tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post2376231354530769623..comments2023-10-11T10:47:01.605-04:00Comments on Sunshine and Lemonade: Big Read's Top 100 BooksKeys to the Magic Travelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634829064005032831noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-83721133998366993692008-10-07T13:03:00.000-04:002008-10-07T13:03:00.000-04:00*gasp!* No warriors? No Twilight? NO EDWARD OR SQU...*gasp!* No warriors? No Twilight? NO EDWARD OR SQUIRRELPAW?!? the people who wrore this have no taste =/ my top 5 so far:<BR/>Warrios: The Darkes Hour<BR/>Twilight<BR/>Life as we Knew it<BR/>The mysterious Benidict Society (both boks)<BR/>Warriors: MidnightSugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455123310344895969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-35404919439946219852008-10-04T20:12:00.000-04:002008-10-04T20:12:00.000-04:00Forgot Harry Potter and anything by Francine River...Forgot Harry Potter and anything by Francine RiversBecky Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426078775320206443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-16355523102736150242008-10-04T20:07:00.000-04:002008-10-04T20:07:00.000-04:00I am behind on commenting - I think I am going to ...I am behind on commenting - I think I am going to have to add you to my side bar to keep up with you!! I love to read and while we have some similarities in favorites, we have some differences as well. I am going to make me a copy of this list and try to get some of these read, too. Anyways, my top 5? - can't narrow it down.<BR/><BR/>Little House<BR/>Chronicles of Narnia<BR/>Little Women<BR/>Anne of Green Gables<BR/>The Great Gatsby<BR/>anything by Jane AustenBecky Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426078775320206443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-29812178429566977802008-10-04T11:06:00.000-04:002008-10-04T11:06:00.000-04:00I heart books! Top 5 right now?? You know I read...I heart books! Top 5 right now?? You know I read too many YA books :)<BR/>- Time Traveler's Wife<BR/>- Twilight series<BR/>- Tuck Everlasting<BR/>- Adventures of Tom Sawyer<BR/>- To Kill a Mockingbird<BR/><BR/>Now you made me want to read The Life Pi-- what about the Secret Life of Bees?The Joye of Teachinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03727498498120154330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-89619440478790364212008-10-04T00:08:00.001-04:002008-10-04T00:08:00.001-04:00Rhea's comments are too funny. Bleepity, bleep, b...Rhea's comments are too funny. Bleepity, bleep, bleep,bleeping all over the place. hee heeTiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845733514468370173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-67283139385659355912008-10-04T00:08:00.000-04:002008-10-04T00:08:00.000-04:00But a top five is virtually impossible as my list ...But a top five is virtually impossible as my list continues to change with each title I think I want to add to it. <BR/><BR/>I would definitely have A Tale of Two Cities on it. I would most definitely have Catcher in the Rye on it. I loved the Harry Potter series. And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE The Hobbit. Can't say enough about it! Absolutely love it! Wow, there are so many that I think I would want to include - 5 is just so limiting. hee heeTiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845733514468370173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-35212793257226158382008-10-04T00:05:00.000-04:002008-10-04T00:05:00.000-04:00hee hee. I've already lost my first place title b...hee hee. I've already lost my first place title but that's alright. I'm still coughing up dust balls from a few days ago. After recovering, I'll finish my comments.Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845733514468370173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-86839705790360019642008-10-03T20:30:00.000-04:002008-10-03T20:30:00.000-04:00I've never read Wicked. I need to.Nancy Drew intro...I've never read Wicked. I need to.<BR/><BR/>Nancy Drew introduced me to mysteries. I wanted to BE her.Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-86650575574854541402008-10-03T20:29:00.001-04:002008-10-03T20:29:00.001-04:00The Harry Potter series will always be magic for m...The Harry Potter series will always be magic for me. Seriously wonderful magic on paper.Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-7302761157955828542008-10-03T20:29:00.000-04:002008-10-03T20:29:00.000-04:00I've never heard of Birdsong or Brideshead. Or is...I've never heard of Birdsong or Brideshead. Or is it Birdhead and Bridesong?! Whatever.Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-59462814951733236322008-10-03T19:07:00.000-04:002008-10-03T19:07:00.000-04:00I love this post! I'm going to have to bookmark i...I love this post! I'm going to have to bookmark it for future review, when my bedside table pile dwindles. I can't name my Top 5 without sitting here for a year, but my fave book of all time is Catcher in the Rye. You should pick it up again.Angie's Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12687477302115487336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-19458314600969428872008-10-03T17:53:00.000-04:002008-10-03T17:53:00.000-04:00Kat, You know I love books, so this list was so mu...Kat, You know I love books, so this list was so much fun to read through. Here are my thoughts...<BR/><BR/>* You gotta get through Pride and Prejudice. You have to. It's like required reading for life or something. <BR/>* I absolutely hated She's Come Undone. Hated it. With a passion.<BR/>* I tend to like authors more than individual books, but here's an attempt at my favorite five...(in no particular order)<BR/><BR/>1. Memoirs of a Geisha<BR/>2. Alas, Babylon (if you like post-apocalyptic, this one's for you)<BR/>3. The Other Boleyn Girl (can't believe this list didn't include any Phillipa Gregory)<BR/>4. The Historian, by Anna Kostova (grown up vampire tale)<BR/>5. My Hands Came Away Red (a Christian novel, but one that kept me up all night)<BR/><BR/>Ok, so those were all adult choices, but I live in the kid-lit world, so here are my five favs in kid-lit<BR/><BR/>1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (I am particular... I like them all, but that one is my favorite)<BR/>2. The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley (well done fantasy with a clumsy girl at the center of the story...Dragonhaven by this author is also excellent)<BR/>3. Speak<BR/>4. Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (such a marvelous tale of first love from two perspectives)<BR/>5. Anne of Green Gables and the successive books. <BR/><BR/>So, Twilight isn't on either list, and it isn't because I don't like it. I love it. But it has so eclipsed my world recently (no pun intended) that I needed to step back and remember what life was like before Meyer came along. <BR/><BR/>This comment took me almost 10 minutes to write because I had to think!Sissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831098254614285216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-43019399793656199782008-10-03T17:37:00.001-04:002008-10-03T17:37:00.001-04:00What is Rhea doing?????What is Rhea <I>doing</I>?????Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655298574868899841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-72842591453912171772008-10-03T17:37:00.000-04:002008-10-03T17:37:00.000-04:00Its not like I'm just a few comments behind...I'm ...Its not like I'm just a few comments behind...<BR/><BR/>I'm 30 comments off 4th place! And 50 from 1st!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655298574868899841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-40937174502984391672008-10-03T17:36:00.000-04:002008-10-03T17:36:00.000-04:00How the HECK did this happen?!!?!???!?TOP COMMENTE...How the HECK did this happen?!!?!???!?<BR/><BR/><BR/>TOP COMMENTERS<BR/><BR/>Karen (77)<BR/>Rhea (75)<BR/>Tiffany (73)<BR/>Hot Tub Lizzy (55)<BR/>Shannon (25)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655298574868899841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-39100232995600422412008-10-03T14:37:00.000-04:002008-10-03T14:37:00.000-04:00Well, like so many other, I read A LOT. I was surp...Well, like so many other, I read A LOT. I was surprised to see how many on that list I have actually read. I did make it through the LOTR trilogy and The Hobbit (I actually read half of those on my honeymoon--weird, eh?). I loved The Time Traveler's Wife (and they were supposed to be filming that this summer). I did not read Dune, but I loved the mini-series that Sci-Fi did a few years ago. I have read the Chronicles of Narnia, and His Dark Materials and liked both. Okay so I really have to pick my top five? I dunno if I could. Like I said, I read..A LOT and love pretty much everything I read. here goes my try. Can I list series as one book?<BR/>1. The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (I know, it's a guy thing but they were a really good escape).