by Library Countess
Welcome to a new addition to our little family!
Today’s topic: whatcha readin’?
**The term “Book lust” comes from Nancy Pearl, a librarian and the author of Book Lust (2003), and More Book Lust (2005). Each book is divided into short chapters with her reading recommendations on various topics. She also has a great philosophy on reading: no one should ever finish a book they’re not enjoying, doesn’t matter how many best seller lists it might be on. So she has a “rule of 50” — if you are younger than 50, you must read 50 pages before you can stop. If you’re not into it by page 50, junk it and move on. If you’re over 50, you subtract your age from 100, and that’s the number of pages you must read before quitting. (You can always go back to it later.) If you are 100, you get to judge the book by its cover!
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Yes! The book thread!
I just finished Look Again by Lisa Scottoline – as a recommendation from my mom. I really liked the first half of the book – it’s about an adoptive mom who finds a likeness of her adopted child to that of a photo of a child who was kidnapped. About halfway through the book, though, it took a turn down predictable lane and while it was still enjoyable, I would have preferred it to take another route. For the genre, it was a fun read, so if you like a light read of mystery/suspense, you’d probably like it.
I’m also reading Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse. I love it! For me it’s a slow read because I read it before bed and without fail it makes me sleepy. But not in a bad way! I’m only reading it a few pages at a time; I’m hoping to finish it before it’s due back at at the library. I have loved every Wodehouse book I’ve read, and really enjoy the Jeeves and Wooster mini-series with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.
ETA: I’m also reading The Rainbow Fish, Thank You, Amelia Bedelia, It’s Potty Time, Diapers are Not Forever, Hands are Not for Hitting and Feet are Not for Kicking. 😉
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The Hugh Laurie/Stephen Fry screen versions of the Jeeves and Wooster books were what inspired me to start reading Wodehouse. I’d known about him all my life — I remember my brother reading him when we were teenagers, back during the Nixon administration — but for some reason I’d never picked up any of his books before Fry and Laurie got me motivated. Once I got started, I was hooked. No other author makes me laugh out loud as frequently as PGW. (For that reason his books are not always the best bedtime reading, if the person you share a bed with happens to be asleep. My husband almost always falls asleep before I do, so I try to be quiet, but there are times when I’m reading Wodehouse in bed when I am shaking all over with suppressed laughter.)
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My hubby goes to sleep after me, and he loves it when I laugh out loud because he wants to know what I thought was funny. He’s read the ones I’m reading and he likes sharing the funny scenes together. They really do make me laugh!
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My sweetie loves PGW too. So does our 15-year-old daughter. His language and his characters have become part of our family lore, especially his gentle, good-natured insults (e.g., “If men were dominoes, he would be the double blank.”).
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I’ve downloaded all I get can of them on my Kindle, they’re FREE!!!!!
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I just picked up “Lions of Lucerne” by Brad Thor at the grocery store yesterday and spent half the night reading it. Not great literature – but
what an exciting story!
I’m still plodding though Patricia Cornwall’s latest – should have quit, but I bought the hard cover version and can’t justify the cost if I don’t finish it.
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Whiny Little Bitch: The Excuse-Filled Presidency of Barack Obama
by Mike Cullen
A God Who Hates by Wafa Sultan
Blood of the Lambs by Kamal Saleem
I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting Next to a Republican by Harry Stein
also wrote How I Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and
Found Inner Peace
In the Queue: Deconstructing Obama by Jack Cashill, Unplanned by Abby Johnson
For light relief: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (and the rest of the series); Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
I can think of more later, but my juvenile natives are getting restless. So is the one who’ll be 96 in 3 days.
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I’m a non-fiction fan, that is, I have about 6 books going at once, from Sarah’s America By Heart to Kathy Griffin’s mom’s “Tip It”.
I love bio’s.
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I like funny novels, with endearing characters. One of my favorites is Handling Sin by Michael Malone.
I have read quite a few that I learned about from Book Lust; I think I never would have learned of Russell Banks without Book Lust.
My children gave me a Nook for Christmas so I could lighten my suitcase for traveling. When I go to the beach I can read about a book a day, but at home I fall asleep too soon to read more than about a book every 2 or 3 weeks. I think the books are my favorite part of the beach, next to the sun, sand, and surf, that is!
Next I will be reading The Gift of Years – Growing Old Gracefully by Joan Chittister. I don’t think it will be pretty picture when my age group gets old – I don’t think we tend to do much of anything gracefully, I’m afraid.
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When I want mindless entertainment I go to Charlaine Harris, P.D. James, Elizabeth George and Diane Mott Davidson
These are some of the things I found on my Kindle.
Long Way Round and Long Way Down – love me some Ewan MacGregor!
Guests of the Ayatollah
Lost Symbol
Scratch Beginnings – excellent book for a graduate!
The 19th Wife
Years of Wonder-LOVED IT
People of the Book-LOVED IT
American Ground
The Sari Shop Widow-it was free
There is No Alternative-excellent bio of Margaret Thatcher
The Clockwork Universe
In the President’s Secret Service
Currently reading -The Story of Edward Sawtelle
On the list to read-The Coming Collapse of China, Gods War on Terror and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam.
Currently reading
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