Good morning bookie, bookette, bookers, booklings, and all around bookish types. You will not BELIEVE what happened to me yesterday.
I lost the book I was reading.
Yup. You heard me…. let me recount my steps:
4:45 pm I am in usual reading room in the reading chair…. errr…. reading said book.
5:22 pm I get up from said chair, and place junk mail acting as book mark into said book to hold place.
5:45 I am changed for kick ball (do not laugh…. I play kick ball… all the cool kids are doing it) and I leave said house in said jeep to go to said ball park
7:33 I return home after two kickball (yup there’s that word again) games in which we were beaten to a pulp at both. My only happiness will be found in the pages of the book that I am successfully reading through with full intentions of having review up for today.
7:40 I realize said book is not where I thought it should be (in said reading room by said chair)
7:45 a search is conducted of the area I had been in prior to my leaving the said house. This includes: my closet, the bathroom, the kitchen, the front room, the couch, the entryway, the garage, the jeep… I was thorough. I did this twice.
8:10 Now I am annoyed. I am wasting precious reading time during this search and I can not imagine where book has gone.
8:20 I start looking for suspects.
Suspect #1: The Husband. Sure, he is not a big reader but he is in the house where the book has turned up missing. I ask if he has seen it and he says no (a likely story!). I describe what the book looks like… I am sure he is thinking how is that different from the hundreds of other books in the house. His eyes glaze over and I let him go but tell him not to leave town.
Suspect #2: The dogs. Elmo is old and blind in one eye so I am doubtful if it was him. Plus he is so loyal to me. Bailey on the other hand, has never liked me and has always been Al’s (hubby) dog. I could see Bailey doing something with it just to watch me go crazy.
Suspect #3: me. I was in a hurry leaving the house and in a bit of a panic as I had just realized I did not know where our passports were (I know… a real night for losing things!) and we are 8 weeks out from Honduras. I was changing for kickball and looking for passports and I do not honestly know how much of this time the book was with me. Did I drag the book along the passport search trail? Honestly I do not know.
Harriet Vanger, a young member of a very wealthy Swedish family disappears at the age of 16. Gone without a trace, 40 years later, Harriet’s Uncle is still haunted by her absence… was she murdered? If so by who?
Mikael Blomkvist part owner of the magazine Millenium has just taken a huge hit to the pocket-book. Caught in a libel conviction he decided to take a breather from the magazine until the heat wears off and instead of a break, finds himself hired by Harriet’s uncle to research and try to find evidence as to what happened all those years ago. With the help of a very damaged young tattooed computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, Mikael finds himself searching for pieces that will change the lives of all involved.
Sound popcorn worthy? Well…. it depends on who you ask. This was my book club, The Bookies, pick for our September read. Due to a crazy busy month, by the time we reviewed this book last week I was not finished. Not even close to being finished. However, I think that really gave me an outside look at an interesting and somewhat hard discussion with our book club.
Our group met at a lovely Mexican restaurant and over assorted yummy dishes (I was so tired I forgot to order!) we discussed this book. This book brought out mixed opinions, strong opinions on both sides. I had ladies in the group who loved the read, found it interesting, fast paced, and fabulous. Several of the girls in the group had already moved on to books two and three. I had a couple that found it pretty neutral, even predictable, and had guessed the outcome long before the final pages were turned. And there were a few that hated the book. And I do not use that word lightly. The book brought up some hard memories and the gory, graphic parts of the book were found to be too much, as well as Mikael’s promiscuous behavior ( he seemed to have no problem sleeping with an assortment of women,including one who was his best friend, and married and her husband did not care).
While you may be reading that above paragraph and think the review must have been just a battle and a nightmare, no, it was quite the contrary. This remarkable group of strong women that I have the pleasure of meeting with each month (and have since August of 2001), are very respectful of each others opinions. I, having not completed the book at the time of review, really found this discussion to be intense and as I say often, the books that bring out the emotions in us are usually the best reviews, especially when we come up with an assortment of feelings about the book.
One of the thoughts that touched me was while what happens to the character of Lisbeth Salander is horrible, cruel, and truly hard to read, this really shows how strong of a woman she is and for those who have went on to read the other books, they feel that this first book really lays out the ground work of how she became who she is.
