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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.
6 comments:
I find myself sort of between books at the moment. I've just finished the Autobiography of our nation's biggest egotist, Benjamin Franklin. We've been reading some Flannery O'Connor for my American Short Story class, but we've moved on. And I finished The Beautiful and Damned the other night, which I started because I have become a little more interested in the 1920s than I have ever been in anything after 1603, and wanted more of a taste of it than interpreting about it in American history and watching the movie Chicago could provide.
What'd ya think of Flannery O'Connor?
I think Flannery O'Connor was a very bitter woman who told some interesting stories. I'd recommend her. Her characters tend to be despicable, but she usually has something to say.
Okay, I know this isn't much of a recommendation. But I tried.
Just finished "Odd Man Out", which wasn't bad and am starting "Realityland" (it's about the Disney corp.)
Call this being fashionably late to the post.
I reread Coraline over the weekend. The cellar scene was not any less terrifying than it was the first time. High octane nightmare fuel.
I want to read Coraline now; Yancy and I saw the movie in 3D a couple of weekends ago and really enjoyed it, and a couple of years ago I bought the book for my second cousin for her birthday (I think she was turning 11 or 12). Thanks for reminding me!
Right now I'm not reading anything, unfortunately, but hopefully soon I'll be reading Coraline and/or The Kite Runner.
~Lisa
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