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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:
I just finished reading The BFG by Roald Dahl. I don't usually read books that make me laugh. I thought it was funny.
I am reading stuff for school--books about disease and literature, Chaucer, and chunks of the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (mercifully translated from the Middle English by Tolkien).
Continuing with the Dave Gorman book and also dipping into the new Michael Chabon.
And sigh.
I've just been burned by another self-absorbed 30something who is incapable of talking about anything other than himself. I read "Rock On" by Dan Kennedy and believe me, if you value your time at all, you will take a pass. I really was looking forward to reading this, as the reviews painted it as a look at the music business as it struggled to stay relevant. I thought that would be interesting. And it may be but we sure aren't going to know from this piece of twaddle. Me me me me me me me. Jeez. There is nothing in this book about anything, the whole book is about how he isn't part of what he clearly IS a part of. I just detest this fake "ironic detachment" that this generation of writers has so embraced. This pretending to stand a half-step apart from what you're writing about so God forbid you might have to actually be involved in something. Dude, that would be SO uncool.
You know, I'm beginning to regret that "Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" ever got the green light because ever since Eggers started McSweeneys we have been inundated with wave after wave of narcissistic memoirs masquerading as real non-fiction. And don't even get me started on "This American Life".
So... how are all of you?
Wow. That alone was the best thing I've read in a long time. Starting with "twaddle."
*misses teh Don*
Olivia--I LOVE Roald Dahl books!! :) Matilda and The Witches are also great!
Just finished "Sunstorm" by the late-great Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. It's the second in the Time's Eye Trilogy. While I'm waiting for the third book, "First Born" to come through on inter-library loan, I'm reading "Footfall" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. I must be on some sort of sci-fi kick at the moment - it's not usually my genre of choice!
I am reading "Accordion Crimes" by Annie Proulx - author of "Brokeback Mountain" - and can't stop reading it. I have just finished reading "Timequake" by Kurt Vonnegut, one of my favorite novels of his, "Nova Express" by William Borroughs a very different sort of read in which he cut and pasted phrases into the novel, and A set of short stories "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" by Sherman Alexie, a well known Indian (as he refers to himself)/ Native American author.
Allie-person! *latches upon*
Just picked up The Subtle Knife and Fool's Moon, as in today. As much as I'm looking forward to The Further Adventures of Lyra and Her Cute Animal Sidekick, I can feel myself preemptively fangirling Harry Dresden. And I haven't even cracked it open yet. I blame his hotly awkward self.
Watch it, there, with your His Dark Materials slamming. Remember, the second two are better than the first (remember Don's opinion?).
Speaking of Don, did you drop Perdido Street Station?
Danika-
It's being tough for me right now (my fault NOT the book) and will probably go back to the library before I can finish it.
Now if only I knew someone I could borrow it from...?
And Erin - go ahead with the Pullman, you won't be sorry.
reading "Atonement"...
I've been reading a book of interview questions and recommended answers. Any guesses about what I'm doing? Tomorrow? For an hour? AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
Ah, if only I ever saw people who wanted to borrow my books . . .
I didn't mean to sound as if I was slamming HDM, nor to sound as if I didn't enjoy The Golden Compass. I was being cheeky with the title, no snark meant. I'm totally looking forward to the next two books. But I won't pretend I'm not firmly in fanlust with the Dresden Files. Freelance wizard from Chicago is concentrated win.
Hi Erin, are you reading the old ones or, gasp, is there a new one out? I will happily stop reading The Other Bolyn Girl is Harry's back!
Ooh, typo in my last comment, sorry. I don't know how I missed the anime fest the first time??
Don, if you're still interested, may I recommend The Ghost in the Shell and Akira? Vampire Hunter D is also a classic.
Thanks Cook!
I have already seen VHD and didn't seem to like it as much as my peers seemed to think I should.
May have to give Ghost In The Shell a try.
I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series. It started as a quiet bedtime read with the first book, but now I'm getting less sleep as I get further into the series.
cooksin, I'm reading the early ones. I've only just discovered the series, so I'm way back at the second book right now.
Allie - I read "Accordion Crimes" years ago, and still think about parts of the book - It's so...rich. Are you in that part (prob. past) where the accordion is with the man who is homesteading - I think he's Swedish (?)So tough...
Along with "Atonement" I have a book called "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott.
Sophia! I have read Bird by Bird many times! It's a good book on writing. (Erin, Danika, and Allie, I'm sure I read some of it aloud to you in our writing group). What made you pick it up? Your mom? The California connection? We miss you and Zoe and look forward to seeing you soon.
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