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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.
21 comments:
Am bravely hiking through The Scarlet Letter for my American Literature course. I was dreading it a little bit, because I was afraid it would be dry, but we had a truly fascinating discussion about Hawthorne on Monday and now I'm all excited about it. And the best part? Now that I've started it, I actually like it a whole lot more than I thought I would. I love that.
I'm keeping myself sane with The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood and (although it's not a book) listening to the Wicked soundtrack every chance I get.
Ahhh. Scarlet Letter. I liked it, just couldn't keep at it by myself last spring. Needed a group to talk it over with.
Tried and couldn't read my way through "Year of Eating Dangerously" by Camilla's boy, Tom Parker Bowles. UN-Readable. Pure junk.
Flew through "What the Dickens" by Wicked's Gregory Maguire, a young reader book about a plucky, orphaned Tooth Fairy. Started well I thought but then lost a lot of the magic he had been building. I really am SO not the audience for this but it's the new B&N handsell title so I needed to give it a shot.
Am laboring through "A Year of Living Biblcally" by the A.J. "Know-It-All" Jacobs. An unexpectedly hard read. Once again, A.J. can't do anything but talk about himself and it's oddly tiresome to listen to him talk about how he feels about everything he does. Frankly, I liked him alot better at the beginning of his "quest to be a better person" than I do now.
Don, I had planned on reading Year of Living Biblically but now will skip it. Thanks for saving me the time. Nice to have you back!
I know What the Dickens has been making the rounds with the B&N crew. Would like to know what others have thought of it.
"Bookseller of Kabul". And finished "Tuck Everlasting", which I really enjoyed. "Bookseller" is just fascinating. I could be standing in the room with the author. It's clear, concise, blazes along without confusion.
Just started "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. I've heard good things about it being vampire fantasy intertwined with real European history. Only 25 pages in so far but it definitely has a "feel" to it.
Interesting pick, Insomniac! Cooksin read that when it came out. She digs a good vampire story.
Don:
I'm a squealing Maguire fangirl, so I'm insanely curious about What the Dickens. Could you specify some strong points/weak points about it? I'd like to give it a try.
So Cooksin, will I like it?
I just read Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (for those of you who like vampire stories). Read it all in one day. Very depressing, in an interesting way.
What's The Year of Living Biblically about? I've heard of it, but not much about it. DRD
Insomniac: I can't find my copy anywhere! It feels like I read it a long time ago.I remember that I enjoyed it, but didn't adore it. I liked Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell better.
I just finished the latest Lord John book by Diana Gabaldon. She can do no wrong. I'm starting the third book in the Sunday Philosophy Club series by the guy that wrote the No.1 Ladies Det. Agency books, but only because the one I need from THAT series was not at the library.
The Lord John books are on my list too. I'm glad you like them. I was a little apprehensive about reading them because I didn't want them to detract anything from the Clare and Jamie saga. You've made me more inclined to read them now.
Insomniac: I LOVED The Historian! You kind of have to push a little through the first hundred pages or so, but after that it's great! (Well, it was always great, just slow to start.) The chapters get really short and I swear, each one ends so cliffhanger-y that it's hard to stop. When you finish, you won't believe that it's her first book (more believable is that it took about ten years of research and writing to put together...) :)
Danika--Skip Year of Living Biblically...it is still sitting on my table...staring at me...like a jerk. I "never" (those would be loose finger quotes if they could) give up on a book (i.e. leave bookmarks in them with hopes of eventually getting back to them) but since it's borrowed, I HAVE to finish it. HAVE. TO. Don is right when he calls him A.J. "Know-It-All" Jacobs...it's very appropos, and not just because that's the other book he wrote. Hmm, I now want to check the sales rank for some reason...Don't do it!!! It's a trap!!
Christine--delurking with a vengeance ;)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the raven-haired Martha is back. It's about time.
Christine--
Let's hope we don't live to regret it ;)
MWA HA HA!
Erin-
I THINK Dickens would be OK for a young reader but it's hard for me to judge. I'm trying to convince Christine to set her yunguns loose on it and then we'll know. As to how it stacks up to Maguires other things... I dunno. Haven't read a thing by him. It may have something to do with the fact that he writes FICTION.
Yay, we've missed you, Martha!
And Don, Christine's children are not guinea pigs. DRD
Don, thanks for the heads-up.
Danika, I agree. It's wrong to use children as guinea pigs.
I much prefer to use them as doorstops.
They make lousy doorstops--you've gotta knock them out first, and usually they're too big and you end up tripping on them. DRD
Heeheehee!!
Let's just hope DCFS isn't listening in to this thread!
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