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Joanne N

Joanne N

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Hello to friends and fellow readers :)

The books on my wish list are NOT those I wish to own ~ they are the books I HOPE TO READ IN 2012 (in no particular order). The ones that have a star rating or a review, are the ones that I have read... the ones without, I have yet to enjoy :)
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  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    omg, Downton Abbey has a book. :)

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    Well, all the books on my list are books I am going to read ASAP!!!! I just own the Hunger Games Triliogy on ebay, for $28.00 sealed band new! I'm excited!

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Dee

    Dee says

    Hi Jo -

    Happy New Year to you too! Yes if I decide to go with the company then I'll be moving to a different city. We'll see what happens I have to make the decision later this month.

    I'm trying to finish up the Stephanie Plum series so that I can move on to other books. Besides books from my favorite author I want to read the Hunger Games series and the Help this year. We'll see how I do. :) How's the books you were reading?

    I just seen Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close I was a tad disappointed. I also seen Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Wow that was a deep movie but now that I have background I'm going to yet again attempt the book. I'll probably have to buy it so that I can take my sweet time. Have you seen any good movies yet? I can't wait till next week to see what will be nominated for Best Pictures (Oscars) cause that will tell me what I need to watch in the theater. :)

    Well I should run sorry this is short. Talk to you soon!

    Dee

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    I know that feeling! There are so many books, shows and movies! I hope heaven has a library and netflix! LOL!

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    OMG!! This is why I hate adding books to my to be read shelf! LOL! I can not stop adding them! And if I would add all the books I have on my books shelves at home the list would be VERY long!!! lol

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    I just looked at the books I added, not all are being made, but more f them!

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  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    I am also reading "One Day" I got the movie already and won't watch it because I wanted to read it, so I have been reading that one. :) The books I put on my Plan to read list are all being made into movies or shows. :) Except "The Discovery of Witches" , but my Mom just read it and said it was awsome and she loved it! :)

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    LOL! I never put books on there, but I will post them just for you!!!! :)

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  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    I know the feeling of wanting to read faster! LOL! Usually there are not so many at once that I want/need to read! LOL! But there are SOOOO many I am excited about right now!!! My TiVo is filling up, because I can't put the books down, usually its the other way around! LOL!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    LOL! I didn't know it was a trilogy! Now I am more excited about reading it! :) I will tell you when I am ready, but I have about 5 books ahead of it. I have LOADS of books I am very excited about reading!

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  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    I was looking through your wish list and I saw "The Tea Rose" - How funny I just bought this at the used book store!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    I see you are reading the Thirteenth Tale, My Mom said that book was AWSOME! Let me know what you think!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Dee

    Dee says

    H Joanne,

    Sorry for the delay, it's been an interesting two months. I started my job only to find out that they are moving their corporate headquarters next year and I need to decide whether or not to go with them. Needless to say the verdict is still unknown as it's a process to gather all of the information to decide whether a move makes sense. Time will only tell.

    Given this I have gotten a couple more books marked off my list and will end the year having read 40 books! That is truly amazing considering I only read 5 last year. Guess that's what happens when you take on a series and a new author. Needless to say I have yet to completely read the entire series or all of the books by that one author. It's a work in progress, i only have three more Stephanie Plum novels but sadly my focus has been elsewhere.

    Although I definitely have not been neglecting my movies. :) I went and seen We Bought a Zoo, and it was surprisingly good. It's a true story that was made into a book first so needless to say that's on my reading list now. I also seen Adventures with Tin Tin, I took my friend who grew up in India and she was so excited because she grew up reading Tin Tin, I was clueless going in but I must say it was another good surprise. :) Let me know what you think of Tin Tin, Dolphin Tale and Puss and Boots. All good in my book.

    I'm thinking the next few movies will be: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, War Horse, This Means War, The Vow and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Proud. I haven't read Girl with the Dragon Tattoo although it's not for a lack of trying I just cannot get into the books! I get too confused too quickly... Maybe if i watch the movie and enjoy it enough I'll try the books again, who knows... I put Extremely Loud and Incredibly Proud on the reading list but I doubt I'll read it before the movie comes out so if it's good I'll read the book. Completely doing this backwards! The one book that I do want to read before the movie comes out is Hunger Games. Hopefully I'll have the Stephanie Plum series done so I can focus on that three book series! :)

    I decided that next year I really need to focus on finish reading the books that my favorite authors have written as I have yet to read everything they wrote, you'd think that I would have given that they are my favorite but of course not! Maybe I'll make that my New Year's Resolution... We'll see...

