books I read this year that I just really enjoyed - in no particular order
Weaver and the Factory Maid
Midnight for Charlie Bone
King Rat
A War for the Oaks
Bitten
Pattern Recognition
The Playboy
Razzle
The Salaryman's Wife
Brown Girl in the Ring
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
beth b - Dec 17, 2003 10:03:49 pm PST #250 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
beth b - Dec 17, 2003 10:07:09 pm PST #251 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
books that I did not like
A walk to remember
Lost in a good Book
The Amber Room
Magic Time
beth b - Dec 17, 2003 10:13:55 pm PST #252 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Books that disturbed my brain too much to use the word enjoy
Plainsong
The Lovely Bones
Star Fraction
beth b - Dec 17, 2003 10:16:35 pm PST #253 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I've read about 90 books this year. Which is low - that is disturbing when you remember I am mostly unemployed.
Fred Pete - Dec 18, 2003 6:01:41 am PST #254 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
King Rat
I've read this one several times -- it's one of my favorites. Excellent character study of prisoners in a WWII prison camp.
Rhiannon - Dec 18, 2003 6:22:32 am PST #255 of 10002
"Church, cult, cult, church. So we get bored somewhere else every Sunday. Is this really going to change our day to day life?" Bart - the Joy of Sect
(takes the groupies from deb, makes them finish paperwork for my 350 internship students and finish christmas shopping...)
deborah grabien - Dec 18, 2003 7:40:55 am PST #256 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Beth, Plainsong disturbed you? Really? But it's such a gentle book.
Rhiannon, nononono, the groupies are there to peel grapes for you, and bring you lurvely things to nosh. For the schoolwork and shopping, you need minions. How many?
I'm just starting the book Matt (beth's DH) loaned me, a biography of Bert Jansch called "Dazzling Stranger". Already fascinated - and a longtime passing acquaintance with Jansch just makes it more so.
Strix - Dec 18, 2003 9:53:01 am PST #257 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Does anyone have any of Deb's out-of-print books that I could borrow and read during Xmas break? I'm a-gonna buy Weaver, but I'd love to read your other stuff.
deborah grabien - Dec 18, 2003 10:05:36 am PST #258 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Erin, check your library - they may well have "Eyes in the Fire" and/or "Plainsong". A lot of libraries do, and you save the money.
Deena - Dec 18, 2003 10:16:24 am PST #259 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I had to get some of them from inter-library loan, but I was able to find all but one of them. Plainsong was my favorite. It disturbed me, too, though.