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Good-bye, Chunky Rice, by Craig Thompson
So sweet! So surreal! So sad! It's a mouthful where Blankets is a meal, but a lovely mouthful indeed.
(173/200)
Mort, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Death's my faaaaaaaaaaaavorite. The Discworld novels continue to improve; still not as trenchant as some of the later books in the series, but miles past the shaky first book. Funny and sweet.
(174/200)
Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer, unabridged audiobook narrated by Nathaniel Parker
Amoral boy genius with nigh-heroic butler pulls caper, nearly dies in the attempt. Narrator was great, story was attention-grabbing. Not a lot more to say except that I'm glad there are sequels. Oh, and apparently Eoin sounds a lot like "Owen," not so much like "Ian".
(175/200)
Why Girls Are Weird, by Pamela Ribon
Chick lit of the charmingly fluffy variety. I really enjoy the author's journal and was afraid that since a fair amount of the book was recycled journal entries, the book would be stale. But no! It was cute and funny and engaging and I had fun reading it. The protagonist is not much like me, but she's an awful lot like a couple of my friends.
(176/200)
The Best American Non-Required Reading 2003, edited by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers and his ilk (David Foster Wallace, McSweeney's, etc) kind of irritate me. On the other hand, when I read things by them in small doses, they make me happy and I tear through whatever the book is. On the other other hand, I'm left with vague feelings of frustration for some reason. I suspect that the critical part of my brain finds this sort of thing pretentious, but the curl-up-with-a-book part of my brain doesn't have (or want) a pretentiousness filter. Ambiguous psychological discomfort aside, I liked this collection. Chuck Klosterman's essay on tribute bands was particularly neat, and Zadie Smith's introduction rocked my house enough that I am now curious about White Teeth, which I had previously been avoiding like the plague.
(177/200)
Library: The Drama Within, by Diane Asseo Grilliches
So I was wetting my saxophone reed and I pulled this off the shelf to glance at the pretty pictures for a couple of minutes. Except I kept telling myself, "Okay, fine, you can look at the next one, but THEN you have to practice, dammit." I did practice, but not until I'd read the whole book. It's really captivating - gorgeous black-and-white pictures of libraries with tasty quotes and interesting little background paragraphs on (most of) the libraries in question.
(178/200)
Princess in the Spotlight, by Meg Cabot, unabridged audiobook narrated by Ann Hathaway
And this one is so fluffy it only took up 4 CDs! I think this is the shortest unabridged book I've ever listened to. I had visions of having to turn this off halfway through, but I actually quite enjoyed it. Ann Hathaway (who also played the main character in the movie) is very convincing and the style is breezy and adorable. I would have LOVED this series at 13. May have to listen to future installments at some not-to-be-hurried future date.
(179/200)
So sweet! So surreal! So sad! It's a mouthful where Blankets is a meal, but a lovely mouthful indeed.
(173/200)
Mort, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Death's my faaaaaaaaaaaavorite. The Discworld novels continue to improve; still not as trenchant as some of the later books in the series, but miles past the shaky first book. Funny and sweet.
(174/200)
Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer, unabridged audiobook narrated by Nathaniel Parker
Amoral boy genius with nigh-heroic butler pulls caper, nearly dies in the attempt. Narrator was great, story was attention-grabbing. Not a lot more to say except that I'm glad there are sequels. Oh, and apparently Eoin sounds a lot like "Owen," not so much like "Ian".
(175/200)
Why Girls Are Weird, by Pamela Ribon
Chick lit of the charmingly fluffy variety. I really enjoy the author's journal and was afraid that since a fair amount of the book was recycled journal entries, the book would be stale. But no! It was cute and funny and engaging and I had fun reading it. The protagonist is not much like me, but she's an awful lot like a couple of my friends.
(176/200)
The Best American Non-Required Reading 2003, edited by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers and his ilk (David Foster Wallace, McSweeney's, etc) kind of irritate me. On the other hand, when I read things by them in small doses, they make me happy and I tear through whatever the book is. On the other other hand, I'm left with vague feelings of frustration for some reason. I suspect that the critical part of my brain finds this sort of thing pretentious, but the curl-up-with-a-book part of my brain doesn't have (or want) a pretentiousness filter. Ambiguous psychological discomfort aside, I liked this collection. Chuck Klosterman's essay on tribute bands was particularly neat, and Zadie Smith's introduction rocked my house enough that I am now curious about White Teeth, which I had previously been avoiding like the plague.
(177/200)
Library: The Drama Within, by Diane Asseo Grilliches
So I was wetting my saxophone reed and I pulled this off the shelf to glance at the pretty pictures for a couple of minutes. Except I kept telling myself, "Okay, fine, you can look at the next one, but THEN you have to practice, dammit." I did practice, but not until I'd read the whole book. It's really captivating - gorgeous black-and-white pictures of libraries with tasty quotes and interesting little background paragraphs on (most of) the libraries in question.
(178/200)
Princess in the Spotlight, by Meg Cabot, unabridged audiobook narrated by Ann Hathaway
And this one is so fluffy it only took up 4 CDs! I think this is the shortest unabridged book I've ever listened to. I had visions of having to turn this off halfway through, but I actually quite enjoyed it. Ann Hathaway (who also played the main character in the movie) is very convincing and the style is breezy and adorable. I would have LOVED this series at 13. May have to listen to future installments at some not-to-be-hurried future date.
(179/200)