Read from my back deck (and a part in Finland, Minnesota)
Flash forward a few days ahead to where I have finished the books and these are my thoughts I would like to add:
Yes, there are parts of the book that are graphic and hard to read. I was a little glad I had a heads up about that through my book club because at the time of our discussion I was at a part in the book where things were flowing along much like a Sherlock Holmes read… solving a crime, looking for clues, just with the twisted addition of a very unusual relationship between Mikael and Erika.
While this book is pretty much centered around the activities of Mikael, it is to my understanding that in the next book and the one after, it is actually Lisbeth who takes the lead character role and I find that an interesting turn from our author. Actually, it is quite brilliant to bring Lisbeth in as a background character and then make her more important as the series goes on.
I ended the book very much satisfied that I had just read a good mystery and I would continue on with this series.
It is a fact that Stieg Larsson was contracted for 10 books when he wrote the three books in this series. Before these books were published, Stieg died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 50. It was his girlfriend who brought the books into the publisher and all three books were published.
After I finished reading the book, I rented the movie to see what these characters would play out like. While I have heard great thoughts about the movie, I have to disagree. The character of Erika seemed to soft and always looked on the verge of tears. In the book her relationship with Mikael is ongoing and she is frequently featured. In the movie, I am not sure I would have understood the depth of the relationship if I had not read the book first.
As in most movies from books, many parts were left out including one of the crucial moments in the book that lets you really understand what Lisbeth is made of. I was surprised that it was omitted and still wonder if I just blinked and missed it. Overall thoughts on the movie: It looks like they are making American versions of all three of the books into movies. Currently the movie I watched was the swedish one with English subtitles. I would be interested in seeing how the new version will change from the one I seen.
Good morning! Coffee Cup and I are hanging out at the lap top this morning, and watching what appears to be the sun breaking through the clouds. I am thrilled to squeeze in another sunny day and have been watching the weather carefully as I am on for a large bike ride this Saturday in Itaska. I have decided that if the weather is “el yucko” I am instead going to the cities to an author event. As much as I want to ride bike, I do not want to be cold, damp, and miserable.
Today I wanted to remind everyone about the upcoming Banned Books Week. It starts this Saturday and is an event I got behind for the first time last year and I was shocked at what books were considered banned. Before I really followed what banned books were, I figured they had to be horrible books, filled with filth and language that would probably make your ears bleed. Turns out, that’s not true. My beloved To Kill A Mockingbird is a banned book. All the Harry Potter books are and just last night I discovered that Twilight was as well.
Twilight?
Yes, currently Twilight ranks the 5th most requested book to be banned by Libraries. The word is that the book has been criticized for sexual content .
(And here I was thinking that I likes the twilight series because it was not heavy in that area)
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Piccoult also makes that same list – for offensive language, homosexuality, drugs, suicide, and violence.
If you have been on Twitter or around any book blogs lately you probably have heard about the recent banning of the book SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is about a young girl who has been raped and her battle to speak up and speak out.
My plan next week, starting on Saturday is to review a banned book a day. I have quite a little reservation sheet at my local library. I will share with you the book, the review, and the information I find on why it is considered a banned book.
I hope you will take a look at this following list of books that are banned books. I would love to know which you have read, if any. I am going to highlight the ones that I have read. Which would you like to read?
