Stuff I Read: May 07 (part 1)
Books Purchased:
- The Brief History of the Dead - Kevin Brockmeier
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
- The Best American Nonrequired Reading – Dave Eggers (editor)
Books Borrowed:
- Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms - Will Richardson
- The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
- The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
- The Selected Stories of Richard Bausch - The Modern Library edition
- A Walk in my World: International Short Stories About Youth - Anne Mazer (editor)
- You Don't Love Me Yet - Jonathan Lethem
Books Read:
A new favorite...a little different, intelligent...dystopian but not despondent. A good read. Trust me.
Love, love, love this series (and the Best American Short Stories series). BANR is more eclectic than BASS, and includes different genres--fiction, nonfiction, comics, graphic novels--and was expanded this year to include transcripts, screenplays and shorter items, including the "Best American First Sentences of Novels of 2005."
These next two were selected by my book group.
The Glass Castle ranged from interesting to almost unbelievable. But, for some reason, I believed every word. (Please, Jeannette Walls, restore my faith in the veracity of memoir before it shatters into a Million Little Pieces.)
The Other Boleyn Girl is the book group pick I'm almost embarrassed to include here. Definitely more romance novel than historical novel. I'll just say that I prefer the Showtime series about the Tudors to Gregory's romp.
(I'm having trouble posting this, so look for part 2 tomorrow.)
The Glass Castle ranged from interesting to almost unbelievable. But, for some reason, I believed every word. (Please, Jeannette Walls, restore my faith in the veracity of memoir before it shatters into a Million Little Pieces.)
The Other Boleyn Girl is the book group pick I'm almost embarrassed to include here. Definitely more romance novel than historical novel. I'll just say that I prefer the Showtime series about the Tudors to Gregory's romp.
(I'm having trouble posting this, so look for part 2 tomorrow.)
Comments
Hi. I also do a monthly post based on Nick Hornby's column from The Believer. I think it's a good format.
I read and enjoyed Kevin Brockmeier's first two books, but avoided The Brief History of the Dead after reading a few negative reviews shortly after it came out. I might have to revisit that decision. I wish you'd posted this earlier, as I saw a copy of the book for $2 while browsing last weekend. I'm sure it's gone by now.