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Bring my suitcase to be fixed
Call to set up appointments
Sort through my old clothes to see what I should keep or give away
Read Top Secret Books
Compile Top Secret Bibliography

At this point, all I need to do is the stuff for Ben. And there's going to be a craft fair at my parents' shul in October, so I'm going to get a table and sell my stuff, so I need to do the knitting and crocheting for that. Maybe I can hand-spin some yarn if there are any knitters there. And if things don't sell, then I'll be way ahead in making Channukah presents!

Huzzah for only having to read and knit for the rest of the summer, except for when I'm working.

( books 19-25 )

So my mom gave me some reading material to bring to Israel, this trilogy that I could leave in Israel when I finished reading them. They each took about a day and a half to read (so it's a good thing I had other reading material as well this summer.)

I'm gonna summarize them all together:

16. Nora Roberts- Morrigan’s Cross
17. Nora Roberts- Dance of the Gods
18. Nora Roberts- Valley of Silence

The trilogy is about a circle of 6 people (well 5 people and one vampire) who are given the mission of winning a war against an evil Vampire who is bent on destroying humanity. There's space-time travel between Ireland 1200 CE, New York in the 21st century, and this fictional place called Geall, (I may have misspelled that) which is another time. The novels are dark fantasy/romance, though not too trashy (well, except for the third one.) And I really like all of the characters in the circle of 6, though the villains are a bit cliche. So I'd recommend the books to anyone who enjoys romance with an actual plot and character development. Or dark fantasy with some romance.

I'm halfway through book 19, and book 20 is another Neil Gaiman book, so I'll probably have both done by the time I return to America. Hopefully they'll last me the plane ride.

14. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, and Jack Cohen - Science of the Discworld (Volume II- The Globe)

This one I actually liked better than the first. The science parts focus more on history and culture, and the creation of humans in terms of when and how did we become human? The one thing I didn't like about the book is that Stewart and Cohen seem to be pretty anti- religion. But still it was an enjoyable read, and when I get home I'm going to read the last volume, if I can find it.

15. Neil Gaiman- Neverwhere

This was an amazing book that I read in 2 days, mostly on the way home from Jerusalem. It's about a guy who accidentally ends up in the world of the London Underground. It's really well written and I like Gaiman's style a lot. I wish he at Pratchett would write another novel together like they did with Good Omens. Though alas, I doubt that will happen.

13. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen- The Science of Discworld (Volume I)

This was really good. The wizards at Unseen University create our universe. The majority of the book is the science chapters, while every other chapter is Pratchett's story, though his chapters are about 2-5 pages long. The science and the Discworldness go together quite well, and the science is well-written and fascinating. So it's worth it. And you learn a lot.

Next up is probably The Science of Discworld Volume II, The Globe.
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And while I'm posting, I might as well say that I'm at kibbutz Lotan right now, safe and sound. There's wireless. There's no group pottery washing. We pretty much have the afternoons free. It's very hot out, so most people read or nap in their cabins, or they swim. No drinking on the porch, though (we also don't have porches). No fish-feeding either, since there are no fish. But people play soccer after dinner and sometimes there are lectures. Maybe some people hang out in each other's cabins.

So hopefully it'll be fun. I saw the site today. There's a Roman bathhouse. And Jodi wants to read my miqvah thesis, which I kind of want to edit again, but i'm not sure how to re-turn it into a pdf without adobe professional. maybe i'll give her the word documents, or wait till I get home.

10. Terry Pratchett- Moving Pictures
Not one of his best, though it was amusing. Basically Discworld invents movies, except with a lot of craziness.

11. Orson Scott Card- Songmaster
This one was amazing. There's this place called the Songhouse, where children who seem to have talent for music are brought and are instructed in singing, and some of them become "songbirds," the best and most powerful singers the songhouse can produce. The songbirds are sent out to the world until they turn 15, and then they are supposed to return to the songhouse to become teachers...The emperor Mikal wants a songbird, and this woman from the songhouse, Esste, makes it her lifelong quest to find his songbird, who turns out to be this boy Ansset. Ansset has the power to read people's emotions and sing them back...etc.

It's a must-read.

12. Gila Manolson- Outside/Inside

I was bored and it was Shabbat and it was there. It's high point is that it's only 95 pages or so. It's about modesty in Judaism, and why people should practice it. Back when I was first becoming religious

cynara_linnaea lent me "The Magic Touch," which is by the same author. I told her "I became shomer nagiah despite having read The Magic Touch." I guess I'm just cynical about Orthodox Judaism.

8.Terry Pratchett- Monstrous Brigade
One of the newer discworld novels, about a girl who pretends to be a boy to join the army and find her lost brother...except much weirder than just that.

9. Dianna Wynne Jones- Fire and Hemlock
A crazy fantasy story that I read in one night, borrowed from MSL... I don't know where to begin explaining it...Just read it, because it's very good. A little bit creepy, but good.

So I'm almost a third done. This isn't so hard.

When I visited

alishainchina over spring break, she told me about a challenge her and her friend were doing. Starting on March 14 (pi day) they were going to try to read 30 books this year. So

alishainchina asked if I wanted to join them. I said sure! (after all, in a good year, 30 is nothing for me.)

So my books thus far (Alisha actually writes summaries for hers. I'm lazy):

1.Tamora Pierce- Terrier: Beka Cooper
2.Ari Goldman- The Search for God at Harvard
3.Terry Pratchett- Guards! Guards!
4.Pearl S. Buck- The Good Earth
5.Diana Galbadon- Outlander
6.Terry Pratchett- Eric
7.Neil Gaiman- The Sandman (Volume I)

Ok, 7 books. I'm almost 1/4 of the way done. And summer should lend itself to reading. If you want to know about any of the books, just ask me.

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