If you are interested.
My Book Club is reading "The Help" this month. I'm half way through and it's awesome so far.
For December we have decided to read "The Art of Racing in the Rain."
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Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts
Monday, November 22
Saturday, August 7
Book Club
You may have noticed I have changed a few things on my blog with regards to my book club! Maybe not, but if you care or still want to read along click here to sign up for a Shelfari account and then add me as a friend.
I discovered this to be a very valuable tool to organize, review and keep track of the books I want to read or have already read. We can more easily discuss the books we read and share our ideas of other books to read!
I'm going to create my own "group," so when you sign up for your account, make sure you join Adrienne Dimond's Book Club!
I discovered this to be a very valuable tool to organize, review and keep track of the books I want to read or have already read. We can more easily discuss the books we read and share our ideas of other books to read!
I'm going to create my own "group," so when you sign up for your account, make sure you join Adrienne Dimond's Book Club!
Wednesday, July 28
Bust
Let's start a little debate.
Read almost 50 pages of "Independence Day" and was bored half to death.
I finally threw in the towel today and decided to MOVE ON.
My sister, Jamie, and my Mom suggested this one. Can't figure out why...
So far it was about a middle-aged man, divorced and struggling to connect with his teenage son. He was a real estate agent and during the fifty pages I read he was trying to make a sale to a very difficult couple.
The book stressed me out.
Sorry Mom and Jamie.
Picked up "To Kill a Mockingbird" today at the library. Anyone on board?
Thursday, July 22
Eat Pray Love
I don't even know what I'm going to write, but I just finished my book, "Eat Pray Love" and I absolutely loved every bit of it. I learned a lot about a lot. I can't wait for the movie to come out in August. I loved the travel and the people and the self-discovery. What a great, uplifting book. Makes me want to be better as a woman, a wife, a teacher, a daughter, a sister, a performer, and a discoverer. Makes me want to become closer to God and to have more meaningful prayers and create more time for listening. Can't say enough how much I liked this book! Would love to hear what others think.
Sorry, but I can't find Hunger Games yet. The library says I still won't see it for another 6 months, so until then, the next one up on the list is "Independence Day" by Richard Ford. You have until August 5th to read it (two weeks). Two weeks per book and you know what's next so you have time to find it (grrr...Jamie.....)! I've been mainly going to the library and requesting them if they don't have them. Also, my Mom is a great resource. If you want her email, leave me a comment.
"Independence Day" was suggested by Jamie, my sister, but my Mom was the one reading it at the time. I'm excited to read it and have a lengthy discussion with her about it (hint, hint).
Sorry, but I can't find Hunger Games yet. The library says I still won't see it for another 6 months, so until then, the next one up on the list is "Independence Day" by Richard Ford. You have until August 5th to read it (two weeks). Two weeks per book and you know what's next so you have time to find it (grrr...Jamie.....)! I've been mainly going to the library and requesting them if they don't have them. Also, my Mom is a great resource. If you want her email, leave me a comment.
"Independence Day" was suggested by Jamie, my sister, but my Mom was the one reading it at the time. I'm excited to read it and have a lengthy discussion with her about it (hint, hint).
Wednesday, July 21
book club update
Just a little update. Made it through Italy
and Indonesia
and now making my way through Bali
with Liz in this wonderful book. I don't know how many of you have read it out there, but IT IS EXCELLENT! I adore it. Every one of you should read it :) I'm very excited for the movie to come out. Who wants to go with me? It opens August 13th.
Tuesday, July 13
Impatient
Anyone have the book "Hunger Games?" Want to loan it to me?
The librarian put me on the waiting list and told me it would be at least six months before I would get it.
Must be pretty good.
The librarian put me on the waiting list and told me it would be at least six months before I would get it.
Must be pretty good.
Monday, July 12
Life-saver
Just went to the doctor for my annually check-up. First time since my mission that I have been lump-free. (breast lump)
I thank Scott for doing the research and for helping us to be motivated to eliminate caffeine from our diet. (We allow ourselves caffeine once a month.)
Just a heads up for loved ones out there who worry about health.
Eliminate the caffeine.
On a another note. Finished "The Giver." Loved it. Only "liked" the ending. But, finally after five years of being unable to devour anything other than Harry Potter (twice) and Twilight (once, I promise!) I am once again unable to put books down. Thank you Rachel. "The Giver" reminded me of my pink flower basement bedroom in Farmington, UT where I used to go every day after school and read on my blue bean bag chair. I remember reading ALL of the time.
My Mom sent "Eat, Pray, Love." (Watch this trailer to get motivated!) Already 60 pages into it and unable to hardly put it down. I LOVE to read. Any suggestions!?
I thank Scott for doing the research and for helping us to be motivated to eliminate caffeine from our diet. (We allow ourselves caffeine once a month.)
Just a heads up for loved ones out there who worry about health.
