Strout, Elizabeth
Amazon link
For my running buddies' book club, this month was my pick. It sounded like the least-depressing of Entertainment Weekly's top ten books of 2008.
Finished 1/2/09
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Pilgrims
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Amazon link
Okay, I admit that I bought this because I loved Eat Pray Love. It was also out on the sale table at the Powell's in the airport. I thought I'd read it in New Zealand and leave it for Julie. Short stories are so nice for traveling, since you don't get too sucked in, and you can start and stop more often.
Well, this one was a little odd. And Julie refused it, even while bemoaning a lack of reading material. I left it at the hostel in Picton.
Finished 01/03/2009
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Okay, I admit that I bought this because I loved Eat Pray Love. It was also out on the sale table at the Powell's in the airport. I thought I'd read it in New Zealand and leave it for Julie. Short stories are so nice for traveling, since you don't get too sucked in, and you can start and stop more often.
Well, this one was a little odd. And Julie refused it, even while bemoaning a lack of reading material. I left it at the hostel in Picton.
Finished 01/03/2009
Monday, December 1, 2008
Sacred Games
Chandra, Vikram
Amazon link
Erik bought this for me right when it came out. He tried to read it, and I started it at one point... It's about a thousand pages and it's chock full of long Indian names. I can't remember exactly when I started reading it this time, but it doesn't travel with me because it would double the weight of my luggage.
Finished 13 Feb 2009
ZOMG. I enjoyed parts of this-- especially learning some Hindi curses. But overall, I wouldn't read it again.
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Erik bought this for me right when it came out. He tried to read it, and I started it at one point... It's about a thousand pages and it's chock full of long Indian names. I can't remember exactly when I started reading it this time, but it doesn't travel with me because it would double the weight of my luggage.
Finished 13 Feb 2009
ZOMG. I enjoyed parts of this-- especially learning some Hindi curses. But overall, I wouldn't read it again.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Eclipse
Meyer, Stephenie
Amazon link
Can't remember when I started & finished; it's been a bit of a blur. I am now trying to loan this series out to as many people as possible.
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Can't remember when I started & finished; it's been a bit of a blur. I am now trying to loan this series out to as many people as possible.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Lathe of Heaven, The
Le Guin, Ursula K
Amazon link
Loaned by Cory.
Finished 1 September 2008
A quick and useful read for anyone interested in dreams and/or Portland.
Amazon link
Loaned by Cory.
Finished 1 September 2008
A quick and useful read for anyone interested in dreams and/or Portland.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Twilight
Meyer, Stephenie
Amazon link
Might as well hop on the young-adult vampire bandwagon.
First recommended by Julie's friend (Katherine?) when she came out for a visit and we went up to Victoria, BC.
Finished 8/19/2008
Very engrossing-- I saw myself as a 17 y.o. as imagined by my 13 y.o. self.
Amazon link
Might as well hop on the young-adult vampire bandwagon.
First recommended by Julie's friend (Katherine?) when she came out for a visit and we went up to Victoria, BC.
Finished 8/19/2008
Very engrossing-- I saw myself as a 17 y.o. as imagined by my 13 y.o. self.
Friday, August 8, 2008
On Walden Pond
Thoreau, Henry David
Seriously, I've started it a few times and never finished. That's downright embarrassing, especially since I just found myself considering that kind of life change.
Seriously, I've started it a few times and never finished. That's downright embarrassing, especially since I just found myself considering that kind of life change.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
Yan, Mo
Amazon link
bought for a book club meeting I thought I could finally attend. Alas.
Finished 8/14/2008
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bought for a book club meeting I thought I could finally attend. Alas.
Finished 8/14/2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Smoke & Mirrors
Gaiman, Neil
Amazon link
postponed 6/18/2008
finished 10/24/2008
The least enjoyable thing I've read by Neil Gaiman.
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postponed 6/18/2008
finished 10/24/2008
The least enjoyable thing I've read by Neil Gaiman.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Outside Lies Magic
(Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places)
Stilgoe, John
Amazon link
Recommended by Eric
Finished 1 June 2008
So good. I can't wait to loan this out to everyone in my life who is intelligent and curious. Hopefully that's pretty much everyone.
Stilgoe, John
Amazon link
Recommended by Eric
Finished 1 June 2008
So good. I can't wait to loan this out to everyone in my life who is intelligent and curious. Hopefully that's pretty much everyone.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Eat, Pray, Love
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Amazon link
Borrowed from Shetha
Finished 17 May
I wanted to dislike this book and its author, but it kept a humble, deprecating tone and led through enough real-life, low-level twists that I couldn't stop reading.
Amazon link
Borrowed from Shetha
Finished 17 May
I wanted to dislike this book and its author, but it kept a humble, deprecating tone and led through enough real-life, low-level twists that I couldn't stop reading.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The
Murakami, Haruki
Amazon link
Finished 27 April 2008
The dream quality and blurred boundaries are well done, but this wasn't at all what I thought it would be-- such an odd subject matter, and while I can handle that no questions are ever answered, there seem to be many threads that are merely dropped. Parts of it I read quite eagerly, and parts were painfully visceral, so overall I guess I enjoyed the read.
Amazon link
Finished 27 April 2008
The dream quality and blurred boundaries are well done, but this wasn't at all what I thought it would be-- such an odd subject matter, and while I can handle that no questions are ever answered, there seem to be many threads that are merely dropped. Parts of it I read quite eagerly, and parts were painfully visceral, so overall I guess I enjoyed the read.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Lost Japan
Kerr, Alex
Amazon link
So far this is written in the style in which the simple, direct wording seems to disappear-- a style that is deceptively invisible and makes for a lovely quick read.
Finished 30 May 2008. Okay, that didn't turn out to be quick. I wish I had finished it before I went to Japan, but I also appreciated and understood it more, having been. I can't wait to loan this to people.
Amazon link
So far this is written in the style in which the simple, direct wording seems to disappear-- a style that is deceptively invisible and makes for a lovely quick read.
Finished 30 May 2008. Okay, that didn't turn out to be quick. I wish I had finished it before I went to Japan, but I also appreciated and understood it more, having been. I can't wait to loan this to people.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Crossing, the
McCarthy, Cormac
I saw a Cormac McCarthy book somewhere years ago for $2, so I bought it. I'm reading it now to put off non-fiction.
Finished around 14 March 2008
I saw a Cormac McCarthy book somewhere years ago for $2, so I bought it. I'm reading it now to put off non-fiction.
Finished around 14 March 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Crazed, the
Jin, Ha
Amazon link
I think my dad sent me this, probably after I gave it to him as a gift.
Finished 11 Feb 2008
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I think my dad sent me this, probably after I gave it to him as a gift.
Finished 11 Feb 2008
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