Ladies guess what I have in my hot little hands....
Come on one quick guess.
Amazon delivered quickly. When I placed the order Amazon offered me a one month trial on the Prime membership. Two day shipping included on any order I place for the next thirty days. Perfect. Ordered the books Monday (late after 10pm) and had the books in my hands by 12:30 Wednesday.
So we are on for Sunday.
Good friends.
Good food.
Good wine
and A Good Book
Hopefully it will be a good book since it made the New York Times Best Seller List.
What more could a lady ask for? (Sorry no 6 foot tall Greek gods to join us)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Books - Stephanie Meyer is releasing a new book
Since several of my friends are HUGE Twilight Fans I thought I would post this.
The book will be available as a hardback June 5th (click the image to the left to pre-order) or as a free online download The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella from NOON June 7th until July 5th.
While I enjoyed the first four books and will be buying this book in hardback to have the complete set, I don't find myself obsessing over the characters like certain friends I have do.
I didn't read any of the books until after I saw Twilight in the theater with one of my friends. My teenager has absolutely no interest in the books (she finds Bella to be to whiny) so they weren't even in my house.
I immediately went home and ordered all four books. After I received them I read one book each day for four days. In fact I have read them all around five times now. That doesn't mean I can quote lines from the books or describe what Bella was wearing in a certain chapter it just means that I found the books to be a pleasant read. I didn't dissect them to try to prove that Bella and Edward had an abusive relationship. I just read them with respect for the author who composed this series of works based on a dream that she had.
I have had several dreams that I thought would make great books. However I have always had two problems with them.
1) The really good ones fade and just leave an impression upon waking
2) I have never had the confidence to write my books beyond the first two-three chapters. (and I have never let anyone read my writings until this last year.)
Having said that I was surprised while watching New Moon that I actually found Jacob a much more interesting character. While I enjoyed his character in the book I never actually found myself hoping that he would win Bella away from Edward.
If I had seen all of the movies first I would be rooting for Jacob big time. It makes me feel old to know that Taylor Lautner is only four months older than my daughter. If I was my daughter I would seriously be crushing on him. But I am not. George Clooney, Vin Diesel, and Adrian Paul are more my speed. Though I will admit that when I was her age I was crushing on Sean Connery (Highlander era not James Bond era.) I am just now realizing that he was in his late 50s when those movies were made. I have always found older men to be much more interesting than the younger ones.
I think of all the characters introduced in Ms Meyer's books the one I would like to read more about would be Jacob after the events of New Dawn. But in the meantime I will read Bree's story in the midst of all my other reading that I have lined up.
The book will be available as a hardback June 5th (click the image to the left to pre-order) or as a free online download The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella from NOON June 7th until July 5th.
While I enjoyed the first four books and will be buying this book in hardback to have the complete set, I don't find myself obsessing over the characters like certain friends I have do.
I didn't read any of the books until after I saw Twilight in the theater with one of my friends. My teenager has absolutely no interest in the books (she finds Bella to be to whiny) so they weren't even in my house.
I immediately went home and ordered all four books. After I received them I read one book each day for four days. In fact I have read them all around five times now. That doesn't mean I can quote lines from the books or describe what Bella was wearing in a certain chapter it just means that I found the books to be a pleasant read. I didn't dissect them to try to prove that Bella and Edward had an abusive relationship. I just read them with respect for the author who composed this series of works based on a dream that she had.
I have had several dreams that I thought would make great books. However I have always had two problems with them.
1) The really good ones fade and just leave an impression upon waking
2) I have never had the confidence to write my books beyond the first two-three chapters. (and I have never let anyone read my writings until this last year.)
Having said that I was surprised while watching New Moon that I actually found Jacob a much more interesting character. While I enjoyed his character in the book I never actually found myself hoping that he would win Bella away from Edward.
If I had seen all of the movies first I would be rooting for Jacob big time. It makes me feel old to know that Taylor Lautner is only four months older than my daughter. If I was my daughter I would seriously be crushing on him. But I am not. George Clooney, Vin Diesel, and Adrian Paul are more my speed. Though I will admit that when I was her age I was crushing on Sean Connery (Highlander era not James Bond era.) I am just now realizing that he was in his late 50s when those movies were made. I have always found older men to be much more interesting than the younger ones.
