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Redlady

Hello Fellow booklovers!
I am an avid reader and love to talk about books! I have loved books since the first grade when my wonderful teacher inspired in me the love of books. I started a neighborhood book club several years ago and I enjoy expanding my reading genre's and having great discussions about books! I am an Occupational Therapist...more »
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  • member since Saturday, September 1 2007

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  • Dar S

    dar s says

    Yes, it's hard to keep up with both. I've really only been using this one for my shelf on my blog.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • rntammyp

    rntammyp says

    Hi, thanks for accepting my invite.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Suzi R

    suzi r says

    I am so excited! I have 9 friends. I have no idea why I like to read so much, I just do.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Denise F

    denise f says

    Hey! I will... I was going to do it yesterday at lunch and ran out of time. Last night was family time. DS gets made when I make him stop playing his games and then I get on the computer so I had to comply as well... I'm thinking this weekend I'll devote a couple of hours to doing that...

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • pammy

    pammy says

    Hi Bonnie I see you have of good books on your shelf! Like New Moon that looks really good and Twenty Wishes! I have wanted to read that forever, did you trade it already? Also Away looks really good I like Amy Bloom.
    Do you trade alot of your books or do you put them on pbs? I need to update my shelf and get back into reading once the summer is over.
    Have a good night
    Pam

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Barbara2007

    barbara2007 says

    Hey Redlady,
    As you can see it has been a while since I checked my Shelfari. So sorry for the slow reply.

    I have read both books. I enjoy TKR much more than ATSS. I don't know if enjoyed is exactly the right word for it but it will do. Both stories are so brutal. However in TKR the end was more redemptive. At least Amir is able to go back and make amends for abandoning Hassan.

    I enjoyed reading about the boys early childhood, despite the incident that hurt Hassan and seeing the changes in their country. How it went from being one way and turned into what the Taliban made it.

    In ATSS I never felt the same connection to Miriam that I felt for those boys. Her hopes and dreams for a better life always seemed futile to me---even hopeless, from the beginning. Perhaps if I had started to believe that her father might improve her life rather than abandon her I would have connected with her.

    What can I say about Rasheed? Yuk. (Sadly, I know a minister named Rasheed from Pakistan and I couldn't help linking the two as I read. His wife died recently too...from health problems. )

    The brutality and hopelessness of Miriam's existence and her deep longing tore at my heart. The beatings were almost too painful to read. The complexity of living in a plural marriage was interesting to read about. I guessed that Miriam would sacrifice herself to save Laila, something no one ever did for Miriam---from what deep inner well did Miriam draw on to do what she did? However, I didn't imagine how she would ultimate end. I'm glad Hosseini didn't go into too much detail---I could not have handled any more.

    The most touching moments in the story for me were the effect Lailia's daughter had in bringing joy to Miriam's life. When the child went to the orphanage...well, that really made me cry. Miriam loved her so---the one bright spot in her life. I almost quit reading at that point it was so painful.

    I was angered by many things and shocked at the health care for women. No medicines -- and doctors expected to wear burkas when they did procedures on patients. Ridiculous. Weren't you appalled at what Hosseini wrote about the medical care when Laila went to the hospital to give birth to her son?

    Why do the Taliban Muslims care so little for women? The culture of brutality towards them just infuriates me. I don't get why little boys don't grow up and say to themselves, "I will never let my mother be treated so badly again. " No, they end up repeating the cycle. I don't understand it. Maybe that is why Hosseini wrote Miriam's story. When you shine the spotlight on something so wrong, if often brings change. I hope this is true for women in Afghanistan.

    Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
    Barb

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ladyslott

    ladyslott says

    Hi;

    Thanks for the friend request. We do have a lot of books in common, and they seem to be those books I really enjoyed! Thanks for the kind remarks about my reviews.

    Linda

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • judylarsen

    judylarsen says

    Thanks for the friend request! I so hope you like my book; please let me know after you've read it!

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • CityofLeedsRose

    cityofleedsrose says

    No I haven't read any more by that author although I will try and get round to it. we seem to have a lot in common. I'm forever reading about green issues and food since I am a Coeliac (have been all my life!). I also do craft stuff mostly crochet and cross-stitch. I can knit but I crochet faster! =)

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  • Kerri Augusto

    kerri augusto says

    I also tend toward books with more "substance", but chic-lit or YA are great for traveling or when your brain is on overload. I see you read Julia Glass. I have enjoyed her books, but found World to be a bit dry. Did you? From the books on your shelf, I think you might enjoy AWAY (see my shelf). Right now I'm going for an easy reading thriller -- good between semester stuff!

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kerri Augusto

    kerri augusto says

    What do you think of the Undomestic Goddess? It was the first of Kinsella's books I ever read. I thought it was charming. I think I read all her other books in the next month!

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    julie says

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! I hope you have a wonderful turkey-filled day!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Cyrene

    cyrene says

    I liked your note to toinette and am also fond of Antonia Fraser. Curious if you've read anthing on gluten allergies or the connection between possible magnesium deficiencies and depressive disorders like Reynaud's Phenomenon? I live just north of ATL and will be covering my organic patio tomatos tomorrow night to protect them from what might be the years first frost (this is scare #2 so who knows....I'm just excited and amazed to still be eating out of my own garden after Halloween!!!)

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kerri Augusto

    kerri augusto says

    Thanks for the compliments on my book trailer. I am a technophobe, so that was a big accomplishment for me! And I hope you DO read my book. :) The ebook will be out in January and the hard copy will come out just before summer. I'm very excited! I'd never turn down the request for friendship from a fellow coffee lover! As a working Mom, it's my drug of choice!
    Kerri

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Shutterbug

    shutterbug says

    So glad you chose me for a friend. I think we do share a lot of the same taste in books.I am trying to learn to knit too.I am reading Peony in Love right now.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sarah

    sarah says

    Bonnie-

    Thanks for the friendship request! Yes, I do "fall" for certain authors. In fact, today, I picked up The Air We Breathe by Andrea Bennett. Well, after reviewing the jacket, I realize that it is a continuation of sorts of her previous book, Ship Fever. I put aside The Air We Breathe
    until I read Ship Fever.

    To go with your cooking interest, have you read any of Diane Mott Davidson's books? They center on a crime solving caterer named Goldie. I've used several recipes from her books with great results.

    Also, I read about your son's food allergies. You need to get your hands on the latest issue of Newsweek magazine. The cover story is on kids and the growing incidence of food allergies. It might be on their website, not sure.

    Again, thanks! I'm sure we'll converse soon.

    -Sarah

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • jaa j

    jaa j says

    hi..just wanna say holla..i loved the namesake...and the classics too

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • magpie67

    magpie67 says

    Thanks for the invite! I also have a collection of cookbooks and want 4 more to add to my collection. My favorite foodie books are by Joanne Fluke. The first one is Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder and so on. About 7 or 8 recipes in each book. Look forward to chatting with another Plum fan!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Justine

    justine says

    Welcome to Get Them Reading! We are so glad to have you and look forward to your input!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ElizabethJoy

    elizabethjoy says

    Thanks for the friendship request, Bonnie! Hope you like the book. Let me know if it does get chosen, because I've been doing call-in's with book groups, and would be happy to talk to your group. There's also a reading group guide on the Bantam website (I've linked to the site on my website), and on readinggroupguides.com.

    Elizabeth
    www.ElizabethJoyArnold.com

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
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