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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.
8 comments:
I finished "To Kill a Mockingbird" yesterday. I was sad to see the book end, but it ended well. I was trying to imagine how dark it must have been that night, and how Jem reacted when he woke the next day. Scout and Jem really grow during the course of the book..
It is such a well-written book. I am enjoying every page. Did I mention that I'm listening to the audio version by Sissy Spacek? She is perfect for it.
I dumped Scattershot by David Lovelace. Out of his family of five, four have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The book was just hard to get into for me, unlike Madness by Hornbacher or Manic by Cheney.
Oh, and I'm about to see Ben back at B&N tonight after he's been away since June. I was supposed to have read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by now. Does it count that I've checked it out and that it's sitting on my reading table? I hope so.
Also need to start Liar's Club for the Book Talk.
Still trying to get through Liar's Club, I'm not enjoying mostly due to the fact that I don't have the time to read it. Right now I am reading Shakespeare's Measure for Measure for school. So far I like it.
P.S. I gave up on Twilight, just not my thing...
I just finished a play called The Rover, by Aphra Behn for my Restoration British Lit class. It was as miserable as the preceeding plays. I just don't understand why anybody would want to write, read, perform, watch, or in any way have anything to do with these wretched creations.
Also finished Mrs. Dalloway. Not my cup of tea. Bloody impressionists.
And got through a horrible play by Edward Albee (the author of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) called The Zoo Story, and didn't finish a short story called Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth for Living White Males. Didn't like that one, either.
My only consolation is my two or three pages of Small Gods every night. Oh, Terry Pratchett. Would that you were considered canon.
I'm going to start Liar's Club soon, since I'm finally done w/ Sedaris. I'm wondering if I'll feel any differently toward Karr's memoir this time around, since I've read a couple more memoirs since I first read hers.
~Lisa
Almost finished with the Lovecraft stories for the library discussion group. And I finally got my hands on the next Dresden Files book! *tosses back head and laughs maniacally* This one looks like it'll have a lot of Thomas in it, which fills me with glee. As Danika knows, Thomas is my hero. As is Murphy.
My only gripe is Molly Carpenter. I wish like heck that Butcher had left her a secondary character. I liked her a lot better when she was younger. Now she's a rebellious teenager with authority problems and multiple piercings. Yawn and a half.
P.S. - Yeah, Butcher, Molly's built like her mom. I GET IT. MOVE. ON. Also, despite her being of legal age? Describing her boobs is creepy. Stop it.
hehe, i should have posted this on tuesday, but i was too distracted i guess hehe. On Tues i finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. i was TOTALLY adicted to it monday and tuesday. it's a new teen sci fi book that reminds me a lot of the short story the Lottery. I also see it as being a story about revolution, and we'll see if it lives up to that (its supose to be a series, 2 more books to come). But i'm now back to Brisingr and then i think it's Gargoyle (it's a new book that Jodi read and totally loved!) but dont remember the auther. so that's what i'm reading :-P
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