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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.
10 comments:
Finished Proven Guilty and still rereading Good Omens and picking through Lovecraft. I have very mixed feelings about his stuff. On one hand, he does creepy atmosphere really well. On the other, there's a lot of racist, classist, and sexist sentiments oozing under his prose. Yeah, product of the times, etc. Whatever. The only slimy, batrachian horror I see is Lovecraft's prejudice.
P.S. - Christine, I'm in Stagecoach's production of A Christmas Carol. Whoo-hoo!
So are my girls!
I'm still working on Mrs. Dalloway. My opinion of it has not really improved. Also reading a play called The Country Wife for class; also rather disappointed. And, still picking at Small Gods when I have the time, just to keep me happy.
Fantastic! Now I'll have people smaller than me to bully. I mean...carefully mentor. Yeah.
This weeks reads:
RAF- The Pixar Touch, pleasant business bio about the animation company.
RAF- Leisureville, about the current rush of retirees to planned communities. It was clear where the author's opinions lay (he's agin' it) so no surprises.
SBDF- The Code, about Baseball's "unwritten rules". Yawn. A bunch of jocks justifying their bad sportsmanship.
SBDF- American Nerd, So, if a nerd writes a nerdish book about nerds, are we REALLY going to be able to read it? apparently not.
Just started the new Neal Stephenson 937 page TOME, Anathem. Wish me luck.
Glossary:
RAF=Read and finished
SBDF=Started but didn't finish
I wonder if Jim would like Pixar Touch? Would you suggest it, Don?
Meh, maybe. I would say he should read it if he really likes John Lasseter.
Super busy w/ school and thus still trudging through Sedaris's When You are Engulfed in Flames. I think I'll finish it and give it back to the bookstore tomorrow when I work, so I can finally pick up Liar's Club!
~Lisa
Thanks, Don. Hey Lisa, can you tell me the best essay in Sedaris's new book? That way I can read it on break some night. Ben, do you have a vote? I believe you listened to it on audio earlier this summer.
Hi Christine--I thought you didn't care for Sedaris. Anyway, I finally finished the book today, and I actually laughed hardest at the very last essay, which is the longest and chronicles his and Hugh's time in Tokyo when he finally quit smoking. There were some little passages that just tickled my funny bone so much that I was laughing out loud in the cafe today and had to bite my lip a couple times. For some reason when Sedaris writes about language barriers, it never fails to crack me up.
~Lisa
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