Sunday, February 7, 2010

Sunday Synopsis: February 7, 2010

DISCUSSIONS:

  1. What I Read . . .
  2. Fairy Tale Fridays:  Rumpelstiltskin
GIVEAWAY:  Fairy Tale Giveaway . . . The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

REVIEWS: None again this week! :(

CURRENTLY READING:
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (audio; disc 12 of 14) -- I previously had the number of discs incorrect!!!
  • Across the Endless River by Thad Carhart (page 127 of 308)
  • Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne (reading with son!; page 10 of 66)
BOOKS RECEIVED:
  • Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne (purchased from Borders)
  • The Sisters Grimm #1:  The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley (purchased from Borders)
  • Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link (purchased from Borders)
  • How to Catch and Keep a Vampire by Diana Laurence (won in a giveaway hosted by Lost in Books!!!)
REVIEWS TO COME:
  • Magic Tree House #1:  Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
  • Only in New York, Darling by Virginie Sommet (Unable to finish, but will still be writing a review for what was read.)
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • The Shimmer by David Morrell
  • Royal Blood by Rona Sharon
  • The End of the Beginning by Avi
  • Matchless by Gregory Maguire
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson & Ned Rust
  • King by Right of Blood and Might by Anna L. Walls
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • Arthur's Audio Favorites Volume 2 by Marc Brown
  • A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
  • Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker
  • George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
  • Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World by Tracy Kidder
  • Fool by Christopher Moore
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
  • The Little Island by Golden MacDonald and Leonard Weisgard
  • Black and White by David Macauley
  • Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
  • Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • Rocky Mountain Snow Ghosts by Patti Hurst
  • I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  • Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
  • Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
  • The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman
  • The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  • S is for Save the Planet by Brad Herzog
  • The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney
  • Mesmeric Revelation by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • The Facts in the Case of in M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
  • The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
  • Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • The Spectacles by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
  • The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • Some Words With A Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
  • The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
  • The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
  • William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
  • Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
  • X-ing a Paragrab by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)*
*Those indicated with an asterik are actually reviews written!! I have had computer issues this weekend and have written them old school with pen and paper! I will be posting them later this week once I have typed them up in full.

AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE:
  • The Book Chook has yet another awesome post that I recommend EVERYONE check out . . . What's So Great About Children's Literature?  I cannot agree more and there is no way I could have said it any better or more precise than this!!
  • Because I am in need of great help in improving this very site (as well as my others!), I have found the perfect site to help me along the way . . . The 2010 Blog Improvement Project.  I have not yet officially signed up for it, but have subscribed and will be following along with all the great tips and tricks!
FINAL THOUGHTS:  Where does my week go?  I always have these high hopes and then next thing I know, I am writing my Sunday Synopsis again!  I am really going to make it a point to get a large number of these reviews typed up this week and actually posted.  BUT, I'm beginning to wonder if I just need to realize that 3-5 posts a week will just be the norm for me . . . and that is okay?!?  While I ponder this . . .

Congrats to all you Saints fans!!!

2 comments:

  1. My daughter loves the Sisters Grimm books and they're fun to read. We're on the third now. The writing's not the best in this one, but the story's a lot of fun.

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  2. carolsnotebook . . . I've actually seen these books mentioned before, but it was thanks to you for the reminder and that it was fresh in my mind when I went to the bookstore! :) I can't wait to start reading it!!

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