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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.
13 comments:
I'm still working on Black Boy. And realizing that it's really a story about the individual against the world; not just black against white or man against woman, but every person against everything else. And I'm learning more about the Communist party in the mid-20th century than I ever thought I'd learn by reading Black Boy. I'm kind of confused right now because I really don't remember having read most of what's in the second half of the book way back when I was 14. Did I not finish it or did I lack the understanding to really absorb it to be recalled later? I guess I'll never know, but I'm glad I decided to reread it.
~Lisa
Still on Little Dorrit. I haven't had much reading time, what with finishing up work from the end of the semester.
Starting in on "Golden Compass".
So far, so good.
I've pretty much put everything on the back burner except for the Stephenie Meyer Twilight teen series, which I started last week. I'm on Eclipse (the third and current last) right now. They are all quick reads and entertaining, at least to me, who would classify it as fantasy chick-lit.
I also read (the prior week, since I've been lazy on updating) Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls (by Danielle Wood) and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for anyone looking for anything reminiscent of a modern-day Shirley Jackson. I very much loved this, and would loan my copy to anyone wanting to borrow :)
Also: So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading, a so-so memoir, except that it brought back fond memories of books past and mentioned other titles that I wrote down to seek out for the future. So, I guess it was good :)
Started: Waiting: The True Confessions of A Waitress. Got about 40 (am now on 80)pages in and realized, "Um, I think I used to own this..." (Many moves have resulted in me no longer possessing any of my once-purchased books so it's pretty likely.) Do I continue and stop? I KNOW I've read it. It's WAY too familiar. Either bookloaned from a previous job or once owned, I HAVE read it, but compulsion will not allow me to remove the bookmark. So it will sit in the "to read" pile :(
Also started: The Book on the Bookshelf (A Don recommend) While stymied (by life, not the book, which is unexpectedly delightful) on page 15, I'm immensely enjoying it so far, and have already found many wonderful quotes, such as "Books are the thugs in the lineup, all fitting a profile but with only one of them expecting to be picked out."
Wow, I actually have time to read other things now that I'm done with finals! The one book I have been trying to pick my way through is called "Forget About It" by Caprice Crane. I like her first book "Stupid and Contagious" so I thought I would give this one a try. Must say I'm glad I did. It's nice to read something where I don't have to commit every since detail to memory.
Don, love The Golden Compass! Please, please, love The Golden Compass!
Martha, Don said that Waiting is good, that it's better than the new memoir of a woman's experience as as server in some classy New York restaurant. You know, the one in the "new" bay of biography? Did you also read that? What's it called?
I want to read So Many Books, So Little Time, and both waitressing books. I think.
Allie, good to have you back on the blog. Will you be home for Christmas?
Oliv intended to remark about her reading of Golden Compass (she's about half way through it), but she's in bed now.
Christine, it's called Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter, and the title describes nothing like how the book is, really. It's half memoir, half food writing, imo. It's not terrific by any means. And *cough* I suggested it to Don, after I read it. He did NOT like it, by the way. But spawning out of that conversation was his suggestion to me to pick up Anthony Bourdain, and the rest is history. *bliss*
Danika--
Nobody will love The Golden Compass like you love The Golden Compass. Everything else will pale in comparison. I probably should have even capitalized it--Love. ;)
ok, getting in a little late here. just finished "Because a Fire Was in My Head" yesterday and starting "Weekend in Paris" today. beautiful day here tho, low 80's and have the day off so might not get much reading done.
H is writing to us from tropical Florida!
Let me know what you think of Weekend in Paris, please.
After a rather lengthy book-less stretch, I've picked up The Children's Blizzard, by David Laskin. I've just barely begun, but it's really intriguing so far.
Still going on Interview With the Vampire, although now I have more time for it since school is officially over.
As quick and guilty and fun as this book is, each time I read it I heart Claudia a little more. Sure, she has issues (all of them do...oh boy, do they ever), but in her own way she's kind of the Big Bad Disciplinarian of the house. It fills me with a special kind of joy when she smacks 'Stat into the middle of next Tuesday, 'cause really. He needs it.
Lisa, I vaguely recall reading Black Boy sometime in high school. I think I'd get more out of it if I were to reread it now, too. Y'ever pick up Invisible Man?
Hi Erin,
No, I've never read Invisible Man, but I'll take that as a recommendation! I've got some extra time now that school's out...maybe I'll pick it up!
~Lisa
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