lindapanzo's 2012 reading: last part
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ConversesThe 12 in 12 Category Challenge
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FINISHED!!!
Here are my categories for 2012's 12 in 12 challenge.
1. Cozy Mysteries--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
2. Authors and/or Series New to Me--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
3. Classic Mysteries--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
4. Food-Related Fiction--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
5. Next in the Series--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
6. Fiction (but not series mysteries)--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
7. Overflow: Fiction--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
8. Baseball Books--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
9. Nonfiction--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
10. Books Chosen by Friends--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
11. Sports of All Sorts--read 10 out of 10>--CATEGORY COMPLETED
12. Overflow: Nonfiction--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
Overlaps Taken: 12
Incidentally, I am allowing myself 12 overlaps though I won't take an overlap if the categories themselves, by their nature, are overlapping, such as every baseball book is also a sports book.
Welcome!! My first thread was at: http://www.librarything.com/topic/122222
My second thread was at: http://www.librarything.com/topic/133531
My third thread was at: http://www.librarything.com/topic/139229
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Category 1: Cozy Mysteries--read 10 out of 10--CATEGORY COMPLETED
1. Threadbare by Monica Ferris--finished on 12/17/11
2. The Evil That Men Do by Jeanne M. Dams--finished on 2/19/12
3. Dread on Arrival by Claudia Bishop--finished on 5/7/12
4. An East End Murder by Charles Finch--finished on 5/20/12
5. All the Pretty Hearses by Mary Daheim--finished on 7/7/12
6. Death Comes Silently by Carolyn Hart--finished on 8/9/12
7. Shadows of a Down East Summer by Lea Wait--finished on 8/20/12
8. The Corpse of St. James's by Jeanne M. Dams--finished on 9/11/12
9. Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay--finished on 9/13/12
10. Powdered Peril by Jessica Beck--finished on 10/7/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--Deader Homes and Gardens by Joan Hess
--Death at the Alma Mater by G.M. Malliett
--Manna from Hades by Carola Dunn
--Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy
--The Chocolate Castle Clue by JoAnna Carl
1. Threadbare by Monica Ferris--finished on 12/17/11
2. The Evil That Men Do by Jeanne M. Dams--finished on 2/19/12
3. Dread on Arrival by Claudia Bishop--finished on 5/7/12
4. An East End Murder by Charles Finch--finished on 5/20/12
5. All the Pretty Hearses by Mary Daheim--finished on 7/7/12
6. Death Comes Silently by Carolyn Hart--finished on 8/9/12
7. Shadows of a Down East Summer by Lea Wait--finished on 8/20/12
8. The Corpse of St. James's by Jeanne M. Dams--finished on 9/11/12
9. Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay--finished on 9/13/12
10. Powdered Peril by Jessica Beck--finished on 10/7/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--Deader Homes and Gardens by Joan Hess
--Death at the Alma Mater by G.M. Malliett
--Manna from Hades by Carola Dunn
--Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy
--The Chocolate Castle Clue by JoAnna Carl
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Category 2: Authors/Series New to Me--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly--finished on 1/11/12
2. The Cleveland Creep by Les Roberts--finished on 1/14/12
3. A Crafty Killing by Lorraine Bartlett--finished on 2/11/12
4. Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington--finished on 5/10/12
5. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters--finished on 6/6/12
6. The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey--finished on 6/16/12
7. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley--finished on 6/21/12
8. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves--finished on 7/26/12
9. Fundraising the Dead by Sheila Connolly--finished on 9/24/12
10. Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth--finished on 10/30/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--Open Season by Archer Mayor
--Funeral Music by Morag Joss
--Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson
--A Clubbable Woman by Reginald Hill
--Louise's War by Sarah Shaber
--Chicago Lightning by Max Allan Collins (Nathan Heller series)
--Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
--Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
--Killer Mousse by Melinda Wells
--The Herring Seller's Apprentice by L.C. Tyler
--River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
--Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler
--In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
--Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
--The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette by R.T. Raichev
--Second Violin by John Lawton
--The Last Nightingale by Anthony Flacco
--An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
--A Slice of Murder by Chris Cavender
--Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
--Billy Boyle by James R. Benn
1. A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly--finished on 1/11/12
2. The Cleveland Creep by Les Roberts--finished on 1/14/12
3. A Crafty Killing by Lorraine Bartlett--finished on 2/11/12
4. Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington--finished on 5/10/12
5. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters--finished on 6/6/12
6. The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey--finished on 6/16/12
7. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley--finished on 6/21/12
8. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves--finished on 7/26/12
9. Fundraising the Dead by Sheila Connolly--finished on 9/24/12
10. Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth--finished on 10/30/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--Open Season by Archer Mayor
--Funeral Music by Morag Joss
--Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson
--A Clubbable Woman by Reginald Hill
--Louise's War by Sarah Shaber
--Chicago Lightning by Max Allan Collins (Nathan Heller series)
--Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
--Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
--Killer Mousse by Melinda Wells
--The Herring Seller's Apprentice by L.C. Tyler
--River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
--Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler
--In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
--Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
--The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette by R.T. Raichev
--Second Violin by John Lawton
--The Last Nightingale by Anthony Flacco
--An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
--A Slice of Murder by Chris Cavender
--Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
--Billy Boyle by James R. Benn
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Category 3: Classic Mysteries--read 10 out of 10--category completed
I think of these as mysteries that were published before I was born (1961), though I'd also include books by authors typically thought of as writing before I was born.
1. The Final Deduction by Rex Stout--finished on 12/16/11
2. Halfway House by Ellery Queen--finished on 1/4/12
3. He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr--finished on 5/27/12
4. Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer--finished on 6/10/12
5. The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey--finished on 6/25/12
6. The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner--finished on 7/22/12
7. If Death Ever Slept by Rex Stout--finished on 8/3/12
8. Murder on Wheels by Stuart Palmer--finished on 8/13/12
9. The Silent Speaker by Rex Stout--finished on 10/27/12
10. Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth--finished on 10/30/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
--The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
--Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr
--The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson
--No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer
--Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh
--Murder ala Mode by Patricia Moyes
--Falling Star by Patricia Moyes
--Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles
--The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
I think of these as mysteries that were published before I was born (1961), though I'd also include books by authors typically thought of as writing before I was born.
1. The Final Deduction by Rex Stout--finished on 12/16/11
2. Halfway House by Ellery Queen--finished on 1/4/12
3. He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr--finished on 5/27/12
4. Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer--finished on 6/10/12
5. The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey--finished on 6/25/12
6. The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner--finished on 7/22/12
7. If Death Ever Slept by Rex Stout--finished on 8/3/12
8. Murder on Wheels by Stuart Palmer--finished on 8/13/12
9. The Silent Speaker by Rex Stout--finished on 10/27/12
10. Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth--finished on 10/30/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
--The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
--Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr
--The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson
--No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer
--Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh
--Murder ala Mode by Patricia Moyes
--Falling Star by Patricia Moyes
--Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles
--The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
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Category 4: Food-Related Fiction--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. Chocolate Covered Murder by Leslie Meier--finished on 1/18/12
2. Tragic Toppings by Jessica Beck--finished on 1/29/12
3. Town in a Lobster Stew by B.B. Haywood--finished on 2/8/12
4. Killer Crullers by Jessica Beck--finished on 2/26/12
5. Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke--finished on 3/6/12
6. Agony of the Leaves by Laura Childs--finished on 3/13/12
7. Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy--finished on 3/21/12
8. Drop Dead Chocolate by Jessica Beck--finished on 5/20/12
9. Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams--finished on 7/13/12
10. A Spoonful of Murder by Connie Archer--finished on 9/21/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
1. Chocolate Covered Murder by Leslie Meier--finished on 1/18/12
2. Tragic Toppings by Jessica Beck--finished on 1/29/12
3. Town in a Lobster Stew by B.B. Haywood--finished on 2/8/12
4. Killer Crullers by Jessica Beck--finished on 2/26/12
5. Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke--finished on 3/6/12
6. Agony of the Leaves by Laura Childs--finished on 3/13/12
7. Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy--finished on 3/21/12
8. Drop Dead Chocolate by Jessica Beck--finished on 5/20/12
9. Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams--finished on 7/13/12
10. A Spoonful of Murder by Connie Archer--finished on 9/21/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
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Category 5: Next in the Series--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. A Burial at Sea by Charles Finch--finished on 12/28/11
2. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich--finished on 1/2/12
3. Dead Deceiver by Victoria Houston--finished on 2/4/12
4. Dead Tease by Victoria Houston--finished 3/3/12
5. Death of a Kingfisher by M.C. Beaton--finished on 6/30/12
6. Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett--finished on 7/21/12
7. 11th Hour by James Patterson--finished on 8/5/12
8. Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb--finished on 8/27/12
9. The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny--finished on 9/2/12
10. The Wurst Is Yet to Come by Mary Daheim--finished on 10/11/12
1. A Burial at Sea by Charles Finch--finished on 12/28/11
2. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich--finished on 1/2/12
3. Dead Deceiver by Victoria Houston--finished on 2/4/12
4. Dead Tease by Victoria Houston--finished 3/3/12
5. Death of a Kingfisher by M.C. Beaton--finished on 6/30/12
6. Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett--finished on 7/21/12
7. 11th Hour by James Patterson--finished on 8/5/12
8. Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb--finished on 8/27/12
9. The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny--finished on 9/2/12
10. The Wurst Is Yet to Come by Mary Daheim--finished on 10/11/12
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Category 6: Fiction (but not series mysteries)--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb--3.5 stars--finished on 12/14/11
2. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson--finished on 12/21/11
3. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka--finished on 1/1/12
4. 11/22/63 By Stephen King--finished on 1/7/12
5. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck--finished on 1/13/12
6. Taft 2012: A Novel by Jason Heller (4 stars)--finished on 2/21/12
7. The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck (4.5 stars)--finished on 4/2
8. Calico Joe by John Grisham--finished on 5/4/12 (OVERLAP with baseball)
9. The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault--finished on 9/9/12
10. The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber--finished on 9/16/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik
--Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
--Summer by Edith Wharton
--Turbulence by Giles Foden
--Waiting for Teddy Williams by Howard Frank Mosher
--Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
--South of Broad by Pat Conroy
--South of Superior by Ellen Airgood
--Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
--Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas
--Starting Out in the Evening by Brian Morton
--Lumby's Bounty by Gail Fraser
--An Irish Country Courtship by Patrick Taylor
--The Debt to Pleasure
--The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart
-- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
--The Big Rock Candy Mountain
--Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
--Winter by Rosamunde Pilcher
--Quentins by Maave Binchy
--Hoopi Shoopi Donna
--The Twenty-Seventh City by Jonathan Franzen
1. Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb--3.5 stars--finished on 12/14/11
2. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson--finished on 12/21/11
3. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka--finished on 1/1/12
4. 11/22/63 By Stephen King--finished on 1/7/12
5. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck--finished on 1/13/12
6. Taft 2012: A Novel by Jason Heller (4 stars)--finished on 2/21/12
7. The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck (4.5 stars)--finished on 4/2
8. Calico Joe by John Grisham--finished on 5/4/12 (OVERLAP with baseball)
9. The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault--finished on 9/9/12
10. The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber--finished on 9/16/12
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik
--Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
--Summer by Edith Wharton
--Turbulence by Giles Foden
--Waiting for Teddy Williams by Howard Frank Mosher
--Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
--South of Broad by Pat Conroy
--South of Superior by Ellen Airgood
--Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
--Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas
--Starting Out in the Evening by Brian Morton
--Lumby's Bounty by Gail Fraser
--An Irish Country Courtship by Patrick Taylor
--The Debt to Pleasure
--The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart
-- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
--The Big Rock Candy Mountain
--Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
--Winter by Rosamunde Pilcher
--Quentins by Maave Binchy
--Hoopi Shoopi Donna
--The Twenty-Seventh City by Jonathan Franzen
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Category 7: Overflow: Fiction--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews--finished on 3/15/12
2. Sup with the Devil by Barbara Hamilton--finished on 4/6/12
3. Mrs. Malory and a Necessary End by Hazel Holt--finished on 10/21/12
4. A Christmas Garland by Anne Perry--finished on 10/31/12
5. Death in the Devil's Acre by Anne Perry--finished on 11/7/12
6. A Small Hill to Die on by Elizabeth J. Duncan--finished on 11/22/12
7. A Deadly Cliche by Ellery Adams--finished on 11/25/12
8. Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron--finished on 11/30/12
9. Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse by Peggy Webb--finished on 12/4/12
10. Who Killed Father Christmas? by Patricia Moyes--finished on 12/12/12
1. Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews--finished on 3/15/12
2. Sup with the Devil by Barbara Hamilton--finished on 4/6/12
3. Mrs. Malory and a Necessary End by Hazel Holt--finished on 10/21/12
4. A Christmas Garland by Anne Perry--finished on 10/31/12
5. Death in the Devil's Acre by Anne Perry--finished on 11/7/12
6. A Small Hill to Die on by Elizabeth J. Duncan--finished on 11/22/12
7. A Deadly Cliche by Ellery Adams--finished on 11/25/12
8. Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron--finished on 11/30/12
9. Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse by Peggy Webb--finished on 12/4/12
10. Who Killed Father Christmas? by Patricia Moyes--finished on 12/12/12
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Category 8: Baseball Books--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. Said in Stone by Steve Stone--finished on 1/3/11
2. Clark Griffith: The Old Fox of Washington Baseball by Ted Leavengood--finished on 2/7/12
3. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (chosen by Sandy)--finished on 2/17/12 (OVERLAP with Books Chosen by Friends category)
4. The Game: One Man, Nine Innings, a Love Affair with Baseball by Robert Benson--finished on 3/12/12
5. Calico Joe by John Grisham--finished on 5/4/12 (OVERLAP with fiction)
6. Life Behind the Mask: Memoir of a Youth Baseball Umpire by Michael Shafer--finished on 8/21/12
7. Carl Hubbell: A Biography of the Screwball King by Lowell L. Blaisdell--finished on 9/26/12
8. Ozzie's School of Management by Rick Morrissey--finished on 10/25/12
9. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss--finished on 11/18/12
10. Lefty: An American Odyssey by Vernona Gomez--finished on 12/9/12
CONSIDERING:
--Wrigley Field's Last World Series
--Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend by James S. Hirsch
--The Last Hero: A Life of Hank Aaron by Howard Bryant
--Echoing Green by Joshua Prager
--The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime by Jason Turbow and Michael Duca
--Roger Maris
--Mint Condition
--The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn
--Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
--The Greatest Ballpark Ever by Bob McGee
--Baseball: A Literary Anthology
by Nicholas Dawidoff
--Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee by Allan Barra
--Scoring from Second
--Center Field Shot:A History of Baseball on Television by James R. Walker
--My Turn at Bat by Ted Williams
--Pull Up a Chair by Vin Scully
--The Yankee Years by Joe Torre
--Your Brain on Cubs by Dan Gordon
--The Psychology of Baseball by Mike Stadler
--Crazy '08
--Northsiders
1. Said in Stone by Steve Stone--finished on 1/3/11
2. Clark Griffith: The Old Fox of Washington Baseball by Ted Leavengood--finished on 2/7/12
3. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (chosen by Sandy)--finished on 2/17/12 (OVERLAP with Books Chosen by Friends category)
4. The Game: One Man, Nine Innings, a Love Affair with Baseball by Robert Benson--finished on 3/12/12
5. Calico Joe by John Grisham--finished on 5/4/12 (OVERLAP with fiction)
6. Life Behind the Mask: Memoir of a Youth Baseball Umpire by Michael Shafer--finished on 8/21/12
7. Carl Hubbell: A Biography of the Screwball King by Lowell L. Blaisdell--finished on 9/26/12
8. Ozzie's School of Management by Rick Morrissey--finished on 10/25/12
9. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss--finished on 11/18/12
10. Lefty: An American Odyssey by Vernona Gomez--finished on 12/9/12
CONSIDERING:
--Wrigley Field's Last World Series
--Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend by James S. Hirsch
--The Last Hero: A Life of Hank Aaron by Howard Bryant
--Echoing Green by Joshua Prager
--The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime by Jason Turbow and Michael Duca
--Roger Maris
--Mint Condition
--The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn
--Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