Eliminate the caffeine.
On a another note. Finished "The Giver." Loved it. Only "liked" the ending. But, finally after five years of being unable to devour anything other than Harry Potter (twice) and Twilight (once, I promise!) I am once again unable to put books down. Thank you Rachel. "The Giver" reminded me of my pink flower basement bedroom in Farmington, UT where I used to go every day after school and read on my blue bean bag chair. I remember reading ALL of the time.
My Mom sent "Eat, Pray, Love." (Watch this trailer to get motivated!) Already 60 pages into it and unable to hardly put it down. I LOVE to read. Any suggestions!?
Tuesday, July 6
Not my favorite...
I have to say my days haven't been my favorite lately. Take today for example. No gym...always puts me in a bad mood. At the post office I kind of snapped at Scott for not locking the doors to the car and he played the martyr and went out and locked them and then we were trying to talk about how to not lose money over shipping and our communication went out the window and we had to start over. Mad at myself.
Then I had to cooooool off so I put my bathing suit on and laid in the hoooooot sun for an hour. Guess that wasn't so bad. So much for cooling off.
Then we had to work at 3pm. My first student never shows up, my second student showed up, but not his classmate, and the one who did show up forgot his book. So WHY DID HE EVEN COME!? We played music games for an awkward hour because he knew I was bugged. Poor kid. My second class all showed up and it was game week...so another hour of music games. Not so bad. My third class showed up; all boys; 2 of them. My toughest class all week. I make one of the boys cry every week....well I don't make him cry, he just cries and he's like twelve. I thought boys don't cry! He cries when he loses a game. I tried to point out that he had won two out of the three games we played, but he still cried! My last lesson; ahhhhhh! She didn't practice either and hasn't for the past two or three months. She is still thinking about it. According to her excuse. Okay, I feel better letting off a little steam.
Our 4th was spent on the 5th. According to one of our coworkers, Utah is the only state in the country that felt it had the right to move the 4th to the 5th (or the 3rd). We celebrated twice. Once on Saturday and then again yesterday, Monday. We went to the Layton City parade which was a bust except for all the old geezers riding on the tractors. Especially Santa Claus. He looked like the happiest go-lucky man in the entire world. No picture. :( Then we walked around all the booths and found ribs and cotton candy and shave ice. Don't worry. We went to the gym before the parade!
Back to "not my favorite..." I finished "Saturday" and it wasn't my favorite. I was intrigued by the idea of the book taking place in a single day. How could the author find enough to write about in one 24 hour period? That kept me going. I love the detail and intricate descriptions of Henry's relationships with each member of his family. Especially toward his wife and children. To be honest, the fish stew didn't sound very good at all. Anyone agree?
In contrast, the break-in/almost murder/almost rape was something I could relate to. Not the almost murder or rape, but the break-in/robbery. Remember almost two years ago when I wrote about our stolen and returned bikes? Well this memory returned when I read about Baxter breaking into Henry's home and holding his knife to Henry's wives neck. I know the incident wasn't life threatening for us or anything close to what happened in the book. But I feel as though I can relate to the same intense feelings the Perowne family had.
It was such a roller coaster of emotions when our bikes were stolen. They were our only source of transportation and we relied on them heavily. I was so completely scared when we heard the clank of the kick-stands and then my heart dropped into my stomach and I was so unbelievable angry and adrenaline kicked in. We ran after those idiots! Then, coming face-to-face with the men who had taken our bikes, my anger intensified so I was almost ready to rip the guys face off. Having a face to put to the robbery was almost worse then not knowing who had done it. I remember thinking how stupid the guy sounded with his million excuses.
After the guy left and we got our other bike back we went into our studio and I just broke down and cried. I was scared that someone had invaded our privacy and property so easily and so randomly. I never want to feel that vulnerable again. Somehow that experience came to mind when I read the last few pages of "Saturday."
Anyone else relate? Anyone else finish the book? Again, not my favorite, but it's a start!!!
The next book up is "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. I am already on chapter 7!!
Then I had to cooooool off so I put my bathing suit on and laid in the hoooooot sun for an hour. Guess that wasn't so bad. So much for cooling off.
Then we had to work at 3pm. My first student never shows up, my second student showed up, but not his classmate, and the one who did show up forgot his book. So WHY DID HE EVEN COME!? We played music games for an awkward hour because he knew I was bugged. Poor kid. My second class all showed up and it was game week...so another hour of music games. Not so bad. My third class showed up; all boys; 2 of them. My toughest class all week. I make one of the boys cry every week....well I don't make him cry, he just cries and he's like twelve. I thought boys don't cry! He cries when he loses a game. I tried to point out that he had won two out of the three games we played, but he still cried! My last lesson; ahhhhhh! She didn't practice either and hasn't for the past two or three months. She is still thinking about it. According to her excuse. Okay, I feel better letting off a little steam.