<BR/>2. Wicked<BR/>3. The Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke (I know she's only published 2 of the 3 but I know I'll love the third).<BR/>4. Gone With the Wind (of course)<BR/>5. the Harry Potter series.<BR/> I could probably list hundreds more (you should see my basement full of books--it's just like my parents), but I'll spare you all. :)jennifersusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395409613208580971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-44902808584826648872008-10-03T14:10:00.001-04:002008-10-03T14:10:00.001-04:00Top Five???I'm not sure I can come up with five......Top Five???<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I can come up with five...Like Swirl Girl, I love everything by Pat Conroy...my Dad was friends with his Dad and his books are so rich in character development and drama that I just get lost in them. "Lords of Discipline" is one of my faves.<BR/><BR/>I love a "Tale of Two Cities" and "Gone with the Wind"..."Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan along with "the Joyluck Club" are also great.<BR/><BR/>"Tale of Two Cities" is one of my faves also. I loved Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns...and Memoirs of a Geisha...oh geez..I don't know that I could think of five faves...<BR/><BR/>But my least fave book ever is that awful ATONEMENT!!!!!!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315720415774254785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-88360611889627748432008-10-03T14:10:00.000-04:002008-10-03T14:10:00.000-04:00Top Five???I'm not sure I can come up with five......Top Five???<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I can come up with five...Like Swirl Girl, I love everything by Pat Conroy...my Dad was friends with his Dad and his books are so rich in character development and drama that I just get lost in them. "Lords of Discipline" is one of my faves.<BR/><BR/>I love a "Tale of Two Cities" and "Gone with the Wind"..."Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan along with "the Joyluck Club" are also great.<BR/><BR/>"Tale of Two Cities" is one of my faves also. I loved Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns...and Memoirs of a Geisha...oh geez..I don't know that I could think of five faves...<BR/><BR/>But my least fave book ever is that awful ATONEMENT!!!!!!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315720415774254785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-29692216816627020172008-10-03T10:51:00.002-04:002008-10-03T10:51:00.002-04:00Should I put BlogHer ads on my site?Should I put BlogHer ads on my site?Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-42366743473581980372008-10-03T10:51:00.001-04:002008-10-03T10:51:00.001-04:00You're my best bloggy friend EVER!You're my best bloggy friend EVER!Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-66818094892689162592008-10-03T10:51:00.000-04:002008-10-03T10:51:00.000-04:00Oh, heck, do your kids read this?!Oh, heck, do your kids read this?!Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-29800311308055905472008-10-03T10:50:00.001-04:002008-10-03T10:50:00.001-04:00You can pimp me out. I'm for hire.You can pimp me out. I'm for hire.Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-21880147331724624292008-10-03T10:50:00.000-04:002008-10-03T10:50:00.000-04:00I need to be working on a free-lance assignment ri...I need to be working on a free-lance assignment right now that's due Monday...but no, I'm here at YOUR site, trying to get back up on top. What's wrong with me?<BR/><BR/>Oh, yeah, I'm a comment whore.Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-48751432338083438302008-10-03T10:49:00.000-04:002008-10-03T10:49:00.000-04:00Bleeping Bloody bleep. How did I end up in third ...Bleeping Bloody bleep. How did I end up in third place?!! Motherbleepity.Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692904496256051846.post-67110274622463275712008-10-03T09:15:00.000-04:002008-10-03T09:15:00.000-04:00So... I seriously love this list!Also, I just want...So... I seriously love this list!<BR/>Also, I just want to throw something out there for you. Feel free to throw it right back if you're not into it... If you ever get some crazy adventerous whim and feel like trying Tolkien again, might I suggest that you read The Hobbit instead of LOTR. I find that it's more enjoyed by my female friends (even the ones who are not LOTR fans). <BR/>Have a happy day!Lauren Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583111148643653791noreply@blogger.com