readers, unite!
ok, really? grading papers or fixing the toilet? i'm sorry, dear readers, i don't know what came over me in that last entry. but for someone waging a war on mediocrity, something had to be done, and fast. (shake it off, smith!) so today i made up for it by going iceskating and then perusing used books. i realized, with chagrin, that i had slowly isolated reading to the summer and had let teaching completely crowd it out september-may. when people asked me what i was reading, "GradeQuick" was all i could reply. this cannot be! so i found some fun books that i plan to alternate with readings on aesthetics and the philosophy of beauty (still working on that honorary PhD). *i haven't read these yet, so take the list as you will...
-the girls' guide to hunting and fishing by melissa bank (suburban-looking thirtysomething single woman book, i don't usually do these, but this one looked different and somehow smarter plus i liked the cover)
-bread givers by anzia yezierska (yes, that would be jewish historical fiction)
-the last days of dogtown by anita diamant (i like her other books, so?)
-paris to the moon by adam gopnik (daily, less fabled life of raising a family on foreign turf)
-mirror, mirror by gregory maguire (author of wicked, boston herald says it's brilliant)
p.s. i finished "school of essential ingredients" and loved it. that was on the heels of "a severe mercy" which i loved, but in a very different way. the contrast was somewhat of a coming up for air.
p.p.s. i'm compiling a list by asking people, "what are you reading right now?" so, what are your books of choice?
how about, 'anything I can get my hands on!' ah, the joys of perusing a book store. . . . .
ReplyDeletecan i borrow when you're done? :)
absolutely!
ReplyDeleteI could you see you, my nature loving friend, enjoying "Red-Tails in Love." It's the wonderful, true story of Pale Male, the first known red-tail hawk to live and breed in NYC's Central Park. The book describes the community of birders, the phenomenon of abundant wildlife in the midst of this crowded city, and the triumph of "love," whether animal or human. :o)
ReplyDeletethanks for the tip! i've also just finished my second time through madeleine l'engle's "walking on water" and am starting "the guernsey literary and potato peel society"--tres delightful.
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