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Chuck coached with a guy who, after retirement, decided he wanted to start writing books. He has three already written and just recently released his fourth book called "Buried Lies". You can read more about Peter and his books at his website PRennebohm.com. He just recently did a book signing for this new release, but we weren't able to go. So I thought you might be interested in checking it out. I thought it was cool to know someone that wrote a book...or four!

That reminds me. My mom said that someone in our extended family wrote a book, too. I will have to find out what that is and post it. I guess I know more authors than I thought! :)

Posted by Andrea on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 9:55am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | 1 comment

The book we read this time for Book Club was Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. This was my pick and I am glad I did. Chuck had read it a while ago and told me I had to read it, too. I really liked it. It was hard to read at times, but wonderfully written. I am going to read this author's other book, too! I have another I might read first. We are meeting tonight to talk about the book. I think we are going to take a hiatus for a while from Book club during the winter because we get together for Card/Game Night then. But if you haven't read this one yet, definitely pick it up!

Posted by Andrea on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 8:05am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | 1 comment

I have finished this book...actually, it was some time last week that I had it done. We are meeting for Book Club on it next week. I really liked the book. I thought it was entertaining and a fun read. It wasn't a complicated story and was easy to follow. I thought the author did a good job making the reader feel like they were part of the story. It helps that I really put myself into the places the book talks about. So I felt like an onlooker during the whole book and really liked (and disliked) the characters. I would definitely recommend this book. So if you are looking for a good book to pass the time on the weekend at the cabin....pick this one up!

Posted by Andrea on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 12:03pm. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

This is the next book we are reading for book club. It's called Water For Elephants. So far it's pretty funny. Well, the writing is funny, not necessarily what happens (I am only 3 chapters in). It's a pretty easy read even for someone slow like me. I'm excited to read more and see what happens.

I am always looking for more books to add to my list of ones to read. So if you have any suggestions or ones you have read recently that you enjoyed, let me know. :)

Posted by Andrea on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 8:06pm. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

I am in a book club with a few friends and we just finished the book Love in the Time of Cholera. It wasn't really a bad book, I just couldn't get into it. No one had anything great or terrible to say about it. I think we were just kind of indifferent. I have a hard time getting into books. I need something that makes me not want to put it down or I put off reading it. I used to like books from Oprah's Book Club books back in high school, but now, I find them to be quite dull. So if you are in the mood for a love story that should get to the point about 100 pages sooner...this book is for you!

Our next book is Water for Elephants. Anyone hear anything about it? I will try to write more about the books I read since I would really like to start reading in my free time more. I am starting to find tv boring and there are other things I would rather do. And reading is one of them. Maybe with more reading time, I won't be such a slow reader...One can hope!

I have also added a new link on the right side of the page for book entries. Obviously, there is only this post on there right now, but in the future there will be more. I just wanted to point that out.

Posted by Andrea on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 8:27am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment