April Meeting
Posted by Denise on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Under: Books I've Read
Another successful meeting! What a great group of ladies we have in this book circle that read such a variety of different things - it's always inspiring!! Since the last meeting I managed to get two more books under my belt. The first came highly recommended from a fellow bookseller.
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone explores the Thorne Rooms which are housed at the Chicago Art Institute. I've been there and somehow missed these - kicking myself, and will have to go back someday. Jack and Ruthie are best friends who discover a magic key that allows them to shrink and visit the rooms in a completely new way. Once inside these historically accurate and incredibly intricate miniature rooms they are able to travel back in time. Definitely a young reader but lots of fun - and there's a second book out already - recommend!!
B&N says~ "Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the deep inside the Chicago Art Institute they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms. Each room is set in a different historic period, and every detail is perfect. Some might even say, the rooms are magic. Imagine—what if on a field trip, you discovered a key that allowed you to shrink so that you could sneak inside and explore the rooms' secrets? What if you discovered that others had done so before you? And that someone had left something important behind? "
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Titanic Tragedy by William Seil
Since the Titanic interest had been re-sparked by the one hundred year anniversary of the tragic sinking there were books aplenty at the store and being advertised on my Nook. There was a special deal on this one and since I am still on Kate and Leo overload from seeing that movie *blush* four times at the movie theater when it was originally released - I couldn't stomach watching the movie and opted to remember with this instead. This series was written by several different authors in the mid-nineties and was recently also recommended to me by a fellow bookseller. What with the new movie franchise and the highly successful BBC series, Sherlock Holmes has also had a resurgence of popularity. I enjoyed the book and will probably try another title out of the series. It was definitely a lighter read than the original Doyle stories and it's spoken dialogue reminds me of the Ritchie films (without all of the fighting sequences). Entertaining and feels true to what I know of the characters - I would recommend this book.
B&N says ~
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone explores the Thorne Rooms which are housed at the Chicago Art Institute. I've been there and somehow missed these - kicking myself, and will have to go back someday. Jack and Ruthie are best friends who discover a magic key that allows them to shrink and visit the rooms in a completely new way. Once inside these historically accurate and incredibly intricate miniature rooms they are able to travel back in time. Definitely a young reader but lots of fun - and there's a second book out already - recommend!!
B&N says~ "Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the deep inside the Chicago Art Institute they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms. Each room is set in a different historic period, and every detail is perfect. Some might even say, the rooms are magic. Imagine—what if on a field trip, you discovered a key that allowed you to shrink so that you could sneak inside and explore the rooms' secrets? What if you discovered that others had done so before you? And that someone had left something important behind? "
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Titanic Tragedy by William Seil
Since the Titanic interest had been re-sparked by the one hundred year anniversary of the tragic sinking there were books aplenty at the store and being advertised on my Nook. There was a special deal on this one and since I am still on Kate and Leo overload from seeing that movie *blush* four times at the movie theater when it was originally released - I couldn't stomach watching the movie and opted to remember with this instead. This series was written by several different authors in the mid-nineties and was recently also recommended to me by a fellow bookseller. What with the new movie franchise and the highly successful BBC series, Sherlock Holmes has also had a resurgence of popularity. I enjoyed the book and will probably try another title out of the series. It was definitely a lighter read than the original Doyle stories and it's spoken dialogue reminds me of the Ritchie films (without all of the fighting sequences). Entertaining and feels true to what I know of the characters - I would recommend this book.
B&N says ~
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson board the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage, where Holmes is to carry out a secret government mission.
Soon after departure, highly important submarine plans for the US navy are stolen. Holmes and Watson must work through a list of suspects which includes Colonel James Moriarty, brother to the late Professor Moriarty - but will they find the culprit before tragedy strikes?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless
creation returns in a new series of handsomely designed detective
stories, encapsulating the most varied and thrilling cases of the
world's greatest detective.
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