--The Greatest Ballpark Ever by Bob McGee
--Baseball: A Literary Anthology
by Nicholas Dawidoff
--Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee by Allan Barra
--Scoring from Second
--Center Field Shot:A History of Baseball on Television by James R. Walker
--My Turn at Bat by Ted Williams
--Pull Up a Chair by Vin Scully
--The Yankee Years by Joe Torre
--Your Brain on Cubs by Dan Gordon
--The Psychology of Baseball by Mike Stadler
--Crazy '08
--Northsiders
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Category 9: Nonfiction--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 by Stanley Weintraub--3.5 stars--finished on 12/13/11
2. General Sherman's Christmas by Stanley Weintraub--finished on 12/19/11
3. The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford--finished on 12/22/11
4. And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado by Bonar Menninger--finished on 1/16/12
5. Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.Com Juggernaut by James Marcus (4 stars)--finished on 1/20/12
6. General Sherman's Christmas by Stanley Weintraub--finished on 12/19/11
7. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (5 stars)--finished on 2/1/12
8. My First Ladies: Twenty-Five Years As the White House Chief Floral Designer by Nancy Clarke (4 stars)--finished on 2/28/12
9. Voyagers of the Titanic by Richard Davenport-Hines (3 stars)--finished on 4/23/12
10. Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (4 stars)--finished on 4/28/12
Civil War Possibles Include:
--This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
--After the War: The Lives and Images of Major Civil War Figures After the Shooting Stopped by David E. Hardin
--A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner
--Sing Not War by James Marten
--Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard--also fits in NY Times notable books category
--Andrew Johnson: A Biography by Hans Louis Trefousse
--Grant by Jean Edward Smith
--Rutherford B. Hayes by Hans Trefousse
--James A. Garfield by Ira Rutkow
--Chester Alan Arthur by Zachary Karabell
--From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail: The Transformation of Governance and Politics in the Gilded Age by Charles W. Calhoun
--Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920 by Jackson Lears
--The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--War by Sebastian Junger
--Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography by Robert Graves
--Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
--The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose
--William Henry Harrison by Gail Collins
--In Motion: The Experience of Travel by Tony Hiss
--Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit
--Eat, Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
--Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier
--Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
--Blue Highways: A Journey Into America by William Least Heat-Moon
--A Sense of Place by Michael Shapiro
--Coast to Coast: A Journey Across 1950s America by Jan Morris
--Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler
--Great Plains by Ian Frazier
--Brit at the Ballpark: An Englishman's Baseball Tour of All 50 States by Peter Taylor
--Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg
--Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life by Timothy W. Ryback
--Made in America by Claude Fischer
--When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins
--The Light Within: The Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer by Lois M. Ramondetta
--The Great Good Place
--The Narcissism Epidemic
--Seven Pleasures
--Eiffel's Tower by Jill Jonnes
--The Courage of Their Convictions by Peter Irons
--Outliers by Malcoln Gladwell
--Country Driving: A Journey Through China From Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler
--The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror by Beverly Gage
--Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris
--The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
--Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
--Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre
--The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century by Alan Brinkley
--The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
1. Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 by Stanley Weintraub--3.5 stars--finished on 12/13/11
2. General Sherman's Christmas by Stanley Weintraub--finished on 12/19/11
3. The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford--finished on 12/22/11
4. And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado by Bonar Menninger--finished on 1/16/12
5. Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.Com Juggernaut by James Marcus (4 stars)--finished on 1/20/12
6. General Sherman's Christmas by Stanley Weintraub--finished on 12/19/11
7. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (5 stars)--finished on 2/1/12
8. My First Ladies: Twenty-Five Years As the White House Chief Floral Designer by Nancy Clarke (4 stars)--finished on 2/28/12
9. Voyagers of the Titanic by Richard Davenport-Hines (3 stars)--finished on 4/23/12
10. Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (4 stars)--finished on 4/28/12
Civil War Possibles Include:
--This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
--After the War: The Lives and Images of Major Civil War Figures After the Shooting Stopped by David E. Hardin
--A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner
--Sing Not War by James Marten
--Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard--also fits in NY Times notable books category
--Andrew Johnson: A Biography by Hans Louis Trefousse
--Grant by Jean Edward Smith
--Rutherford B. Hayes by Hans Trefousse
--James A. Garfield by Ira Rutkow
--Chester Alan Arthur by Zachary Karabell
--From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail: The Transformation of Governance and Politics in the Gilded Age by Charles W. Calhoun
--Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920 by Jackson Lears
--The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman
POSSIBLES INCLUDE:
--War by Sebastian Junger
--Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography by Robert Graves
--Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
--The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose
--William Henry Harrison by Gail Collins
--In Motion: The Experience of Travel by Tony Hiss
--Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit
--Eat, Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
--Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier
--Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
--Blue Highways: A Journey Into America by William Least Heat-Moon
--A Sense of Place by Michael Shapiro
--Coast to Coast: A Journey Across 1950s America by Jan Morris
--Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler
--Great Plains by Ian Frazier
--Brit at the Ballpark: An Englishman's Baseball Tour of All 50 States by Peter Taylor
--Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg
--Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life by Timothy W. Ryback
--Made in America by Claude Fischer
--When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins
--The Light Within: The Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer by Lois M. Ramondetta
--The Great Good Place
--The Narcissism Epidemic
--Seven Pleasures
--Eiffel's Tower by Jill Jonnes
--The Courage of Their Convictions by Peter Irons
--Outliers by Malcoln Gladwell
--Country Driving: A Journey Through China From Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler
--The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror by Beverly Gage
--Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris
--The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
--Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
--Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre
--The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century by Alan Brinkley
--The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
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Category 10: Books Chosen by Friends--read 10 out of 10--Category Completed
1. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (chosen by Sandy)--finished on 2/17/12 (OVERLAP with Baseball category)
2. Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews (chosen by Cheli)--finished on 3/15/12
3. Sup with the Devil by Barbara Hamilton (chosen by Ivy)--finished on 4/6/12
4. The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey (chosen by LauraBrook)--finished on 6/12/12 (OVERLAP with first in series)
5. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (chosen by Lori)--finished on 7/26/12
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot--finished on 8/13/12 (OVERLAP with Even more nonfiction category)
7. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson--finished on 9/5/12 (OVERLAP with Even more nonfiction category)
8. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand--finished on 10/20/12
9. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss--finished on 11/18/12
10. Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron--finished on 11/30/12 (chosen by both Ivy and Cheli)
Chosen by Terri (tymfos)
--Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss--finished
Chosen by Mark (msf59) and Ivy
--Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand--finished
Chosen by Stasia
--Abigail Adams by Woody Holton,
--Sing Not War by James Marten, or
--The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheiser
Chosen by Lori (thornton37814)
--Raven Black by Ann Cleeves--READ
--Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
--Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970 by David Browne
Chosen by Laura (LauraBrook)
--The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey--READ
--A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson--READ
--The Ninth: Beethoven & The world in 1824
Chosen by Tina (tututhefirst)
--Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
--The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
--Still Alice by Lisa Genovese
--The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphries
--The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot--READ
1. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (chosen by Sandy)--finished on 2/17/12 (OVERLAP with Baseball category)
2. Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews (chosen by Cheli)--finished on 3/15/12
3. Sup with the Devil by Barbara Hamilton (chosen by Ivy)--finished on 4/6/12
4. The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey (chosen by LauraBrook)--finished on 6/12/12 (OVERLAP with first in series)
5. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (chosen by Lori)--finished on 7/26/12
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot--finished on 8/13/12 (OVERLAP with Even more nonfiction category)
7. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson--finished on 9/5/12 (OVERLAP with Even more nonfiction category)
8. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand--finished on 10/20/12
9. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss--finished on 11/18/12
10. Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron--finished on 11/30/12 (chosen by both Ivy and Cheli)
Chosen by Terri (tymfos)
--Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss--finished
Chosen by Mark (msf59) and Ivy
--Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand--finished
Chosen by Stasia
--Abigail Adams by Woody Holton,
--Sing Not War by James Marten, or
--The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheiser
Chosen by Lori (thornton37814)
--Raven Black by Ann Cleeves--READ
--Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
--Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970 by David Browne
Chosen by Laura (LauraBrook)
--The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey--READ
--A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson--READ
--The Ninth: Beethoven & The world in 1824
Chosen by Tina (tututhefirst)
--Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
--The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
--Still Alice by Lisa Genovese
--The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphries
--The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot--READ
