of Choice by Mary King
6. Blue Moon by Laurel K. Hamilton
7. Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story of the Actors
and Stagehands at Ford's Theater by Thomas A. Bogar
8. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
9, Hitler's Alpine Headquarters by James Wilson
10. Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
11. Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth
12. Goosebumps Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine
13. Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
14. Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die! by R. L. Stine
15. Moon River and Me by Andy Williams
16. Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making by John Curran
17. Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
18. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
19. Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
20. Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson
21. Death in the Baltic by Cathryn J. Prince
22. High Five by Janet Evanovich
23. Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
24. Hitler's Furies by Wendy Lower
25. Still Foolin' 'Em by Billy Crystal
26. Murder on a Stick by S. L. Smith
27. Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
28. Goosebumps: Stay Out Of The Basement by R. L. Stine
29. Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
30. Roseanne Cash Composed by Roseanne Cash
31. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
32. Liberty by Garrison Keillor
33. The Fire Engine That Disappeared by Mai Sjowall and Per Wahloo

Comments

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

33 books!
That's awesome!
Well done!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

That's only the third best year out of the last four. Last year I read 44 books. :o

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

that's impressive

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)
I should have more this year, but I have been pretty lazy about reading. That and too much time on ye olde computer. LOL...

THANK YOU so much for the postcard. :)

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

oh yeah - the computer is time suckage!


Oh great - I'm glad it arrived :D

[fairy69.livejournal.com]

I envy how much you read! I don't have the attention span as much but once I'm over in France, I think I'll have time on my hands for awhile...really want to delve into The Lord of The Rings. The movies are my favorite and the books always looked daunting to me. But I can at least give it a try!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Take the books with you to France. :)

[fairy69.livejournal.com]

I am shipping a box of them along with 5 other boxes of belongings (stressing about what that will cost!). Off topic and probably a very stupid question but is that you in the profile pic? If so - what a cutie!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's me from a few years ago.
Pretty much the same still just more grey. LOL.....
Thank you. :)

[techgirl-on-ij.livejournal.com]

Sjöwall Wahlöö created one of the most dysfunctional police stations ever :)

I've read a couple of their books and watched most of the movies and I really enjoyed them. The books are better than the movies, though.

I'm so behind on Janet Evanovich's books it's not even funny. I might never be able to catch up on them.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I was going to do another Janet book, but I started a different first. lol......

[inner-storm.livejournal.com]

Of course it wasn't a simple suicide case.

Now that would be it. One chapter, 20 pages, book finished. Everybody happy.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

LOL..... A short and sweet book? :p

[inner-storm.livejournal.com]

Something like that :p As a kid it really frustrated me that there was always something going wrong, that there was always a problem... I just wanted to see that everything was good :p

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

So you stick with short stories then? :)

[inner-storm.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, it's seems I'm over the frustration now. I even don't mind at all when everything is not alright in the end. More realistic, right?

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Sjowall and Wahloo aren't a bad read!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

It was enjoyable. :)
I might have to look into others. :)

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

How much more do you want to add this year???

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a goal. Obviously I won't beat last year. So I am just going to read what I can. :)

Nr°

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

what number did you reach again last year?? Was it like 40??

Re: Nr°

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I read 44 last year, so I would have to read 11 more just to tie that number. :o

[polvodestrella.livejournal.com]

You read a lot, that's awesome! :)

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I am making up for lost time when I was younger and didn't do any reading. :)

[moidocksgaterk.livejournal.com]

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