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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.
15 comments:
I am reading Dandilion Wine - and my mother bought me her copy of "The Worst Hard Time" about the dust bowl, which I am hoping to read next. Dandilion Wine has been the perfect read right now, and sometimes leaves me sort of content and unsettled.
Hmmm...content and unsettled. That's an interesting combination of words. But since finishing Dandelion Wine, I can kind of understand.
~Lisa
When you are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. Im a big fan of his stuff, and this is definitely not any different.
I keep spelling Dandelion wrong. I thought it looked odd...
I just finished Phantom of the Opera, which was really good, and explained some stuff that the opera doesn't. This morning I started reading Twelfth Night for my class this summer, and it's going okay. Shakespeare, after all, will be Shakespeare.
Danika, I've also read PotO. Liked it a lot, although I recall being filled with the urge to smack the blond bimbo of a heroine.
I'm read up through vol. 5 of The Sandman. Is it just me, or are the introductions incredibly pretentious? And it's so odd, because Gaiman is extremely down to earth. And yet in the past two volumes I've read introductions that were just...snotty. Like, analytical, but in such a way as to suck all the joy of storytelling out of it. And that's straight up wack, yo.
Finishing Special Ingredients (hey, it's 600 pages long!) and about to begin Dandelion Wine, which I hope to hear great insights about when Danika leads our discussion about it. Remember, that's Monday June 23rd @ 7PM. And yes, I've arranged for all B&Ners who have expressed an interest to be off that evening.
Don, how about off the schedule but on the clock? That would be dee-cent. We could be book consultants giving our suggestions to shoppers from our comfortable seats in the cafe.
It was great of Danika to step up and offer to facilitate the discussion. Thanks, drd.
For those who remember Don's post about music burning and borrowing, he did decide to give me a copy of the album that can no longer be obtained (We Get There When We Do by Suddenly Tammy) just tonight. I just finished listening to the whole thing as I surfed various knitting blogs and websites. Don, I liked it very much. Thank you. Will give it another listen very soon. Standout tracks: "Mark of Man" and "Flemen."
Hey! Hey! This is cruelty! I did no such thing! Me, volunteer to talk in front of people? You must be mad! It was your idea, Don, not mine! Aagghh!
And Erin. Yeah, the introductions are incredibly pretentious. They're not written by Gaiman (he does write the afterward to the 9th one, and it's much less pretentious), but he seems to bring that out in people. What with his massive knowledge of mythology and that sort of thing, people feel they aren't doing their job if they don't try to sound incredibly smart, too.
And, yeah, Christine Daae is not the sharpest tack in the box. But hey, neither is Raoul. They deserve each other.
Yes, Danika, you are nothing if not a shy wallflower...
Now please excuse me whilst I snort into my coffee.
Hey, hey, hey, you're not helping me!
Oh Danika, you're going to be great.
Christine- also notice "Supersonic". That's my fave.
Oh, Danika, I think you'd be a great leader. You can wear thigh-high stilettos and carry a riding crop and make us all call you Mistress D...d for DARKNESS.
Hmm . . . I like the name . . . the stilettos sound painful, but . . . No! No! I will not be forced into this!
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