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Category 11: Sports of All Sorts--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game that Rallied a Nation by Randy Roberts--finished on 12/25/11
2. Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life by Dara Torres--finished on 5/21/12
3. Give It to Steve! by Will Bunch--finished on 5/31/12
4. West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life by Jerry West--finished on 6/13/12
5. Tales from the Chicago Blackhawks Locker Room by Harvey Wittenberg--finished on 6/23/12
6. On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates--finished on 8/29/12
7. Jacques Plante: The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockey by Todd Denault--finished on 10/4/12
8. How Hockey Saved a Jew from the Holocaust: The Rudi Ball Story by J. Wayne Frye--finished on 11/3/12
9. When Saturday Mattered Most by Mark Beech--finished on 11/4/12
10. My Off-Season with the Denver Broncos: Building a Championship Team (While Nobody's Watching) by Loren Landow and Mike Klis--finished on 11/20/12
Possibles Include:
--Wayne Gretzky's Ghost: And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey by Roy MacGregor
--Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton by Jeff Pearlman
--These Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by John Andrew Miller
--Patrick Roy: Winning, Nothing Else Matters by Patrick Roy-own
--Brodeur: Beyond the Crease-own
--Tough Guy: My Life on the Edge
--A Passion to Win by Lou Nanne
--Searching for Bobby Orr
--Raising Stanley: What It Takes to Claim Hockey's Ultimate Prize by Ross Bernstein
--Eddie Shore and that Old-Time Hockey by C. Michael Hiam
--Barilko: Without a Trace by Kevin Shea
--The Greatest Game: The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey
--The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association Paperback
Ed Willes
--The China Wall: The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower
--'67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire
--Wilt
1. A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game that Rallied a Nation by Randy Roberts--finished on 12/25/11
2. Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life by Dara Torres--finished on 5/21/12
3. Give It to Steve! by Will Bunch--finished on 5/31/12
4. West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life by Jerry West--finished on 6/13/12
5. Tales from the Chicago Blackhawks Locker Room by Harvey Wittenberg--finished on 6/23/12
6. On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates--finished on 8/29/12
7. Jacques Plante: The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockey by Todd Denault--finished on 10/4/12
8. How Hockey Saved a Jew from the Holocaust: The Rudi Ball Story by J. Wayne Frye--finished on 11/3/12
9. When Saturday Mattered Most by Mark Beech--finished on 11/4/12
10. My Off-Season with the Denver Broncos: Building a Championship Team (While Nobody's Watching) by Loren Landow and Mike Klis--finished on 11/20/12
Possibles Include:
--Wayne Gretzky's Ghost: And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey by Roy MacGregor
--Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton by Jeff Pearlman
--These Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by John Andrew Miller
--Patrick Roy: Winning, Nothing Else Matters by Patrick Roy-own
--Brodeur: Beyond the Crease-own
--Tough Guy: My Life on the Edge
--A Passion to Win by Lou Nanne
--Searching for Bobby Orr
--Raising Stanley: What It Takes to Claim Hockey's Ultimate Prize by Ross Bernstein
--Eddie Shore and that Old-Time Hockey by C. Michael Hiam
--Barilko: Without a Trace by Kevin Shea
--The Greatest Game: The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey
--The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association Paperback
Ed Willes
--The China Wall: The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower
--'67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire
--Wilt
13lindapanzo
Category 12: Overflow: Nonfiction--read 10 out of 10--category completed
1. Adventures of a Surgical Resident by Philip B. Dobrin M.D.--finished on 6/17/12
2. Hesitation Kills: A Female Marine Officer's Combat Experience in Iraq by Jane Blair--finished on 7/3/12
3. A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King--finished on 7/18/12
4. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain--finished on 7/30/12
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot--finished on 8/13/12
6. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson--finished on 9/5/12
7. Rocket Men by Craig Nelson--finished on 10/15/12
8. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand--finished on 10/20/12
9. Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck--finished on 11/11/12
10. Being Santa Claus: What I Learned about the True Meaning of Christmas by Sal Lizard--finished on 11/25/12
1. Adventures of a Surgical Resident by Philip B. Dobrin M.D.--finished on 6/17/12
2. Hesitation Kills: A Female Marine Officer's Combat Experience in Iraq by Jane Blair--finished on 7/3/12
3. A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King--finished on 7/18/12
4. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain--finished on 7/30/12
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot--finished on 8/13/12
6. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson--finished on 9/5/12
7. Rocket Men by Craig Nelson--finished on 10/15/12
8. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand--finished on 10/20/12
9. Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck--finished on 11/11/12
10. Being Santa Claus: What I Learned about the True Meaning of Christmas by Sal Lizard--finished on 11/25/12
14lindapanzo
Incidentally, at this point, I have 9 books left to read, to finish my 12 in 12 challenge.
1. Clemente (will count for two categories)--Completed
2. Bootlegger's Daughter (will count for two categories)
3. A Small Hill to Die On--Completed
4. Wrestling with Starbucks--Reading
5. Lefty
6. Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
7. Wedding Cake Killer by Livia J. Washburn
8. My Off Season with the Denver Broncos--Completed
9. Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore or else A Killer Cliche
1. Clemente (will count for two categories)--Completed
2. Bootlegger's Daughter (will count for two categories)
3. A Small Hill to Die On--Completed
4. Wrestling with Starbucks--Reading
5. Lefty
6. Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
7. Wedding Cake Killer by Livia J. Washburn
8. My Off Season with the Denver Broncos--Completed
9. Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore or else A Killer Cliche
15DeltaQueen50
Hi Linda, you are getting close. I just read your thoughts on Travels With Charley and you've really made me want to drop everything in pick up that book! I usually love Steinbeck's writing and your description of the book makes me sure that I would love Travels With Charley as well. Will have to make an effort to fit it in soon.
16lkernagh
Hi Linda - looking forward to seeing what you think of your final books for this challenge.
18lindapanzo
Hi Ivy: I started on 12/12/11 so I'd like to be finished by 12/12/12 Not sure I'll make it though I should be close.
I'd like to start on the 2013 category challenge around mid December, after I take about a week off to read some holiday-themed books.
I'd like to start on the 2013 category challenge around mid December, after I take about a week off to read some holiday-themed books.
19thornton37814
You are getting close!
20cammykitty
You've got some good books in the possibles!
22lindapanzo
I'm loving the Clemente bio but if I can ever get enough time to get through it, I can advance in my challenge.
23lindapanzo
Twenty years ago today, 11/18/92, I had life saving, daylong bile duct reconstruction surgery down at one of the major Chicago hospitals. Hours into the surgery, the surgeon called my mother in the waiting room and she thought I'd died (he was just telling her that while it had a lot way to go, the worst was over and she should rest easy). Even though the surgery was a success, I developed a nasty infection that was "almost" antibiotic resistant. Recovery was quite an ordeal--it was probably a year til I felt myself again--but every day since then has been a gift.
Without this, I'd never have met my niece and nephew. I'd never have discovered LT and any of my friends here, either.
Very grateful to the surgeon, as well as to the infectious disease expert who figured out a way to get rid of the infection, giving me a second chance at life.
Without this, I'd never have met my niece and nephew. I'd never have discovered LT and any of my friends here, either.
Very grateful to the surgeon, as well as to the infectious disease expert who figured out a way to get rid of the infection, giving me a second chance at life.
25sjmccreary
Happy anniversary - I'm also very grateful to the excellent doctors who cared for you - without them I'd be short a friend.
26thornton37814
That's something for which we can all be thankful during this Thanksgiving season!
27DeltaQueen50
What a wonderful thing to be thankful for, Linda. We are all very glad that you had such excellent care and are with us today.
28lkernagh
I echo everyone else's comments above - Happy to learn about your 20th anniversary.... that is worth celebrating!
29mysterymax
You are one of the reasons LT is such a special place! I am glad you have this 20th anniversary to celebrate on Thanksgiving.
32lindapanzo
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss--finished on 11/18/12
All baseball biographies should be like this one. Not a dry, dull, game by game or season by season narrative, but one that really gets involved in the subject and his character and uses a lively writing style to convey a true sense of the subject.
I absolutely loved this biography of Pittsburgh Pirates great, Roberto Clemente, the first great Puerto Rican player and a man known as much for his death as for his life.
I never realized the travails a black, non-English-speaking player such as Clemente faced, particularly early in his career, in the 1950s. His teammates thought he was distant but Clemente wasn't allowed into the bars or country clubs where the white teammates congregated during spring training, for instance.
I cringed when I read about how reporters would use his pidgin English directly in print.
Clemente was a smart, proud man who was deeply hurt by these.
Clemente used the perceived insults to motivate himself to higher levels of play. Often the insults were genuine insults but sometimes, only he saw them that way, such as when he came in 8th place in MVP voting.
This book is outstanding in terms of detailing Clemente's career for the Pirates, such as his rifle arm in rightfield, his hitting prowess, and how his medical ailments affected his game. The author did a great job at portraying how Clemente saw the world and how others saw him.
After Nicaragua suffered a devastating earthquake in December of 1972, Clemente saw a great need for aid to that devastated country. When he heard that the nation's leader and its military were keeping the aid for their own uses, and not for the needy population, Clemente decided to accompany his planeful of aid.
Sadly, the plane he hired for the delivery from San Juan, PR to Managua, Nicaragua was not up to standards. The pilot, co-pilot, and flight engineer weren't capable either. The plane was overloaded and the load was not balanced. The plane crashed into the Atlantic, about a mile after takeoff, on New Year's Eve. Except for a sock Clemente was wearing, his body and his clothing were never identified.
Ordinarily, no one can be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame until five years have passed. That rule was waived for Clemente and he was voted in immediately.
Very highly recommended. Even if you're not a baseball fan, you'd probably love this one!!
Thanks to Terri (tymfos) for choosing this outstanding book for me for my 12 in 12 Challenge "books chosen by friends" category.
All baseball biographies should be like this one. Not a dry, dull, game by game or season by season narrative, but one that really gets involved in the subject and his character and uses a lively writing style to convey a true sense of the subject.
I absolutely loved this biography of Pittsburgh Pirates great, Roberto Clemente, the first great Puerto Rican player and a man known as much for his death as for his life.
