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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.
17 comments:
I'm slogging through a lot of reading about the plague, working on Morte d'Arthur, and nibbling away at my linguistics textbook, all for school. So, naturally, I decided now was the perfect time to reread Little Women. I'm feeling very differently about it than I did when I first read it at the age of nine. I'm identifying with Jo more, thinking a lot about the philosophy Alcott clearly wants to convey, and hating on Amy for marrying Laurie. I'm not done yet, maybe I'll change my position on that last one, but I doubt it.
I've also begun Paragaea, by Chris Roberson, for a library discussion group. It's absolutely candy, wild adventures without much of a reality check (or even as much of a reality check as you can expect from a sci/fi novel). One of the principle characters is named Hero Bonaventure. Need I say more?
Finished "V." and now have moved on to the next book in that class which is "Galatea 2.2" by Richard Powers. Another book of his that I absolutely love. On the side, I am reading "In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop" By Steve Kowit. A very good book for writing poetry.
Oliv started Little Women but left it for Golden Compass, which she really liked. Thanks again for the shared copy, Danika.
Allie! You and your Richard Powers. And now you're reading him for a class. What luck! I still haven't finished any of his books. . .
Just finished a reread of "To Kill a Mockingbird" for a discussion group. It kills me that my kiddoes "were not impressed". I think it has so many levels of reader involvement. So, of course we watched the movie -very good but sooo many important points left out.
Almost finished with "Amber Spyglass" and wondering how the heck it all ties together - or even if it does. It still seems like a lot of interesting strands that should coalesce into something coherent. Danika, please tell me that I won't be left with lots of "huh?s" at the end.
TKM might be the community read next fall through the library and is one of my most favorite books. Powerful, important, and beautifully written. If we had had a boy, his middle name would have been Atticus.
The Hundred Secret Senses is still in line. Meanwhile, I'm roughly three quarters of the way through World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. According to the Library of Congress info on the flyleaf, it's classified as humor, but whoever decided this was...off. I'd call it horror/suspense fiction. It's frighteningly real and intense, and very, very good.
Also seriously considering picking up an artbook for Spirited Away. Because I'm a squealing fangirl like that.
Well, Insomniac, I can't make any promises that you'll be happy with this. I would think you would be, I felt like for me at least it tied together neatly if somewhat sadly. I hope you can love these books as much as I do.
And Christine, your girls are lucky their middle names aren't Atticus, gender aside.
Hoping, waiting for a copy of "Eat, Pray, Love". Just a few pages from finishing "The Hours". Might finish "Into the Wild" and thinking about a quick read of "My Side of the Mountain" so Zoe and I can talk about it...
Thinking about a little sci-fi...any good suggestions?
An art book for Spirited Away? Like those little books with the frames from the movie?
A little sci-fi . . .
If you're in for something long but fascinating and well-executed, try Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville. It's described as "steampunk," but it might fulfil your genre desires anyway. I thought it was amazing, and loved the way the author found and showed the beauty in a huge, old, crumbling, corrupt, poor city, while at the same time telling an amazing story about creatures from Parts Unknown. You can borrow it if you want.
Sophia,
Yes, like that. The book was a hardback and had frames from the movie with production notes. I only glanced at a few pages, so I'm sure there's more "behind the scenes" stuff in there.
As for sci-fi, I can't suggest much because I don't know the genre well. You may have read it already, but Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is very good. There's also The Exchange Student by Kate Gilmore, which is slightly more Young Adult, but is a really nifty mix of environmentalism and sci-fi.
Sci-Fi - "Time's Eye" by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
"Darwin's Radio" and "Darwin's Children", both by Greg Bear
"Ender's Game" of course
Thanks for the suggestions - I would like to read "Time's Eye".
Finished Duma Key this week and really liked it! Probably one of King's better novels over the last few years IMO. A must read for any fan of the way King really gets you in the characters heads and gets you to sympathize/relate with the characters, then does horrible things to them. No clue what ill be reading next, but that book is gonna be a tough one to follow.
Wait, you finished it? Weren't you supposed to give us updates? *poke*
Christine- I love your blog. Mind if I add some comments?
I just finished two books this week. The first is Thousand Spendid Suns, by the Kite Runner guy. I was hesitant to read it because I liked Kite Runner so much & was afraid of being diasppointed, but it was REALLY GOOD! Lots of insight into the culture of Afgahanistan from a woman's point of view, plus good character development.
The second book was the Little Book of Pandemics. It's a collection of cool diseases, plus lots of facts like the likelyhood of use in bioterrorism, communicability, symptoms, and so on. It was like mixing epidemiology and baseball cards!
Happy Birthday Don, if you're reading. (And even if you're not.)
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