Top banned list from 2000 – 2009
1 Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
2 Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3 The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
4 And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
5 Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
6 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
7 Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
8 His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
9 TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Myracle, Lauren
10 The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
11 Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
12 It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
13 Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
14 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
15 The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
16 Forever, by Judy Blume
17 The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
18 Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
19 Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
20 King and King, by Linda de Haan
21 To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
22 Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
23 The Giver, by Lois Lowry
24 In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
25 Killing Mr. Griffen, by Lois Duncan
26 Beloved, by Toni Morrison
27 My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier
28 Bridge To Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
29 The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline B. Cooney
30 We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
31 What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
32 Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
33 Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
34 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
35 Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging, by Louise Rennison
36 Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
37 It’s So Amazing, by Robie Harris
38 Arming America, by Michael Bellasiles
39 Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
40 Life is Funny, by E.R. Frank
41 Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher
42 The Fighting Ground, by Avi
43 Blubber, by Judy Blume
44 Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
45 Crazy Lady, by Jane Leslie Conly
46 Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
47 The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, by George Beard
48 Rainbow Boys, by Alex Sanchez
49 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey
50 The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
51 Daughters of Eve, by Lois Duncan
52 The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
53 You Hear Me?, by Betsy Franco
54 The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole
55 Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Green
56 When Dad Killed Mom, by Julius Lester
57 Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause
58 Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going
59 Olive’s Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
60 Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
61 Draw Me A Star, by Eric Carle
62 The Stupids (series), by Harry Allard
63 The Terrorist, by Caroline B. Cooney
64 Mick Harte Was Here, by Barbara Park
65 The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien
66 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor
67 A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
68 Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez
69 Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
70 Harris and Me, by Gary Paulsen
71 Junie B. Jones (series), by Barbara Park
72 Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
73 What’s Happening to My Body Book, by Lynda Madaras
74 The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
75 Anastasia (series), by Lois Lowry
76 A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
77 Crazy: A Novel, by Benjamin Lebert
78 The Joy of Gay Sex, by Dr. Charles Silverstein
79 The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss
80 A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
81 Black Boy, by Richard Wright
82 Deal With It!, by Esther Drill
83 Detour for Emmy, by Marilyn Reynolds
84 So Far From the Bamboo Grove, by Yoko Watkins
85 Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher
86 Cut, by Patricia McCormick
87 Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
88 The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
89 Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissenger
90 A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle
91 Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Graighead George
92 The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar
93 Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard
94 Goosebumps (series), by R.L. Stine
95 Shade’s Children, by Garth Nix
96 Grendel, by John Gardner
97 The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende
98 I Saw Esau, by Iona Opte
99 Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
100 America: A Novel, by Frank, E.R.
Top Banned from 1990 – 1999
Scary Stories (Series), by Alvin Schwartz
Daddy’s Roommate, by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
Forever, by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
Heather Has Two Mommies, by Leslea Newman
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
Alice (Series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Goosebumps (Series), by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Sex, by Madonna
Earth’s Children (Series), by Jean M. Auel
The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
The Witches, by Roald Dahl
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
The New Joy of Gay Sex, by Charles Silverstein
Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
The Goats, by Brock Cole
The Stupids (Series), by Harry Allard
Anastasia Krupnik (Series), by Lois Lowry
Final Exit, by Derek Humphry
Blubber, by Judy Blume
Halloween ABC, by Eve Merriam
Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters, by Lynda Madaras
Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman, by Paul Zindel
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
Deenie, by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind, by Nancy Garden
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat, by Alvin Schwartz
Harry Potter (Series), by J.K. Rowling
Cujo, by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein
Ordinary People, by Judith Guest
American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard
Asking About Sex and Growing Up, by Joanna Cole
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons, by Lynda Madaras
The Anarchist Cookbook, by William Powell
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
Boys and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy
Crazy Lady, by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
Killing Mr. Griffin, by Lois Duncan
Fade, by Robert Cormier
Guess What?, by Mem Fox
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies, by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells, by Daniel Cohen
On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer
The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende
Jack, by A.M. Homes
Arizona Kid, by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets, by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg, by Babette Cole
Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From?, by Peter Mayle
The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline Cooney
Carrie, by Stephen King
The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts, by Howard Stern
Where’s Waldo?, by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene
Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
Running Loose, by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education, by Jenny Davis
Jumper, by Steven Gould
Christine, by Stephen King
The Drowning of Stephen Jones, by Bette Greene
That Was Then, This is Now, by S.E. Hinton
Girls and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy
The Wish Giver, by Bill Brittain
Jump Ship to Freedom, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
While catching up on some blog visits today I found Michelle over at The True Book Addict running a little fall clean up of reads. As I looked around my home I have half read books everywhere. I know…. I have BADD (Book Attention Deficit Disorder). It’s not that they are bad books, it’s just that my mind goes from one read to the next…. first I want mystery and then oh look, now I want comedy, ooh but look over there a memoir….. oh but I must read that historical fiction….
you get the gist…
Michelle’s week-long clean up appeals to me because there are books I really want to get reading but also want to finish these other books I am reading as well… so I decided to sign up. This week is a great week to sit down evenings and pick up these books and get back to the joy of reading.
It’s not too late to join in. Pop in over at Michelle’s and she will welcome you to the group. 😀
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.
I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. I offer a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment. You receive one entry for every 10 comments, just come back here and tell me how many in the comment area.
