What are you reading in your Reading Cave (http://www.sakurah.net/collections/cave.htm)? And what is your pet reading (http://www.sakurah.net/collections/pet_cave.htm)?
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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.
5 comments:
Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick.
Cynthia Ozick has a quick mind and a vast vocabulary (I'm a step or two behind her in both respects), and liberally sprinkles her work with Jewish references & Yiddish phrases (many of which require me to seek outside help). In this work, her goal is to examine the true nature of intellectualism.
The Plot:
Sorbonne-educated Holocaust survivor Joseph Brill starts a school in middle America after the war using his concept of a Dual curriculum (part yeshiva, part academic). He believes himself & his school to be far superior to everyone. He accepts the daughter of a true genius into his school, even though he believes the daughter is sorely lacking in mental ability.
If that were nonfiction, I'd be all over it!
That reading cave is AWESOME! Sadly, I'm not reading much these days except for a poker strategy book.
@Lisa--It's just like Kenny Rogers says: You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.
Really enjoying the book for the library's book club, Cherie Priest's Boneshaker. The main character is quite interesting, and I hope it's going to be a good discussion.
In the meantime, I'm packing up all my books for a move...why are libraries so darn heavy?
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