“A Prayer for Owen Meany” a novel by John Irving
Okay, so I came a little late to this particular party. This novel has been on my to-be-read list for years and years. Both of my sisters have raved about it for years and years. And I’ve tried to read it for, you guessed it, years [...]
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Books Read in September
Posted in reading on October 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Books Read in August
Posted in reading on August 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Certain Girls” a novel by Jennifer Weiner
When I was a kid, our small-town paper published wedding announcements, with descriptions of the ceremonies and dresses and pictures of the brides.
We meet Cannie Shapiro again after her debut novel, loosely (or maybe not) based on her life became a huge success. That success sent her scurrying out [...]
Book Read in June/July
Posted in creative process, reading, writing on August 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“Why I’m Like This” true stories by Cynthia Kaplan
There was always one girl at camp whom everyone hated.
Kaplan has been described as a cross between David Sedaris and Anna Quindlen. Her true stories delve into a therapist from hell, bizarre grandmothers and the rest of her family and friends. The book is both hilarious and [...]
Books Read in April
Posted in reading on May 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“No One You Know” a novel by Michelle Richmond
When I found him at last, I had long ago given up the search.
This reminded me a lot of her other novel, “A Year of Fog”. Both focus on a woman involved in some mysterious crime that goes unsolved for years. The previous novel involved a missing [...]
Books Read in March
Posted in reading on April 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“A Mercy” a novel by Toni Morrison
Don’t be afraid. My telling can’t hurt you in spite of what I have done and I promise to lie quietly in the dark – weeping perhaps or occasionally seeing the blood once more– but I will never again unfold my limbs to rise up and bare teeth.
A slender [...]
Books Read in December
Posted in reading on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Breakfast of Champions” a novel by Kurt Vonnegut
I think this is the first novel I’ve read by him unless I read “Slaughterhouse-Five” in high school. Wasn’t that one all the reading lists? This was my latest book club pick. The first night picked it up I read about thirty pages. When I got back to [...]
Week 4 of The Artist’s Way
Posted in The Artist's Way, creative process, inspiration, motivation, reading on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Morning pages everyday day for week 3? Check. It surprised me that for several days almost the entire three pages were filled with reflections on the election and the economy.
Artist Date? Check. I volunteered at the local Obama headquarters. I did some data entry, inputting info from phone calls. I consider this an artist date [...]
Books Read in July
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“A Peculiar Grace” a novel by Jeffrey Lent
This recommendation came from a friend and honestly I didn’t get into the story at first. Now that could have been because I was extremely distracted with my house being torn apart for some remodeling so I gave it the 100 page test. Once I got past 100 [...]
New Classics Meme
Posted in reading on July 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I found this meme here. Below is the list of Entertainment Weekly’s 100 “new classics.” Bold the ones you have read. Place an asterisk next to the ones you have loved. Italicize the ones you want to read. Strike the ones you hated with a fiery passion. And always, if you are so inclined, post [...]
Books Read in May
Posted in creative process, reading, writing on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So May was not a big reading month for me. I found it hard to settle in with any particular book. I browsed through several that I had read already, read one collection of essays, re-read one amazing book on writing and finished the mother-daughter book club selection and that’s it. But it was a [...]
