tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post2576308785123288482..comments2023-10-15T01:52:37.582-07:00Comments on Rambling Chicken: Books: 100+ Reading ChallengeMarthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-71402555973558116852011-01-01T00:34:50.224-08:002011-01-01T00:34:50.224-08:00I faaaaailed! Ah, well. I promptly run over and si...I faaaaailed! Ah, well. I promptly run over and sign up for the 2011 challenge.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-10551080416128471732010-12-06T12:49:03.803-08:002010-12-06T12:49:03.803-08:00Commenting on my own post: So, I'm at 73. On D...Commenting on my own post: So, I'm at 73. On December 6. So to get to 100+, I'd have to read more than a book a day. I rather doubt that that's going to happen. But I'll keep reading, to give me a score to beat next year.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-58982070528939625592010-04-18T00:38:37.540-07:002010-04-18T00:38:37.540-07:00Howdy! I read and loved the King Holmes ones, too....Howdy! I read and loved the King Holmes ones, too. :) But I haven't read the other two - I've looked at the cover of Devil in the White City many times, but for some reason never picked it up. I will now.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-32905954730566046022010-04-14T17:31:13.366-07:002010-04-14T17:31:13.366-07:00okay, how about "the beekeeper's apprenti...okay, how about "the beekeeper's apprentice' (King). That was a good one.<br /><br />And I just read "Lumby Lines"(Fraser), it is flawed plotwise however the atmosphere of small time life springs from the page, and its a 1 night read. <br /><br />One of my favorite books of all time is Devil in the White City. I want to WRITE a book like this.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-74091279146511596782010-04-11T14:41:38.710-07:002010-04-11T14:41:38.710-07:00Jess! I missed your comments until now, I'm so...Jess! I missed your comments until now, I'm sorry.<br /><br />All of your book suggestions are fabulous, except that I've read (and loved) most of them. :) Which means, if you see what I mean, that I'd probably like any others that you suggest, so, got any others? :)<br /><br />On the phone, yes, a phone with fewer features would probably get me to cut down on the temptation to use the Internet while I'm out. Of course, now I'm eyeing iPads, so I may be doomed. :)Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-85681485746468979742010-04-06T19:52:22.383-07:002010-04-06T19:52:22.383-07:00ps. patricia wentworth is in the same vein as agat...ps. patricia wentworth is in the same vein as agatha christie, dorothy sayers. Not quite as procedural as ngaio marsh. Quick reads too. The protagonist is Miss Silver, who is Miss Marple, pretty much. Also, I highly highly recommend the more modern Inspector Lynley (E. George) series if you haven't read them if you like the police procedural type mysteries. If I hadn't read them all already they'd all be on my list. Also easy but entertaining (and different) reads are the Martha Grimes Emma Graham Series. The first novel there is Hotel Paradise (have to read in order) an it really is a very good read I think, and quick! Just different for the genre. Its one of the few series (I get bored) that I wish the author would publish a 4th book.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-91073384951225587162010-04-06T19:41:22.885-07:002010-04-06T19:41:22.885-07:00You know, I recently downgraded my phone from a bl...You know, I recently downgraded my phone from a blackberry to a normal phone. My internet and email addiction has been cut in half. I also go for whole minutes now without wondering where my phone is or if I got an email or update. One day I left my phone on vibrate in my purse by accident and didn't check it the entire afternoon. I missed 2 calls. Amazingly, I survived and so did the callers. There is a lesson in here somewhere :) Good for you!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-30375957574656826792010-04-05T15:12:36.057-07:002010-04-05T15:12:36.057-07:00I'm waaaaaaay behind. I only have twelve, whic...I'm waaaaaaay behind. I only have twelve, which means that I have to read roughly one book every three days to make the 100.<br /><br />I knocked off an Agatha Christie in two days, and I have three more Christies and a Dorothy Sayers lined up, so I may start closing the gap. Slowly.<br /><br />One rule that I'm making is: No puttering with my phone. Web browsing at home on an actual computer is all very well; web browsing or checking Twitter on the phone is no fun at all, and I could be reading instead. But there's something about the imaginary interactivity (it's not really interactive, because I never post or tweet or email from the phone) that seems to be addictive.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-7889574532188800982010-04-05T14:36:59.972-07:002010-04-05T14:36:59.972-07:00Hows it coming now? I made it to the required 25 ...Hows it coming now? I made it to the required 25 by the end of march and haven't read a thing since!!!! This is harder than I thought it was going to be. Maybe I'll read something tonight. The problem is I got the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys series on dvd (from 1977) and I'm addicted to this campy thing so its taking up a lot of reading time!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-81096048771071914422010-02-08T13:58:17.155-08:002010-02-08T13:58:17.155-08:00You're welcome. :) I'm getting further and...You're welcome. :) I'm getting further and further behind; I must occasionally get off the computer.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-80241947515344487172010-02-07T23:40:15.269-08:002010-02-07T23:40:15.269-08:00I have been wanting to join a book club ever since...I have been wanting to join a book club ever since I moved to Santa Fe, as a way of meeting people, y'know?<br />But so far I can't figure out how to find one!<br />Maybe this will suffice.<br />I'm off to check the blog to see what the reading list would be. 2 books per week might be a bit tough for me - I might be able to manage 50 per year though ;) Thanks for the heads up on this (even tho' I'm woefully late to the start)Abigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-6037751374189056122010-01-16T18:33:21.379-08:002010-01-16T18:33:21.379-08:00You're ahead of me at 5. I've finished som...You're ahead of me at 5. I've finished some since the first, but I can't clearly remembered when I started them. I took myself to the library and the bookstore, so I'm stocked up for a little while now. :)Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-30713515656221101132010-01-16T04:15:27.916-08:002010-01-16T04:15:27.916-08:00yeey! I'm so glad you decided to join. :)
I al...yeey! I'm so glad you decided to join. :)<br />I already reached 5 books - but it's only the beginning. And I'm lucky in the summer, I have a 3 week vacation and I'm usually able to read some 15 books.<br />I'm looking forward to seeing what you read.Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-57920306050200753302010-01-15T00:30:59.270-08:002010-01-15T00:30:59.270-08:00Yep, a tiny bit over two books a week. And we'...Yep, a tiny bit over two books a week. And we're two weeks in! (Eep!)<br /><br />And there will be no reading in November, I'd guess. :)Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462459107482092565.post-56774881429422893412010-01-15T00:05:23.814-08:002010-01-15T00:05:23.814-08:00ohh 100 books in a year... what does that work out...ohh 100 books in a year... what does that work out to in a month? 8 or so books? that means two books a week. I have been struggling through this social change 2.0 and History of the Middle Ages since the holiday. I guess I would need to change my material. Or supplement with comic books perhaps.Cynthia Salbatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665940480380735372noreply@blogger.com