WWW Wednesday

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You tell us the answers to 3 questions:

What are you currently reading? Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Daniel X: Alien Hunter by James Patterson, Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me by Louise Rennison, and The Shack by William P. Young

What did you recently finish? Power Ambition Glory by Steve Forbes

What do you think you’ll read next? Spook by Mary Roach and Secrets of the Morning by V.C. Andrews

Finished by recent book just last night before bed. I’m hoping to get a lot of reading done during this weekend so hopefully I can knock off two more of my Fall Into Reading books before the challenge ends.

Book vs. Movie Challenge – COMPLETE

DETAILS

In 2009 read a minimum of 6 books that have been made into movies and then watch the movie. I finished this yesterday by watching Cold Mountain. Here’s my complete list:

1. The Reader (movie) – watched Jan 19
   The Reader by Bernhard Schlink – finished Jan 25
2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd – finished Apr 3
   The Secret Life of Bees (movie) – watched Jan 2009
3. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi – finished Jan 30
   Persepolis (movie) – watched Jan 30
4. The Spiderwick Chronicles Series by Holly Black – finished Feb 8
   The Spiderwick Chronicles (movie) – watched Mar 17
5. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley - finished Feb 16
   A Thousand Acres (movie) – watched Feb 27
6. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris – finished Mar 28
   True Blood: Season 1 (TV series) - finished watching Mar 2
7. East of Eden by John Steinbeck – finished Mar 15
   East of Eden (movie) – watched Apr 25
8. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane – finished Mar 15
   Mystic River (movie) – watched Apr 10
9. Sin City: the Hard Goodbye (Vol. 1) by Frank Miller – finished Mar 29
   Sin City (movie) – watched Apr 29
10. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks – finished Apr 4
    The Notebook (movie) – finished Aug 4
11. Watchmen by Alan Moore – finished May 23
    Watchmen (movie) – watched Aug 3
12. Fried Green Tomatoes by Fanni Flagg – finished May 27
    Fried Green Tomatoes (movie) – watched May 28
13. Atonement by Ian McEwan – finished June 1
    Atonement (movie) – finished July 12
14. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis – finished July 2
    Prince Caspian (movie) – watched January 2009
15. Marley and Me by John Grogan – finished July 25
    Marley and Me (movie) – watched April 2009
16. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden – finished August 23
    Memoirs of a Geisha (movie) - watched October 2009
17. Generation Kill by Evan Wright – finished October 8
    Generation Kill (mini-series) - watched in August 2009
18. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – finished October 25
    The English Patient (movie) – watched September 2009
19. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Haris – finished May 24
    True Blood: Season 2 (TV series) – finished September 2009
20. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier – finished June 20
    Cold Mountain (movie) – watched December 16, 2009

REVIEW: Power Ambition Glory

Title: Power Ambition Glory
Author: Steve Forbes
Finished: December 16, 2009
Pages: 308
Published: 2009
Format: Hardback First Edition
Another amazing nonfiction book that parallels the lives of great leaders from the ancient world (ie Alexander) to lives of great leaders today. Each section focuses on a different time period, going though the lives of the leader, his successes and eventual failures, then comparing them to big businesses today and their CEOs.

It was interesting to read the parallels and how present tends to always reflect the past, without even realizing it – how a great leader and suddenly lose everything because he is too wrapped up in the end goal.

Forbes incorporates lessons into the comparisons, hopefully helping future leaders change the course of their business dealings to a more effective and promising outcome.

It was a great and interesting read.

*challenges: 100+ challenge, 999×2 challenge, monthly mixer mele

REVIEW: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Title: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen Covey
Finished: December 9, 2009
Pages: 358
Published: 1989
Format: Audio book and paperback

This was an amazing book that I hope to start practicing in my own life a little more every day. I read both a paper copy and listened to the audio version so it was a little difficult to participate in all activities at the moment.

The book focuses on how to better your life and relationships by using mind, body and soul to its fullest, focusing first on dependence, then independence, finishing with interdependence. He used great real life examples of how his life, family and work have benefited form these 7 habits.

I highly recommend this book to everyone.

*challenges: 100+ challenge, 999×2 challenge, monthly mixer mele

It’s Monday. What are you reading?

It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being reading, and the books to be finish this week.

Well, I’m making progress on my big books, but not finishing anything – YET. I’m getting close and hopefully by this time next week I will have a chunk completed, being as the Fall Into Reading Challenge ends in less than a week. Nothing was completed this week, but as always, the currently reading list is huge.

Reading This Week:

1. Power Ambition Glory by Steve Forbes (page 143 or 352)
2. Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (page 343 of 576)
3. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (page 309 of 1024)
4. The Shack by William P. Young (page 71 of 248)
5. Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson (page 70 of 251)
6. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me by Louise Rennison (page 20 of 320)

Still hoping to read Spook and Secrets of the Morning before the 20th, but I might have to resort to alternatives for the Fall Into Reading Challenge.