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maribouThe Crimson Thread, by Suzanne Weyn
YA fluff romance retelling of Rumplestiltskin, set in turn-of-the-century-ish New York. Very tasty if that's your sort of thing, which it is mine, nothing earth-shattering though. This series is really reliable for when I just want to rest my brain without having to risk being pissed off at writerly stupidity.
(207/300)
The Complete Merde, by Genevieve
Good pick-up-and-put-down-a-lot book, funny discussion of French slang on a very guidebook-y, snarky level.
(208/300)
Lone Wolf and Cub volume 1, by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
I've been meaning to try this series for at least 8 years. While I see what the big deal is, it's not really my thing. Doubt I will seek out more of these, at least not for a while. OTOH if I had the chance to see it animated on the big screen, I would leap at that chance.
(209/300)
My So-Called Life Goes On, by Catherine Clark
Um, it's a post-TV-show novelization of what coulda been. So, guilty pleasure. Except it kept me awake working late without consuming my attention to the point where I couldn't do my job, so I don't really feel that guilty. I notice Amazon wants 76 dollars for it at the moment - reader, it is NOT worth 76 dollars. But you might ILL it if you are the ILLing sort and were curious.
(210/300)
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
Yes, yes, it's YA supernatural angst trash and it's deeply flawed in its portrayal of relationships blah blah. Still, I hoovered it up and I'm really looking forward to reading the sequels. Fun enough that it made my critical brain roll over for a tummy rub while my teen-girl-Christopher-Pike-reading-self said, "oh, YES, this is what I was looking for that summer I read every single Christopher Pike book ever written," and devoured every page. Great bathtub book.
(211/300)
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2001, edited by Burkhard Bilger and Edward O. Wilson
Somehow I missed this one back when it came out. I usually read these at least in part because I want to feel like I'm keeping up a bit ... so it was interesting to read something that's 7 years in the past, as far as 'new advances' go, and think about that. And there were some stunningly well-written pieces as well. Especially feeling the Ted Kerasote love, as usual, among many other standouts; and I really enjoyed both intros. Excellent selections.
(212/300)
Religious Literacy, by Stephen Prothero
Spirited polemic about how Americans mostly don't know jackshit about religion, how that happened historically, and why it's important that we try to change it - the author advocates religious studies (not religious instruction, or anti-reliigous instruction, but just the study of religions) in secondary schools and colleges. Really, reading this was submitting myself to a big dose of preaching to the choir ... and then, where I didn't agree with him he got a bit tiresome (seems like Karen Armstrong, whom I love as a writer, drives him up a wall)... still, it was entertaining if not particularly challenging reading for someone with a religious studies minor under her belt already. I will say it was nifty to learn some things about specifically American denominations that I had not picked up through previous reading. But I liked reading American Jesus rather more.
(213/300)
YA fluff romance retelling of Rumplestiltskin, set in turn-of-the-century-ish New York. Very tasty if that's your sort of thing, which it is mine, nothing earth-shattering though. This series is really reliable for when I just want to rest my brain without having to risk being pissed off at writerly stupidity.
(207/300)
The Complete Merde, by Genevieve
Good pick-up-and-put-down-a-lot book, funny discussion of French slang on a very guidebook-y, snarky level.
(208/300)
Lone Wolf and Cub volume 1, by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
I've been meaning to try this series for at least 8 years. While I see what the big deal is, it's not really my thing. Doubt I will seek out more of these, at least not for a while. OTOH if I had the chance to see it animated on the big screen, I would leap at that chance.
(209/300)
My So-Called Life Goes On, by Catherine Clark
Um, it's a post-TV-show novelization of what coulda been. So, guilty pleasure. Except it kept me awake working late without consuming my attention to the point where I couldn't do my job, so I don't really feel that guilty. I notice Amazon wants 76 dollars for it at the moment - reader, it is NOT worth 76 dollars. But you might ILL it if you are the ILLing sort and were curious.
(210/300)
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
Yes, yes, it's YA supernatural angst trash and it's deeply flawed in its portrayal of relationships blah blah. Still, I hoovered it up and I'm really looking forward to reading the sequels. Fun enough that it made my critical brain roll over for a tummy rub while my teen-girl-Christopher-Pike-reading-self said, "oh, YES, this is what I was looking for that summer I read every single Christopher Pike book ever written," and devoured every page. Great bathtub book.
(211/300)
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2001, edited by Burkhard Bilger and Edward O. Wilson
Somehow I missed this one back when it came out. I usually read these at least in part because I want to feel like I'm keeping up a bit ... so it was interesting to read something that's 7 years in the past, as far as 'new advances' go, and think about that. And there were some stunningly well-written pieces as well. Especially feeling the Ted Kerasote love, as usual, among many other standouts; and I really enjoyed both intros. Excellent selections.
(212/300)
Religious Literacy, by Stephen Prothero
Spirited polemic about how Americans mostly don't know jackshit about religion, how that happened historically, and why it's important that we try to change it - the author advocates religious studies (not religious instruction, or anti-reliigous instruction, but just the study of religions) in secondary schools and colleges. Really, reading this was submitting myself to a big dose of preaching to the choir ... and then, where I didn't agree with him he got a bit tiresome (seems like Karen Armstrong, whom I love as a writer, drives him up a wall)... still, it was entertaining if not particularly challenging reading for someone with a religious studies minor under her belt already. I will say it was nifty to learn some things about specifically American denominations that I had not picked up through previous reading. But I liked reading American Jesus rather more.
(213/300)
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Date: 2008-10-21 07:54 am (UTC)Heeee. Would that imply that you too have read all 6 books in The Last Vampire series, then? Even the one with the mystical hippie time travel?
(Because yes, I was an embarrassingly big fan of his works when I was a teenager.)
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Date: 2008-10-21 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-21 03:51 pm (UTC)Would you recommend the book on French slang to me in case I can grab some relevant turns of phrase from it? Or do I have to speak French to get anything out of it?
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Date: 2008-10-21 04:41 pm (UTC)And while there is quite a bit of ham-fisted in Twilight, there are also some lovely descriptive passages...
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Date: 2008-10-21 11:26 pm (UTC)Share my so called life?
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Date: 2008-10-22 12:24 am (UTC)OBVIOUSLY NOT GETTING IT
Date: 2008-10-22 12:51 am (UTC)Also why is one of the former captains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Pike_(Star_Trek)) of the Enterprise appearing in a supernatural novel? Did the crew visit Ghost Planet?
Re: OBVIOUSLY NOT GETTING IT
Date: 2008-10-22 03:09 am (UTC)Re: OBVIOUSLY NOT GETTING IT
Date: 2008-10-22 03:22 am (UTC)Re: OBVIOUSLY NOT GETTING IT
Date: 2008-10-22 03:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-24 12:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-25 03:36 pm (UTC)