    Well I should run, have a great holiday!

    Dee

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

    Dee says

    Hi Joanne,

    Good to hear from you! It's been way too long!!! I've missed chatting with you as well.

    Yes I've been reading non-stop this year, there has been a lot on my mind as I was unhappy with my job and the best way to avoid the unhappiness was to read so that I could relax and forget about the pressures that I was experiencing. The good news is I just started a brand new job today and I'm extremely excited about it! :) So reading will still be a part of my day but not to the extent that it was.

    I seen the movie Help and LOVED it! I bought the book but gave it to my mom to read first and once I get it from her I plan to read it. Which is perfect since I'm in the mist of reading all of Rachel Gibson's books and the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanowich. Let me know what you think of The Keep. I'm on the fence but if you end up liking it, I will put it in my queue.

    As for movies my recent favorites have been: The Help, Moneyball, Puss and Boots, Footloose and Dolphin Tale. The first two are definitely my favorites and both are based on movies! :) I think the next movie I'm looking forward to is J. Edgar, I'm convinced that it will be nominated for an Oscar. I'm also planning to go and see the Muppet Movie and probably the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, even though I cannot get into that book! What did you think of Annoymous, I was planning to watch a free showing but my friend couldn't get in so I opted to hang out with her instead. It looked really dark!

    Well I should run, please stay in touch!

    Dee

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

    Dee says

    Hi Joanne,

    Great to hear from you! I finally found a book that got me out of my reading rut so much so that I couldn't wait to pick it up and read more. it was I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark. I love that author even though she's very predictable with her writing. But it was exactly what I needed to get into it. Plus I forgot that reading helps center me and let's me escape the craziness that I call my life. :) So needless to say I went to the library and now have 7 books which I'll never finish before I have to return them. Last night I was so excited I had to figure out what to read first! I'm going to try a new author - Rachel Gibson and her book Nothing but Trouble. My friend adores her books and I must say the back cover has got me very intrigued. We'll see how it goes, if I don't end up liking it I have 6 other books! The next book will be the Help. This book is coming out to theaters in August and sounds really good...

    So I seen Water for Elephants on Tuesday. It was good, slow in parts but for the most part they were true to the book. They did stray a little here and there but i must say it was Robert Pattison's best movie. Then again he was a perfect fit for that role... Let me know what you think of the movie!!!

    Well I should stop stalling and head to work, hope things are well with you.

    Dee

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

    Dee says

    Hi Joanne,

    It has been a long time! I miss catching up and seeing what you've been up to and sadly I haven't been reading as much as I would like although I have kept up on movies. :) I did read Water for Elephants and was pleasantly surprised by it. I really enjoyed the book more than I thought I would. I remember you saying you liked it and you were the reason why it was on my list so Thank you! As for movies I just seen the A-Team and was also pleasantly surprised by that as well. I have to say when I watched it I found myself smiling. As for other movies I've enjoyed Tangled, King's Speech, and the Town. King's Speech by far was my favorite but I LOVE those type of period pieces. So how have you been and what have you been up to? Did you hear Hunger Games is going to be made into a movie? Now I guess I'll have to get that read but in the meantime I'm probably going to re-read Something Borrowed because that comes out in May - super excited as it's one of my all time favorite books - have you read it?

    Looking forward to catching up!

    Dee

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    No I haven't either

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  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    Haven't had time to get back to the book, but I am enjoying it! You know she writes under the name Madeleine Wickham, also?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    So, I started it! I really like it so far! Thank you so much! I was going crazy! I hate not finishing books, I use to make myself read them all the way through, but NOT anymore. Life is to short to read bad books! LOL! :) Anyway thanks for the suggestion, I am going to get off and read for a little while before I watch some tv.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Toni K

    Toni K says

    LOL! Thanks! I acually have next two in the Shopaholic Series and I have Undomestic Goddess, I just haven't picked them up! But I think I am going to! I am going to read, Undomestic Goddess first. Thanks! :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

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