I never realized the travails a black, non-English-speaking player such as Clemente faced, particularly early in his career, in the 1950s. His teammates thought he was distant but Clemente wasn't allowed into the bars or country clubs where the white teammates congregated during spring training, for instance.
I cringed when I read about how reporters would use his pidgin English directly in print.
Clemente was a smart, proud man who was deeply hurt by these.
Clemente used the perceived insults to motivate himself to higher levels of play. Often the insults were genuine insults but sometimes, only he saw them that way, such as when he came in 8th place in MVP voting.
This book is outstanding in terms of detailing Clemente's career for the Pirates, such as his rifle arm in rightfield, his hitting prowess, and how his medical ailments affected his game. The author did a great job at portraying how Clemente saw the world and how others saw him.
After Nicaragua suffered a devastating earthquake in December of 1972, Clemente saw a great need for aid to that devastated country. When he heard that the nation's leader and its military were keeping the aid for their own uses, and not for the needy population, Clemente decided to accompany his planeful of aid.
Sadly, the plane he hired for the delivery from San Juan, PR to Managua, Nicaragua was not up to standards. The pilot, co-pilot, and flight engineer weren't capable either. The plane was overloaded and the load was not balanced. The plane crashed into the Atlantic, about a mile after takeoff, on New Year's Eve. Except for a sock Clemente was wearing, his body and his clothing were never identified.
Ordinarily, no one can be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame until five years have passed. That rule was waived for Clemente and he was voted in immediately.
Very highly recommended. Even if you're not a baseball fan, you'd probably love this one!!
Thanks to Terri (tymfos) for choosing this outstanding book for me for my 12 in 12 Challenge "books chosen by friends" category.
33lindapanzo
Thanks for all the good wishes. This was probably the biggest life-altering event of my life.
From the initial injury during "routine" gallbladder surgery, to the point where I felt "back to normal," it took about 20 months. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
There was some silver lining to it. At age 31, it gave me a greater appreciation of life and how normal could be snatched away in an instant.
It also brought me closer to my family. My dearest friend now is someone I'd known for less than a year at that point but that stretch of time really brought us closer together.
I also got an incredible amount of reading done during all that recovery time, once I had my mental faculties back, at least (after the high fever and the high doses of painkiller were finished).
From the initial injury during "routine" gallbladder surgery, to the point where I felt "back to normal," it took about 20 months. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
There was some silver lining to it. At age 31, it gave me a greater appreciation of life and how normal could be snatched away in an instant.
It also brought me closer to my family. My dearest friend now is someone I'd known for less than a year at that point but that stretch of time really brought us closer together.
I also got an incredible amount of reading done during all that recovery time, once I had my mental faculties back, at least (after the high fever and the high doses of painkiller were finished).
34LauraBrook
Linda, I'm so thankful that you're here, you're one of my favorite people on LT! Some tough health issues in your life, and you've persevered through it all - you are one strong lady!
Happy Early Turkey Day to you, my friend!
Happy Early Turkey Day to you, my friend!
35lindapanzo
Laura, so good to see you back around here. I've missed you. Happy Thanksgiving to you, as well.
We usually just stay home, after picking up Boston Market, and watch football. This year, we are actually venturing off to my sister's house, about 90 minutes away, in the western suburbs. Looking forward to it.
We usually just stay home, after picking up Boston Market, and watch football. This year, we are actually venturing off to my sister's house, about 90 minutes away, in the western suburbs. Looking forward to it.
36lindapanzo
My Off-Season with the Denver Broncos: Building a Championship Team (While Nobody's Watching) by Loren Landow and Mike Klis--finished on 11/20/12
For someone who's aspiring to be a football player, this detailed book about NFL players' training regimen conducted by noted athletic trainer, Loren Landow, during the 2011 NFL lockout, would be a godsend. For a casual fan like me, I wish there'd been more football and fewer training tips.
It's an interesting story. During the lockout, NFL players could not use their team's facilities or coaches to train. There were no organized training events. However, this noted trainer contacted a Denver Broncos veteran and they set up optional training sessions for team members who wanted to participate.
It helped!! After a dismal 2010 season, the Broncos did much better in 2011, after the lockout. They were in better shape and, for the players who chose to participate, they suffered fewer injuries.
I would've loved to have seen a "bigger picture" book about what NFL players do to train. Instead, this book was focused on what a smaller group of players did for training during a several month stretch (May to July of 2011).
It's pretty skimpy: Only about 180-something pages and many of those were devoted to photos of players performing individual training exercises.
Still, it was an interesting "insider look" at what some NFL players did to get into shape. I also enjoyed the insights into the personalities of such players as Tim Tebow, Brady Quinn, and others.
If you're a big football fan, you might love this one. I enjoyed it somewhat but can give it only a tepid recommendation. Not bad but it could've been better had it been a bit better organized and focused. Several times, for instance, information was introduced as though it were new, when it wasn't. To me, that's a key annoyance as a reader.
(Note: This was an Early Reviewers book.)
For someone who's aspiring to be a football player, this detailed book about NFL players' training regimen conducted by noted athletic trainer, Loren Landow, during the 2011 NFL lockout, would be a godsend. For a casual fan like me, I wish there'd been more football and fewer training tips.
It's an interesting story. During the lockout, NFL players could not use their team's facilities or coaches to train. There were no organized training events. However, this noted trainer contacted a Denver Broncos veteran and they set up optional training sessions for team members who wanted to participate.
It helped!! After a dismal 2010 season, the Broncos did much better in 2011, after the lockout. They were in better shape and, for the players who chose to participate, they suffered fewer injuries.
I would've loved to have seen a "bigger picture" book about what NFL players do to train. Instead, this book was focused on what a smaller group of players did for training during a several month stretch (May to July of 2011).
It's pretty skimpy: Only about 180-something pages and many of those were devoted to photos of players performing individual training exercises.
Still, it was an interesting "insider look" at what some NFL players did to get into shape. I also enjoyed the insights into the personalities of such players as Tim Tebow, Brady Quinn, and others.
If you're a big football fan, you might love this one. I enjoyed it somewhat but can give it only a tepid recommendation. Not bad but it could've been better had it been a bit better organized and focused. Several times, for instance, information was introduced as though it were new, when it wasn't. To me, that's a key annoyance as a reader.
(Note: This was an Early Reviewers book.)
37lindapanzo
I've got 7 books left to finish to complete the challenge. There are 22 days til December 12th.
Can I finish by then? Stay tuned.
Can I finish by then? Stay tuned.
38lindapanzo
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my LT friends. I've got a family get-together at my sister's house (about 90 minutes away) on the holiday itself. On Friday night, I've got a Chicago Symphony concert (actually, it's a "Friday Night at the Movies event: They are showing Fantasia and the CSO plays the music of Fantasia).
Should be plenty of time for reading. I've got a cozy mystery going--A Small Hill to Die On by Elizabeth J. Duncan, as well as a nonfiction book, Wrestling with Starbucks, in which a labor leader examines the conflicts in actions by and perceptions of Starbucks.
Should be plenty of time for reading. I've got a cozy mystery going--A Small Hill to Die On by Elizabeth J. Duncan, as well as a nonfiction book, Wrestling with Starbucks, in which a labor leader examines the conflicts in actions by and perceptions of Starbucks.
39mysterymax
Happy Thanksgiving, Linda! It sounds like you will be having a wonderful day and weekend.
A neighbor has invited me over for dinner since my husband won't be home. Wish I could curl up with a book, but it looks like I will be dealing with gyp-rock dust instead. The kitchen ceiling got torn out today because of the water damage from Sandy. The big stuff was cleaned up before the worker left, but the dust is absolutely everywhere. Yuckooo
A neighbor has invited me over for dinner since my husband won't be home. Wish I could curl up with a book, but it looks like I will be dealing with gyp-rock dust instead. The kitchen ceiling got torn out today because of the water damage from Sandy. The big stuff was cleaned up before the worker left, but the dust is absolutely everywhere. Yuckooo
42lindapanzo
A Small Hill to Die on by Elizabeth J. Duncan--finished on 11/22/12
Finished this one late on Thanksgiving and then went to downtown Chicago the next day for the Friday Night at the Movies event at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
This is the fourth, and newest, Penny Brannigan mystery set in Wales. Penny owns a manicure shop, which has now expanded into a full-service salon. Another woman opens up a rival salon in town but, before too long, Penny, or rather, Penny's dog, finds the body of the rival's daughter.
It's a typical village cozy but I love this series and the characters.
Finished this one late on Thanksgiving and then went to downtown Chicago the next day for the Friday Night at the Movies event at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
This is the fourth, and newest, Penny Brannigan mystery set in Wales. Penny owns a manicure shop, which has now expanded into a full-service salon. Another woman opens up a rival salon in town but, before too long, Penny, or rather, Penny's dog, finds the body of the rival's daughter.
It's a typical village cozy but I love this series and the characters.
