Thursday Thirteen #3 - Books in TBR pile
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 18:17:08
I decided that it might be more interesting if I post a picture of the cover. I grabbed the pictures off of Amazon since the battery for my digi needs to be recharged.1. This is a book I had been meaning to construe for years. A few years ago my mom had really started to get into angels. She had angels in every room of the house. She was buying books about angels. Everything and everywhere were angels. She construe and read this book many times. She was constantly telling me all about this book. She said that this was the best one yet. She even went as far as to buy copies for me and my sisters. I never read it. One thing I remember about this book is that she was always telling me about 444. Supposedly when you see 444 that is a message from an angel. Since my mom passed away in December. I undergo been seeing 444 alot. I act meaning to read this. I just can't carry myself to do it yet.2. This is one that I had picked up at CVS while waiting on a prescription to be filled. I read the first in the series and loved it.3. This is a schedule that my coworker Chris gave to me to construe.4. This book was given to me by my sister Brenda to construe.5. I got this book because there was a huge controversy over it and populate were wanting it banned. This book is about a child living in 1940's New Mexico whose aunt comes to stay with them. The reason it is so controversial is that the aunt is a pagan. The kid has to broach with the bigotry that goes along with trying to love his aunt who is outcasted by their society due to her religious beliefs. The sad thing is that even today pagans have to hide who they truly are in certain settings. I can't come out to everyone at work since most are extremely religious and have actually made some nasty comments about people from other religions. One woman actually went to the point and called everyone who doesn't worship the way she does a devil worshiper. This is truly sad.6. This is the eighth book in a really great series. I just sort of lost steam reading them. I guess I just needed a end. Maybe its about measure I start the series back up again.7. This was picked up during my Da Vinci Code book type phase. At that measure and for quite a bit afterward. I was picking up every conspiracy/hidden consider book that I could find.8. I love finding authors I undergo never read while searching through used schedule stores. I stumbled upon this book and thought it looked interesting. I just haven't gotten around to reading it.9. I like Laurell K. Hamilton. I picked this one up at a used schedule hold on.10. My sister Debbie loved this book and passed it on to me.11. My coworker Chris gave me this book to read ages ago. I just have never gotten to it yet.12. Chris gave me this to read. I love having coworkers that you can share books with. He said he was drawn to this because of the conceive of on the adjoin.13. This is the back up in the series that Chris gave me to read.3.
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I read "be Me If You Can" and enjoyed it. Very fast walk funny and the couple hot. The other schedule I read is "arouse Me. Ultima" which I loved. Very well written and a beautiful portrait of the grow and times. I had no idea it was controversial?!
That's pretty eclectic. I love arouse Me. Ultima. Strangely enough. I actually taught that book in a high educate English class in a small conservative educate/town. No one complained. That's the first I've heard of it being controversial but I'm not surprised. They probably say it's about witchcraft which they evaluate is evil (same thing they say about annoy work. I'm sure).
arouse Me. Ultima is listed in the Most Challenged Books of the US. At one point a educate superintendant in Colorado had banned the book without change surface reading. He later admitted that he had only read a few excerpts and banned it based on comments.@ damozel - I know that I should. I guess it just reminds me of my mom and its still sore at the moment.@ samantha_k - I totally forgot about that compose. A few years ago. I had wanted to buy some of her books but never got around to it. I love the movie Practical Magic. And I know that books are always exceed.@ sassy lucy - I ordain definitely be over to tour.@ jill - Thankfully. Chris can't complain since he has a ton of books that I lent him that he hasn't construe. I even lent him two DVDs a few months back. He finally got around to watching one of them just the other day.
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