Noontime Book Chat - Like Glass

Today - is Café of Dreams turn.

I hope you will join us. The schedule is below:

Monday: J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday: Socrates' Book Reviews
Wednesday: A Blog of Books
Thursday: Things We Read
Friday: Café of Dreams

What do you do? Visit each of these websites around noon (we all post at noon during our time zone so... there is a little variation). Comment on the book if you have read it etc.

Thanks so much!

Noontime Book Chat - Like Glass

Today - is Things We Read.

I hope you will join us. The schedule is below:

Monday: J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday: Socrates' Book Reviews
Wednesday: A Blog of Books
Thursday: Things We Read
Friday: Café of Dreams

What do you do? Visit each of these websites around noon (we all post at noon during our time zone so... there is a little variation). Comment on the book if you have read it etc.

Thanks so much!

Noontime Book Chat - Like Glass

So today is my day to talk about "Like Glass" by Matthew Cory. I actually did a full review of this book sometime in the past. I really enjoyed it. But for the sake of the Noontime Book Chat - I am going to pretend that I didn't read the whole book but talk about something that someone else posed to me.

How do you feel about a book so much about emotions being told from a man's perspective? If you are a woman does that turn you off to a book? Does it make you want to read it more because it is unusual? What about if you are a man? Would you ever pick up a book like this?

When I originally wrote the review someone commented "Interesting that you liked that this is from the man's point of view. I was reading some publishing industry person recently who said that no one wants to read this sort of thing."

I read so very much that I found it to be refreshing to have a different sort of book on my bookshelf. What do you think about that?

Was there a line in the book (as far as you have read) that really stuck out to you as being something that touched you?

As a complete side note - I have communicated with Matthew Cory a few times (and even have an Author Spotlight up) and I find him to be a joy to "talk to" over email. And if you haven't already purchased his book - you should.

Now to move on with the story in terms of J. Kaye and Socrates'.

When he finds out his brother is dead - he goes to visit Janet and the kids. He hasn't spoken to her (or his brother in years). It is hard for him to deal with the death. Do you think he was right to separate from his brother like that?

Do you feel that Janet had the right to ask him to not attend the funeral? In some ways I understand it is hard for her to see him (considering their past relationship and the fact that the man she loved - her husband - died wanting a relationship with Rob). All of that would be a lot to get over. At the same time Rob is the brother. He also has to be grieving. And he was the one who was innocent in the original debacle.

I hope you will join the others posting. The schedule is below:

Monday: J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday: Socrates' Book Reviews
Wednesday: A Blog of Books
Thursday: Things We Read
Friday: Café of Dreams

Noontime Book Chat - Like Glass

Today - is Socrates' Book Reviews.

I hope you will join us. The schedule is below:

Monday: J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday: Socrates' Book Reviews
Wednesday: A Blog of Books
Thursday: Things We Read
Friday: Café of Dreams

What do you do? Visit each of these websites around noon (we all post at noon during our time zone so... there is a little variation). Comment on the book if you have read it etc.

Thanks so much!

Noontime Book Chat - Like Glass

I have done these with J. Kaye from J. Kaye's Book Blog before and they are a lot of fun.

I hope you will join us. The schedule is below:

Monday: J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday: Socrates' Book Reviews
Wednesday: A Blog of Books
Thursday: Things We Read
Friday: Café of Dreams

What do you do? Visit each of these websites around noon (we all post at noon during our time zone so... there is a little variation). Comment on the book if you have read it etc.

Thanks so much!

Noontime Book Chat - Off Season

We are back again with a noontime book chat - this time at all three sites!


What is the schedule?
Monday at J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday at A Blog of Books
Wednesday at Literarily
Thursday at A Blog of Books
Friday is the wrap up and will be at Literarily, A Blog of Books, and J. Kaye's Book Blog.

I was hoping today to see what you all thought of Lilly's husband Cam telling someone else his deepest, darkest secret before telling her? Do you think it was fair of him to do so since she didn't tell him about her darkest secret as well? How did that effect their relationship over time?

I truly thing that for him to tell someone else that story (especially someone of the opposite sex) that it required a deep emotional connection - that regardless of whether they did anything sexual at all - I would consider that the beginning of a breakdown in my relationship.

Part of me sees that their relationship (Lilly and Cam) was based initially less on substance and more at just feeling an immediate connection. And because of that they both felt they had to retain some sort of facade for a while. They wanted the other person to see them as perfect - so they kept hidden anything they thought may change the other's view of them.

Do you think you could keep that sort of secret from your spouse or significant other? How would you feel if you found out they had told someone else? Especially someone who had a history of being jealous of you?

One last question - who did you feel was Lilly's soul mate? Jon or Cam? If they both were available who do you think she would have picked? Does the fact that one was a childhood love and the other an adult love change things?

