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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.
13 comments:
I finished reading "Bringing Up Bebe" by Pamela Druckerman sometime last week. It was about French parenting styles and how it produces children who sleep through the night much earlier than American kids on average, don't throw their food, aren't finicky eaters, don't sap all of their parents' time and energy, etc. Basically the secret is...wait for it...wait for it...get kids used to waiting for what they want. Get them used to being denied things occasionally. The earlier the better. Sounds like common sense, but it was actually an entertaining read backed by lots of studies, etc. I enjoyed it.
I'm now reading Quiet, a current nonfiction bestseller that extols the virtues of introversion in an increasingly extroverted world. I'm liking it so far, but my reading has slowed down a bit in the past few days.
As usual, Lisa, your nonfiction choices are ones that I might make, too. Thanks for the well-written little blurbs about them!
I can't seem to stay away from the nonfiction bestsellers! Two in a row now. But I know my next book after Quiet will be Rachel Dratch's memoir.
As soon as Danika weighs in with which 150 year old novel she's reading, I'll tell you all what I'm currently reading. It's out there (for me) and I'll bet nobody can guess. But go ahead, try.
Not to keep you in suspense about Don's choice, which I won't presume to guess, I'm reading Habitation of the Blessed: A Dirge for Prester John, by Cathrynne M. Valente on my nook, and quite enjoying it, although I think I would enjoy it more as a paper book. For some reason I prefer reading nonfiction on the nook, and novels out of paper books.
Nonfiction on the NOOK and fiction as a book. Interesting!
Now, what's Don up to?
And, Mary, there's a new book you might be interested in--The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death by Dick Teresi.
(Re-posting, with misspellings corrected. I hope.)
I so agree with Danika on the fiction-nonfiction split! I love to sneak-peek ahead with fiction, which I can do with paper books. Nonfiction requires a more orderly and disciplined approach, with occasional bookmarking &/or looking up words, and the Nook is perfect for that.
And, Lisa, I had just heard a review of Quiet on NPR, and it sounded good. I'll look forward to your thoughts.
Christine, I just picked up Revenge of the Whale (Philbrick) from the library, and I have Why Read Moby-Dick (NOOK). We have another road trip this weekend, so I'm hoping to get them both done. So far, I'm REALLY liking Why Read Moby-Dick!
Don- Something by Emily Post?
I'll just leave this here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydZ-NktRg4s
Very dramatic, Don! I got all excited about the ship part, but I think it's probably more oil tanker than clipper ship. Do tell us what you think of the book.
Tuesdays, how I miss you!
Haha, I just saw Christine yesterday and told her the same thing, Mary!
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