Stop Talking and Read

January 3, 2010

2010-01-03T06:18:00.000-08:00

Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me by Howie Mandel and Josh Young

January 1, 2010

2010-01-03T06:16:00.000-08:00

The third book in that series.

I don't understand why I liked these books so much the first time around. This time, I keep thinkging, "God! They are all such jerks!".

Well...except Alice.

December 23, 2009

2009-12-23T10:52:00.001-08:00

I finished the second book in that series, and now I'm half-heartedly re-reading the third. I can't remember anything about this one, so something tells me I found it boring the first time around.

I read Read My Pins by Madeleine Albright. Very interesting. Now this is the kind of book I love: one that tells me the why's and how's behind a fascinating trait or hobby or habit. A book that I come away from thinking, "Wow! I learned something new about this person!"

November 26, 2009

2009-11-28T08:16:00.000-08:00

I read that book again. And now I'm reading the second in that series.

Like I said...fluff.

insert sounds of crickets

2009-11-20T12:26:00.000-08:00

I have been reading, but I'm having trouble finding a book that really holds my attention and makes me want to stop everything and finish it.

I read Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin in early October, and then...I drifted...from one book to another, not finishing anything. Last week I picked up Bringing Home the Birkin by Michael Tonello.

I think I'm just in the mood for (I hate to say it, because I realize that every author works hard and I don't like to belittle anyone's work) fluff reading.

September 29, 2009

2009-09-30T04:01:00.000-07:00

The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

September 6, 2009

2009-09-06T16:26:00.000-07:00

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

August 26, 2009

2009-08-27T19:16:00.000-07:00

Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown by Edmund L. Andrews

August 21, 2009

2009-08-27T19:14:00.000-07:00

Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl

August 18, 2009

2009-08-20T04:42:00.000-07:00

Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival by Clara Kramer and Stephan Glantz

August 11, 2009

2009-08-12T05:04:00.000-07:00

Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl

August 10, 2009

2009-08-11T04:15:00.000-07:00

Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

July 16, 2009

2009-07-17T05:18:00.000-07:00

My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme

July 9, 2009

2009-07-13T04:25:00.001-07:00

Marly and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

July 7, 2009

2009-07-13T04:22:00.000-07:00

The Last Great Dance on Earth by Sandra Gulland

June 24, 2009

2009-06-26T12:53:00.000-07:00

Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland

June 16, 2009

2009-06-26T12:52:00.000-07:00

Tales of Passion Tales of Woe by Sandra Gulland

June 7, 2009

2009-06-08T04:07:00.000-07:00

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg

The chocolate cake recipe at the end is delicious. Make it right now.

May 18, 2009

2009-06-08T04:03:00.000-07:00

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

May 29, 2009

2009-05-30T04:19:00.000-07:00

The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gullard

May 17, 2009

2009-05-24T17:53:00.000-07:00

Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg: Life and Other Calamities by Kathie Lee Gifford.

10 Most Challenged books of 2008

2009-05-19T04:29:00.000-07:00

The ALA has released their list of the 10 most challenged books of 2008. You can read about it here.

I usually like to exercise my rights and read all of the books on this list, however, this year there are some that I don't think I can stomache. Not because I find them offensive, but because I find them to be...drivel.

I just can't believe that these books are the most challenged (two male penguins adopt an abandoned egg), when there are authors like Chuck Palahniuk. I am still trying to bleach my brain after reading one of his books MONTHS ago (and I think I read one of his tamer tomes).

I'm not saying that Palahniuk should be challenged - I don't believe in that kind of censoring in the first place - I'm just saying that when I think of possibly offensive material (and I'm judging only from my own views), none of these would make the list.

May 14, 2009

2009-05-19T04:25:00.000-07:00

Columbine by Dave Cullen

April 3, 2009

2009-04-03T18:51:00.000-07:00

Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs

If I could host a dinner party, and invite any three people, living or dead, I would ask Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris and Freddie Mercury. It would be the best night of my life. (This is coming from a straight girl.)

April 2, 2009

2009-04-03T18:50:00.000-07:00

The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

I am seriously pissed about the ending.

