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squirrella) wrote2007-02-01 11:37 am
squirrella) wrote2007-02-01 11:37 am
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Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs
Hilariously disgusting, this book was my bedtime reading. I read a few chapters every night and found the each to be car-crash-rubbernecking interesting. At times, I felt I should look away, skip over this or that part; at other times, I wanted more details. Not the best book I've read lately, but a worthy read. If you like dysfunctional novels, and aren't grossed out by reading slightly homoerotic passages, definitely try this book.
The Mermaids Singing, Lisa Carey
I got this book through reserves at my library and immediately set about reading it yesterday at work. I made it through the fifth chapter (they're short), and then put the book down. Reading it, I couldn't help but be reminded of another similar story and then imagined that at some point, I'd been on some mermaid-myth-Irish-pirate-three-generations-of-estrangement-novel-reading kick. And, I'm just not in the mood for that type of read right now.
Then, I went home, prepared to finished RwS, and spied on my bedside bookcase Carey's book. I had a bookmark about halfway through the book which means either I stuck it in there at random, or I got halfway through the book some 4 or 5 years ago and then called it quits. I'm going with the second option. I'm also returning my borrowed copy and likely selling my personal copy.
A Map of the World, Jane Hamilton
I started this after deciding Carey's book wasn't for me. It's another Oprah pick, which should be an immediate turn-off--yet, for some reason, I cannot stop gravitating unconsciously to the Oprah picks. I'm up to page 35 and I'm slightly hooked... I'll read up through 50 or 75 and see how I feel then.
Next up, Amy and Isabelle, by Elizabeth Strout. I've read good reviews about this '98 book, so I'm eager to see if it is worth the hype.
Hilariously disgusting, this book was my bedtime reading. I read a few chapters every night and found the each to be car-crash-rubbernecking interesting. At times, I felt I should look away, skip over this or that part; at other times, I wanted more details. Not the best book I've read lately, but a worthy read. If you like dysfunctional novels, and aren't grossed out by reading slightly homoerotic passages, definitely try this book.
The Mermaids Singing, Lisa Carey
I got this book through reserves at my library and immediately set about reading it yesterday at work. I made it through the fifth chapter (they're short), and then put the book down. Reading it, I couldn't help but be reminded of another similar story and then imagined that at some point, I'd been on some mermaid-myth-Irish-pirate-three-generations-of-estrangement-novel-reading kick. And, I'm just not in the mood for that type of read right now.
Then, I went home, prepared to finished RwS, and spied on my bedside bookcase Carey's book. I had a bookmark about halfway through the book which means either I stuck it in there at random, or I got halfway through the book some 4 or 5 years ago and then called it quits. I'm going with the second option. I'm also returning my borrowed copy and likely selling my personal copy.
A Map of the World, Jane Hamilton
I started this after deciding Carey's book wasn't for me. It's another Oprah pick, which should be an immediate turn-off--yet, for some reason, I cannot stop gravitating unconsciously to the Oprah picks. I'm up to page 35 and I'm slightly hooked... I'll read up through 50 or 75 and see how I feel then.
Next up, Amy and Isabelle, by Elizabeth Strout. I've read good reviews about this '98 book, so I'm eager to see if it is worth the hype.