I think of all the characters introduced in Ms Meyer's books the one I would like to read more about would be Jacob after the events of New Dawn. But in the meantime I will read Bree's story in the midst of all my other reading that I have lined up.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Book Club
Some really cool ladies and I decided to form a book club. We are meeting twice a month to discuss our current read. If any of you are in the Boise area and interested in reading and discussing with us let me know.
I thought we had picked out our first book and was just getting ready to place the order when I ran into a small dilemma. Which one? It seems that the sequel/prequel?? comes out tomorrow. Should we start with the first or the second book? Was the first book good? Any comments?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
I think we should start with this first one and since the publisher was nice enough to post the first three chapters online I figured I would give you ladies the link so that we can start reading while certain people who actually have a life go somewhere for spring break (I'll allow you to remain nameless I guess) and I'll place the order with Amazon Thursday. Let me know if you ladies want the book by Hockensmith first instead.
The first three chapters are posted here at Irreference's website
The book hitting the shelves tomorrow is:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of The Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
Another book by the same publisher that might be a fun read.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H Winters
I thought we had picked out our first book and was just getting ready to place the order when I ran into a small dilemma. Which one? It seems that the sequel/prequel?? comes out tomorrow. Should we start with the first or the second book? Was the first book good? Any comments?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
I think we should start with this first one and since the publisher was nice enough to post the first three chapters online I figured I would give you ladies the link so that we can start reading while certain people who actually have a life go somewhere for spring break (I'll allow you to remain nameless I guess) and I'll place the order with Amazon Thursday. Let me know if you ladies want the book by Hockensmith first instead.
The first three chapters are posted here at Irreference's website
The book hitting the shelves tomorrow is:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of The Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
Another book by the same publisher that might be a fun read.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H Winters
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Books, Books, and More Books
Anybody that knows me knows at least one thing about me...I read. A lot. I keep telling myself that I need to "improve" the quality of books that I read. I keep telling myself to grab a copy of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy or Paradise Lost by John Milton. Then I go and look at the lists of "Classic must reads" and realize that I read most of the classics on there as a teenager. Mark Twain, Jonathon Swift, Nathanial Hawthorne and Charles Dickens were some of my favorite people growing up. I could disappear for hours in one of the many wonderful worlds they had created. J.R.R Tolkein enthralled me long before Peter Jackson brought those epic movies to the screen. And no matter how good the movies are no true justice can be done to the C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia series. The limits of film just can not do true justice to a child's imagination. The White Witch in my imagination looked nothing like Tilda Swinton.
Now one would hope that a young tweens seeing these movies would have rushed out to get the books and read them before the remaining movies made it to the theater. However, I know in my daughters case that didn't happen at least not with Lord of the Rings. I bought her the books and made them available to her but she had no desire to read them. One of these days I might just ask her why. I had been reading the Chronicles to her since she was a toddler. I guess I just figured that Tolkein was somebody that you had to read yourself to truly appreciate.
The Harry Potter series probably brought more readers out into the open than any other book series lately. I found the series shortly before the third book came out. (Thank you to the unknown clerk at B&N for recommending it). At the time my daughter was six and we read the stories together. For her seventh birthday I gave her a hard copy of the third book. By the time that the fifth book came out I had to buy two copies. We each finished them quickly (me within 24 hours) her a couple of days but neither of us wanted to wait for the other to finish before we started.
What this blog post was initially going to be about was the high price of books. When I started reading my mom allowed me to purchase one book a month. My choice was the Narnia series. Cost $1.95 each. That was kind of a stretch on my parents budget because they also had to buy my little sister and brother a book as well. My dad let each of us kids buy 1 comic book a month usually in the 50-75 cent range. The rules were that it had to be a #1 or part of a limited series.
Now you can rarely find a paperback for less than $7.95 and hardcovers are usually around mid $20s. So I scrounge the bargain bins looking for books. Here I can find hardcovers for around $7 and trade paperbacks for around $5. Even that can get spendy. Used bookstores are great but you have to know what you are looking for or be willing to spend hours looking (They charge 1/2 pub price and usually credit you 1/4 pub price for trade in).
Favorite used/new bookstore would be Rediscovered Bookshop @ 7079 W Overland Rd, Boise, ID 83709. My other favorite is unfortunately no longer there. The owner decided to retire and enjoy life more. I miss the German Shepard that kept her company in the shop every day.
Thrift stores used to be good. You could pick up 3-4 paperbacks for a buck. Then they started charging based on the publishers price. Now you were back up to $4 for a recently published book. While Silhouette and Harlequin made great filler books in the 5/$1 price range I have no desire to pay $1 each for them.
