On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:58:04 -0800 (PST), Mellanie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a pretty good month in January. Pretty good? For my standards, sixteen books in a month is a great achievement ;-)
<...> > To Love a Scottish Lord--Karen Ranney > For the MIK lovers, this was a good one. What's MIK? > Autobiography of a Face--Lucy Grealy > The writing in this book was just lovely, and the author's telling of > her treatment for and recovery from jaw cancer and reconstructive surgery is > open and honest, heartbreaking and amusing. When I finished this book, I > felt like I had lost touch with a friend who had moved away. I know exactly this feeling. That's why I often re-read some parts of my favorite books. > The Quiet Little Woman: A Christmas Story--Louisa May Alcott > The circumstances of the publication of the four stories in this book > are actually more interesting than the stories themselves, which, due to > their short length, are customarily preachy without the humanizing details > that salvage Alcott's books from being hopelessly unreadable. LMA is one of > my favorite authors, but I didn't miss anything by not having read these > stories before. Wow... I never knew other LMA books besides Little Women. What do you recommend? > Under a Lucky Star--Diane Farr > I thought I would have to kill myself before finishing this book > because the heroine at first struck me as TSTL (that's "Too Stupid to Live" > for those of you not in the know), but I stuck with it and eventually did a > complete 180. Farr does a beautiful job of portraying the Regency courtship > experience in a realistic manner. Her heroine is 20 years old, quite > sheltered, and utterly dominated by her duty to her parents, even though she > has met a man she would love to marry. The heroine lacked the anachronistic > modern attitudes that appear in most romance novels, and it was a refreshing > change to experience vicariously the frustration of the struggle between > desire and duty. After I read Pride and Prejudice (specially the whole affair with Lydia) I realized I would never be able to watch another movie set hundred years ago the same way. People often behave in those movies like they were born yesterday doing things most people from that time would never do - not without some guilt, at least... Iara (izinha82) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Unbelievable Blog of the Week recommends: The Lincoln Fry Blog. Read all about the French fry that looks like Abraham Lincoln. http://us.click.yahoo.com/bBwbuA/eV0JAA/Zx0JAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
