Kim's Book List

Book List #3 - Arthurian Legend

2006-12-26T14:22:00.004-07:00

Gillian Bradshaw
Hawk of May
Kingdom of Summer
In Winter's Shadow

Fay Sampson

Morgan Le Fay 3: Blacksmith's Telling
Morgan Le Fay 4: Taliesin's Telling
Morgan Le Fay 5: Herself

Rosalind Miles

Sharan Newman
Guinevere
The Chessboard Queen
Guinevere Evermore

Alice Borchardt
Devoted
Beguiled
The Silver Wolf
Night of the Wolf
The Wolf King
The Dragon Queen
The Raven Warrior

Nancy McKenzie
The Child Queen
The High Queen

Bernard Cornwell
The Winter King
Enemy of God
Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur

Debra A. Kemp (The House of Pendragon Series)
Firebrand

Mary Stewart
The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment
The Wicked Day
The Prince and the Pilgrim

T.H. White
The Once and Future King

Jack Whyte
A Dream of Eagles
The Skystone
The Singing Sword
The Eagles' Brood
The Saxon Shore
The Sorcerer Part 1: The fort at River's Bend
The Sorcerer Part 2: Metamorphosis
Golden Eagle Series
Clothar the Frank
The Eagle
Uther

T.A. Barron
Lost Years of Merlin
The Lost Years of Merlin
The Seven Songs of Merlin
The Fires of Merlin
The Mirror of Merlin
The Wings of Merlin
Great Tree of Avalon
Child of the Dark Prophecy
Shadows on the Stars
The Eternal Flame

Book List #2

2006-05-12T20:27:00.000-06:00

I know I haven't made much of a dent in the previous book list, but I've been seeing some really good-looking books that I want to read/own.

Heather' Picks (CEO of Chapters/Indigo)
A Complicated Kindness, by Mriam Toews
Everybody was So Young, by Amanda Vaill
The Birth of Venus, by Sarah Dunant
Brick Lane, by Monica Ali
10 Thousand Lovers, by Edeet Ravel

New York Times Bestsellers
The Secret Supper, by Javier Sierra
The Templar Legacy, by Steve Berry

Book List #1

2006-02-16T12:29:00.003-07:00

So this is my book list for now - All that I could think of. None of these books I have and some of them I have only heard about.

From The House of Winslow Series by Gilbert Morris
1. The Honorable Imposter
2. The Captive Bride
3. The Indentured Heart
4. The Gentle Rebel
5. The Saintly Buccaneer
6. The Holy Warrior
7. The Reluctant Bridegroom
8. The Last Confederate
9. The Dixie Widow
10. The Wounded Yankee
11. The Union Belle
12. The Final Adversary
13. The Crossed Sabres
14. The Valient Gunman
15. The Gallant Outlaw
16. The Jewelled Spur
17. The Yukon Queen
18. The Rough Rider
19. The Iron Lady
20. The Silver Star
21. The Shadow Portrait
22. The White Hunter
23. The Flying Cavalier
24. The Glorious Prodigal
25. The Amazon Quest
26. The Golden Angel
27. The Heavenly Fugitive
28. The Fiery Ring
29. The Pilgrim Song
30. The Beloved Enemy
31. The Shining Badge
32. The Royal Handmaid
33. The Silent Harp
34. The Virtuous Woman
35. The Gypsy Moon
36. The Unlikely Allies
37. The High Calling
38. The Hesitant Hero

From Brock and Bodie Thoene
The Shiloh Legacy
1. The Shiloh Legacy
2. A Thousand Shall Fall
3. Say to This Mountain

Shiloh Autumn

Zion Covenant
1. Vienna Prelude
2. Prague Counterpoint
3. Munich Signature
4. Jerusalem Interlude
5. Danzig Passage
6. Warsaw Requiem

From Manda Scott
Boudica Series
1. Dreaming the Eagle
2. Dreaming the Bull
3. Dreaming the Hound
4. Dreaming the Serpent Spear

From Margaret George
Mary Called Magdalene
Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles

From Jacqueline Demontravel
Escape from Bridezilla

From Ann Brashares
1. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
2. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
3. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
4. Forever in Blue: The Fouth Summer of the Sisterhood

From Christopher Moore
Lamb
Fluke, or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
The Stupidest Angel
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
Practical Demonkeeping
Coyote Blue
Blood Sucking Friends
Santa and Pete

We Need to Talk About Kevin

2006-02-05T11:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay. Time was not on my side this week. Kevin is written entirely by the perspective of Kevin's mother, Eva to what we assume is her ex-husband, Franklin. The letters chronicle the present as well as dive into the past giving us a glimpse into how she felt when she first wanted to become pregnant (at a later age than some women); how she felt when she actually got pregnant, gave birth, raising Kevin, then having another daughter.
During this book, I thought a lot of how important it is a couple with a child or children to really discuss childraising. I think even more now that it's important to discuss before the child is even conceived, and perhaps before the marriage even takes place. I think in part Kevin grew up the way he did because he had no set rules. His mom said one thing, but his dad ruled all his behavior to "boys will be boys".
Perhaps I should mention this: Kevin shot, I believe, 7 people in a school gym just days before the real-life Columbine events.
This book is excellent because it gives no easy answers - it is unapologetic in its writing. Eva is clearing her head. There are sometimes when if she were face to face with Franklin, she'd be yelling at him - there are other times when I'm sure she would jump into his arms full of love.
Working at Chapters, I know the importance of recommended books to some shoppers. They don't want to start a book that no one they know have read it. I really recommend reading this book.
My feelings during reading this: I was glad I was out of high school, and it reminded me of the time I went home early and skipped the next day of school because a death list was found in the bathroom. Yes, even in Cannington! I was affirmed I never want children, but for two major reasons. I wouldn't want them to turn out like Kevin - heartless and cold, nor would I want them to be affected by someone like Kevin - either shot, or having a friend shot, or even having someone in their school shot - even if they never knew them. It would be a little too close to home for everyone. I was scared when I wrote this, of the evil of Kevin, knowing that evil like that really does exist. I was sad for Eva, for she was all alone, no one in the community liked her - they egged her house, painted her house, because she was the mother of a killer - even though she didn't raise him that way. Eva was all alone, and she visited her cruel, unrepentant son regularly, and she couldn't even get an answer as to why he did what he did. '
When a book makes me feel so many feelings all at once, and still affects me a week after reading it, I know its a good one. A recommendable one, and a buyable one. I have added it to my "to buy list". If you have read it, please let me know what you felt. If you end up reading it, let me know too; I'd love to discuss it with you!
We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver. For more info, check out talkaboutkevin.com

I'm currently reading The Bourne Identity, but it's slow going, so I think the next post will be a list of books I'm dying to read.

Preface

2006-01-29T14:45:00.000-07:00

So here it is; I've decided. This will be my book list/wish list sort of things, as well as reviewing books that I am currently reading. (It's a nice tie-in to my bookclub as well!)
Coming up -
We Need to Talk About Kevin