Noontime Book Chat - Off Season

We are back again with a noontime book chat!


What is the schedule?
Monday at J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday at A Blog of Books
Wednesday at Literarily
Thursday at A Blog of Books
Friday is the wrap up and will be at Literarily, A Blog of Books, and J. Kaye's Book Blog.

Today I thought I would focus a little on love in this book. I read a lot of romance novels and wouldn't consider this one of those - but love is something we see a quite a bit of in almost any type of book - paranormal, mystery, thriller, historical etc.

The main character Lilly seems to be the type that is always hit by "Love at first sight". She sees someone and immediately wants them in her life. She kinda drops everything to be with that person.

Which brings me to a couple separate thoughts. One - have you ever been a victim of love at first sight? How did it work out for you?

Personally for me I think my personality requires me to get to know someone before I can love them. I might think someone is attractive at first sight. And I have been drawn in by someones personality to the point it may have felt like it was immediate love - but I think that it was somewhat one-sided and that that to me isn't love. It may be obsession or desire but not love. Does that mean that I don't think that it exists? No I believe there are some people who have seen someone and known they were for them from the beginning. But I believe it is rare and for that love to truly grow you have to "feed" it daily with little things.

Do you think that Lilly dropped everything like I did when she found Jon and Cam? She left her friends behind and concentrated on them. Left her family behind etc. Have you ever been so consumed by someone or something that you abandoned everything else? Did you realize you were doing it?

I would love to hear what you think and you can tell that for me some of this is not necessarily something you have to read the book to know about!

Noontime Book Chat

As you may remember this week we will be doing a noontime book chat with J. Kaye from J. Kaye's Book Blog and Shana from Literally.

Join Shana at Literally today!

What does that mean for you?
If you have read the book or are thinking of reading the book stop by our websites and comment on our posts about the book. One of us will be posting at noon every day! We want to hear what you think about it.

What is the schedule?
Monday at J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday at A Blog of Books
Wednesday at Literarily
Thursday at A Blog of Books
Friday is the wrap up and will be at Literarily, A Blog of Books, and J. Kaye's Book Blog.

Noontime Book Chat - Off Season

I have to admit it took me a little while to get started reading this book. I read a little of it and put it down, only to pick it back up again and really enjoy it. I can't wait for you to read this and give me your own feedback on what you thought of the book and some of the things that I thought about when reading it!

For me this book had to major themes - Love and Death. Each one of them essentially made the main character who she was. It impacted her in ways she never realized, and while she tried to move on that shaped her as a person.

Love. There are many kinds of love - love between and mother/father and a child, a husband and a wife, first love, lasting love and in this story Lilly had them all. Do you think she loved to much? Have you ever felt the consuming love that she felt over and over again? For sometimes it seemed that she was more so concerned by her love that she let it become the focus of her life.

First there was her love for Jon. Then her love for swimming. Next her love for her father. And lastly her love for Cam. Do you think her desire for love took over her life?

Next - death. I can only imagine that seeing the death of someone very close to you as a child would frame your viewing of life forever. (I am not trying to give to much away here just in case you haven't read the book.) Lilly had her life interrupted several times by the death of people that she loved. They were all unexpected to her in some way. It seems as if much of the time she didn't let the death touch her or affect her by releasing her emotions in a big way. Instead she kept them bottled up and they manifested themselves in some other way. Has that ever happened to you?

I know that when my grandfather died (he was the greatest man ever) - surrounded by family and friends I tried to put it from my mind. Didn't let myself think about it or cry all that much. When a month later my cat died in an accident - I was hysterical about the whole thing. It was almost as if it was the tipping point for grief for me.

Enough of me and back to "Off Season". Which do you think affected Lilly more? Love or Death?


What is the schedule?
Monday at J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday at A Blog of Books
Wednesday at Literarily
Thursday at A Blog of Books
Friday is the wrap up and will be at Literarily, A Blog of Books, and J. Kaye's Book Blog.

Noontime Book Chat

This week we will be doing a noontime book chat with J. Kaye from J. Kaye's Book Blog and Shana from Literally.



What does that mean for you?
If you have read the book or are thinking of reading the book stop by our websites and comment on our posts about the book. One of us will be posting at noon every day! We want to hear what you think about it.

What is the schedule?
Monday at J. Kaye's Book Blog
Tuesday at A Blog of Books
Wednesday at Literarily
Thursday at A Blog of Books
Friday is the wrap up and will be at Literarily, A Blog of Books, and J. Kaye's Book Blog.

Noontime Book Chat - Starts Next Week

Starting Monday of next week we will be doing a Noontime Book Chat with J. Kaye from J. Kaye's Book Blog


The book we will be talking about is Anne River Siddons - Off Season. If you have it sitting on your shelf waiting for you to read it - DO IT! And then join J. Kaye and myself for a discussion next week.