What are you reading in April 2008?

Ok...guess people didn't read much in MARCH!! I started and finished The Sisters by Poppy Adams. It was...ok...I almost stopped reading it when they had SO much moth science, information that it got very boring. I trudged through it and finished! I wouldn't recommend it. The ending was kind of a let down to me! It's the authors first book. On to Nim's Island by Wendy Orr for a quick read before I go see the movie. I will then start either Circle of Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini or The Arthurian Omen by G. G. Vandagriff my ARC from librarything!!

Started and finished Circle of Quilters which I really loved!! Now starting The Arthurian Omen!

I am reading Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution by Mark Puls. Knox was at Washington's side from Boston to Yorktown as chief artillary person. He was a bookstore operator in Boston, who loved to read military books, and demonstrated his knowledge in the Revolutionary War. After the war, he urged the founding of the United States Military Academy and it was later founded much as he recommended. He was also the first Secretary of War in President Washington. A very good biography, a very good read.

I was posting a review and realized that I haven't kept up with our book club postings. I just got done reading one of my LibraryThing Early Reviewer books called Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist by Nancy Goldstein. I was a little disappointed. It felt more like reading an academic report rather than an exciting biography.

I've moved on to reading Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear... now THIS is a engaging biography. I loved Lear's biography on Rachel Carson, so I knew this one would be great too. Before reading the book, I just thought of Potter as the author of Peter Rabbit. I never really thought about her as an artist, naturalist, environmentalist, conservationist, and lover of lichens! I'll be posting my review soon.

I've also been reading graphic novels including Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Flight 2.

To update 3. - I finished the Henry Knox biography - excellent! Now I have started Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson byAlan Pell Crawford. As the book begins, he is working on creating the University of Virginia in nearby Charlottesville, wanting to equal Harvard and Princeton in his home county, Albemarle.

Just wrote and posted the first review on the Henry Knox biography. Wanted to post a recommendation for a related read - but couldn't find where to do it. Have to use "Edit Book" to do a review - but "Recommendation" doesn't seem to be there.

I just read How I Found the Strong by Margaret McMullan. It's about a young boy growing up in Mississippi during the American Civil War. Check out my review.

I'm starting Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi. It's the sequel to Persepolis. These graphic memoirs are about a young girl growing up in Iran in the 70s and 80s.

When you go to the EDIT BOOK section, look for the options on the left side of the page. Recommendation is on a separate page.

I've finished my review of Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. It was a great biography.

I finished my Early Review book Arthurian Omen this past week, but I won't be yelling out to everyone to go read it. The description they gave for it made it sound so exciting and interesting, except it wasn't even close to that. It was a very easy read with some interesting twists, but there was way too many characters, plot twists, and possible villians. I really was wanting more history and background on King Arthur, which they really only heavily emphasized the Welsh vs Britian aspect. I will be putting up my review soon.
I am now starting The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. This was a popluar book at the beginning of the year...so I will let you know what I think.
Darn touchtones aren't working at all today!!

Nice to hear I'm not the only one to have problems with the Touchstones! ;-)
See you tomorrow nite, Allison! ;-)