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It's November 1...
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:58 pm
by Crystal Meth
... somewhere in the world.
I just finished "Lullabies for Little Criminals", a decent and slightly sad story of a girl growing up in the slums of Montreal.
Now I need to pick something else. I'm holding two books in my hand, someone please vote: "contemporary wit" or "dramatic and semi-historical"
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:59 am
by Spudd
You've probably already picked, but I vote "contemporary wit".
I'm reading "The Second Life of Samuel Tyne", by Esi Edugyan, she's Canadian. It's decent.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:23 am
by Crystal Meth
I held out allll niiiiight looooong. It was very hard. Thanks Spudd, Nick Hornby it is!
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:09 am
by Sílvia
I was gonna ask what books they were. How can I vote on a genre alone? And what was the other choice?
As for me, I'm still reading Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses. I like it!
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:26 am
by Crystal Meth
SÃlvia wrote:How can I vote on a genre alone?
Well, because it's just a matter of what I'm in the mood for. They'll both get read eventually, anyway.
And what was the other choice?
"The Time in Between" by David Bergen?
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:44 am
by Sílvia
Well, because it's just a matter of what I'm in the mood for. They'll both get read eventually, anyway.
Oh, ok. So I wouldn't get to veto Nick Hornby, uh?
I haven't heard of the other book.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:55 am
by Crystal Meth
NEVER veto Nick Hornby in my presence!
Go reread your smelly Kite Runner. Blech.
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:04 pm
by Stacy
Just finished "Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich. whee for total brain candy. Also just finished a book about the Gogo fossils in Australia.
I just got "life of Pi" from BookMooch, and several other books. I will probably read one of those next. I also need to take notes from "Late Quaternary Environments of the Soviet Union" for school.
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:06 pm
by Malanee
I've read:
The ha-ha - very good
Me & Emma - good
Eyes of Prey and Silent Prey - good brain candy thriller/mysteries
On my list:
Halfway through Eat, Pray, Love (thanks for the recommendation LB)
Boomsday
Miracles by CS Lewis
YOU - staying young
Mutant Message Down Under
A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:24 am
by Stacy
Got one of my books! I started Life of Pi. Interesting so far. Definitely one I will have to read again. I know I am missing something (or many things!)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:38 pm
by mellenhead
I forgot to post on here for Nov!
So far I've read:
I am America....and so can you - Stephen Colbert - funny, but some of the humor doesn't translate that well to text
Bergdorf Blondes - Plum Sykes - Cute fluff book
About ten pregnancy/baby books. I can't read anymore!
I need to go to B&N tomorrow and pick up something good.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:51 am
by Stacy
I finished Life of Pi. It started out interesting, but I couldn't maintain my interest through the whole book. I am debating rereading it or putting it back up at BookMooch.
In the meantime, I am reading Evolution: What the fossils say and why it matters by Don Prothero and Wicked: Life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.