Congratulations! Please choose an item out of the PRIZE BOX and email me your choice with your mailing address as well! journeythroughbooks@gmail.com
**Remember to qualify to win you need to stop back and let me know how many of the Monday What Are You reading Meme’s you commented on. One entry per every 10. I do this to encourage visits to new blogs and to build community. 😀
I had an insanely busy week this past week and for the first time in a long time I did not make it around to visit all the participants blogs. I really enjoy doing that but the days got away from me and with huge commitments almost every evening I was exhausted.
The good news is that as of this morning I am over the crazy business for now and have a pretty quiet week ahead that I am so looking forward to!
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Review coming this week!
I’d Know You Anywhere (audio) – Review coming this week!
Gave Up On
Farenheit 451 (audio): sadly, the audio narrator was just hard to understand. In a mumble type tone I struggled to catch what he was saying and found myself losing the point because I was picking up on every few words. Even more sadly, the narrator of this audio copy I have is none other than the author, Ray Bradbury himself. I still hope to read this book some day, or perhaps I need to try the audio with a different narrator.
And yeah…. that’s about it for this week. With BBAW I really enjoyed participating and I had a giveaway a day going on and did not get a whole lot of reading done. This week…. I am hopeful will be different.
Here’s What Is Brewing For Me This Week
You know how I love a good Patterson audio! I really do! This is what will replace Fahrenheit 451 in my kitchen Cd player.
Remember the pinky swear? I know Alita from Alita Reads started this (and probably has finished!) this book last week. Our swear was to read it in September so this is a must read for me this week.
And it is also time to start this one! This is the Wordshaker on line Book Club choice that we are reading currently and discussing on October 6. It’s not to late to join in and read along with us! I received a box of signed books for giveaway from the author this week! (WOO HOO!!!) Which will go up for giveaway as we get closer to review time. Those who are reading along are automatically given a bonus entry in the upcoming giveaway.
That’s my week! I even took a nap this afternoon so I am ready to come and visit you all this time around and cant wait to see what you have been reading! Be sure to leave the link to your Monday What Are You Reading post by entering where it says “click here” below.
I hope you all have an incredible week with books and audio that take you on wonderful adventures! 😀
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I am up and have about 30 minutes to get ready and go into town to help tear down our IHN serving week. That will consist of grabbing all the blankets and sheets, all the food and cleaning the areas we were in. I am hopeful to do this in record time…. one hour so I can make it to the 9:15 church service.
I have Coffee Cup by my side (hello friend!) and I have petted the dog as he got up and to go outside (hello friend!)
Last night we went out with friends for Al (hubbies) birthday celebration. As tired as I was, I do really enjoy hanging out with friends and after about an hour of good food and company I could almost feel the stress of the week melting off. I always have with me my trusty camera (carry it in my purse 24/7) so I had to get a couple of shots in.
Chad and Al (hubbie, hubster, birthday boy...)Paula, me, and Amy - the friends!!!
I had such a blast and can chalk up some more good memories from last evening. 😀
Once my morning activities are done – I have no more commitments today.
Did you hear that?
No more commitments today.
The sound of silence…. crickets really…..
ooh… I like that!
I hope to do more reading a bit this afternoon and hopefully finally conquer The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and as I finish mowing the lawn I will be listening to ‘I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lipman’ on my IPOD. I love being able to sprinkle literature through my days.
Have an awesome day! The BIG crazy week is alas over! Hazzah!!!!
Myself and Reagan from Miss Remmer’s Reviews are planning to attend the Twin Cities Book Festival on October 16th and we thought this would be a wonderful time for any book bloggers in the area to meet up. We are still working out the details and Reagan (Miss Remmer’s) is looking into hotel prices today as well as area bookish happenings…. but the basics for now is this:
Spectacular Authors * All-Day Exhibit * Used Book Sale
Children’s Pavilion * Great Panel Discussions * Lit Mag Fair
We are thinking of getting together the evening of the 15th for dinner with those who are able to join us, and then attending the Book Festival on Saturday the 16th. We can gather together again to go and see other area bookstores and more and for those who do not wish to head back home until Sunday morning we will be staying a second night.
If you are interested in this please email me at journeythroughbooks@gmail.com and I will send you more information as it comes available. If you know of any Book Bloggers who are in this area please let them know about this meet up. It would be fun to meet some of you!
