Thirteen Reasons Why
I read it a couple of months ago (it was a break from slogging through Under the Dome..man, King needed an editor stat for that thing and a story line). It was compelling (finished it in 2 days) and I found it affirming at the end in a lot of ways. I'm waiting for my daughter to get through her AP tests next week to read it so we can talk about it. Since she's a senior, I want to get her take on things, since it seemed close to how I perceive high school (at 52).
ETA: Right now I'm reading The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. It is very fun, love Flavia to death. I will probably have to go in search of the sequel when I'm done.
I will probably have to go in search of the sequel when I'm done.
I am reading it now. So far, so good.
I read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie because it's nominated for an Agatha award, in the best first novel category. Interesting how behavior that annoys me in many adult protagonists works for a precocious 11 year old.
I read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie because it's nominated for an Agatha award, in the best first novel category. Interesting how behavior that annoys me in many adult protagonists works for a precocious 11 year old.
That was a recommendation from the Book on the Nightstand podcast I listen to and I couldn't figure out if I would hate the protagonist or not.
It's really a fun read, told from an 11-year-old perspective, so it's easier to "forgive" her transgressions than from an adult.
Under the Dome picks up significantly. I finished it a few weeks ago, but did also read over a dozen books between starting and finishing :) It was better than tommyknockers, but i wouldn't consider it literary treason to give up and not finish it.
Yeah I finally finished it, and it seemed as though he suddenly remembered that he had a story line that he needed to actually get to but it was a loooong time coming and sorta ass-pully at the end (moreso than usual). I felt that it just didn't need to be 1,000 pages long, it would have been a good tight story at about 500 or so and not really lost anything.
I read Tommyknocker in 24 hours, and I thought I was going to die! I think it was the book that broke me of reading books only in one sittings (although I still prefer it).
Sophia -- one summer in college, I went on a total King reading binge, and I remember Tommyknockers freaking me out more than almost any of his other books. (Pet Semetary still wins on that front. While I read it, I literally turned around to check behind my chair. For what, I don't know. A reanimated cat, I guess. Or Gage.)
That's Donna? Wow.
I love Clockwork Couture. Aside from the fun stuff they have (most of which my DH has bought me, I think), they are so very nice. Donna is good people.
