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I’ve had a copy of Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost on my shelf for a few years now. When I discovered Simon Vance (my new favorite narrator) did the audiobook, I borrowed it from my public library. About the Book: J. Maarten Troost and his wife are ready for a . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “Lost on Planet China” by J. Maarten Troost (Audiobook) I won an ARC of Swing Low by Miriam Toews during the April 2011 Readathon. It is a memoir of the author’s father, written by her but from her father’s perspective. About the Book: Mel Toews is in the hospital. Why, he cannot quite remember. There are other select bits of memory that . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “Swing Low” by Miriam Toews Before I left for my August travels, an author named Artie Van Why contacted me to see if I’d like to read his short memoir, That Day in September. Unsure of how much reading I would get done during my trip, I was reluctant to commit to another book, but I loaded it . . . → Read More: Sunday Salon: “That Day in September” Still Life With Brass Pole by Craig Machen was sent to me for review by the author. I read it on my Sony Reader while traveling last month. The views expressed below are my own. About the Book: “Dean is driving the Porsche. In the passenger seat, I am drunk, coked to the . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “Still Life With Brass Pole” by Craig Machen Made for You and Me by Caitlin Shetterly came to me via LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. I read it during the recent Readathon. About the Book: Shortly after their marriage in 2008, Caitlin Shetterly and Dan Davis packed up their life and drove from Maine and family connections to the promise of Los . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “Made for You and Me” by Caitlin Shetterly I’ve always been fascinated by language. So, when Liza Bakewell asked me if I’d be interested in reading her new book, Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun, of course I was excited. About the Book: It all started with a phrase: me vale madre. Translated literally, it means “it is worth a mother,” . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun” by Liza Bakewell I’ve felt a little “meh” toward most of the books I’ve read recently. Last week I talked about Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome and The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, both audiobooks I didn’t love. Instead of talking about these next two books separately, I’m rolling all the “meh” into . . . → Read More: Thoughts on Two Books That Disappointed Me Here we are at the end of the first Reading Buddies book: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. If you missed the discussion post, you can find it here. I chose to listen to the book on audio, as read by William Roberts. While Roberts’s narration was lively and well paced, . . . → Read More: Reading Buddies Wrap-Up: “A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson Hello reading buddies! I hope you’re all enjoying A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I’ve been listening to William Roberts read this chronicle of hiking the Appalachian Trail on audio, and so far, so good. Roberts reads at a steady clip with good inflection, and it’s an absorbing book. I’m smack . . . → Read More: Reading Buddies Discussion: “A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson Three factors combined to make me finally pick up Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, which I’ve owned approximately forever. First, the TBR Dare has me focused on my own shelves. Second, one of my goals for 2011 is to read more memoirs. And third, the World Party Reading Challenge country for January . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi |
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