43lindapanzo
Six to go.
1. Bootlegger's Daughter (will count for two categories)--Completed
2. Lefty (ER book)
3. Being Santa Claus (ER book)--Completed
4. Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse (ER book)
5. Who Killed Father Christmas?
6. A Killer Cliche--Completed
1. Bootlegger's Daughter (will count for two categories)--Completed
2. Lefty (ER book)
3. Being Santa Claus (ER book)--Completed
4. Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse (ER book)
5. Who Killed Father Christmas?
6. A Killer Cliche--Completed
44cammykitty
Sounds like there might be some good ones in that list of 6.
45ivyd
>42 lindapanzo: I haven't read any of these, but they sound good! Just what I (don't) need is another series to start!
46lindapanzo
A Deadly Cliche by Ellery Adams--finished on 11/25/12
I really enjoyed this second book in the Books by the Bay series. While walking her poodle along a beach, Olivia Limoges stumbled on a dead body buried in the sand. Eventually, she thinks it may be connected to a series of bizarre burglaries that have been plaguing Oyster Bay, NC. At every crime scene, the thieves left behind odd set-ups, such as a stick of butter with a knife through it, dolls with silver spoons in their mouths, a deck of cards with a card missing. Olivia decides that each represents a cliche.
This is a somewhat cozy series but seems more literate and with a bit of a harder edge.
Love it and would recommend it to those who enjoy mysteries featuring amateur sleuths.
I really enjoyed this second book in the Books by the Bay series. While walking her poodle along a beach, Olivia Limoges stumbled on a dead body buried in the sand. Eventually, she thinks it may be connected to a series of bizarre burglaries that have been plaguing Oyster Bay, NC. At every crime scene, the thieves left behind odd set-ups, such as a stick of butter with a knife through it, dolls with silver spoons in their mouths, a deck of cards with a card missing. Olivia decides that each represents a cliche.
This is a somewhat cozy series but seems more literate and with a bit of a harder edge.
Love it and would recommend it to those who enjoy mysteries featuring amateur sleuths.
47lindapanzo
Five to go!!
49thornton37814
You can do it, Linda!
50cammykitty
Less than a book a week. Easy peasy!!!
51lindapanzo
Being Santa Claus: What I Learned about the True Meaning of Christmas by Sal Lizard--finished on 11/25/12
This heartwarming, though occasionally heartrending, collection of stories from the author's 20 years of playing Santa will rekindle the magic of Christmas for even the most jaded of hearts. This book is a keeper, one that I intend to re-read every Christmas. Outstanding!!
(Early Reviewers book)
This heartwarming, though occasionally heartrending, collection of stories from the author's 20 years of playing Santa will rekindle the magic of Christmas for even the most jaded of hearts. This book is a keeper, one that I intend to re-read every Christmas. Outstanding!!
(Early Reviewers book)
52lindapanzo
I read the Santa Claus book in one sitting, unexpectedly. Four left to go now.
53DeltaQueen50
You're doing great, Linda! I found the closer I got to the end of the challenge the more of a push I put on.
54lindapanzo
Thanks for all the encouragement.
Judy, I'm thinking the same thing. When I had 15-20 books left, the finish line looked far, far away. With 4 books left to go (actually, starting at about 10 books left), I've had a big push to finish.
I'm about a quarter of the way through one (Margaret Maron's Bootlegger's Daughter) and I've got the two ER books yet to read just sitting there, in plain sight.
What'll likely be the final one, Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore is a Kindle book. I've added it to my "device," actually, to all of them, in anticipation of getting to it later next week, most likely.
Aiming to finish by 12/12/12, which would be one year from when I started. Then I'd hope to start the 2013 category challenge on 12/13.
Using my two remaining ER books also gives me that "clean slate" feeling, though I won another ER book this morning, the political autobiography of Jacques Chirac.
Judy, I'm thinking the same thing. When I had 15-20 books left, the finish line looked far, far away. With 4 books left to go (actually, starting at about 10 books left), I've had a big push to finish.
I'm about a quarter of the way through one (Margaret Maron's Bootlegger's Daughter) and I've got the two ER books yet to read just sitting there, in plain sight.
What'll likely be the final one, Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore is a Kindle book. I've added it to my "device," actually, to all of them, in anticipation of getting to it later next week, most likely.
Aiming to finish by 12/12/12, which would be one year from when I started. Then I'd hope to start the 2013 category challenge on 12/13.
Using my two remaining ER books also gives me that "clean slate" feeling, though I won another ER book this morning, the political autobiography of Jacques Chirac.
55lindapanzo
Of course, as soon as I mentioned what my final book of the 12 in 12 challenge would be, I got to thinking about making it another book.
Hmmmm. A Christmas-themed mystery would be nice. Who Killed Father Christmas? perhaps. Patricia Moyes was one of my favorite mystery authors and I've read nearly all of her traditional whodunits, except for that one.
Hmmmm. A Christmas-themed mystery would be nice. Who Killed Father Christmas? perhaps. Patricia Moyes was one of my favorite mystery authors and I've read nearly all of her traditional whodunits, except for that one.
56dudes22
I just finished Bootlegger's Daughter. You should find that a quick read.
57lindapanzo
#56 I think so, too, Betty.
I love the fact that it's examining a case from 18 years earlier.
I'm also getting to know Deborah Knott, which is a good foundation for future reading in this series. Up til now, I've sort of haphazardly read a few of them.
After this, I'd like to proceed in chronological order.
NOTE: I see that I've read 4, 7, and 16 in this series. I can see why I read 16--I love Christmas mysteries.
However, I can't recall why I read 4 and 7. Maybe they were nominated for awards to be given at a mystery convention I would be attending. There was a time, in the late 1990s, when I was attending quite a few Bouchercon's and Malice Domestics.
I love the fact that it's examining a case from 18 years earlier.
I'm also getting to know Deborah Knott, which is a good foundation for future reading in this series. Up til now, I've sort of haphazardly read a few of them.
After this, I'd like to proceed in chronological order.
NOTE: I see that I've read 4, 7, and 16 in this series. I can see why I read 16--I love Christmas mysteries.
However, I can't recall why I read 4 and 7. Maybe they were nominated for awards to be given at a mystery convention I would be attending. There was a time, in the late 1990s, when I was attending quite a few Bouchercon's and Malice Domestics.
58LittleTaiko
Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore is a pretty quick read too. I flew through it in a couple of days and so did the friend I lent it to. However, a Christmas theme book does seem appropriate for this time of year.
59lindapanzo
Thanks for the info. Mr Penumbra would fit well into my 2013 "random books on my Kindle" category.
I'm the one who decides what would go into that one. Randomly, of course.
I'm the one who decides what would go into that one. Randomly, of course.
60lindapanzo
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron--finished on 11/30/12
I'd read scattered books, three in all I think, in the Deborah Knott series by Margaret Maron. Because both Ivy and Cheli chose this first in the series for me to read for my 12 in 12 Challenge "Books Chosen by Friends" category, I read it. I'm very grateful that they chose it for me. I absolutely loved it.
Great plot with a terrific cast of characters I want to get better acquainted with. I'm definitely picking up book #2 in the series, Southern Discomfort and reading that one soon. Maybe the first in Maron's other series, One Coffee With.
I'd read scattered books, three in all I think, in the Deborah Knott series by Margaret Maron. Because both Ivy and Cheli chose this first in the series for me to read for my 12 in 12 Challenge "Books Chosen by Friends" category, I read it. I'm very grateful that they chose it for me. I absolutely loved it.
Great plot with a terrific cast of characters I want to get better acquainted with. I'm definitely picking up book #2 in the series, Southern Discomfort and reading that one soon. Maybe the first in Maron's other series, One Coffee With.
61lindapanzo
Three to go!! The finish line is definitely in sight.
Except for a bit of Christmas shopping on Saturday and The Nutcracker Ballet and dinner at Basilico's (Sandy, this is where you and I went for dinner), I'll have plenty of time to read this weekend.
Except for a bit of Christmas shopping on Saturday and The Nutcracker Ballet and dinner at Basilico's (Sandy, this is where you and I went for dinner), I'll have plenty of time to read this weekend.
62sjmccreary
Linda, enjoy your dinner - it was a great meal the night we went there together. Nutcracker is a perfect Christmas season outing - we are going to a production of Handel's Messiah next weekend which I'm looking forward to.
Congrats on such a successful challenge this year! You'll have those last 3 books finished in no time.
Congrats on such a successful challenge this year! You'll have those last 3 books finished in no time.
63lindapanzo
Thanks, Sandy. The theater is in Rosemont. It's a different production than what we're used to but it's a lot easier to get to Rosemont than to get downtown.
It'll be weird. Usually, we're bundled up but it's supposed to be 65 that day.
