Monday, July 28, 2008

News from the Pollinate Your Mind Summer Reading Club This week 45 people read 120 books. So far this summer, 144 people have read 793 books! Last week's winners were Carol Jibson who won 5 Burger King Whoppers, Patricia Lattimore who won a gift certificate to the Waterfront Galley, and one person who has yet to pick up their prize. Last week's books were: Author Title Atkins, Miriam 30 day revitalization plan Baker, Jean Mary Todd Lincoln Baker, T. N. Dice Becherer, Joseph Pietro Perugino Berenson, Alex Faithful Spy Bertinelli, Valerie Losing it Billingsly, Rashonda Tate Pastor's Wife Bradbury, Ray Kaleidoscope Breen, Susan Fiction Class Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Butterfly Gardener's Guide Brown, Rita Mae Full Cry Brown, Rita Mae Murder on the Prowl Brown, Tracy Black Browne, Sylvia Christmas in Heaven Byrne, Rhonda Secret Cabot, Meg Princess Diaries Carter, Quentin Amongst Thieves Case, Fredrick Trilliums Chunichi Return of a Gangster's Girl Coben, Harlen Woods Connelly, Michael Lincoln Lawyer Connolly, John Reapers Conroy, Pat Water is Wide Cornwell, Patricia Front Deaver, Jeffrey Broken Window Dickinson, Peter Lion tamer's daughter Dyer, Wayne Inspiration: your ultimate calling Evanovich, Janet Fearless Fourteen Evanovich, Janet Fearless Fourteen Evanovich, Janet Hard Eight Evanovich, Janet Plum Lovin' Evanovich, Janet Plum Lucky Evanovich, Janet Wife for hire Faber, Adele Siblings without rivalry Fairstein, Linda Entombed Flippen, Flip Flip side Friedman, Thomas World is Flat Garwood, Julie Secret Golden, Lilly; ed Literary Christmas Grisham, John Appeal Grisham, John Firm Grisham, John Painted House Grisham, John Summons Gunn, Robin Jones Peculiar Treasures Hale, Shannon Goose Girl Hedrick, U. P. Grapes and Wines from Home Vineyards Henehan, Rita Michigan Gardener's companion Hosseini, Khaled Kite Runner Jakes, T. D. Not easily broken Kane, Andrea Scent of danger Kane, Andrea Twisted Karasyov, C. and Kargura, J. Right Address Karasyov, C. and Kargura, J. Wolves in Chic Clothing Kingsbury, Karen Sunrise Koontz, Dean Whispers LaHaye, Tim and Jenkins, Jerry Soul Harvest Lescroart, John Suspect Levine, Laura Killing Bridezilla Lewis, Beverly Brethren Lippman, Laura Charm City Marent, Thomas Butterfly Marent, Thomas Rainforest Margolin, Phillip Executive Privilege Martin, Gillis Butterflies of the world Martini, Steve Shadow of Power Massie, Larry Haven, Harbor, and Heritage McCutcheon, Pam My favorite husband McManus, Patrick Avalanche Meyer, Joyce Penny Miller, Sue Senator's Wife Miss Read At home in Thrush Green Miss Read Fresh from the Country Miss Read Gossip from Thrush Green Miss Read News from Thrush Green Miss Read Return to Thrush Green Montgomery, L. M. Kilmeny of the Orchard Moore, Christopher You Suck: a love story Murray, Victoria Christopher Too little, too late Napoli, Donna Zel Noire Thong on Fire Oates, Joyce Carol Gravedigger's daughter O'Nan, Stewart Snow Angels Patterson, James 6th Target Patterson, James Quickie Patterson, James Sail Phillips, Susan Elizabeth Natural born charmer Poirier, Jessica Isle Royale Rice, Anne Blood Canticle Ridley, Jasper Bloody Mary's Martyrs Rivers, Francine Echo in the darkness Roberts, Nora Born in fire Roberts, Nora Born in ice Roberts, Nora Born in shame Roberts, Nora Tribute Roby, Kimberla Lawson Love and Lies Roizen, Michael You on a diet Rose, Karen Scream for Me Rouse, Nicole Happily Ever After Siegel, Sheldon Judgment Day Simmonds, Mark Whales and Dolphins Smith, Alexander McCall Friends, lovers, chocolate Sommers, Brian Geography of Wine Tanenbaum, Robert Escape Thompson, Victoria Murder on Bank Street Time-Life Books Life: our finest hour Time-Life Books This Fabulous Century 1870-1900 Turow, Scott Reversible Errors Walls, Jeanette Glass Castle Weber, Carl So you call yourself a man Weston, Liz Pullman Deal with your debt Wiggs, Susan Firebrand Williams, T. N. Something on the inside Williamson, Marianne Age of Miracles Woodiwiss, Kathleen Flame and the Flower Woodiwiss, Kathleen Shanna Woods, Stuart Shoot him if he runs Wooten, Sara Frida Kahlo Yolen, Jane Pay the piper Zahn, Timothy Star Wars: The Last Command Zraly, Kevin Windows on the World Complete Wine Course table producing by T2T 3:54:27 PM     Book Reviews from participants in the Pollinate Your Mind Summer Reading Club Pietro Perugino by Joseph Becherer: Written by Italian Art historian Joseph Becherer from Grand Rapids, this book is of historic Italian art of the Master Perugino, who studied under many well known Italian Renaissance artists. Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson: Superb! Kaleidoscope by Ray Bradbury: Classic Ray Bradbury. Black by Tracy Brown: It is a good book that keeps you on the edge. It makes you not want to put it down. But I liked the book because it kept me interested on what was going to happen to the main character, Kaia, who had a hard life and I was anxious to know how she was going to survive live when so much terrible loss has happened to her. Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot: The movie is better, not as objectionable. Trilliums by Fredrick Case: Exceptional review of the wildflower "Trillium". 3:45:15 PM     Technical Computer Info From Lifehacker: "Windows only: Backup utility Double Driver lists all the hardware drivers installed on your system and creates backups of both the actual drivers and lists of the driver names. While handy with any computer, Double Driver really shines if you have a computer that came with pre-installed drivers that are hard if not impossible to come by. With a few clicks you'll have those archaic laptop drivers backed up and ready to put back to work after a fresh install. Double Driver is a free download for Windows only." 2:54:47 PM

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