Our 4th was spent on the 5th. According to one of our coworkers, Utah is the only state in the country that felt it had the right to move the 4th to the 5th (or the 3rd). We celebrated twice. Once on Saturday and then again yesterday, Monday. We went to the Layton City parade which was a bust except for all the old geezers riding on the tractors. Especially Santa Claus. He looked like the happiest go-lucky man in the entire world. No picture. :( Then we walked around all the booths and found ribs and cotton candy and shave ice. Don't worry. We went to the gym before the parade!
Back to "not my favorite..." I finished "Saturday" and it wasn't my favorite. I was intrigued by the idea of the book taking place in a single day. How could the author find enough to write about in one 24 hour period? That kept me going. I love the detail and intricate descriptions of Henry's relationships with each member of his family. Especially toward his wife and children. To be honest, the fish stew didn't sound very good at all. Anyone agree?
In contrast, the break-in/almost murder/almost rape was something I could relate to. Not the almost murder or rape, but the break-in/robbery. Remember almost two years ago when I wrote about our stolen and returned bikes? Well this memory returned when I read about Baxter breaking into Henry's home and holding his knife to Henry's wives neck. I know the incident wasn't life threatening for us or anything close to what happened in the book. But I feel as though I can relate to the same intense feelings the Perowne family had.
It was such a roller coaster of emotions when our bikes were stolen. They were our only source of transportation and we relied on them heavily. I was so completely scared when we heard the clank of the kick-stands and then my heart dropped into my stomach and I was so unbelievable angry and adrenaline kicked in. We ran after those idiots! Then, coming face-to-face with the men who had taken our bikes, my anger intensified so I was almost ready to rip the guys face off. Having a face to put to the robbery was almost worse then not knowing who had done it. I remember thinking how stupid the guy sounded with his million excuses.
After the guy left and we got our other bike back we went into our studio and I just broke down and cried. I was scared that someone had invaded our privacy and property so easily and so randomly. I never want to feel that vulnerable again. Somehow that experience came to mind when I read the last few pages of "Saturday."
Anyone else relate? Anyone else finish the book? Again, not my favorite, but it's a start!!!
The next book up is "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. I am already on chapter 7!!
Monday, July 5
Friday, July 2
Book Club
Here is the line up for books to read!
The Giver
Eat Pray Love
Hunger Games
Almost done with "Saturday"...
The Giver
Eat Pray Love
Hunger Games
Almost done with "Saturday"...
Thursday, June 24
Ready or Not, I'm doing it!
I've wanted to start a book club all year long. My Grandma Veda took me up on it and we read "Red Badge of Courage." We got together at her condo clubhouse and ate dinner and watched the old movie for the younger kids. Then we couldn't really decide on another book and so I read Treasure Island and then Grandma and Grandpa headed on down to Panguitch.
I've decided I'm going to read "Saturday" by Ian McEwan. Anyone who wants to read it with me, YEAH!!!!!!!! I know nothing about the book or the author, although he is a familiar name to me. The book caught my eye when I was looking at 1001 books to read before you die. It is about one day, February 15, 2003, a couple years after the attacks on the Twin Towers. Henry Perowne seems to have the perfect job and the perfect family, but he worries about the war in Iraq that is about to begin. Anyway, click here to read more about what the book is about.
If you want to read it with me write me a comment to let me know!
Go here to read an excerpt from the first chapter.
I've decided I'm going to read "Saturday" by Ian McEwan. Anyone who wants to read it with me, YEAH!!!!!!!! I know nothing about the book or the author, although he is a familiar name to me. The book caught my eye when I was looking at 1001 books to read before you die. It is about one day, February 15, 2003, a couple years after the attacks on the Twin Towers. Henry Perowne seems to have the perfect job and the perfect family, but he worries about the war in Iraq that is about to begin. Anyway, click here to read more about what the book is about.
If you want to read it with me write me a comment to let me know!
Go here to read an excerpt from the first chapter.
Tuesday, June 22
My New Website That I am SOO Proud of!
I'm not really that creative of a person. And I wish I was. So I love it when I find tools to help me be creative and organized and make me seem like I know what I'm doing. You have to go visit my new website (see sidebar link) for Scott and I's soon-to-be music studio. I'm still working on it, but it's up and running and I think you can all register for music lessons if you want!!! If anyone has ideas, email me or comment or something and BE HONEST. I need all the help I can get to help us start teaching on our own. For anyone who is interested, we still are contemplating our move to Hawaii in the near future, however, I thought in the meantime I could travel to people's homes and give piano lessons. By traveling, I mean walking down the street, riding down the hill on my bike, or perhaps driving within 10 minutes of where we live in Layton. I'm not driving to Idaho or Texas, sorry.
Oh, and completely off the subject...anyone want to start a book club??
Oh, and completely off the subject...anyone want to start a book club??
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