I'm trying to be better about writing at least a little blurb about each book I read. Trying being the operative word here. The blurb, if and when I do get around to writing it, will of course happen after the book has been finished. So, in the beginning, what may show up here is just the book's basic information, title, author, date I began reading it. But feel free to comment on the book even if I haven't yet written anything about it. I always like talking about books!
For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain, crying aloud for mercy, and let there be no surcease to this agony till he sing in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails…and when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him forever. --Curse for book thieves by Edmund Lester Pearson (1880-1937)
The Man Who Ate Everything, Jeffrey Steingarten
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Loved the book. Will probably find ways to bring it up in conversations and insist that people read it.
Liked it well enough. Would probably say that it's a good read, except for [fill in the blank].
Liked it well enough to finish the book but I wouldn't recommend that someone else read it.
So bad I couldn't finish the book. If someone mentioned the book title to me I'd probably shake my head and tell him not to waste his time or money.
Reading is Fundamental
So many books, so little time
Book: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
Start Date: 04/11/05
End Date: 04/13/05
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This was a cute book and a really quick read, which wasn’t a bad thing at all. I couldn’t quite get myself to believe in the magic of the jeans, but that could just be because I’m not much of a jeans girl. I also found myself much more interested in Carmen’s and Tibby’s stories than Lena’s and Beatrice’s. Not at all surprising since I identified with the first two who seem to be your average type of girls while Lena and Beatrice are described as quite extraordinary in looks and popularity.
Curiously I haven’t been left with a huge desire to read the next two installments in the series, but I am quite ready to see the movie. But I suspect Alexis Bledel has a lot to do with that. The girl is just too cute for words.
Book: Islands, Anne River Siddons
Start Date: 04/09/05
End Date: 04/10/05
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I’ve been reading Siddons on and off for years now. I usually reach for her books when I need something that doesn’t require me to do too much thinking, just a nice, happy read. I was a little disappointed in the plot of this book although the writing as usual was quite solid. Halfway through Siddons introduces a know-it-all bitch on wheels that just seems extremely out of place and to top it all off she delivers one line that pretty much tipped the ending for me. You would think, given that I’m one of those people who sometimes jumps to the ending of a book, that I wouldn’t mind this but I did. It wasn’t enough to ruin the book for me but I did find myself rushing through the rest of it so that I could cross the book of my list.
Book: Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane
Start Date: 04/04/05
End Date: 04/06/05
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There’s not much that can be said about this without giving the ending away. This is the first Lehane book I’ve read and I didn’t dislike it. I wasn’t all that crazy about the big plot twist and the ending but it was still a nice read. I have Mystic River on my unread books list and I’m hoping that it’s as good if not better than this one. The subject matter will be a tad hard to deal with I think. That’s probably why it’s been on the list for close to a year now.
Book: He’s Just Not That Into You, Greg Behrendt
Start Date: 03/25/05
End Date: 03/28/05
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I think I’m pretty good at not taking bs from guys but this book was good in reminding me that I need to be more demanding with my friendships. I’m worth an email or a call, attempts to get together with me not just when it’s convenient for them. I’m much more lenient with my friends than I am on guys and to some extent this makes sense, but relationships are relationships whether they’re romantic or not.
But other than that little reminder, I found the book somewhat annoying. Behrendt would probably say I’m in denial and that I’m never going to find a guy who’s into me behaving the way that I do, but honestly, some of the things he proposes feel so much like games. And I so don’t like games.
Book: The Radioactive Boy Scout, Ken Silverstein
Start Date: 03/16/05
End Date: 04/02/05
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This book is interesting but a dry read. I really could do without the chapters on breeder reactors and the half-life of plutonium, but I suppose they highlight how incredible and risky this 15 year old boy’s dedication to his talent and hobby was.
But, at a time (read: my entire life) when I’m feeling very unfocused, reading about a boy who shows almost frightening dedication to his craft isn’t what I need. This boy goes to great lengths, at great personal risk, to meet his goal (granted his goal was to make a nuclear reactor but still) and meanwhile I have trouble even writing an email to a friend.
Book: The Amateur Marriage, Anne Tyler
Start Date: 02/25/05
End Date: 03/13/05
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Book: Icy Sparks, Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Start Date: 02/20/05
End Date: 02/25/05
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Book: Before We Get Started: A Practical Memoir of the Writer’s Life, Bret Lott
Start Date: 02/14/05
End Date: 04/08/06
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Book: The Valley of Horses [r], Jean Auel
Start Date: 02/09/05
End Date: 02/12/05
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Book: Clan of the Cave Bear [r], Jean Auel
Start Date: 02/07/05
End Date: 02/09/05
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