Katy's Reviews for January

Hunger Games: I broke down and read it because I was hearing such great reviews of it. I loved it as much as everyone else. It was light reading for me, which I always enjoy. I like the plot and think that it has very realistic probabilities if it were ever a reality. make sense??? Katniss is very cunning and I like her spunk-yet I like that she also needs maturing. It would have ruined her character if she was portrayed as an "All-Star" protagonist that doesn't have any weaknesses.

The only thing I don't like is that I have to wait until the 3rd book is published. I don't like waiting, but when it comes out, I 'll have another excuse to read the first two again.

Harry Potter #1: yes, I finally broke down and read the Harry Potter thingamajigger... Sorry for all of you who love these books...the first book is so sluggish, that I'm still reading it! It probably stems from having watched to movie and knowing a little of what's going to happen. I heard that only the first 3 books are sluggish, so I won't give up of our good friend Harry, but I think I'll have to renew this title from the library and hope that I finish it before March is over! ha ha...

I'm still very interested in "The Secret Journal of Brett Colton." I won't give up on that one either...

Comments on January and February's books by Marlene

I loved the book, "The Secret Journal of Brett Colton". It was one of the most fun and interesting "Mormon Fiction" books I've ever read. I'd recommend it to anyone.

"The White Queen" just made me sad. I can't imagine how it would be to live every day afraid for you life; afraid your parents, your brothers and sisters, or your cousins and best friends, might kill you so they can take your place. What a way to live. I used to be a little jealous of royalty, but now I wouldn't trade places with them for anything!

Was "Crossing to Safety" one of our books. Anyway, I really liked this book. If you want to think, I'd recommend that you read it. However.....it does have some profanity, so watch out.

I read "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" so I could remember what happened. The movie was a little different, but I liked it a lot. Now we are patiently waiting for the last two movies!

My next books to read are "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown and "John Adams" by David McCullough. I like this blog! Thanks, Mele

Change!

Because December was so full of holidays and it was probably crazy for everyone I've moved the months forward one. So December's will now be January's and January's will be February's and Etc. I hope that is okay with everyone. I just don't think many people were able to read the books they wanted in December, I know I didn't. :)
Well I hope you all had a great Holiday and hopefully we can get this club back on the road again. :)

November: Out of Africa

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November: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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November: Cry, the Beloved Country

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Katy's Books....

1. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
When Dashti, A maid, and Lady Saren, Her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years for Saren's refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment. As food runs low and the days go from broiling hot to freezing cold, it is all Dashti can do to keep them fed and comfortable. But the arrival outside the tower of Saren's two suitors-one welcome, and the other decidedly less so-brings both hope and great danger, and Dashti must make the desperate choices of a girl whose life is worth more than she knows. With Shannon Hale's lyrical language, this forgotten but classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm is reimagined and reset on the central Asian steppes; it is a completely unique retelling filled with adventure and romance, drama and disguise.

2. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it-from garden seeds to Scripture-is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in post colonial Africa.

3. Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Galen is a young soldier returning from war; Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King Under Stone. Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls. All they need is one invisibility cloak, a black wool chain knit with enchanted silver needles, and that most critical ingredient of all-true love-to conquer their foes in the dark halls below. But malevolent forces are working against them above ground as well, and as cruel as the King Under Stone has seemed, his wrath is mere irritation compared to the evil that awaits Galen and Rose in the brighter world above. Captivating from start to finish, Jessica Day George's take on the Grimms' tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses demonstrates yet again her mastery at spinning something entirely fresh out of a story you thought you knew.