I have a bad habit of putting things in my closet and forgetting about them, that happened with two packages of books. I just got one out and opened it, now I have to put the books somewhere. I will be posting the titles on Mailbox Monday. Tomorrow I hope to write my review of The Dark Tide, I just have a few chapters to finish it.
I checked the following book out of the library: The nine days queen: a portrait of Lady Jane Grey by Mary Luke. I can’t use it for my challenge since it is due the end of December but I was just walking around and it caught my eye.
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Tuesday Thingers is hosted by Marie at The Boston Bibliophile.
Most of us book bloggers like to write book reviews- if we don’t love to write book reviews- but here’s today’s question. When it comes to LT (and your blog), do you review every book you read? Do you just review Early Reviewers or ARCs? Do you review only if you like a book, or only if you feel like you have to? How soon after reading do you post your review? Do you post them other places- other social networking sites, Amazon, etc.?
I try to review every book I read. I give priority to ARC (right now I don’t have one). I write reviews about books I don’t like, generally they are shorter than reviews for books I like. I try to write my review the day I finish or the next day, but almost always a few days of finishing. I post my reviews on my blog (here), on LibraryThing and Shelfari. I don’t have a membership with any social networking sites.
Happy Monday!! Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. Here’s what I received:
A notebook, now this is a special note book, it has refillable pages, a hard cover, a little flap to keep it closed, and a loop with a pen. It is going to be the perfect book journal.
I also got an appointment book (Book right?) O.K. I just like playing. Forgive me.
What did you get?
What do you say about a book that has sold 7 million copies? That is so unbelievable it has to be true? A name that 40 years later still strikes terror into people? That is the problem I am having as I am sitting here thinking about this review, I just don’t know what to say.
Before I read this, I thought I knew a lot about Charles Manson. I mean, I DID know a lot, but I didn’t know as much as I thought I did. Everyone who has told me they read it has said it affected their life. That is was a compelling read, but they wouldn’t read it again. I don’t understand that. I think I will there is more to be learned. Mr. Bugliosi is an excellent writer, he tells not just what happened, but details his search to find out the motive behind it. He explains what Manson believed “Helter Skelter” was. The influence the Beatles had on him (one of the things I didn’t know). In an afterward written 25 years after the case, he writes his beliefs about why “the nation continues to be fascinated with the Manson murder case. The five year anniversaries of the murders, are marked by articles, news reports, and television specials internationally.” He also talks about how other mass murderers and serial killers, the mention of their names does not have the profound effect that the name “Charles Manson”. Even today, his crime stands out.
The book is written in eight parts (I think, I can’t check because Tigger has absconded with my copy, he wants to read it and couldn’t wait for me to write this). It logically progresses from the murders, to the investigation, then the killers, then gives background on Charles Manson and his ‘family’, his ‘girls’ as he called them. We read about his opinion of the establishment(no surprises there), other races and women. His total control over the people who followed him, who believed he was JC(Jesus Christ) to the extent of who was their lawyers, what they did and said in court. The book has tons of pictures, drawings, maps and about 10 pictures of Manson, each different from the other, including the most famous one, the one that caused his family to say, “Charlie made the cover of Life!”.
Before I read this, someone told me, any fan of True Crime books should read Helter Skelter, and I agree with that statement. I recommend this book.
Carpoolqueen (formerly known as Beth) has awarded me the Bookworm award. This is the second time I have received it, I guess that means I am doubly blessed (Yay!) or double wormy (ewww! I’ll stick with former thank you very much!). Here is how it goes: Open the book closest to you, not your favorite or most intellectual book, but the book closest to you at the moment, to page 56. Write out the fifth sentence, as well as two to five sentences following there. The closest book to me is Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Not long before her death, Jennifer remarks, “I have no talent. All I have is a body.”
There were reviewers who felt that adequately summed up Sharon Tate’s performance. To be fairer, to date she hadn’t been given a single role which gave her a chance to bring out whatever acting ability she may have had.
Now I have to tag 5 of my fellow bloggers! I totally suck at this part, I usually just leave it up to my readers, so
1. you
2. you
3. you
4. you
5. you
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What’s the most popular book in your library? Have you read it? What did you think? How many users have it?
My answer: The Catcher in the Rye, I haven’t read it yet so I can’t give an opinion, 21,969 users have it.
Happy Monday!! Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. Here’s what I received:
OK, I did not receive these in the mail, I bought them at Barnes & Noble, but since they are the only books that came in my house (except for from the library and those I can’t keep, they will send the old lady with the white hair and German accent after me I’m sure) I am listing them.
1. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
2. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
3. The Wall by Jean-Paul Satre
The Reader is a recent addition to my TBR list, Love in the Time of Cholera has been on it a long time, and The Wall was on the shelf opposite The Reader.
Bonnie at ~Redlady’s Reading Room~ tagged me for the Bookworm Award! I have been seeing this award on other book blogs and when I saw who was tagged, I was pretty sure it would come around to me. So THANK YOU BONNIE!
It’s a meme too so here goes. Here’s how it works: Open the book closest to you, not your favorite or most intellectual book, but the book closest to you at the moment, to page 56. Write out the fifth sentence, as well as two to five sentences following there.
Echoes From the Dead by Johan Theorin
Once again he hadn’t given Julia a straight answer. She was beginning to grow tired of it, and really just wanted to leave, but she was here now – and she’d brought cakes.
I’ll stay, Jens, she thought. For a few days. For your sake.
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Now, I have to tag five blogging friends. Since this is a new blog for me and I really don’t know that many book blogger, although I follow many blogs, I also don’t know who has been tagged and who hasn’t, I just thought I would leave it open to 5 bloggers from my list so, please, if you haven’t been tagged, take a turn at this lovely meme!
1. DeSeRt RoSe at DeSeRt RoSe BoOkLoGuE
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I entered another giveaway. This one is by Matt at A Guy’s Moleskine Notebook, last day to enter is Monday, December 1. He has a long list of books to giveaway, to enter you need to tell him your favorite book from 2008 and why, then list which books you would like to win. I entered to win: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Patrick Suskind (TP) or Foucault’s Pendulum, Umberto Eco (TP). Check it out!
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