Comments on: Reading Review for June & July http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/ Maw Books - book reviews, book recommendations, book lists, author interviews and more! Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:11:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kathleen http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8275 Kathleen Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:23:18 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8275 Laptops are amazing! I adore mine :) Laptops are amazing! I adore mine :)

]]> By: Natasha Maw http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8267 Natasha Maw Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:28:45 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8267 Ramya - I think I need to subscribe to a news service via my reader that way I won't feel like an idiot when it comes to what's going on. Debi - Thanks. I still have most of them sitting here waiting for a review. I keep forgetting that I need to be reviewing as fast as I get them read! Thanks for the well wishes! Ramya – I think I need to subscribe to a news service via my reader that way I won’t feel like an idiot when it comes to what’s going on.

Debi – Thanks. I still have most of them sitting here waiting for a review. I keep forgetting that I need to be reviewing as fast as I get them read! Thanks for the well wishes!

]]> By: Debi http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8259 Debi Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:43:37 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8259 Wowza...that is one massive pile of reading, even for two months! Way to go, Natasha! And happy belated anniversary! Wowza…that is one massive pile of reading, even for two months! Way to go, Natasha! And happy belated anniversary!

]]> By: Ramya http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8244 Ramya Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:32:11 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8244 there is a world outside??:) i'm pretty much in the same state as you.. all that I do after getting back from work is catch up on my reading and then log into google reader to catch up on the blogs that I regularly follow.. i don't seem to have time for anything else! but now, i am taking time off to watch some news and make myself more "aware".. there is a world outside??:) i’m pretty much in the same state as you.. all that I do after getting back from work is catch up on my reading and then log into google reader to catch up on the blogs that I regularly follow.. i don’t seem to have time for anything else! but now, i am taking time off to watch some news and make myself more “aware”..

]]> By: Natasha Maw http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8233 Natasha Maw Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:57:28 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8233 Jen - I actually saw your review of Admit One but didn't take time to comment as I was at the public library at the time. After I read it I thought, hey, Jen just wrote my review! I thought it was enjoyable but I wasn't sure why he was trying to go with the movie tie-ins. I really wanted to enjoy it because my husband and I are big movie buffs. As for The Alchemist, my neighborhood book club is meeting this Thursday to discuss it. I'll get more insight then. I just had read The Little Prince and while this one reminded me of that one, I really liked this one a lot better. Lisa - Go get back Shattered Dreams. I seriously could not put it down. Glad to hear that you like your laptop. I'm getting excited now! Ramya - Pretty much I've stopped watching TV and I don't have a clue what's going on in the world anymore. I certainly didn't read this much before the blog. Melody - I wish I had time to catch up on my book reviews. In-laws are coming this week, so I'm cleaning house! Amber - I try to not have two fiction books going on at the same time unless one is a really long one and another is a middle reader that I usually can finish up in a day or two. I've found that sometimes I need that small little book to break up the longer ones. Lately, I've had more than one non-fiction going at the same time but I can go for days before I pick one back up. Usually these are not memoirs but rather parenting (I honestly read these ones in the bathroom but maybe that's telling too much), or something of the likes. I've started Three Cups of Tea but haven't picked it up again for over a week and We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow You Will Be Killed With Your Families was interrupted by Breaking Dawn. Jen – I actually saw your review of Admit One but didn’t take time to comment as I was at the public library at the time. After I read it I thought, hey, Jen just wrote my review! I thought it was enjoyable but I wasn’t sure why he was trying to go with the movie tie-ins. I really wanted to enjoy it because my husband and I are big movie buffs. As for The Alchemist, my neighborhood book club is meeting this Thursday to discuss it. I’ll get more insight then. I just had read The Little Prince and while this one reminded me of that one, I really liked this one a lot better.

Lisa – Go get back Shattered Dreams. I seriously could not put it down. Glad to hear that you like your laptop. I’m getting excited now!

Ramya – Pretty much I’ve stopped watching TV and I don’t have a clue what’s going on in the world anymore. I certainly didn’t read this much before the blog.

