http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/ The Colony Early Childhood PTA Book Club Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:43:27 GMT Karen Pynes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/35 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/35 I just found an article in a magazine about www.dailylit.com. They send you and email or RSS feed each day with a 5-minute installment of a book that you Fri, 16 May 2008 11:14:29 GMT DeeAnn Cheatham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/34 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/34 Just wanted to add, our library doesn't have either of these books, but my mother-in-law checked them out for me from the Frisco library. You can easily get a Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:47 GMT DeeAnn Cheatham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/33 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/33 Heather, Good to hear from you! I would be interested in hearing more about Dubai sometime. What's different, what's similar, etc. I just read two really good Fri, 16 May 2008 05:03:22 GMT Heather Sultana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/32 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/32 Hi guys! I am happy to see that you are trying to do the book club again. When I was home, I would always buy books at the half price book store. Here in Fri, 16 May 2008 00:15:18 GMT Margaret Richter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/31 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/31 I finally finished "The Quiet Girl" by Peter Høeg. This book was both very frustrating and somehow rewarding at the same time. Often, I slog through a Thu, 15 May 2008 23:09:37 GMT Margaret Richter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/30 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/30 Fellow book group members, I'm sorry that spam slipped through our little system. Hopefully, I've got it under control now. I plan to promote this and the Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:33:43 GMT Karen Pynes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/27 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/27 I finished "The Time Travelers Wife" last week, and I really enjoyed it, but it made me cry at the end. Maybe it's hormones. But I was reading it in the Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:16:24 GMT Margaret Richter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/26 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/26 I just received and re-read my own copy of "Persepolis," by Marjane Satrapi. If anyone would like to borrow it, please let me know. It was actually a pretty Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:45:47 GMT Heather & Adam Sultana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/25 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/25 That sounds like fun. I don't mind getting my own copy I will loan after I read it...figures I went to the bookstore already today! Knowing more about Iran Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:33:03 GMT Margaret Richter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/24 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/24 Thanks for ideas! I'm filing them away for the future. I just finished "In the Time of Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez, as recommended by Kim. It took a Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:23:54 GMT DeeAnn LeVar Cheatham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/23 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/23 Those sound good. I'll have to add them to my "to read" list. It's getting quite long. I read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. This is a non-fiction but Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:13:17 GMT heathersultana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/22 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/22 I have finished a few books, but haven't posted anything! I just finished Sunrise Song by Kathleen Eagle. This is the 2nd book in a few weeks by her that I Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:11:40 GMT Margaret Richter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/21 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/21 Okay, I've just finished two of my books, so here are my mini-reviews: 1. Island of the Sequined Love Nun, by Christopher Moore I wouldn't bother reading this Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:32:03 GMT Heather & Adam Sultana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/20 That's a good idea...I am guessing the Dora the Explorer Gamecube game is for the kids, not you?!? I have it on playstation, the little ones like it! _____ Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:42:41 GMT Margaret Richter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/19 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcectpa-books/message/19 I've got a running list of books I'd like to read, either recommended by my mother-in-law (who reads like CRAZY) or out of the Dallas Morning News. And I