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Post by Shaliza on Feb 11, 2014 20:48:59 GMT -8
^ Nice! Sounds like a fun ride!  I just started reading Unlikely Friendships by Jennifer S. Holland. It features 47 remarkable stories of unusual animal friendships like the gorilla and her pet kitten, the cockatoo and the cat, the hippo and the tortoise, etc, etc. It's very heartwarming, and as always, I'm amazed at how much animals are able to teach us on a daily basis.  ~Shaliza  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2014 18:38:02 GMT -8
^What a coincidence that you're reading the Unlikely Friendships book, because I have the Unlikely Friendships calendar. 
Anyway, getting on topic, since the last time I posted in this thread, I finished reading William Shakespeare's Star Wars. I went to the library today, where I got 10 books. Of all my library books, I'm currently reading a book by Gary D. Schmidt called The Wednesday Wars. It chronicles the mishaps and adventures of a boy named Hollling Hoodhood throughout the 1967-68 school year. I decided to read this book because I'm interested in the 1960's, and when I first read the description of the book, it reminded of The Wonder Years, which is one of my favorite TV shows. I'm two chapters into the book, and I'm enjoying it so far. |
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Post by Shaliza on Mar 8, 2014 10:36:20 GMT -8
^Nice! I have seen the Unlikely Friendships calendar in several bookstores too. So right now I'm reading Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, written by Atul Gawande, MD. It's filled with interesting vignettes of Dr. Gawande's experiences as a resident, surgical fellow, and beyond. I haven't read a medical book for pleasure in a long time, and I'm currently really enjoying this one.  ~Shaliza |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 11:28:05 GMT -8
In the time since I last posted in this thread, I finished reading The Wednesday Wars. I then read some more of my library books. After reading The Wednesday Wars, I read Gregor the Overlander, and Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, both by Suzanne Collins. Those books are the first books in Suzanne Collins' Underland Chronicles series. If the name Suzanne Collins sounds familiar, that's because she's the woman who wrote The Hunger Games Trilogy. But she wrote The Underland Chronicles before writing The Hunger Games. After reading those two books I read Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld. It is the first book in Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan Trilogy. But now, I am currently reading The Giver, by Lois Lowry.
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Post by Shaliza on Mar 11, 2014 18:55:32 GMT -8
Right now I'm reading Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories The Heal by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD. This is an amazing book by an amazing doctor, and I'm really loving the important messages she conveys in each chapter. I think it's great reading for anyone, but especially for doctors and doctors in training. ~Shaliza |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2014 9:10:13 GMT -8
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Post by Shaliza on Mar 15, 2014 11:47:51 GMT -8
^ Aww... that sounds lovely.  I didn't even know that they have YA novels featuring gay romances, but that's awesome that they do. One of my best friends from medical school was a gay guy, and he treated me better than any straight guy I've ever known, so I have a major soft spot for gay men.  Anyhow... getting back on topic...  I'm currently reading Backwards in High Heels: The Impossible Art of Being Female, by Tania Kindersley and Sarah Vine. It's a great book that celebrates womanhood to the fullest, and I'm definitely enjoying reading it.
~Shaliza
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 17:24:39 GMT -8
I finished reading Boy Meets Boy back on Thursday, and today I started reading The Magician's Nephew, by C.S. Lewis. It's the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia. Even though this book was actually written AFTER the other books in the series, including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis had always intended for The Magician's Nephew to be read as the first book in the series. This book doesn't feature Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund Pevensie, but instead focuses on a boy named Digory, and his friend, a girl named Polly.
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Post by Shaliza on Apr 14, 2014 18:00:56 GMT -8
So right now I'm reading Il Divo: Our Music, Our Journey, Our words. It's a great book that gives a deeply personal account of how David, Urs, Carlos and Sebastien were brought together by Simon Cowell to form the amazing, international quartet that we know as Il Divo. I'm really enjoying reading about their incredible journey from the start to the present. They are so gorgeous, both inside and out, and I appreciate the humility with which they narrate their experiences. ~Shaliza |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2014 9:35:29 GMT -8
It's been a while since I last posted in this thread. In that time, I've finished reading The Magician's Nephew, and I've also read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy and Prince Caspian. I'm now reading the fifth book in the Chronicles of Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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Post by Shaliza on May 22, 2014 20:37:41 GMT -8
WHOA! It seems like forever since I posted in this thread, thanks to a very hectic real life that leaves me with very little time to read for pleasure, unfortunately.  But... I've finally gotten the chance to start reading Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden. I had seen the movie several years back, and it was excellent, but for some reason I never read the book, even though it was given to me by a dear friend some years ago.  But... better late, than never, right?  Anyhow, I'm really enjoying the narrative into the fascinating world of Geishas. The movie was great, but as always, the book is proving to be even more so. ~Shaliza |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 22:19:03 GMT -8
Since last posting in this thread, I've finished reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, as well as the last two books in the Chronicles of Narnia, The Silver Chair, and The Last battle, all by C.S. Lewis. I then read The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green. I'm now reading A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin. You've heard of the HBO show Game of Thrones? Well, this is the first book in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga, which is the book series that the show Game of Thrones is based on.
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Post by Shaliza on Sept 14, 2014 3:16:29 GMT -8
It seems like forever since I posted in here, but thanks to a very busy work schedule, I've not had much time for reading for pleasure. I'm in the process of remedying that though. So right now I'm reading The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais. It is the book that the movie is based on, and I'm definitely enjoying it. The downside is that I feel hungry when I read, lol.  So... who's next? ~Shaliza  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2014 16:50:14 GMT -8
I did A LOT of reading over the Summer. After I finished reading A Game of Thrones, I read three of the books that followed it in The A Song of Ice and Fire saga: A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows, all of which were written by George R.R. Martin. Other books I read over the Summer were William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back, which is the second book in Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star War trilogy, Darkness Falls and The Endless Lake, which are the 4th and 5th books of Erin Hunter's Survivor's series, and The Maze Runner, by James Dashner. (This is the first book in a trilogy.)
My birthday was the other day, and I got 7 books. Of those 7 books, I'm currently reading a book called Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, by Rick Riordan. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2015 19:53:35 GMT -8
I'm reading a book I've read before called Veronica Decides To Die written by Paulo Coelho. It's pretty much about a girl who tries to commit suicide, but she survives, but she's told she only has a short amout of time to live. It's about her road to discovering how to love life, and make the most of the time she thinks she has left.
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But... better late, than never, right? 
