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Kim S

Kim S

What I love best about books is that they are unchanging. In a world where everything around us and within us is renewed, restored, or destroyed each day, the characters in a our favorite books remain an anchor. I can open that book and know that even though I am different, they are the same. I can learn new things from them because I have a... more »
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  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    Yeah, Kim Harrison has quite a few books so I was hoping that I would be as enamored with her writing as I was with Kelley Armstrong. No comparison, at all. I don’t know if the first book is just slow because it is world building or if it is just a dull book. I couldn’t get into Jim Butcher either. It is due back tomorrow so I guess I will just scratch Dead Witch Walking off my list. The Marriage Plot won the Pulitzer so I will give it one more try.

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I do not know if it is me or the books, but I can not get through one of the ones I have started. Dead Witch Walking, blah. . . The Returners . . .double blah . . .The Marriage Plot( I won’t say blah yet because I am only a chapter into it) but I haven’t picked it up since the other night. I haven’t started Follow the River yet but I hope it captures my attention quickly because I start getting the hives when I do not have a good book to entertain me.

    posted 3 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    Thanks. I will check into it. Isn’t it funny what parents will tell you to read or watch? Back when I was 18 or 19 my mother told me to watch Deliverance. If you have seen it then you will know why I was like “thanks for the recommendation Mom”.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I am really craving a book similar to Outlander and Into the Wilderness. Any suggestions?

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I don’t know if I can lend the book to you or not since I am on the nook. We could always try. I know they will probably make an appearance in the last book but I will miss them greatly. I have liked the other books and characters but I love Clay and Elena. She has a new series she is getting ready to start and I do love her teen series, but I know how you feel.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I wasn’t excited about seeing it either. The only reason I saw it opening weekend was because Traci was taking her daughter and friends to see it. Otherwise, I may not have seen it so quickly either. And the first ten minutes of the movie I was cringing in my seat thinking “why am I here?” Then, it got better and I left the theater happy with the movie. I do think the producers of these movies made a big mistake releasing Eclipse 6 months after New Moon then waiting a year and a half for Breaking Dawn. Pacing them a year apart kept our interest peaked. A year and a half from Eclipse to the first Breaking Dawn was just too long a wait. I have read too many books I like as well if not more. Right now I am more excited about The Hunger Games movie than the next Breaking Dawn Movie. Timing is everything.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I saw it this past weekend. The first 10 minutes of the movie I was thinking “What am I doing here?” Then it got better and I left the theater very happy.

    I am really enjoying the Game of Thrones as well. I love Tyrion. I haven’t gotten obsessed with it the way I did with Jamie and Claire. Of course, I haven’t fallen in love with anyone in Game of Thrones.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I hope you are right, it will be a sad day for me when I can’t hold a book in my hands. Finished Game of Thrones and I can’t wait to start the next.

    I also want to watch the HBO series again, because I am wondering if I am correct in how accurate it is. I saw Twilight the movie before reading the book. When I read the book I was able to visualize the characters as they were in the film so I started thinking the movie was more true to the book. Then when I bought it and watched it a second time I was like “Hey, where is this scene" . . .etc. etc. etc. I hope I haven’t done the same thing with Game of Thrones. I guess I just wanted to throw that disclaimer out there in case you watch and think I had lost my mind.

    Anyway, have you seen the new Twilight movie yet?

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I know. We should try skype sometime soon.

    Let’s see if I can remember what I typed earlier. As far as Game of Thrones and the HBO version, I do not think you will be disappointed. I can completely visualize a lot of the scenes while I am reading. I guess when I started I assumed there would be a lot of differences from the book to the screen. Especially after seeing what they did to True Blood. It is so close I have found that I have been skimming because I know what is going to happen. I can hardly wait to get to the next book so I can read it without knowing what is going to happen.

    Tom and I use to do the date night out to the book store too. I refuse to buy books from Amazon because I am so afraid that they are going to put Barnes and Noble out of business. I am so torn over our dependency on electronics. I love my Nook but I still prefer to hold a real book in my hands. Even though sometimes the library books are so nasty and funky that I would rather read the electronic version. Now the record companies have decided to quit making actual cds. I new it would happen, but I am just old school. I like to hold it in my hand. So sad.

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  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    Well, I just wrote a huge note that disappeared. I hate when that happens.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    Well, I started Game of Thrones and so far so good. I watched the series on HBO, and I am happy to say that everything I am reading sounds familiar. From what I can remember the series is staying pretty true to the book. Kudos to Martin that this book is so good that even though I know what is going to happen I am having a hard time putting it down.

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  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    It is fun to read something other than picture books to them. I couldn't believe it when Anne actually stayed awake during A Christmas Carol. I wanted to fall asleep, but she was enthralled.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    So what made you pick up Harry Potter? I keep asking Anne if she wants to me to read them to her, but she keeps choosing to wait until she can read them by herself so we can do a book club.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I hate when a book slows you down. I tell you what, I do not know if I could get through a classic novel right now. I think it has something to do with having to read while Anne is singing, etc. I need the book to be fast paced and to just. get. to. the. point. I imagine Hugo is a lot like Dickens, too many words. I feel your pain.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    Not yet, but my list has shrunk at the library so I will hopefully get to them soon. I just started a book that is 1000 pages. Depending on how it reads it may take me awhile. It is called Shattered (Children of Men series). I got it free on the Nook. I just tried to read this book called The Lantern. Ugh, the writing was way to flowery. I would find myself totally drifting while I was reading it. It was supposed to be similar to Rebecca, but . . .I just don't have time to read books like that anymore. When you try to read with kids you need books that get to the point.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I am curious about these. I have yet to find a book about fairies that I love.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I just got the Light of Eidon for free on my Nook. Thought I would let you know in case you don't own it. Kindle might be offering it for free too.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    Alright, your review convinced me to read A Game of Thrones. I watched the HBO series and really liked it, but I was just afraid to get started on the series.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    Most of the violence in Enclave is directed at the creatures in the book. It is a shorter book, so most of the fight scenes are not as graphic. I would recommend that you read Enclave, just wait awhile so that they do not all mesh together.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Stacy M

    Stacy M says

    I really liked Divergent but it is violent. I hope you enjoy it too!

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )

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