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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.
12 comments:
Im finally reading Stephen King's The Stand (about 400 pages into this beast of a book). For an 8 year old, what to recommend...Clockwork Orange? bwahahahaha
I'm reading "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" via audio recording. I am loving it. Wroblewski conjures up rural life in 1950's Wisconsin and beautifully describes the relationship between humans and dogs while weaving a fatalistic tale. The narrator has a hypnotic quality to his voice (maybe not good since I'm listening to it in the car)and I've found myself totally drawn into the story, even though, quite honestly, it moves extremely slowly. There have been many unresolved story lines so far and I'm told that the ending is an anti-climax. That will be a pity although I don't think it will detract from the many mesmerizing hours I've enjoyed with Edgar on my long drives.
More embarrassingly, I'm still wading through the Twilight Trilogy; 3 down, quarter of the 4th still to go. I guess I still can't get past the apparent attraction of a controlling ice-cold, marble-featured guy and the over-done klutziness of the damsel in distress. Oh well, I am 30 years older than the target audience.
I keep trying to get into the new Twain book but it hasn't hooked me yet.
Kid's books for an 8 year old? Have you read the Percy Jackson books yet? They have been a hit at our house and there is the added benefit of reinforcing the Greek myths (albeit loosely).
Happy Birthday to said 8 year old too!
Ben!! Hey, you're that far into The Stand? Good for you!
Glad to have you back, Insomniac. Thanks for the Sawtelle opinions. I've wondered if Jim would like that one. Oliv is reading the last of the Percy Jackson books right now. She's enjoyed the series very much. Maria's been enjoying the Tintin books by Herge.
Books for an 8 year old. How is it we were just there and I can't think of anything? Z sure loved "Fudge" and "Double Fudge" and "Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing"...
I am reading Suite Francaise by Nemirovsky, and am enjoying the short chapters with intense character development. The book moves along with a quick clip, and I don't have a problem remembering whose-who. I had no idea the German invasion of France was so nasty in WWII - that it came so quickly and people's lives were shattered so fast.
Happy Birthday to Maria!
Hmmm...I have to second "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," as I really liked that when I was younger. As far as classics for an 8-year-old (especially a precocious one), my memory is really bad on those. I don't know what's age-appropriate.
Right now I'm reading that book I've probably mentioned already, The Age of The Unthinkable. So far it's really well-written and thought provoking, and there's an over-arching theme that to survive in the world today you have to have a revolutionary mind and spirit, but it seems like it keeps posing more questions than it answers. It has a lot of "before we can answer this question, we have to look at this..." going on, and so far I feel like I'm left hanging on a lot of issues. But I've only just finished Part One (which has four or five chapters), and there are a few parts.
~Lisa
I just finished a short story collection, Dreams Underfoot, by Charles de Lint for the library book club, which was aptly-described by one of the other members as "twee." I need to pick up and reread Frankenstein here soon for my sci fi survey class beginning in less than a week. I think I've also decided on A Staggering Work of Heartbreaking Genius as the memoir I'll use for my other class.
Happy birthday to M, and as far as recommendations go, I remember my mother reading Little Women to me at about that age, which I loved.
Thank you all for the good wishes and recommends for Maria. Think we'll hold off on Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing for a while--that one blows the Santa thing wide open, and I've still got a believer. I'd love her to try a Beverly Cleary on her own. We gave Olivia Ramona Quimby Age 8 when she turned 8. Little Women is good idea for a read-aloud. I'm hoping she'll let me continue reading her a few more in the Oz series. Two of my favorites were Return to Oz and Ozma of Oz.
Christine-
I would recommend "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles" by Julie Andrews Edwards (THE Julie Andrews) for Maria. It's a great book about imagination--I think she'd really love it. I still do after all these years.
I was just looking at the picture on the cover of that book while I was zoning last night...it's really, really pretty. I want to go live there.
Martha! You came back!
How 'bout "Homer Price"?
That's another great suggestion; thanks, Don! Did you ever read the Great Brain books?
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