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maribouNatural Acts, by David Quammen
There were only two pieces in here I hadn't read before - the introduction to the expanded version and an essay about a beloved dog - but the rest all held up very well to rereading. If you forced me to pick a favorite writer at gunpoint right now, Quammen would be it.
(16/200)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
Fun! Much punkier than I thought it would be from the couple of movie trailers I've seen (did they tame down the movie?), but still essentially wholesome and winning. A very quick read.
(17/200)
Home for Christmas, by Andrew Greeley
Another quick read. And I liked this better than the last book of his I read. More polished, more thoughtful. Also I just realized where I got my constant refrain of "Any God that would do X isn't much worth believing in."
(18/200)
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
Absolutely lovely. Jane Austen's way of describing a situation is still immediate and fresh, and the push-pull of her mostly ironic narrator and mostly noble heroine is really affecting.
(19/200)
Undertow, by Susanna Kearsley
Quick entertaining read - Kearsley is definitely on the "safe for comfort reading" list now. This was part of the Avalon Romantic Mystery line and it's a bit more obviously formulaic than her later books I've read. Still, good way to pass an hour or so. (I'm not linking because I can't find a site selling it for less than 70 bucks. It's not THAT good... seek out your local library's Interlibrary Loan Department.)
(20/200)
There were only two pieces in here I hadn't read before - the introduction to the expanded version and an essay about a beloved dog - but the rest all held up very well to rereading. If you forced me to pick a favorite writer at gunpoint right now, Quammen would be it.
(16/200)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
Fun! Much punkier than I thought it would be from the couple of movie trailers I've seen (did they tame down the movie?), but still essentially wholesome and winning. A very quick read.
(17/200)
Home for Christmas, by Andrew Greeley
Another quick read. And I liked this better than the last book of his I read. More polished, more thoughtful. Also I just realized where I got my constant refrain of "Any God that would do X isn't much worth believing in."
(18/200)
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
Absolutely lovely. Jane Austen's way of describing a situation is still immediate and fresh, and the push-pull of her mostly ironic narrator and mostly noble heroine is really affecting.
(19/200)
Undertow, by Susanna Kearsley
Quick entertaining read - Kearsley is definitely on the "safe for comfort reading" list now. This was part of the Avalon Romantic Mystery line and it's a bit more obviously formulaic than her later books I've read. Still, good way to pass an hour or so. (I'm not linking because I can't find a site selling it for less than 70 bucks. It's not THAT good... seek out your local library's Interlibrary Loan Department.)
(20/200)
