Books, 2005
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sageandseaFinished books
1. Plane Insanity, Elliott Hester, 236 p.
Light, funny essays about life in the air.
2. Sunshine, Norma Klein, 223 p.
I saw this movie on TV when it came out in 1973 (I was 8), and then read the book. I haven't even seen it for 25 years, I'm sure, but I must have read it a lot as a kid because there are pieces that have stuck in my head for those years - for example, "mom took us for milkshakes after the dentist." I had no idea where I got that; now I do. I don't think I'll read it again for another 25 years, so off to the Bookcrossing pile it goes.
3. From the Dust Returned, Ray Bradbury, 236 p.
Classic Bradbury, vaguely auto-biographical - as much as a story of the Family Dark can be. This feels like short stories bound together with a thin narrative. A couple of wonderful love stories - Cecy & Tom, and the ghost and his nurse.
4. Oahu Revealed, Andrew Doughty and Harriet Friedman, 295 p.
I really did read every page of this guidebook. I'm a travel writing junkie, even when it's someplace I may never go. I'm still thinking Oahu...just next year.
5. Exile's Valor, Mercedes Lackey, 438 p.
As always with Ms. Lackey, the story could have been told in half of that, but it was still fun. I think that means I only have two unread Valdemar books, one of which I picked up the when I got this one. That's almost sad!
6/7. Light a Single Candle and Gift of Gold, Beverly Butler, p. 217 & p. 260.
I read Light a Single Candle as a kid, lots of times, but hadn't had a copy in years. I didn't even know there was a sequel until CJ got them for me; tired of my poking in the used books at Powells she ordered them from Amazon. Sweet bear! Dated, certainly, but still good.
8/9. 7 Habits of blah blah blah, Steven Covey and Working with Difficult People by some trumped up doctor. Can you tell how much I appreciated these?
10. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke, p. 224.
It took me MUCH longer to make it through this it should have, but I just couldn't get into it. And I love alien stories. It felt...wrong at the end, too abrupt, but I enjoyed the twist.
11. Take a Thief, Mercedes Lackey, p. 448.
Mmm....fluffy! I love Skif.
12. As Far As You Can Go Without a Passport, Tom Bodet, 160 p.
This one was audio - the only way to "read" Tom Bodet, I think. Like David Sedaris, half the fun is in the delivery - unlike David Sedaris, Mr. Bodet is more sweetly touching that funny. Now I get to send the audio on someone else who'd like it. Takers?
13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, JK Rowling, 652 p.
I wasn't able to carve out the time I wanted for this, so I finished yesterday at lunchtime at work. That was dicey. I need to go back and re-read #5 again; I think there are a number of clues there! The more spoilery stuff I'll save for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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14. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl, 155 p.
Read this with CJ; it had been years since I'd read it and we wanted to see how close it was to the movie. Fun, but hard to read aloud!
15. Belles on Their Toes, Frank B Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, 226 p.
Looks like I'm a movie run, but I've actually never seen any movie version of Cheaper by the Dozen because I read the book so many times as a teenager and hated that the movies looked nothing like the real - wonderful - story. As a follow-up, this was a little more disjointed, but it was fun to read what happened next.
16. As Long As Life: Memoirs of a Frontier Woman Doctor, Mary Canaga Rowland, p. .
Read this one on breaks at work; it was an easy read. Dr. Rowland had an interesting life and wonderful stories to tell.
1. Plane Insanity, Elliott Hester, 236 p.
Light, funny essays about life in the air.
2. Sunshine, Norma Klein, 223 p.
I saw this movie on TV when it came out in 1973 (I was 8), and then read the book. I haven't even seen it for 25 years, I'm sure, but I must have read it a lot as a kid because there are pieces that have stuck in my head for those years - for example, "mom took us for milkshakes after the dentist." I had no idea where I got that; now I do. I don't think I'll read it again for another 25 years, so off to the Bookcrossing pile it goes.
3. From the Dust Returned, Ray Bradbury, 236 p.
Classic Bradbury, vaguely auto-biographical - as much as a story of the Family Dark can be. This feels like short stories bound together with a thin narrative. A couple of wonderful love stories - Cecy & Tom, and the ghost and his nurse.
4. Oahu Revealed, Andrew Doughty and Harriet Friedman, 295 p.
I really did read every page of this guidebook. I'm a travel writing junkie, even when it's someplace I may never go. I'm still thinking Oahu...just next year.
5. Exile's Valor, Mercedes Lackey, 438 p.
As always with Ms. Lackey, the story could have been told in half of that, but it was still fun. I think that means I only have two unread Valdemar books, one of which I picked up the when I got this one. That's almost sad!
6/7. Light a Single Candle and Gift of Gold, Beverly Butler, p. 217 & p. 260.
I read Light a Single Candle as a kid, lots of times, but hadn't had a copy in years. I didn't even know there was a sequel until CJ got them for me; tired of my poking in the used books at Powells she ordered them from Amazon. Sweet bear! Dated, certainly, but still good.
8/9. 7 Habits of blah blah blah, Steven Covey and Working with Difficult People by some trumped up doctor. Can you tell how much I appreciated these?
10. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke, p. 224.
It took me MUCH longer to make it through this it should have, but I just couldn't get into it. And I love alien stories. It felt...wrong at the end, too abrupt, but I enjoyed the twist.
11. Take a Thief, Mercedes Lackey, p. 448.
Mmm....fluffy! I love Skif.
12. As Far As You Can Go Without a Passport, Tom Bodet, 160 p.
This one was audio - the only way to "read" Tom Bodet, I think. Like David Sedaris, half the fun is in the delivery - unlike David Sedaris, Mr. Bodet is more sweetly touching that funny. Now I get to send the audio on someone else who'd like it. Takers?
13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, JK Rowling, 652 p.
I wasn't able to carve out the time I wanted for this, so I finished yesterday at lunchtime at work. That was dicey. I need to go back and re-read #5 again; I think there are a number of clues there! The more spoilery stuff I'll save for
harryp_spoilers.14. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl, 155 p.
Read this with CJ; it had been years since I'd read it and we wanted to see how close it was to the movie. Fun, but hard to read aloud!
15. Belles on Their Toes, Frank B Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, 226 p.
Looks like I'm a movie run, but I've actually never seen any movie version of Cheaper by the Dozen because I read the book so many times as a teenager and hated that the movies looked nothing like the real - wonderful - story. As a follow-up, this was a little more disjointed, but it was fun to read what happened next.
16. As Long As Life: Memoirs of a Frontier Woman Doctor, Mary Canaga Rowland, p. .
Read this one on breaks at work; it was an easy read. Dr. Rowland had an interesting life and wonderful stories to tell.
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Date: 2005-02-26 08:38 am (UTC)I love, love, love The Illustrated Man. It's one of my all-time favorites. Ray Bradbury just rocks all over the house.
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Date: 2005-02-28 08:38 am (UTC)