Books & Movies

some more recent reads:

The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein

Fast Food Nation, Food Inc. & Eating Animals …

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The Girl who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson

Songs for the Missing – Stewart O’Nan

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barro

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The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar

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Before the Storm & Secrets she left behind by Diane Chamberlain

Those Who Save us – Jenna Blum

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson 

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Time Traveler’s Wife - great book, movie comes out tomorrow :)  

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The Help – Kathryn Stockett

Sookie Stackhouse series (fun)

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I thought I would add some fun running movies to my Books page.  A couple that I have seen recently:

Running the Sahara

                * amazing

Run Fat Boy Run

                   * funny and uplifting!

recommend both!

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So in the interest of honesty, I am admitting to reading chick lit.  Sometimes I just want to read a mindless novel and be entertained, laugh out loud.  Right now I am reading:

Good in Bed to be followed by Certain Girls  – both by Jennifer Weiner

She also wrote the novel In her Shoes which was later made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz.

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I love to read.  I read everything from trashy romance novels to the classics.  I have read a couple of books recently that are hard to put down and very hard to forget:

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Both are WWII/holocaust era novels and are both heart wrenching and thought provoking.

 

One Response to “Books & Movies”

  1. Sallie Scoggin says:

    HI! I love your blog! I am a 50-ish Mum, originally American, and I live in Australia now. I have 2 kids and like you left the corporate world a year ago and now I am enjoying life, the kids and my running! I used to be a runner and triathlete back in the 80s so I am returning to my roots. My 14-yr old son and I are training for a 14k fun run, the City to Surf race held in Sydney in August 2010.

    I do a lot of reading and I love movies. I LOVE good food and wine, and love to cook. I think we have a lot in common! I am reading an interesting non fiction book at the moment about Gertrude Bell – she was an adventurous English girl who had a great deal to do with establishing Iraq as a country!

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