Neko Case
+Joey and John of Calexico
- Venue: The Wellmont Theatre (Montclair)
- Date: Sun 11/15
- Notes: Doors 7:00 PM / Show 8:00 PM
- $32.00
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Neko Case - 11/15
Kinda far away, but anyone wanna go?
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Magicians
Second post in as many days, but you probably shouldn't get used to it. My track record isn't very good.
I'm writing to see if anyone has read, knows someone who's read, or heard good things about The Magicians by Lev Grossman. General synopsis: college bound senior has grown up in a Harry Potter / Narnia / Tolkien world and suddenly finds out that magic is real. In addition to going to university at a school for magic, he also grows up and other real world type stuff happens.
This book sounds like my fantasy (that Hogwarts is real) come true, so I'm dying to read it (plus it's gotten legit reviews - not that a lack of respectable reviews has ever stopped me from indulging in a good book, but it doesn't hurt either).
I've tried twice to get book club to choose this book, and gotten a negative both times. Eventually I'll read it myself, but the last couple of months have been busy with novel writing class (sadly, now over), grad school applications, and "other real world type stuff". Usually books are a significant part of my "real world type stuff," but I haven't even come close to my desired three books per week.
Other books for which I've been counting the days, but are getting pushed off another month:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - I read the first book in this YA trilogy - Hunger Games - months ago, and I'm still thinking about it
Going Bovine by Libba Bray - a serious contender for next month's book club (at least in my mind)
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart - my favorite series for children
Really going to work now.
I'm writing to see if anyone has read, knows someone who's read, or heard good things about The Magicians by Lev Grossman. General synopsis: college bound senior has grown up in a Harry Potter / Narnia / Tolkien world and suddenly finds out that magic is real. In addition to going to university at a school for magic, he also grows up and other real world type stuff happens.
This book sounds like my fantasy (that Hogwarts is real) come true, so I'm dying to read it (plus it's gotten legit reviews - not that a lack of respectable reviews has ever stopped me from indulging in a good book, but it doesn't hurt either).
I've tried twice to get book club to choose this book, and gotten a negative both times. Eventually I'll read it myself, but the last couple of months have been busy with novel writing class (sadly, now over), grad school applications, and "other real world type stuff". Usually books are a significant part of my "real world type stuff," but I haven't even come close to my desired three books per week.
Other books for which I've been counting the days, but are getting pushed off another month:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - I read the first book in this YA trilogy - Hunger Games - months ago, and I'm still thinking about it
Going Bovine by Libba Bray - a serious contender for next month's book club (at least in my mind)
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart - my favorite series for children
Really going to work now.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Survey: yay or nay
Soulless by Gail Carriger: guilty pleasure, utter genius, or pulp? I'm thinking it looks just weird enough to be a yay (and possibly a big yay).
Check out this Omnivoracious interview to help form your opinion (but beware, I was shocked to see a major spoiler in question no. 4).
Do you have a literary guilty pleasure?
I think there are different books for different needs, so I try not to feel guilty about anything I read. Though there was a dark time in my life otherwise known as the Harlequin years (middle school) that has resulted in some major head hanging.
Next month's book club selection: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
They didn't go for the version with zombies when I suggested it as a light summer read, so I didn't even bring it up tonight. But I'm perfectly content with our choice as 2009 is about to expire regardless of the fact that I haven't fit in my annual rereading of my favorite novel.
Check out this Omnivoracious interview to help form your opinion (but beware, I was shocked to see a major spoiler in question no. 4).
Do you have a literary guilty pleasure?
I think there are different books for different needs, so I try not to feel guilty about anything I read. Though there was a dark time in my life otherwise known as the Harlequin years (middle school) that has resulted in some major head hanging.
Next month's book club selection: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
They didn't go for the version with zombies when I suggested it as a light summer read, so I didn't even bring it up tonight. But I'm perfectly content with our choice as 2009 is about to expire regardless of the fact that I haven't fit in my annual rereading of my favorite novel.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
book club
Darn, I thought that an entire year had gone by since my last post, but I'm just shy by about three measly weeks. If anyone happens upon this blog out here in internet-Siberia, I have a request. I need suggestions for my next book club (it's this Wednesday). I want something really good, and I can't seem to come up with a book.
I've thinking about something by Richard Brautigan, because I've never read Trout Fishing in America (though I can say that In Watermelon Sugar and The Abortion were excellent). I am also considering bringing in a YA book since I'm fairly certain that most of my members don't venture into that 'genre'. Here are my top YA choices:
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Here is a list of our previous books - an asterisk indicates a book that the club read and a # indicates books that I suggested as additional reading - the rest of the books were options that I brought to a meeting as possible reading choices.
* Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (our current selection)
# The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
# Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
# Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
* Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
* The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
# The Three Incestuous Sisters: An Illustrated Novel by Audrey Niffenegger
# French Milk by Lucy Knisley (graphic novel)
* Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Five Quarters of an Orange by Joanne Harris
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
The World to Come by Dara Horn
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
# The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly
I've thinking about something by Richard Brautigan, because I've never read Trout Fishing in America (though I can say that In Watermelon Sugar and The Abortion were excellent). I am also considering bringing in a YA book since I'm fairly certain that most of my members don't venture into that 'genre'. Here are my top YA choices:
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Here is a list of our previous books - an asterisk indicates a book that the club read and a # indicates books that I suggested as additional reading - the rest of the books were options that I brought to a meeting as possible reading choices.
* Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (our current selection)
# The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
# Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
# Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
* Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
* The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
# The Three Incestuous Sisters: An Illustrated Novel by Audrey Niffenegger
# French Milk by Lucy Knisley (graphic novel)
* Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Five Quarters of an Orange by Joanne Harris
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
The World to Come by Dara Horn
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
# The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly
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