Here is a link to what is happening so far in the Book Festival.
Good morning! I am posting this a bit later than usual and for today that is a good thing. That means I actually got to relax this morning and sleep a bit longer than usual. The day is looking like it will be lovely and my only serious commitments today are to my lawn (desperately needs to be mowed), a trip up town for a little shopping and then later tonight I am taking my hubby out to celebrate his birthday that was on Tuesday but we were both to busy then to celebrate.
Ahhhh…… I survived the week. I feel….
invigorated.
Yesterdays final BBAW prize package winner is:
Ibeeeg
Woo hoo! Congrats’!
And – I need to draw for the two book winners from the BBAW comment contest as well. if commented during the BBAW dates, you are entered. Every comment was an entry…. so using the magic of random.org, out of 627 comments during BBAW, the winners are:
Danielle Parkman has her hands full. Between being an attorney and worrying and caring for her teenage son Max who has high functioning autism, as a single mom she is working both day and night. Then Max starts to lash out and not responding the way he used to. There is suspected drug use and as Max starts to become violent Danielle seeks professional help for him and he goes to a psychiatric facility.
When Danielle discovers Max unconscious at the facility and bloody next to Jonas, a boy he had befriended on his same floor, who has been stabbed to death, Danielle herself is arrested as an accessory to the crime. In a whirlwind of events, Danielle works hard to prove her sons innocence, not knowing herself if he is, or if she just can not accept her son as a killer.
With the justice system bearing down on her, the true question becomes how far will a mother go to protect her son?
I have read and enjoyed several books around the topic of Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism that I have never heard of until a little over a year ago and now it seems like I am hearing and reading about it everywhere. When I first read what this book was about I felt it sounded much like the plot for Jodi Piccoult’s recent book. House Rules, and in a small way it is.
I liked the pace of this book and while I have a couple other reads going right now I found I had to set them down in order to be supportive of Max as his mother Danielle works hard to prove her sons innocence, all the while I was holding my breath and wondering if he was innocent.
This is Antoinette’s first book and I found it to be a well written thriller. While the book is about Max, the real character is Asperger’s and you get that through Max’s actions, not so much his words. I found that to be an interesting part of the book and found myself longing to know what would happen next but unwilling to turn the page until I had fully read every word.
Amazon Rating (TBA) – This book will be available in book stores in late September
Book Journey has updated the 2010 reading Map to include Saving Max
Cover Story: This is not the cover that is on my advanced copy but I like it much better than the one I have (which is pictured on my morning post prior to this post). The cover here makes you want to know this boy and what is happening inside him.
I received my review copy from: Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists
Good morning! It’s amazing what one night of nothingness can do to restore your energy. Time to relax, enjoy a cup of tea and snuggle in with a good book is the best way to recharge my batteries. I feel GREAT!
I can not believe it is already the last day of BBAW! It went by so quickly and my crazy schedule did not help. I am sure I will be spending part of the weekend still getting out to visit the great blogs that stopped by to visit me – new and old! 😀
Yesterdays BBAW winner for the Kate Atkinson books (using random.org) is:
Librarypat!!!
Woo hoo!!! Congratulations Pat, I will connect with you for shipping info!
My BBAW giveaways have all been about my favorite things…. the week-long one (still going on) has a giveaway for a book I have loved for years and rave about, as well as a book that I have recently read and loved and now soars around my top reads of all time as well. Then I gave away one of my favorite snack combos while I am reading, good chocolate and tea. On day two I gave away one of my favorite things to receive, a gift card for books! On day three I gave away my favorite gifts of all – BOOKS! And now here we are on day four…. what is one thing that I really enjoy that I have not given away yet….
Oh yeah…..
oh course…..
coffee.
😛
So yes – today’s giveaway is going to be a combo package of many things I love: Flavored Coffees, Great Chocolate, and a new advanced reader copy of Saving Max by Antoinette Van Heugten. This book will be on sale in stores in October 2010 and my review of this book will be up later today. USA and Canada only please on this one due to the shipping.
To enter to win this package, please share with me three of your favorite things in a comment below. I will use Random.org to choose a winner and announce it on the Morning Meandering tomorrow (Saturday).
Good luck and I will leave you with this song to enjoy while you ponder over your favorite things…
Book Journey 