Comments on: NaBloPoMo Day 7: Back to Bibliophagery!

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:43:44 +0000

I admit, I didn’t even read the comments so I probably am not even remotely qualified to answer a question about reading anything else, but don’t worry… I will anyway. ;-)

Right now, I’m reading The HERetic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent. I wouldn’t put it anywhere near the “feel smart while reading” category, but it does have a nice cover. (I *know* but I just can’t help judging them!) Which of course doesn’t usually bode well for the whole feeling smart while reading thing either, does it?! *sigh* I’m only a chapter or two in, but it does seem like a nice little story thus far.

I used to like feeling smart while reading, too. I also had a vocabulary to feel proud of. I should get back to it, especially the vocabulary part. Unfortunately I think what was left of it after kid #1 spilled from my uterus with the afterbirth of kid #2.

By: flatflo

flatflo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:47:21 +0000

I tend toward genre fiction, like scifi/fantasy, romance/erotica, mystery/suspense, or my favorite: a combination thereof! Lately I’ve been reading off of the Juvenile Fiction(Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley) shelf from my local public library and enjoying the heck out of it.

Regarding brown sheets, last year I found a sumptuous, chocolaty-brown set at Home Goods on Lindbergh at Big Bend.

By: Angela at mommy bytes

Angela at mommy bytes — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:19:10 +0000

I’ve become a pathetic reader, and my to read list is full of books to review. But one thing we have in common, we both go to Pizza Hut for the Book-It program!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:15:29 +0000

Oh my gosh – I have just read the most absolutely beautifully written and at the same time most heartwrenching story that you could ever possibly imagine.

Seriously.

“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” – by John Boyne.

Seriously.

My father was a history junkie – knew everything you could ever need to know – and also an expert on the Holocaust. He passed down to me this “need” to not let the Holocaust be forgotten, as it’s survivors grow older & older. So I’ve read a lot on the subject. But this book – THIS BOOK – OH MY GOSH. Written from the eyes of an 8 year old German boy, who has no idea what is going on, and befriends a boy through a fence who is in Auschwitz – which is just in his own backyard.

And although sad – and gutwrenching – and tear jerking – this is seriouly THE MOST INSPIRING book. EVER.

That’s all I can say. You have to read it to understand. It is so good. Too good for lowercase. THAT GOOD.

Please – please – PLEASE read this book. You will love it too. I promise.

Ok, I’m done now. Can you tell I loved this book?

*rolling eyes at myself*

And I apologize at the intensity of my post. But not really. When I love a book, I get obsessively passionate about it. Hence the CAPS.

Please, Angela – you have seriously got to read this book…

FYI-It’s also a movie, playing very limited release in the US now…

By: Betsy

Betsy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:14:51 +0000

I’m a graduate student, so I spend a lot of time reading things that end up making me feel dumb, but when I want to have fun and feel smart, I go for The New Yorker or The Believer (or, just as good and more concentrated, the collections of Nick Hornby book reviews from The Believer).

By: Jessica Bern

Jessica Bern — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:07:53 +0000

Being told I’m funny is the best feeling in the entire world, I confess and being told I’m smart? A close second. What can I say? Some things never change.

By: Amy in KC

Amy in KC — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:23:57 +0000

From September through November I read nothing but murder mysteries that are set in autumn. Then in December and January I read the ones set at Christmas time.

I love every cheesy moment of it.

By: gorillabuns

gorillabuns — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:41:45 +0000

I’m not reading anything with any substance to it unless you count a book about stalking substantial.

By: Gail

Gail — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:21:47 +0000

Currently reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

I was hooked on page 1.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:40:20 +0000

My book club just read Amsterdam by Ian McEwen. A good short novel, I think it won the Booker prize one year.

For online reading, I have to push a fascinating series of articles by Newsweek called Secrets of the 2008 Campaign. The whole series is LONG but it’s broken up into chapters and covers what was going on behind the scenes in the Obama/Clinton/McCain campaigns. I highly recommend it!