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maribouOne for the Money, by Janet Evanovich
This was a good fluff read, funny and intense, though it took me about the first 3rd of the book to get into it. Surprisingly violent; for some reason I had the idea this was a 'cozy' series. The humor aspect maybe. Silly me.
(6/200)
Ernie, by Tony Mendoza
Pictures of a cat! And amusing accompanying text in photographer's and purportedly cat's voices. Not much actual reading involved, but I liked how non-sentimental some of the pictures were; not just 'oooh, the sweet kitty' but 'damn, dude, that thing's pretty fierce' - which, you know, cats can be.
(7/200)
Like the Red Panda, by Andrea Seigel
A bittersweet book that details a smart young woman's last two weeks of high school. It wasn't sad while I was reading it, but I'd be sad about it whenever I put it down. Occasionally laugh out loud funny. I really liked this book.
(8/200)
Father Joe, by Tony Hendra
This was interesting. Many parts of it were much better than I'd been expecting and some parts of it were not as good as the really good parts led me to expect. Part eulogy for the eponymous father and part no-holds-barred confessional of some of the more acedic parts of Hendra's life. Charming and wry, mostly, with splashes of brutal honesty and true spiritual depth.
(9/200)
Surrender: An Erotic Memoir, by Toni Bentley
Er, this book is very explicit, consider yourself warned, but very interesting. Bentley is a former ballerina whose writing is notable for a) its candor and b) its literary qualities. Parts of this book struck me as profoundly insightful and other parts made me roll my eyes and say, "Geez, neurotic much?" As might be expected given a), above.
(10/200)
Harry and Hortense at Hormone High, by Paul Zindel
Touching and funny YA novel about two kids who befriend a charismatic schizophrenic and are deeply affected by it. Don't want to give away any more of the plot. I like Zindel's deftness - here there is a romance angle about which we are told up front something to the effect of "Look, I'm not saying it isn't important, but it's not what the story is about so don't expect me to go into it." I liked that. I thought I had read this in junior high, but I think I might've just thought I did based on the number of other books I'd read by the same author.
(11/200)
Tut Tut, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Whee! Part of the Time Warp Trio series, about 3 kids who travel back in time, this one was set during the reign of Hatshepsut. Silly and funny and I would have DEVOURED these when I was 6-10. Now, the perfect book for that part of my cardio workout where I've not settled down into actually working at it yet, as I am liable to have finished the book a short part of the way in. Will be reading others of these.
(12/200)
This was a good fluff read, funny and intense, though it took me about the first 3rd of the book to get into it. Surprisingly violent; for some reason I had the idea this was a 'cozy' series. The humor aspect maybe. Silly me.
(6/200)
Ernie, by Tony Mendoza
Pictures of a cat! And amusing accompanying text in photographer's and purportedly cat's voices. Not much actual reading involved, but I liked how non-sentimental some of the pictures were; not just 'oooh, the sweet kitty' but 'damn, dude, that thing's pretty fierce' - which, you know, cats can be.
(7/200)
Like the Red Panda, by Andrea Seigel
A bittersweet book that details a smart young woman's last two weeks of high school. It wasn't sad while I was reading it, but I'd be sad about it whenever I put it down. Occasionally laugh out loud funny. I really liked this book.
(8/200)
Father Joe, by Tony Hendra
This was interesting. Many parts of it were much better than I'd been expecting and some parts of it were not as good as the really good parts led me to expect. Part eulogy for the eponymous father and part no-holds-barred confessional of some of the more acedic parts of Hendra's life. Charming and wry, mostly, with splashes of brutal honesty and true spiritual depth.
(9/200)
Surrender: An Erotic Memoir, by Toni Bentley
Er, this book is very explicit, consider yourself warned, but very interesting. Bentley is a former ballerina whose writing is notable for a) its candor and b) its literary qualities. Parts of this book struck me as profoundly insightful and other parts made me roll my eyes and say, "Geez, neurotic much?" As might be expected given a), above.
(10/200)
Harry and Hortense at Hormone High, by Paul Zindel
Touching and funny YA novel about two kids who befriend a charismatic schizophrenic and are deeply affected by it. Don't want to give away any more of the plot. I like Zindel's deftness - here there is a romance angle about which we are told up front something to the effect of "Look, I'm not saying it isn't important, but it's not what the story is about so don't expect me to go into it." I liked that. I thought I had read this in junior high, but I think I might've just thought I did based on the number of other books I'd read by the same author.
(11/200)
Tut Tut, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Whee! Part of the Time Warp Trio series, about 3 kids who travel back in time, this one was set during the reign of Hatshepsut. Silly and funny and I would have DEVOURED these when I was 6-10. Now, the perfect book for that part of my cardio workout where I've not settled down into actually working at it yet, as I am liable to have finished the book a short part of the way in. Will be reading others of these.
(12/200)
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Date: 2005-01-19 01:46 pm (UTC)Also, have you read "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke?
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Date: 2005-01-19 03:08 pm (UTC)