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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.
16 comments:
Bits of the musical language in Midsummer Night's Dream have been a little calming to me. And Plath's deeply sad poems have given words to some of my feelings these last few days.
The next book for my modern prose class that I am now reading is "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" by Annie Dillard. Another favorite of mine.
I've kind of given up on "Letters from Hawaii." I got busy and put it down, and haven't had the urge to pick it back up. Maybe one of these days.
I have started reading Super Crunchers, and so far it's a pretty interesting look at how corporations and social scientists (to name a few) are using data in a big way to make predictions, and, in many cases, more money.
I've also started finally picking up my Discover magazines again. I've fallen behind in a bad way, but I'm working on getting caught up. I just read a sobering article on the conflict-of-interest-laden shift from public to private funding of scientific endeavors. Kind of scary. Especially when you consider all of the drugs (psychoactive included) on the market which perhaps shouldn't be.
~Lisa
I'm supposed to read "The Book Thief" and "Life of Pi" for a discussion group. Has anyone read them? Any opinions?
I just finished Dracula on Monday, and am now trying to focus on my Black Death reading for my history class. It's strange how easy it is to read about these far-off tragedies when I can scarcely listen to the radio without crying these days.
Danika, was Dracula a first read for you?
More or less halfway through The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan. Olivia's explanation of her relationship with her mother made me cry. A little too close to home, that.
Finished "Golden Compass" and almost wrapped up "Land of Lincolns".
I tell you this reading thing is kinda fun!
How did you like Dracula, Danika? I've read it a couple times and I really liked it.
By the way, hang in there.
~Lisa
Good to have you all here still talking books. Thank you for participating. I always enjoy hearing from each of you.
Don, especially good to see that you are able to concentrate on reading again. What's up next?
Danika, Sophia is a Dracula fan, I believe. Erin, too, right? And Insomniac, I think Sophia has read Life of Pi. . .
Don, I believe you told me to read Life of Pi, giving it rather high praise, for fiction.
Dracula was a first-time read for me. I really liked it, although I'd like to meet the living human who can record a diary of that length and depth with enough accuracy to use it as evidence.
Ins-
By all means read "Life of Pi". Remember, I don't like fiction and even I thought it was very good.
And Martha, it really makes you think. But in a good way.
Oh! Oh! Don! Did you like Golden Compass?
Dani-
It was pretty good if kinda kid-y. I know you say the next one is better and I will read it. Now if only someone would check it out from B&N for me...
Gee, Don, you must be feeling better already, trying to get us to do work for you! When is that walking cast being installed?
And by the way, I don't think I can check out the next one of those, however, I do believe I can check out Mouse Guard for you. Better yet, you can borrow MINE! :D
*is a giver*
*really makes you think*
P.S. Excalibur 5 is giving my ideas of Pocket Don a run for its money, Real Life Don...you need to come back soon before I learn how to program it to say "Those corrugateds need to come down NOW!"
P.P.S. Today: 5 up, 4 down. The world spins on...
Wha?
Don-
Excalibur 5=my awesome new electronic dictionary
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