Comments on: Virtual Book Club Meeting #7 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:06:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: My Tiny Kingdom » Schickel Insults Blogs; Melee Ensues http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-1111 My Tiny Kingdom » Schickel Insults Blogs; Melee Ensues Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:42:48 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-1111 [...] A critic may be allowed to criticize, but I’d be compromising myself if I panned books in my Book Reviews without reading them first. [...] [...] A critic may be allowed to criticize, but I’d be compromising myself if I panned books in my Book Reviews without reading them first. [...]

]]> By: My Tiny Kingdom » Writer’s Conference Links http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-1070 My Tiny Kingdom » Writer’s Conference Links Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:18:40 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-1070 [...] Book Reviews Virtual Book Club Meeting # 7 [...] [...] Book Reviews Virtual Book Club Meeting # 7 [...]

]]> By: Kristen http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-831 Kristen Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:02:38 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-831 Anne, East of Eden is one of my all time favorites - believe me, it's worth the read. Anne, East of Eden is one of my all time favorites - believe me, it’s worth the read.

]]> By: Ricardo http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-745 Ricardo Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:27:50 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-745 The author "Shell" mentioned is actually spelled Haven Kimmel, and I will vouch for her books. Excellent, witty, touching. My last fave was "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. Non-fiction, it follows food such as corn and beef from farm to your table, and the inherent problems in raising each in the industrial vs. organic agricultural systems. Sounds dull, but it is not, very entertaining, and very educational. The author “Shell” mentioned is actually spelled Haven Kimmel,
and I will vouch for her books. Excellent, witty, touching.
My last fave was “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan.
Non-fiction, it follows food such as corn and beef from farm to your table, and the inherent problems in raising each in the industrial vs. organic agricultural systems. Sounds dull, but it is not, very entertaining, and very educational.

]]> By: denise http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-744 denise Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:54:15 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-744 In your iVillage days, I suggested "The Time Traveller's Wife" - which I do believe that you read. Or at least I think you mentioned reading it. Anyway, they are getting ready to make it into a movie (due out in 2008). :) New books to suggest: "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" - haunting story about a man giving a child up without his wife's knowledge "The Glass Castle" - a disturbing memoir, a-la-"Running with Scissors"-esque As for "East of Eden", I too, have it on my bookshelf and have tried several times to read it. Upon looking at it, last time I made it to page 243 (of 601!). I actually really did/do like the story, but it is a super-heavy book that I can't take with me when I travel...therefore it never gets read! I'll vow to read it if you do!!! :) PS - You live in Birmingham, right? I am moving there in June and actually heading up there this weekend to check out the city (I've never been there before). If you have any recommendations of "must do's" or "must see's" - send them my way! Denise Enjoy! In your iVillage days, I suggested “The Time Traveller’s Wife” - which I do believe that you read. Or at least I think you mentioned reading it.

Anyway, they are getting ready to make it into a movie (due out in 2008). :)

New books to suggest:
“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” - haunting story about a man giving a child up without his wife’s knowledge
“The Glass Castle” - a disturbing memoir, a-la-”Running with Scissors”-esque

As for “East of Eden”, I too, have it on my bookshelf and have tried several times to read it. Upon looking at it, last time I made it to page 243 (of 601!). I actually really did/do like the story, but it is a super-heavy book that I can’t take with me when I travel…therefore it never gets read! I’ll vow to read it if you do!!! :)

PS - You live in Birmingham, right? I am moving there in June and actually heading up there this weekend to check out the city (I’ve never been there before). If you have any recommendations of “must do’s” or “must see’s” - send them my way!

Denise

Enjoy!

]]> By: Clearlykels http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-743 Clearlykels Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:13:17 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-743 Ummm-- I have tried to read East of Eden soooo many times-- yet it is still on the bookshelf. However, I am in the girl who is in the middle of no less than 4 books currently. I just need to finish some of them. :-) Ummm– I have tried to read East of Eden soooo many times– yet it is still on the bookshelf. However, I am in the girl who is in the middle of no less than 4 books currently. I just need to finish some of them. :-)

]]> By: Ann Kroeker http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-742 Ann Kroeker Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:44:57 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-742 Forgot to include the Atwood title: The Handmaid's Tale. Forgot to include the Atwood title: The Handmaid’s Tale.

]]> By: Ann Kroeker http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-741 Ann Kroeker Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:44:16 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-741 Man! My nighstand may collapse under the weight of these excellent suggestions. You've all got me seriously considering East of Eden, and I'm interested to see someone suggest Margaret Atwood. Just two days ago I picked up a used copy. And someone on the comments mentioned A Girl Named Zippy--loved it. It really was one of those books where I laughed, I cried, and it became a part of me. Man! My nighstand may collapse under the weight of these excellent suggestions.

You’ve all got me seriously considering East of Eden, and I’m interested to see someone suggest Margaret Atwood. Just two days ago I picked up a used copy. And someone on the comments mentioned A Girl Named Zippy–loved it. It really was one of those books where I laughed, I cried, and it became a part of me.

]]> By: jeni http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-739 jeni Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:50:42 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-739 Nice choices! I hated Memoirs of a Geisha (seemed so obviously written by a white male), but I know ehy a lot of people liked it. I have been reading (and loving) Margaret Atwood (esp. Lady Oracle, The Blind Assassin, and The Handmaid's Tale). She is just so... sharp. I also liked Saint Maybe by Ann Tyler, who is funny and devastating at the same time. I can't remember if you ever read Middlesex by Eugene Stephanides, but that one was good, too. Very funny. Oh and the Harry Potter books, of course. And a million others; I read way too much. If you like mystery/crime novels, I have an author I think you'd really like, but I won't talk about him here since it seems like your readers are classier than me. :P What other parenting books do you recommend, oh wise oracle? (Is it bad that I'm using you as my parenting model?) :) Nice choices! I hated Memoirs of a Geisha (seemed so obviously written by a white male), but I know ehy a lot of people liked it.

I have been reading (and loving) Margaret Atwood (esp. Lady Oracle, The Blind Assassin, and The Handmaid’s Tale). She is just so… sharp.

I also liked Saint Maybe by Ann Tyler, who is funny and devastating at the same time. I can’t remember if you ever read Middlesex by Eugene Stephanides, but that one was good, too. Very funny.

Oh and the Harry Potter books, of course. And a million others; I read way too much. If you like mystery/crime novels, I have an author I think you’d really like, but I won’t talk about him here since it seems like your readers are classier than me. :P

What other parenting books do you recommend, oh wise oracle? (Is it bad that I’m using you as my parenting model?)
:)

]]> By: Emily http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-738 Emily Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:54:35 +0000 http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2007/01/22/virtual-book-club-meeting-7/#comment-738 As a mother of boys, twin boys at that, you must read East of Eden. It is so very much a story of mothers and fathers and sons. There is even a set of twin brothers. And Steinbeck is slow reading at first, has never been my favorite for that reason (absolutely TRUDGED through Grapes of Wrath in high school) but this one is pure gold. You know how you raise all of your kids the same, but they all turn out differently? How they can have the same genetic material and roughly the same environment, and yet they make different choices? It's one of the mysteries of life, and it's a big theme in this book. You will walk away with so much to think about. Read it! As a mother of boys, twin boys at that, you must read East of Eden. It is so very much a story of mothers and fathers and sons. There is even a set of twin brothers. And Steinbeck is slow reading at first, has never been my favorite for that reason (absolutely TRUDGED through Grapes of Wrath in high school) but this one is pure gold. You know how you raise all of your kids the same, but they all turn out differently? How they can have the same genetic material and roughly the same environment, and yet they make different choices? It’s one of the mysteries of life, and it’s a big theme in this book. You will walk away with so much to think about. Read it!

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