Melody – I wish I had time to catch up on my book reviews. In-laws are coming this week, so I’m cleaning house!

Amber – I try to not have two fiction books going on at the same time unless one is a really long one and another is a middle reader that I usually can finish up in a day or two. I’ve found that sometimes I need that small little book to break up the longer ones. Lately, I’ve had more than one non-fiction going at the same time but I can go for days before I pick one back up. Usually these are not memoirs but rather parenting (I honestly read these ones in the bathroom but maybe that’s telling too much), or something of the likes. I’ve started Three Cups of Tea but haven’t picked it up again for over a week and We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow You Will Be Killed With Your Families was interrupted by Breaking Dawn.

]]> By: Amber http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8231 Amber Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:34:33 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8231 You will love the freedom of the laptop! My husband uses his mostly in our TV room while I'm stuck in the small, hot, office with the tower PC. He can go on our front porch or back porch if he wants a change a scenery or to see what's going on in the neighborhood while he checks email or surfs the net. My laptop is so ancient (like 7 years old) it hardly ever works without being plugged in - a laptop of my own is my next investment. I was wondering... when you read more than one book at a time do you have a problem remembering where you are with them? You will love the freedom of the laptop! My husband uses his mostly in our TV room while I’m stuck in the small, hot, office with the tower PC. He can go on our front porch or back porch if he wants a change a scenery or to see what’s going on in the neighborhood while he checks email or surfs the net. My laptop is so ancient (like 7 years old) it hardly ever works without being plugged in – a laptop of my own is my next investment.

I was wondering… when you read more than one book at a time do you have a problem remembering where you are with them?

]]> By: Melody http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8230 Melody Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:24 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8230 Yay about the new laptop! You've read a lot of books! I wish I've more time to catch up on my reading... Yay about the new laptop! You’ve read a lot of books! I wish I’ve more time to catch up on my reading…

]]> By: Ramya http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8218 Ramya Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:28:10 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8218 let me tell you this - once you have a laptop you will never ever go back to the desktop.. the freedom to sit wherever you want is amazing.. i got my first laptop a year ago and now it is an extended part of my body!! your reading list is amazing.. i am so envious of the fact that you managed to read so much this year!! let me tell you this – once you have a laptop you will never ever go back to the desktop.. the freedom to sit wherever you want is amazing.. i got my first laptop a year ago and now it is an extended part of my body!!
your reading list is amazing.. i am so envious of the fact that you managed to read so much this year!!

]]> By: Lisa http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8212 Lisa Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:09:51 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8212 My husband and I both have laptops. I can't imagine sharing and I can't imagine being tied down. I LOVE to take it out on the back deck with the baby in the early morning. Or to take it into the kitchen to make an interesting recipe without printing it. I had Shattered Dreams from the library, but had to return it before I got to it. I might put it on my PBS list instead. I already have Escape on the list. I ordered Briar Rose because of you and I have had Love Walked In forever, but haven't read it. SO many good books lately, I need more time in my day! (Or to put that laptop down and walk away...) My husband and I both have laptops. I can’t imagine sharing and I can’t imagine being tied down. I LOVE to take it out on the back deck with the baby in the early morning. Or to take it into the kitchen to make an interesting recipe without printing it.

I had Shattered Dreams from the library, but had to return it before I got to it. I might put it on my PBS list instead. I already have Escape on the list. I ordered Briar Rose because of you and I have had Love Walked In forever, but haven’t read it.

SO many good books lately, I need more time in my day! (Or to put that laptop down and walk away…)

]]> By: Jen http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8204 Jen Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:45:53 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/08/04/reading-review-for-june-july/#comment-8204 I'm very interested to hear what you think of "The Alchemist" and "Admit One," mainly because those are two books I really didn't care for and I want to see what you have to say about them, particularly "The Alchemist" since you seem to have liked it better than I did. I’m very interested to hear what you think of “The Alchemist” and “Admit One,” mainly because those are two books I really didn’t care for and I want to see what you have to say about them, particularly “The Alchemist” since you seem to have liked it better than I did.

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