I’m still here! And I’ve been reading! And I have 2.5 recommendations for you. In the past week I read a funny feel-good book, an entertaining, inspiring and honest book and a total downer that was still a good book. First, Tina Fey’s Bossypants. HILARIOUS. It probably helps that I’m a huge Tina Fey and [...]
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Alive and Reading
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on July 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What I’m Reading / What I’ve Read
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, reading, The Angel's Game, The Help on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, so I just finished the third installment in the Millennium series, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Oy. I have very mixed feelings. Before I describe my feelings, I will give my rating: 3 out of 5. I know the author tragically died before the books were published, so I feel a little [...]
What I’m Reading
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, reading, The Angel's Game on July 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With hopes that I’ll be a diligent book clubber this year, I’ve started our summer read, The Angel’s Game. Written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, it’s a supernatural-ish mystery set in Barcelona in the early 20th century. Zafon also wrote The Shadow of the Wind, which I’ve heard wonderful things about but have not yet read. [...]
What I’m Reading/What I’ve Read
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Book Thief, books, Girl who played with fire on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a little behind in my book reviews! I finished The Book Thief in a matter of days. It looks imposing (560 pages) but it’s technically a young adult book so it goes very quickly. Overall, I liked it. I guess I should really start giving star ratings to these books / restaurants / shows [...]
Cool Website
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, reading, website on June 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Need some inspiration before you head to the bookstore? Check out bookseer.com and get some recommendations! Each time you visit the site, you’ll receive a slightly different greeting and empty fields to fill with a book and author you like. Then it spits back some recommendations. For example, when I entered The Girl with the [...]
What I’m Reading
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Book Thief, books, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, reading on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The first 40 pages of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo were “eh.” Then I couldn’t put it down. 400 pages later I’m done and very excited to read the second part of the trilogy, Girl who Played with Fire. For some reason I was under the impression that the books in this series were geared [...]
What I’m Reading (and something I just read)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, reading on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am proud to announce that I finished my book club’s book in time for this month’s meeting! Ok, so it was only 120 pages… Michael Chabon’s The Final Solution was entertaining. It’s chock full of SAT words and some vintage language (that’s not really something; I just made it up). Although it’s short, it [...]
What I’m Reading: UPDATE
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, reading on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Remember when I said The 19th Wife was good? I was wrong. I finished it over the weekend and not only felt disappointed, but also a little insulted. I really had a problem with the author’s portrayal of one of the main characters, a gay man – it was one big clichéd stereotype. And the [...]
What I’m Reading
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on April 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m usually a very naughty book clubber. I buy the book, read 20 pages, put it down and never look back. Not this time! Last week I visited the school library at work and was kindly bullied into giving their April selection a try. Boy, am I glad! I’m about 100 pages into David Ebershoff’s [...]
I ♥ David Sedaris
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you read David Sedaris? If you said no, give yourself a slap on the wrist. You must! No, I take that back. You need to listen to him. All his books are available on CD and are downloadable. Matt found out that David is giving a performance at the Apollo Theatre in November and [...]
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