Two more Christmas concerts after this. That weekend before Christmas, I've got the Martina McBride Christmas show one night and the Chicago Symphony's annual Christmas concert. I've been to the CSO one probably 10 times but I really enjoy it every year.
It'll be weird. Usually, we're bundled up but it's supposed to be 65 that day.
Two more Christmas concerts after this. That weekend before Christmas, I've got the Martina McBride Christmas show one night and the Chicago Symphony's annual Christmas concert. I've been to the CSO one probably 10 times but I really enjoy it every year.
64lindapanzo
Next up, I think, will be my baseball ER book, Lefty: An American Odyssey. Between the weekend and the scheduled day off on Tuesday, I should get a lot of reading done.
65ivyd
>60 lindapanzo: I'm so glad you enjoyed Bootlegger's Daughter! I love Deborah and her family.
Have a lovely weekend! We decided to skip the Nutcracker this year, since my little granddaughter is too young, but old enough to feel left out if the rest of us go. Next year...
Have a lovely weekend! We decided to skip the Nutcracker this year, since my little granddaughter is too young, but old enough to feel left out if the rest of us go. Next year...
67dudes22
I just finished Bootlegger's Daughter last week and loved it too.
68LauraBrook
Linda, it does sound like you've got a nice weekend (and start to the week) ahead of you! I've still got 11 to go, and am envious of your 3 - any chance to want to switch? ;)
69lindapanzo
Lots of Christmas-y kinds of things going on lately and it seems like there's been little time for reading.
However, I had a lovely day off yesterday and managed to finish my latest ER book, a cozy.
However, I had a lovely day off yesterday and managed to finish my latest ER book, a cozy.
70lindapanzo
Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse by Peggy Webb
I have to admit that I found the first few pages of this mystery very bizarre. Oddball characters and a basset hound who thinks he's a reincarnation of Elvis. However, it's an ER book and I love cozies, especially Christmas mysteries, so I carried on and I'm really glad that I did.
Once I got past that oddness at the start, I loved this one. It's the fifth in the Southern Cousins series so I was starting in the middle of a continuing story but that wasn't a problem. I loved Callie, her cousin Lovie, and especially Callie's basset hound, Elvis. It all takes place around Tupelo, Mississippi. Santas and others at the mall seem to be getting bumped off and there's plenty of other Christmas-type things in the book.
The characters are colorful and quirky and it's a solid cozy, in terms of plot. Overall, I'd call it delightfully quirky and fun. I especially loved the malapropisms from one of Callie's relatives.
I intend to track down the first four books in this series. Highly recommended for people who like cozies!!
I have to admit that I found the first few pages of this mystery very bizarre. Oddball characters and a basset hound who thinks he's a reincarnation of Elvis. However, it's an ER book and I love cozies, especially Christmas mysteries, so I carried on and I'm really glad that I did.
Once I got past that oddness at the start, I loved this one. It's the fifth in the Southern Cousins series so I was starting in the middle of a continuing story but that wasn't a problem. I loved Callie, her cousin Lovie, and especially Callie's basset hound, Elvis. It all takes place around Tupelo, Mississippi. Santas and others at the mall seem to be getting bumped off and there's plenty of other Christmas-type things in the book.
The characters are colorful and quirky and it's a solid cozy, in terms of plot. Overall, I'd call it delightfully quirky and fun. I especially loved the malapropisms from one of Callie's relatives.
I intend to track down the first four books in this series. Highly recommended for people who like cozies!!
71lindapanzo
Incidentally, this leaves me with two books to go to finish the challenge.
I started Lefty: An American Odyssey this morning. This is a bio of baseball Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez, written by his daughter. I thought it was going to be a pretty standard baseball bio.
However, Gomez wasn't what he appeared. Besides this, he was Joe DiMaggio's best friend. This one could be quite good.
I started Lefty: An American Odyssey this morning. This is a bio of baseball Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez, written by his daughter. I thought it was going to be a pretty standard baseball bio.
However, Gomez wasn't what he appeared. Besides this, he was Joe DiMaggio's best friend. This one could be quite good.
72ivyd
>70 lindapanzo: I'm glad you enjoyed the Elvis book, too! I also intend to look for the first 4 books; the fun of this book set it apart from most of the cozies that I've read. Besides, I'm really curious about how Callie and Lovie got to where they are in this book; as you say, this book is fine without having read the earlier books, but I'd like to find out.
73mysterymax
I quite enjoyed Lefty: An American Odyssey. Hope you are enjoying it. I see you are almost done!
74lindapanzo
#Glad to hear that you enjoyed the Lefty Gomez book.
Almost done with the challenge but only 10 percent or so through the Lefty Gomez book.
Almost done with the challenge but only 10 percent or so through the Lefty Gomez book.
75lindapanzo
Lefty: An American Odyssey by Vernona Gomez
I thoroughly enjoyed this terrific biography of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Vernon (Lefty) Gomez that was written by his daughter. Normally, baseball biographies, especially of old-timers (Lefty quit playing in the 1940s and died in the late 1980s) are dry. Typically, little information is available to the author, outside of statistics, newspaper reports, and teammate remembrances, in rare cases.
However, this terrific biography is chock full of personal anecdotes and family stories. Though his nickname was Goofy, Lefty was a smart, interesting guy. He was a good friend of Babe Ruth's and was a long-time friend of Joe DiMaggio's. His wife was a star on Broadway. Lefty loved to travel and had plenty of entertaining stories to tell.
This is a very interesting biography with as much information about his life outside of baseball as it has about his baseball career.
Highly recommended!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this terrific biography of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Vernon (Lefty) Gomez that was written by his daughter. Normally, baseball biographies, especially of old-timers (Lefty quit playing in the 1940s and died in the late 1980s) are dry. Typically, little information is available to the author, outside of statistics, newspaper reports, and teammate remembrances, in rare cases.
However, this terrific biography is chock full of personal anecdotes and family stories. Though his nickname was Goofy, Lefty was a smart, interesting guy. He was a good friend of Babe Ruth's and was a long-time friend of Joe DiMaggio's. His wife was a star on Broadway. Lefty loved to travel and had plenty of entertaining stories to tell.
This is a very interesting biography with as much information about his life outside of baseball as it has about his baseball career.
Highly recommended!!
76lindapanzo
One book left to go. I started a collection of mystery short stories tonight. It's looking good that I'll finish "on time." I started 12 in 12 on 12/12/11 and aimed to finish by this Wed, 12/12/12.
78lindapanzo
My rescheduled colonoscopy is on Wed so, today, I'm doing a bit of work from home. Later, I'll begin my prep (and then again at 3 am--ugh!!).
I hope they go through with it this time. I'd just like to get it over with.
Anyway, during the lulls, I hope to get quite a bit of reading in.
As for my final book, I'm about a quarter of the way through it. I chose it because it seemed to be Christmassy but, of the 21 ultra short stories and novella, only a handful have a Christmas theme.
I hope they go through with it this time. I'd just like to get it over with.
Anyway, during the lulls, I hope to get quite a bit of reading in.
As for my final book, I'm about a quarter of the way through it. I chose it because it seemed to be Christmassy but, of the 21 ultra short stories and novella, only a handful have a Christmas theme.
79cammykitty
bummer on lack of Xmas - and bummer on the rescheduling! I hear getting ready for a colonoscopy is worse than colonoscopy itself. Hang in there!
80lindapanzo
Yuck. Tasted like salty cherry-flavored cough medicine. After this, they'd better go through it. Both the hospital and the dr's office called in the past day to verify I'm still on so it looks like a go.
81LauraBrook
Yuck sounds about right. Glad that you'll be able to finish on time/early, even though the reason that you have some extra time off isn't so fun. Hope that it actually happens and that you get the A-OK in your results!
82thornton37814
Praying your colonoscopy goes well. Too bad that the book wasn't more Christmasy!
83cammykitty
Mr. yuck is mean scary! Mr. yuck is green cherry.
84sjmccreary
They've probably already got you dressed in one of those oh-so-lovely (and breezy) hospital gowns right now. I hope the procedure goes well and the results are perfect. Enjoy the afternoon at home.
85ivyd
Sending my best wishes to you, Linda. One of the best things about stuff like this is that it will be over!
87lindapanzo
Well, the procedure itself went perfectly ok. The prep wasn't bad and the procedure was over before I knew it and recovery was minimal after general.
As for results, not as good. I had quite a few polyps. For most, even on the picture, I was scratching my head as to where they are. One looked huge but she told Mom and Dad it's greatly magnified and was still small. The other was just ordinary.
So, not the slam dunk news I was hoping for. Dad had fairly advanced colon cancer 10 years ago and mom always has polyps so she said she wasn't surprised. Anyway, she is having them biopsied but she doubted that they're cancerous.
Had a nice bfast after and, while I was alert, I had a weird sense of time. Hard to explain. After a long nap, I feel far more alert now.
