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One reader's thoughts as she steps from book to book.
Books I've Finished
- "A Christmas Memory"
- by Truman Capote 12/8/12
- "Child's Christmas in Wales"
- by Dylan Thomas 12/7/12
- "One Christmas"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- "The Thanksgiving Visitor"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- Inside Mrs. B's Classroom
- by Leslie Baldacci 11/28/12
- The Bee Eater
- by Richard Whitmire 11/15/12
- There Are No Shortcuts
- by Rafe Esquith 10/28/12
- I'd Like to Apologize to
- Every Teacher I Ever Had
- by Tony Danza 10/21/12
- Corked
- by Kathryn Borel 10/15/12
- Year of Learning Dangerously
- by Quinn Cummings 9/30/12
- A Hologram for the King
- by Dave Eggers 8/23/12
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- by Harper Lee 7/18/12
About Me
- Christine
- I often have a few books with bookmarks in them at once. I enjoy classics more than contemporary works of fiction, often read historical fiction, and love to get glimpses into other people's lives by reading memoirs and biographies.
20 comments:
I finished Bleak House last week, and I started and finished the manga Read or Die from Don this weekend, and I'm now at a bit of a loss--what do I want to start? Feel free to shower me with recommendations. Not promising I'll take them, but I'd like to see them. DRD
I'm now on The Amber Spyglass, the 3rd book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. This is an exciting and fascinating series. I can't wait for the movie in Dec. The series is categorized YA, but it's not repetitive, nor is the plot simplified. Interesting twists about the relationship between religion and science, and some not so subtle commentary on global warming.
Oh no, you said the magic words! *ducks head like she learned in first grade and waits for the first wave to hit*
(the "OMG I heart Phillip Pullman/HDM" wave, that is...only said in much less Valley-ish tones, of course)
Hmm. I completely forgot to answer the question. It's amazing how the mind works. (Or doesn't.)
I think I've attempted to start too many things, and have thus really read nothing. A list of the following with bookmarks-of-sorts stuck about 10 pages in:
Herland--Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Working--Studs Terkel
Reefer Madness--Eric Schlosser
Rapunzel's Daughters--Rose Weitz (bookmark about 1/4 through--woo!)
Slammerkin--Emma Donoghue (literally on the second page)
Have kind of given up on Harry Potter and Philosophy for now, though the shininess of the cover looks quite smart on my bedside table-dealie. And it's nice to touch.
P.S. Am thinking will realistically only focus on reading Slammerkin hardcore for the next day or so, as it is on loan to me from Kim, and I do so love to return things in a prompt manner :)
Okay, so you got me. I may have also picked up a free copy of Bergdorf Blondes that I may have started reading last night, but ONLY because I was also having a texting conversation and it was just that fluffy that I could actually text with one hand and hold the book open and read all at once.
This from the girl who, when walking down the sidewalk with a bottled beverage in hand, has to STOP WALKING to UNSCREW the bottle and drink from it and RESEAL IT before walking again. Ahh, such is chick lit... :)
And yes, I realize that I am, indeed, bogarting the blog. Such is what happens when I am not scheduled to work Tuesdays.
Learn from this, people. Learn.
Mwa ha ha!!!! And rue.
Well, can't let you totally take over. Philip Pullman, Philip Pullman, Philip Pullman. If anybody knows when The Book of Dust comes out, let me know!
And Martha, just have your conversation. Don't poison your brain with garbage. DRD
Much like the third book in the Inheritance trilogy, there is no release date for The Book of Dust, because it hasn't been written yet.
I can't read much in the evening, but this afternoon I read a fascinating article on malaria in National Geographic. It's a much worse epidemic than I thought, and treating it is complicated. I know magazine articles arn't great blog stuff, but it was very informative.
Will finish "Down the Nile" tonight. I liked it a liitle more than i expected I would but probably not as much as Christine hoped I would. We'll discuss Thursday, C.
As much as I would now like to read the much-Martha-hyped "book about cheese", I think I'm going to pick up the new William Gibson novel. (*GASP* Novel, did he say novel? Don reading FICTION??)
Note to all: Don't worry, I'll schedule Martha on Tuesdays from now on.
DON!!! Hey, wait...Don't you work Tuesdays? Talk about cutting off something to spite something, huh?
P.S. I only bring up the book about cheese because you like reading nonfiction books about singular food items. So :P
P.P.S. So I take it Down the Nile isn't a total chick book then, eh, Don? (I mean as far as a nonfic book can be considered a chick book...)
What? Hasn't been written yet? Don't say such things! He's just perfecting it. That's what it is. Having it printed on fine gilt-edged paper. Mailing it to my house. Don't spoil my dream!
Yeah, schedule her Tuesdays, Don. DRD
Publication
The book's release date is uncertain since Philip Pullman has been working on other projects in the meantime, though it was reported that Pullman began to work on its extant form in mid-2005. In 2007, at the Oxford Literary Festival, he said that it would be published around 2009.
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That is a quote from Don's hallowed Wikipedia.
Suck on it, DRD :P
Now, now, Barnes and Noble people, you'll scare the other readers. Play nice.
Martha, congratulations on being the first person to log more than 5 comments in one day!
What's the cheese book?
It's called The Year of the Goat: 40,000 Miles and the Quest for the Perfect Cheese.
*looks down* I'll be good.
Ha!
The other nonfiction singular food item books you refer to are Salt and Cod, both by Kurlansky? I once started Salt. He wrote one called The Big Oyster, too. I'm also drawn to a book called History of the World in Six Glasses and a history of coffee book. Palatable history.
Cook! Goat cheese! You'd love that one.
C, I read the history of coffee one, "Uncommon Grounds". Very well done.
2009? . . . 2009?!!! He expects me to wait til 2009?!!! I'll just have to go back to England and MAKE him finish it. Ha. DRD
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