Yes I have heard of that wonderful thing called the Library!.(Boise's library is officially titled as Library!) However I really suck at remembering due dates for both books and movies. Late fees will kill the convenience factor for me.
Ebay is great for buying a "lot" of books. 10-30 books in a box but sometimes I only want about 5 of those books (the price still makes it worthwhile though). Recently I found a better option. For me anyway. This way I can build my wish list of books and if someone has the book I really want I get an email asking if I still want it. Yes sometimes the wait is long but I love receiving a book in the mail and unwrapping it knowing that I have my entertainment set for the evening.
Here you post books that you are willing to mail to someone.(Mailing costs you postage - about $3 per book) and you "order" books that you would like to receive (this doesn't cost you postage) When I posted my first 10 books to my virtual bookshelf they gave me credits to use. Each time I mail a book I receive an additional credit. So instead of the normal 2 or 3 books for 1 book that used bookstores offer it is a straight 1 book for 1 book trade. (Exception for audio books which cost 2 credits each (of course you get 2 credits if you send it back out)
So go forth and read. Expand your horizons. The words on paper only encourages your imagination. Watching that same story at the movies or on tv limits you to another persons imagination.
Now one would hope that a young tweens seeing these movies would have rushed out to get the books and read them before the remaining movies made it to the theater. However, I know in my daughters case that didn't happen at least not with Lord of the Rings. I bought her the books and made them available to her but she had no desire to read them. One of these days I might just ask her why. I had been reading the Chronicles to her since she was a toddler. I guess I just figured that Tolkein was somebody that you had to read yourself to truly appreciate.
The Harry Potter series probably brought more readers out into the open than any other book series lately. I found the series shortly before the third book came out. (Thank you to the unknown clerk at B&N for recommending it). At the time my daughter was six and we read the stories together. For her seventh birthday I gave her a hard copy of the third book. By the time that the fifth book came out I had to buy two copies. We each finished them quickly (me within 24 hours) her a couple of days but neither of us wanted to wait for the other to finish before we started.
What this blog post was initially going to be about was the high price of books. When I started reading my mom allowed me to purchase one book a month. My choice was the Narnia series. Cost $1.95 each. That was kind of a stretch on my parents budget because they also had to buy my little sister and brother a book as well. My dad let each of us kids buy 1 comic book a month usually in the 50-75 cent range. The rules were that it had to be a #1 or part of a limited series.
Now you can rarely find a paperback for less than $7.95 and hardcovers are usually around mid $20s. So I scrounge the bargain bins looking for books. Here I can find hardcovers for around $7 and trade paperbacks for around $5. Even that can get spendy. Used bookstores are great but you have to know what you are looking for or be willing to spend hours looking (They charge 1/2 pub price and usually credit you 1/4 pub price for trade in).
Favorite used/new bookstore would be Rediscovered Bookshop @ 7079 W Overland Rd, Boise, ID 83709. My other favorite is unfortunately no longer there. The owner decided to retire and enjoy life more. I miss the German Shepard that kept her company in the shop every day.
Thrift stores used to be good. You could pick up 3-4 paperbacks for a buck. Then they started charging based on the publishers price. Now you were back up to $4 for a recently published book. While Silhouette and Harlequin made great filler books in the 5/$1 price range I have no desire to pay $1 each for them.
Yes I have heard of that wonderful thing called the Library!.(Boise's library is officially titled as Library!) However I really suck at remembering due dates for both books and movies. Late fees will kill the convenience factor for me.
Ebay is great for buying a "lot" of books. 10-30 books in a box but sometimes I only want about 5 of those books (the price still makes it worthwhile though). Recently I found a better option. For me anyway. This way I can build my wish list of books and if someone has the book I really want I get an email asking if I still want it. Yes sometimes the wait is long but I love receiving a book in the mail and unwrapping it knowing that I have my entertainment set for the evening.
Here you post books that you are willing to mail to someone.(Mailing costs you postage - about $3 per book) and you "order" books that you would like to receive (this doesn't cost you postage) When I posted my first 10 books to my virtual bookshelf they gave me credits to use. Each time I mail a book I receive an additional credit. So instead of the normal 2 or 3 books for 1 book that used bookstores offer it is a straight 1 book for 1 book trade. (Exception for audio books which cost 2 credits each (of course you get 2 credits if you send it back out)
So go forth and read. Expand your horizons. The words on paper only encourages your imagination. Watching that same story at the movies or on tv limits you to another persons imagination.
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