As for results, not as good. I had quite a few polyps. For most, even on the picture, I was scratching my head as to where they are. One looked huge but she told Mom and Dad it's greatly magnified and was still small. The other was just ordinary.
So, not the slam dunk news I was hoping for. Dad had fairly advanced colon cancer 10 years ago and mom always has polyps so she said she wasn't surprised. Anyway, she is having them biopsied but she doubted that they're cancerous.
Had a nice bfast after and, while I was alert, I had a weird sense of time. Hard to explain. After a long nap, I feel far more alert now.
88thornton37814
Praying they are found to be non-cancerous.
89lindapanzo
Who Killed Father Christmas? by Patricia Moyes--finished on 12/12/12
Yay, this is the book that finished my 12 in 12 challenge on 12/12/12, the one-year anniversary of the date I started that challenge.
Patricia Moyes is one of my favorite "classic" mystery authors. Her sleuth, Henry Tibbett, is among my favorites.
This collection of 20 short stories, some of them Christmas stories, and one Christmas novella are not Tibbett mysteries but I thoroughly enjoyed it just the same. Moyes can pack quite a story in just a few pages.
Overall, I liked the Christmas stories the best, including the title story, and the novella, which was a Christmas story, too.
Yay, this is the book that finished my 12 in 12 challenge on 12/12/12, the one-year anniversary of the date I started that challenge.
Patricia Moyes is one of my favorite "classic" mystery authors. Her sleuth, Henry Tibbett, is among my favorites.
This collection of 20 short stories, some of them Christmas stories, and one Christmas novella are not Tibbett mysteries but I thoroughly enjoyed it just the same. Moyes can pack quite a story in just a few pages.
Overall, I liked the Christmas stories the best, including the title story, and the novella, which was a Christmas story, too.
90lindapanzo
Finished!! One year to the day of when I started the 12 in 12 challenge.
Both my first book, Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 by Stanley Weintraub, and my last book Who Killed Father Christmas? by Patricia Moyes, were Christmas-themed.
Tomorrow, I plan to start the 2013 challenge. Not surprisingly, with a Christmas-related book.
Both my first book, Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 by Stanley Weintraub, and my last book Who Killed Father Christmas? by Patricia Moyes, were Christmas-themed.
Tomorrow, I plan to start the 2013 challenge. Not surprisingly, with a Christmas-related book.
91cbl_tn
Congratulations on finishing your challenge! I'm also praying that you get good news from the pathology report.
92lindapanzo
Thanks Carrie and Lori.
The doc gave mom the pictures. I didn't realize that some of them were "here's what the view is of your appendix" type pics. The most alarming one looked like a whole wall of polyps but that one turned out to be a photo of lymph nodes (and it was perfectly ok).
To my untrained eye, there's one polyp that looks a bit worrisome.
The doc gave mom the pictures. I didn't realize that some of them were "here's what the view is of your appendix" type pics. The most alarming one looked like a whole wall of polyps but that one turned out to be a photo of lymph nodes (and it was perfectly ok).
To my untrained eye, there's one polyp that looks a bit worrisome.
94LauraBrook
Congratulations both on finishing your challenge in exactly one year, and that you've recovered well after seeing the Doc today. Fingers crossed that all polyps are harmless, despite looking wonky.
95cammykitty
Congrats!!! & yes, here's hoping it's nothing that can't be fixed easily.
96DeltaQueen50
Congratulations on completing your challenge, Linda. I have my fingers crossed that you will shortly get good news on the health front.
98lindapanzo
Thanks for all the good wishes.
On the health front, I feel more alert today though still not completely "with it." The GI nurse from the hospital called to check up on me today and said that the dr's office would probably call tomorrow or Monday with the biopsy results.
Though the dr didn't think they were cancerous, of course, her word isn't definitive.
On the health front, I feel more alert today though still not completely "with it." The GI nurse from the hospital called to check up on me today and said that the dr's office would probably call tomorrow or Monday with the biopsy results.
Though the dr didn't think they were cancerous, of course, her word isn't definitive.
99ivyd
Glad you're feeling better today, Linda. Also praying for good results on the results.
And congratulations on finishing your challenge!
And congratulations on finishing your challenge!
100dudes22
Congrats on finishing your challenge and here's hoping your test results will be good. Hope you don't have to wait till Mon to find out.
101thornton37814
Congrats on completing your 12 in 12. I look forward to following you on the 2013 thread!
103lindapanzo
Phooey. The doctor's office called but by the time I got the message, they'd gone home for the day.
I'm supposed to call the staffer back tomorrow. Usually when there's bad news, the doctor herself wants to talk to me so I'm hoping this is good news.
Thanks for all your good wishes and moral support.
I'm supposed to call the staffer back tomorrow. Usually when there's bad news, the doctor herself wants to talk to me so I'm hoping this is good news.
Thanks for all your good wishes and moral support.
104thornton37814
I was just thinking that it must be good news if the doctor was letting the staffer handle it!
105cammykitty
I'm thinking you're right. A staffer wouldn't be able to answer all your questions if it's bad news. The doctor would have to be really tacky, or heinously overbooked to ask a staffer to call someone to tell them they have something even mildly cancerous. That said, I'm still waiting eagerly for you to tell us you have the official all clear.
106lindapanzo
Good news!! All the polyps were benign and I'm still on the 5-year plan, as before. She'd considered a move to a 3-year plan depending on results but no need.
107thornton37814
Quite happy to hear that everything is benign!
109lsh63
Good news, Linda, I'm happy to hear you got the all clear! I wasn't trying to rhyme lol.....
111DeltaQueen50
Excellent news, Linda.
112christina_reads
Linda, glad everything is OK healthwise, and congratulations on finishing your challenge! I've never heard of Patricia Moyes, but her books look like fun! I may have to add one to my 2013 challenge...
113cammykitty
!!! I'm doing a happy dance for you !!!
115lindapanzo
Thanks for all the positive comments. It's been a tough day.
Besides being swamped at work (I have only 4 workdays left this year), I've been following the Connecticut school shooting way too closely and have been greatly upset by it.
Looking forward to going home and reading about Christmas!!
Besides being swamped at work (I have only 4 workdays left this year), I've been following the Connecticut school shooting way too closely and have been greatly upset by it.
Looking forward to going home and reading about Christmas!!
116lkernagh
Getting caught up here Linda. Congrats on completing your challenge and more importantly, Huzzah for the good news that the polyps were benign! That is excellent holiday news!
118lindapanzo
116/117 Thanks and thanks.
On Saturday night, I finished the first book for the 13 in 13 challenge. I'll still be visiting here but will gradually transition to spending more time there. My thread over there is at:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/141295
Hope to see everyone there, too.
On Saturday night, I finished the first book for the 13 in 13 challenge. I'll still be visiting here but will gradually transition to spending more time there. My thread over there is at:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/141295
Hope to see everyone there, too.
119tymfos
Congrats on finishing here, Linda! So glad that your biopsies were negative. See you over on the 13 in 13!
120lindapanzo
Oh my goodness!! I was sitting on the tollway for well over an hour, barely moving. A helicopter was flying over ahead and ambulances, fire trucks, tow trucks, and police cars were flying past me as I sat there.
When I got to the scene of the accident (which was a few 100 feet before I needed to exit), my heart was in my throat. A truck had hit a school bus. It's a dangerous merge there.
I've never seen so many rescue people in one place, as well as dozens of vehicles which looked to be pulled over, wherever. Since a school bus was involved, it looked like a lot of passersby just jumped out to help.
A friend at work was relaying me info. It involved a packed bus from our local middle school, carrying kids on a field trip, sounds like.
I was also worried because my elderly parents had left a little while before me, to go on that same tollway, to go to my niece's orchestra concert for Christmas. When I finally got to work, there was a message that they'd arrived. They had no idea about the huge accident that happened after they went past but before I did.
Thankfully, all of the kids' injuries were minor.
When I got to the scene of the accident (which was a few 100 feet before I needed to exit), my heart was in my throat. A truck had hit a school bus. It's a dangerous merge there.
I've never seen so many rescue people in one place, as well as dozens of vehicles which looked to be pulled over, wherever. Since a school bus was involved, it looked like a lot of passersby just jumped out to help.
A friend at work was relaying me info. It involved a packed bus from our local middle school, carrying kids on a field trip, sounds like.
I was also worried because my elderly parents had left a little while before me, to go on that same tollway, to go to my niece's orchestra concert for Christmas. When I finally got to work, there was a message that they'd arrived. They had no idea about the huge accident that happened after they went past but before I did.
Thankfully, all of the kids' injuries were minor.
121christina_reads
How awful! I'm glad that everyone ended up OK!
122DeltaQueen50
Glad no one was seriously hurt. It's never good to hear about children in harm's way, but somehow especially difficult at this time of year.
