Moskowitz, Isa Chandra
Romera, Terry Hope
Amazon link
Bought it at Food Fight. As they say, gotta pay your dues to get your toaster.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
I Am Legend
Matheson, Richard
I tried to read a speed-reading book and then a self-help book, but neither could keep the attention of my wandering, flu-spattered mind. So I started this book, loaned to me by Chris.
Amazon link
I tried to read a speed-reading book and then a self-help book, but neither could keep the attention of my wandering, flu-spattered mind. So I started this book, loaned to me by Chris.
Amazon link
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
His Dark Materials
Pullman, Philip
A series to look forward to after Harry Potter.
From Aspen.
Amazon link
Bought in San Luis Obispo to read at the hotel, since rain ruined our plans.
finished 17 Dec 2007
A series to look forward to after Harry Potter.
From Aspen.
Amazon link
Bought in San Luis Obispo to read at the hotel, since rain ruined our plans.
finished 17 Dec 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Eric's authors
Some of my favorite authors, however, I consider to be much lesser writers than Shakespeare and Cervantes.
Mervyn Peake, J.L. Borges, Doris Lessing, Jack Kerouac, Richard Brautigan.
Brautigan is far inferior to Shakespeare, but I'd hate to have to choose between Hamlet and Trout Fishing in America.
The most "literary" favorite I can think of is John Gardner.
Mervyn Peake, J.L. Borges, Doris Lessing, Jack Kerouac, Richard Brautigan.
Brautigan is far inferior to Shakespeare, but I'd hate to have to choose between Hamlet and Trout Fishing in America.
The most "literary" favorite I can think of is John Gardner.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
Sport and a Pastime, A
Salter, James
Read a review in "Entertainment Weekly" about this as a great, sensual novel.
Amazon link
Finished 9 June 2007.
Why was this book written up? I didn't enjoy it at all-- writing, "plot," characters. It was a stereotypical 60s macho manifesto.
Read a review in "Entertainment Weekly" about this as a great, sensual novel.
Amazon link
Finished 9 June 2007.
Why was this book written up? I didn't enjoy it at all-- writing, "plot," characters. It was a stereotypical 60s macho manifesto.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Neuromancer
Gibson, William
Erik revealed that this is his favorite book of all time, and I think I've only read "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, and I get them confused all the time.
Erik revealed that this is his favorite book of all time, and I think I've only read "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, and I get them confused all the time.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
JK Rowling
I read the first three in rapid succession during my lunch breaks at my first job out of college, in San Francisco. Erik's mom had brought them back from England, which is why we have "Philosopher's Stone" and not "Sorcerer's Stone." I read the fourth one when it came out, but I haven't read any since then so I'm rereading the lot.
finished (second reading) 24 April 2007
I read the first three in rapid succession during my lunch breaks at my first job out of college, in San Francisco. Erik's mom had brought them back from England, which is why we have "Philosopher's Stone" and not "Sorcerer's Stone." I read the fourth one when it came out, but I haven't read any since then so I'm rereading the lot.
finished (second reading) 24 April 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
Clarke, Susanna
Amazon link
I think Erik got this for me at Costco. I started reading it but then my books on hold from the library came in. It spent a while on my nightstand.
Zipped through this one on vacation in Costa Rica. I got really into it after the first 100 boring pages. The novel's narrative voice utterly charming in its Victorian-era magical-realism, and it was hard to leave that world after 900 pages-- exactly what I want in a book!
I started this a while ago, but the first hundred or so pages are a bit snooze-inducing. I started the book over again when I took it on vacation to Costa Rica, and once I got past the first part it really started to zip. The florid, incredulous Victorian tone of voice is sweet and amusing.
A great one, if you can wade through the first part.
finished 9 April 2007
Amazon link
I think Erik got this for me at Costco. I started reading it but then my books on hold from the library came in. It spent a while on my nightstand.
Zipped through this one on vacation in Costa Rica. I got really into it after the first 100 boring pages. The novel's narrative voice utterly charming in its Victorian-era magical-realism, and it was hard to leave that world after 900 pages-- exactly what I want in a book!
I started this a while ago, but the first hundred or so pages are a bit snooze-inducing. I started the book over again when I took it on vacation to Costa Rica, and once I got past the first part it really started to zip. The florid, incredulous Victorian tone of voice is sweet and amusing.
A great one, if you can wade through the first part.
finished 9 April 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Turning the Mind Into an Ally
Mipham, Sakyong and Chodron, Pema
Amazon link
Borrowed from my brother, who really has no business with a book in his hand.
Amazon link
Borrowed from my brother, who really has no business with a book in his hand.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
The Evolution of Jane
Schine, Cathleen
A few years ago I got a really cool chain letter/email, which was to send a book (preferably one I had enjoyed reading but wouldn't mind removing from my bookshelves) to the person at the top of the list, send the email to a handful of people, and then receive a bunch of books in the mail. What a great idea! Even though I try to get rid of books twice a year, there is always something I'm happy to pass on. I sent my book out (postage for books is also cheap, a bonus) and passed the email to my most reliable friends. A couple of months later, I received only this book.
Started 1/17/2007
Amazon link
A few years ago I got a really cool chain letter/email, which was to send a book (preferably one I had enjoyed reading but wouldn't mind removing from my bookshelves) to the person at the top of the list, send the email to a handful of people, and then receive a bunch of books in the mail. What a great idea! Even though I try to get rid of books twice a year, there is always something I'm happy to pass on. I sent my book out (postage for books is also cheap, a bonus) and passed the email to my most reliable friends. A couple of months later, I received only this book.
Started 1/17/2007
Amazon link
Friday, January 19, 2007
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Nafisi, Azar
So far makes me really want to read Nabokov.
Started 1/15/2007
Amazon link
Finished 8 Nov 2007
A very painful read. I never got a grasp on the characters, and there wasn't a tangible narrative. It was brute will that got me through it.
So far makes me really want to read Nabokov.
Started 1/15/2007
Amazon link
Finished 8 Nov 2007
A very painful read. I never got a grasp on the characters, and there wasn't a tangible narrative. It was brute will that got me through it.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist
Leyner, Mark
Loaned to me by Cory Hain. Really odd, with eerie flashes of truly eccentric topics that I thought interested only me.
Amazon link
Loaned to me by Cory Hain. Really odd, with eerie flashes of truly eccentric topics that I thought interested only me.
Amazon link
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Hofstadter, Douglas R.
Checked this out from the library, renewed quite a few times, finally bought my own. Slowly crawling through this one.
Amazon link
Checked this out from the library, renewed quite a few times, finally bought my own. Slowly crawling through this one.
Amazon link
Monday, January 1, 2007
Carnet De Voyage
Thompson, Craig
Found on our shelves when going through books on New Year's Eve Day.
link
Finished 4 January 2007
Found on our shelves when going through books on New Year's Eve Day.
link
Finished 4 January 2007
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