tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post933789833525731972..comments2023-10-18T06:48:47.126-05:00Comments on Not to brag . . .: Book Beat: Three Titlesmephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03074153090546740903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-47765904497862193212008-01-24T15:25:00.000-06:002008-01-24T15:25:00.000-06:00thanks to your recommendation, i am currently read...thanks to your recommendation, i am currently reading "under the banner of heaven" and it completely disturbs me, but i love it. and i rarely read non-fiction, so i am quite proud of myself. feeling smart and everything. <BR/><BR/>before that i actually stopped reading a book about a hundred pages in--which i almost never do--it's like leaving a movie theater early--who does that? do you do that?--anyway, very disappointing. it was a janet fitch book (i was a huge fan of white oleander a long time ago), but this one left me feeling nothing for the main character. <BR/><BR/>anyway--i'm excited for your nick hornby recommendation--i've read (and loved) a bunch of his books, but didn't know about the columns! thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-53111319473772167262008-01-22T21:46:00.000-06:002008-01-22T21:46:00.000-06:00Currenty reading my stack of 5 magazines waiting f...Currenty reading my stack of 5 magazines waiting for me when I got home from vacation and will read the paper tomorrow morning.<BR/><BR/>Basically, I will read just about anything that gets sent to my house, but for some reason I am unable to procure my own reading material from the outside world. MEP, perhaps the next time I see you, you could just place a book in my hand? Maybe slap my mailing address on there too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-83611321579580729402008-01-21T09:22:00.000-06:002008-01-21T09:22:00.000-06:00I am spending my free time with Straight Man by Ri...I am spending my free time with Straight Man by Richard Russo, per the suggestion you gave me when I had a bookstore emergency a days after Christmas. It's *hilarious* and I am totally enamored of the main character. I find myself comparing him to Rabbit of the Updike series, and then rolling my eyes at myself for my apparent fascination with fiction that explores the near-midlife-crisis upper-middle-class suburban man. Regardless, it’s fun to have something that repeatedly makes me laugh out loud.Actchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320025313541534433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-21058237818066578412008-01-21T07:43:00.000-06:002008-01-21T07:43:00.000-06:00On the topic of elitism or anti-elitism, I just st...On the topic of elitism or anti-elitism, I just started the Danielle Steel book I got from Ellie for Christmas -- I hadn't read one since high school. Certainly not on my "should read" list, and I'm trying hard to give it a chance. I also just finished The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty -- an interesting, not always likeable protagonist and a difficult situation, but made me wonder if Moriarty is going to attempt a Jodi Picoult career. Not a bad thing, just not the way I thought she was going.E...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04405932437380095945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-77311198699369617532008-01-21T07:17:00.000-06:002008-01-21T07:17:00.000-06:00I obviously do not read enough because I was unfam...I obviously do not read enough because I was unfamiliar with all three of the books. I am going with three books at the moment, Sacred Contracts, and two of the most recent Wayne Dyer books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com