March 23, 2009

2009-03-26T05:48:00.000-07:00

Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult

March 9, 2009

2009-03-09T13:53:00.000-07:00

Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes

This is one of the ALA's most frequently challenged books. According to their website, this is due to "sexually explicit and offensive language ", but I have no idea what they are talking about. I don't think there is even a curse word in here. And the only sexual thing I can come up with is that the parents in the story are being extremely giggly and flirty with each other and it's described as 'morning sex behavior', as in - the parents had recently had sex and were acting silly.

February 28, 2009

2009-02-28T04:33:00.000-08:00

The Longing by Beverly Lewis

I think it's safe to say that I'm done with my Amish phase. So much Amish angst!! This was the last in a trilogy, and I had to finish - that's just how I roll.

February 22, 2009

2009-02-23T17:50:00.000-08:00

The Forbidden by Beverly Lewis.

Yes, an Amish harlequin. When my beloved saw what I was reading, he rolled his eyes and said "you're turning into my mother".

That's better than turning into my mother.

February 20, 2009

2009-02-20T05:27:00.000-08:00

Green Mountain Farm by Elliott Merrick

February 18, 2009

2009-02-20T05:25:00.000-08:00

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

February 2, 2009

2009-02-04T16:33:00.000-08:00

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

January 31, 2009

2009-02-02T05:28:00.000-08:00

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

January 19, 2009

2009-01-19T17:17:00.000-08:00

An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

January 12, 2009

2009-01-13T04:32:00.000-08:00

Swim to Me by Betsy Carter

January 1, 2009

2009-01-02T17:26:00.000-08:00

The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir by Patricia Harman

December 24, 2008

2009-01-02T17:21:00.000-08:00

Testimony by Anita Shreve

December 13, 2008

2008-12-15T14:25:00.000-08:00

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Now I'm in one of those slumps, where I don't want to read anything else because I only want to read more about Edward and Bella.

December 11, 2008

2008-12-13T17:07:00.000-08:00

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

I can't stop now, can I?

December 9, 2008

2008-12-13T17:05:00.000-08:00

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Don't judge me.

December 6, 2008

2008-12-07T03:54:00.000-08:00

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

I feel into the trap.

December 1, 2008

2008-12-07T03:49:00.000-08:00

Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King

November 20, 2008

2008-11-22T03:07:00.000-08:00

The Pages In Between: A Holocaust Legacy of Two Families, One Home by Erin Einhorn

October 26, 2008

2008-10-27T17:39:00.000-07:00

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter

I'm in such a slump. I have (had) 3 books going at the same time, and none of them really made me want to curl up and read, read, read.

October 6, 2008

2008-10-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

My Lobotomy by Howard Dully

I shipped this one off to my sister. She's a sucker for biographys and autobiographys that focus on medical issues, too.

October 3, 2008

2008-10-03T08:42:00.000-07:00

If I Am Missing or Dead by Janine Latus

September 28, 2008

2008-09-28T16:16:00.000-07:00

Louder than Words by Jenny McCarthy

September 27, 2008

2008-09-28T09:11:00.000-07:00

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill

September 21, 2008

2008-09-21T16:48:00.000-07:00

Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

I tried to read When Men Become Gods by Stephen Singular, but I couldn't get into it.

September 7, 2008

2008-09-07T17:56:00.000-07:00

The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein

August 31, 2008

2008-09-07T17:53:00.000-07:00

Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith and J.B Mackinnon

I really wanted to like this book, because I loved Barbara Kingsolver's book about her year of eating locally, but this one fizzled quickly and I didn't even finish it.

August 19, 2008

2008-08-23T04:28:00.000-07:00

It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons by Andrea J. Buchanan, ed.

August 7, 2008

2008-08-08T04:59:00.000-07:00

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk.

I only finished reading this book because I feel like all the cool people read his books, and I want to be cool, too.

July 2008

2008-07-30T06:46:00.000-07:00

Just a catch-up post to record what I read this month.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp

Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall

Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier