First of all, thanks to all of you who gave me book suggestions. And, special thanks to all of you have have "de-lurked" to give suggestions. :) Really, thank you!
I'm planning on reading most of your suggestions (some I've already read). In fact, I've already ordered 4 of the books from Amazon (the cheap used ones). Not that there is ANY WAY that I'll ever get through 4 books on a 5-day cruise, but I'll eventually read them.
I love Jodi Piccoult books, too. I've really liked all of them that I have read with the exception of The Tenth Circle. The Tenth Circle was kind of weird and definitely a diversion from some of her other books. If you haven't read it, my recommendation is to not.
I'm glad I got your suggestions, though, because usually I just browse Barnes & Noble until I find something that looks interesting and I buy it. I'm totally the "judge a book by its cover"-type. However, last time I did that it totally back-fired on me.
I bought Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. I bought it because I'm a sucker for memoirs, and the title caught my attention. I thought it would be funny. It was T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E. It was gross, dark, disturbing, dysfunctional, and icky. I have NEVER stopped reading a book before (I even fought my way through the uber-boring The Fountainhead...all 450 million pages), but Scissors? I slammed shut and never looked back. I would never recommend a book less.
Last night I was at my friend Stephanie's house looking through her books. She has tons of books. She has all of the Jodi Piccoult books, so I borrowed some that I haven't read yet. She was has a bunch of "classics" that she was trying to get me to take and read. Uh, not interested. I rarely read a "classic" that I
Anyway, enough rambling!
Happy reading to you all! And, if you run across anything that you've loved reading--leave me a comment about it!
2 comments:
OK -- so which ones did you order?
I am just getting back among the living and catching up on blogs. I love the Stephanie Plum series, they make me laugh out loud - Finger lickin fifteen is just out, but start with the first one if you haven't read them. I am with you, The 10th circle was strange. I thought Vanishing Acts was good. Have fun on your trip, we just got back from ours!
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