Happy New Year

Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy New Year
I'm not sorry to see 2006 go. Especially the latter months.

I have resolutions, but they're not very interesting.

I had planned to keep track of all the movies I saw and all the books I read in 2006. I failed with the movies, I'm afraid, but I did manage to keep an accurate reading list:

I really, really recommend:

Plainsong The best book I read last year.
The Kite Runner Another really, really good book, totally different from Plainsong and probably unfair to compare.
A Three Dog Life
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Glass Castle

I recommend (in no particular order):

Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
Carter Beats the Devil
True Story
Take the Cannoli
Boy Still Missing
Green Grass Grace
Wicked
Eventide
gods in Alabama
Between, Georgia
We Thought You Would Be Prettier

I recommend with reservations:

Live From New York But only if you really like the show, even with all its ups and downs, like I do.
Three Nights in August By the same author as Friday Night Lights, but definitely not as good
The Laments It was not a page-turner for me, but I liked the odd Lament family.

Neutral:

Possible Side Effects
Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn
The Art of Mending
Son of a Witch

I do not recommend:

The Ruins
S is for Silence W is for Why Have I Read So Many of These Books?

Currently Reading
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
By John Colapinto
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Happy New Year, hon! Are you doing okay?
- 1/1/2007 2:35 PM
- eFairy (message)
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Happy New Year Lisa!
- 1/1/2007 2:53 PM
- strawberry14 (message)
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I just got Kate from my bookclub. I'm going into it with reservations, haven't started it yet. I loved her as a woman, and really enjoyed Kate, Remembered. I'm currently reading two: A Team of Rivals, the Political Genius of Lincoln and The Women in Lincoln's Life.
- 1/1/2007 3:03 PM
- nevragn (message)
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Happy New Year!

Is 2007 done already? I thought it had just begun!
- 1/1/2007 4:30 PM
- notagoose (message)
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happy new year! so you're not going to share your resolutions?
- 1/1/2007 4:47 PM
- jersy_grl12 (message)
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Happy new year and new beginnings. I hope your first resolution is find a new job with a normal boss.

I just got S... I can't help it. I can't resist them. Don't know when I'll read it.

Shoulda known with an S in it, it couldn't be good... LOL
- 1/1/2007 7:23 PM
- robbie_caudle (message)
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I love Laurie Notaro. I have to be careful where I read her, because she makes me laugh out loud. My daughter reads the books when I'm done with them, and she's been known to read out loud, parts that she's finding particularly amusing, the result being that we both laugh until we cry. People have stared a time or two.

The last I read, Mr S had you make out everyone's bonus checks but didn't have one for you... did he stick to that ? What a dick.

I wish you a fabulous 2007 !!
- 1/1/2007 8:04 PM
- PrimevalWench (message)
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nice reading list for 2007! i'll be checking out a few of them!
- 1/1/2007 8:15 PM
- jerjonji (message)
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Happy New Year, Lisa!

If you don't see movies or read books, then your list can be really short! Like mine! "A Prairie Home Companion".

Cheers!
- 1/2/2007 12:22 AM
- Tom (message)
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Happy New Year! I've read a number of those books myself. Read Wicked while in NY at my daughter's. Loved The Kite Runner. Great book. I don't remember the last time I saw a movie...either in a theater or on TV. My attention span is not long enough.
- 1/2/2007 5:40 AM
- wixer (message)
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I'm gonna pick up one of these books and 'go to town'! I need to be reading an author I've never read before and this seems like an excellent list. Thanks! Welcome to 2007!
- 1/2/2007 9:17 AM
- VallejoGirl (message)
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Happy Steve Yzerman Day!
- 1/2/2007 1:39 PM
- flodge01 (message)
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I loved all of your really, really recommended books. I absolutely HATED the Ruins and can't believe I actually bought it in hardback due to some idiot book club member who insisted we read it when it was a brand new book.
- 1/3/2007 10:45 AM
- ordinarybutloud (message)
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I had wondered about that Grafton novel. They say she's going downhill.

How are you? i haven't chatted with you in so long. I had a tennis round robin over the holidays and was pleased with my play. That stupid psychologist was there and he praised my serve. Wonder of wonders.
How is your game? How is it managing your team? I'm still plagued with migraines, so I'm not on the team this year. I can't promise I'll make it for scheduled matches. The doctor has something new he's going to use.

Go to my site tomorrow. Exciting news about my book!

Lynn
- 1/3/2007 8:30 PM
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