Was “The Magnificent Ambersons” really the last book I wrote about? I guess I must’ve disliked it more than I thought. Here’s what I’ve read since:
- “The Postman Always Rings Twice” by James Cain
- Remember when I was trying to read the Modern Library 100? This was the end of that mission. This was published in 1934, and it was far more, um, passionate than I was expecting. It’s a pretty twisted crime story.
- “A Visit from the Good Squad” by Jennifer Egan
- I don’t remember what this was about at all, but here’s what I wrote in my reading journal: “This may have been an overly ambitious project. Also: It’s a pretty distressing image of the future — even more so since it’s easy to envision it actually happening.”
- “Born Round” by Frank Bruni
- This is the memoir of a formerly obese restaurant reviewer. It’s great, and it made me laugh and cry. Really.
- “The Help” by Kathryn Sockett
- I kept reading about how wonderful this book was, so I finally reserved it at the library. I was on the wait list forever, then once I got the book? I couldn’t put it down. I may have teared up a little at the end.
- “Right Ho, Jeeves” by PG Wodehouse
- “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
- I enjoy a good dystopian-future story. This is a really good and very distressing one.
- “Animal Dreams” by Barbara Kingsolver
- “The Lacuna” by Barbara Kingsolver
- “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
- “The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake” by Aimee Bender
- “Homicide in Hardcover” by Kate Carlisle
- “This Must Be the Place” by Kate Racculia
- “The Wonder Spot” by Melissa Bank
- “The Lacuna” by Barbara Kingsolver
- From the reading journal: “This made me crabby.” I don’t know why. Maybe I should be more specific in that thing.
- “Oryx & Crake” by Margaret Atwood
- More bleak futures from Atwood! This one’s pretty weird.
- “The Year of the Flood” by Margaret Atwood
- This is sort of a companion novel to “Oryx & Crake.” It’s also on the weird side.
- “Crooked Letter Crooked Letter” by Tom Franklin
- “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins
- This series was impossible to stop reading.
- “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins
- “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins
- “Backseat Saints” by Joshilyn Jackson
The current count in the 2010 booklist is 41. I haven’t been actively going after a 52 books in a year sort of thing, but maybe I ought to give it a shot.
- “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins
What did you think of The Lacuna? I’ve been a gigantic Kingsolver fan since early high school but I just couldn’t get into The Lacuna. Animal Dreams is one of my faves, have you read The Bean Trees? Also, I suggest reading Moloka’i and/or Honolulu by Alan Brennert. I devoured both of them in under two days apiece.
I’m reading “The Help” right now for book club (or more exactly not reading it though I should be because I finished “Delusions of Gender” first and now I’m too busy trying to find a job!)
.-= April´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday- A Morning by the Bay =-.
Yea for Hunger Games!!!!