For a food and books blog, I sure have been slacking on the books…
Read
A sentence and a word.
- The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. A quiet woman loves a chaotic man (who happens to be Ernest Hemmingway). Good.
- Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov. A man is jailed for being too opaque. Trippy.
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Women shape Arthurian legend. Epic.
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. It’s the ’60s and there’s a creepy circus. Okay.
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman retells The Jungle Book as only Gaiman can. Brilliant.
- White Noise by Don DeLillo. Blah blah blah we all die. Blah.
- Cordelia’s Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold. Blah blah blah cheesy space opera. Blah.
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Mowgli make us wonder if anyone really fits in anywhere. Classic.
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heilein. A man from Mars starts a new religion. Rambling.
- To the Heart of the Nile by Pat Shipman. One ballsy woman follows her husband into Africa. Interesting.
Currently Reading
- Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clark
Going to Read
(Or, at least, I picked them up at the used book store.)
- Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
- You Don’t Have to Be Evil to Work Here, but It Helps by Tom Holt
- Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
Read anything good lately? What are you picking up next?
“Blah blah blah we all die blah” hahaha that description just made my day
I’m always on the hunt for new books, some of these sound really intriguing!
There are definitely some good ones in there! (Okay, and some flops, but you can’t win ‘em all…)
Yay to Rudyard Kipling!!!
Im in the middle of an Alice Sebold book (I forget the name) but after that I’m tackling Dostoyevsky. Gotta mix up the fun reads with the heavier ones!
Judging by your list I doubt you’ve read what I am reading, which is a book by Elin Hilderbrand. The cover pic was of a beach and it was on the new release shelf at the library so I took it home, it’s entertaining.
I haven’t, but don’t think I don’t enjoy a good beach read or two, haha. I definitely read a little bit of everything, the lighter stuff included–who doesn’t love a good escape?
Great list!
Currently reading Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman. Hmm…after reading The Shadow of the Wind…nothing can compare. Guess I have to lower my expectation to not be disappointed. Just picked up Meredith Baxter’s memoir, Untied at Goodwill. I always like her and was amazed when I realized her Mom was actress Whitney Blake, you’ve probably never heard of her. I love a good memoir now and then. Hope this one is good. Then…hmm..Picked up The Dante Club which looks interesting. There. This will proably All change you realized depending on my mood! Aren’t you glad you asked?!
Haha, I AM glad I asked! I love hearing about what everyone is reading, gives me some good ideas of what to read next! I liked The Dante Club–it’s no Shadow of the Wind (okay, what is?) but I found it entertaining, although not a new favorite. I have to admit I had to look up both Meredith Baxter and Whitney Blake, but I’m a sucker for a good memoir.
I am kind of in love the the blah blahhh blah and die description, sounds about right
Hey did you change the layout of your blog? I like it!
These descriptions are amazingly hilarious! I am writing down all the books I read this summer too, and ranking them out of ten. My short descriptions though are not half as entertaining as yours!
I love how much you read
I’ve just finished Saplings, by Noel Streatfield, who wrote Ballet Shoes – interesting, couldn’t stop reading, strange ending
I haven’t read any of the ones on your list – can’t believe I haven’t read the Jungle Book!
I loved The Mists Of Avalon
thanks for the suggestions! i’m always up for new reads.