Book Reading.......

[disneydream06]

I just finished book No. 36. I read Abigail & John: Portrait of a Marriage by Edith B. Gelles.
No, I didn't read this in the last couple of days since finishing my last book. This has been a second book that I have been reading.

It's a biography of John and Abigail Adams. John being a leader during the revolution and the second President of the United States.
Even though they had to spend many years apart to his political offices, John and Abigail had a very close/strong marriage.
If they were married today and went through all their separations I can't imagine the marriage would last. Although, like the author stated at one point, people didn't divorce back then either.
A lot of the book is told through letters they shared with each other and a few friends.


Book List 2016:
1. Schooled in Revenge by Jesse Lasky
2. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
3. Kicking and Dreaming by Ann & Nancy Wilson with Charles R. Cross
4. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
5. A Kingdom Keepers Adventure: The Syndrome:Finders Keepers Losers Sleepers by Ridley Pearson
6. The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett
7. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
8. Before Tomorrowland by Jeff Jensen/Jonathan Case/Brad Bird/Damon Lindelof
9. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
10. Dean and Me(A Love Story) by Jerry Lewis and James Kaplan
11. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
12. Detective Strongoak and The Case of the Dead Elf by Terry Newman
13. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
14. The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice by M. G. Lord
15. They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
16. Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
17. The Return: Disney Lands by Ridley Pearson
18. The Return: Legacy of Secrets by Ridley Pearson
19. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
20. If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White
21. Confirmed Diagnosis by Mary King
22. The Book of Deacon by Joseph R. Lallo
23. Cyndi Lauper A Memoir by Cyndi Lauper with Jancee Dunn
24. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
25. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
26. 4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie
27. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
28. Complications by Mary King
29. The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino
30. The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic by Jason Surrell
31. The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Cristie
32. A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson
33. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
34. Gods & Monsters A Novel by Christopher Bram
35. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
36. Abigail & John Portrait of a Marriage by Edith B. Gelles

Comments

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

that SO would not be my genre to read but I'm glad you liked it

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I do like history and biographies, so it was enjoyable.
And it was nice to learn things that aren't in general history books.

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

do you also like to read romance?

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Do you mean like Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back again kind of romance?

No not really.

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

hahaha *burst out in laughter*

I don't doubt one sec that you don't like those
But how about boy meets boy?

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Maybe a little, but strictly romance novels are not really my thing.

I am about 15 pages from being half way through another book.
It's just a quick little fun read. :)

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

Thank you for explaining that you were reading two books at once. I was just going to reply to the other one, and then I see this, hee hee! Thinking to myself, my god he is reading fast!

No more float, no more float, yippee!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I usually have two books going. One real book and one on the nook. So if I am sitting with a patient and they are quiet and the room is dark, I can read on the nook. :)

I sure hope I don't float when I go back in Monday night. We had 14 patients Friday night, but three were going to transfer out Saturday, and there were a couple of them that weren't doing so good. :o
So if it gets too quiet, I will have to float. BLECK.....

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't have to float. That sounds like it was a busy Friday night, jeez.

That is a good idea to have two books going with one on the Nook. I try to do that but then I forget! I still love my Nook.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

We ended Friday night/Saturday morning with somebody trying to crook on us. YIKES...

I recently upgraded my nook to a Samsung Nook tablet. :)

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

What does that mean 'crook on us'?

A Samsung Nook tablet, woohoo!!!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Oops, misspelled, nearly croaked on us.

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

Oh oh oh! I should have figured that out, du'hh. It crossed my mind, crooks like thieves, LOL!!!!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

LOL... That's a whole different story. :p

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Now you are on a roll .... ,crikey!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Well, I have been working on this book for awhile.
Probably as far back as the pirate book. :p
That said, I picked up a really quick read this morning and should have another one in a couple of days. :)

[owlstorm_9]

A favorite time in our history....so much courage & dedication.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Very dedicated. Dude left his family for months and years on end. :o

[owlstorm_9]

...but stayed in contact - not complete abandonment.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, that's where she got a lot of the book material from, from their letters to each other. :)

[polvodestrella.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed by your reading list, well done!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)