2008 in Books
Posted on December 31, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed | 2 Comments
Even if I had the time to do a full year in review, I wouldn’t. I don’t think I could bring myself to look back or think back. I lived it once, I don’t particularly want to relive it, ya know? The year in books, though, that’s something else entirely.
* I read [...]
Websterisms
Posted on December 27, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Non-Fiction | Leave a Comment
I plucked Websterisms off of the “just back” shelf mostly because I thought TW would like it. She’s a big fan of the Webster. But, she turned up her nose at it. Weird.
I thought it would be a quick read during the crazy days leading up to Christmas so I put it [...]
Let It Snow
Posted on December 22, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Fiction, Young Adult | 1 Comment
OK, sassymonkey was right. I had to read Let It Snow and not because John Green and Lauren Myracle are two of the writers. I had to read it because there’s nothing better than Waffle House, cheerleaders and a LOT of snow. OK that snow thing, I could do without that and [...]
Read More..>>Loose Girl
Posted on December 20, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Non-Fiction, Women | Leave a Comment
I don’t have much to say about Loose Girl. It was depressing. It reminded me of another book I read and can’t remember the name of. Same sort of thing – girl gets addicted to X, almost destroys her life, gets her life back on track – also an memoir.
That’s probably [...]
Cycler
Posted on December 15, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Fiction, Queer, Young Adult | Leave a Comment
Cycler is the weirdest YA book I’ve ever read. Weird and oddly compelling. I’m surprised at how much I’m interested in reading the sequel, particularly after the first chapter I wanted to throw the book across the room. I mean, please.
It’s a Dr Jekyl/Mrs Hyde – Teen Wolf sort of [...]
Kissing Kate
Posted on December 13, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Fiction, Queer, Young Adult | Leave a Comment
Kissing Kate was a nice little lesbian YA book. A little too “perfect” – how many teens find exactly the kind of friend they need to help them deal with a problem like “Kate”? Not too many. Actually, I’m not too sure many adults find the perfect friend to help them deal [...]
Read More..>>The Jew Store
Posted on December 11, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Non-Fiction | Leave a Comment
I was ambivalent about reading The Jew Store and I’m not sure why. It was in the “book club” section of the library which generally means a lot of people liked it, so I shouldn’t have been wary. But, having grown up in the south and read an awful lot of books about [...]
Read More..>>The Miraculous Life of Edgar Mint
Posted on December 5, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Favorites, Fiction | Leave a Comment
It took me an awful long time to read The Miraculous Life of Edgar Mint and I don’t know why. It’s a pretty short book. It’s a very good book. I read a good while every night. It just seemed like it never ended – and then when it did, wah! [...]
Read More..>>Octavian Nothing: The Kingdom on the Waves
Posted on December 1, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Fiction, Young Adult | Leave a Comment
TW could not get into volume two, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Kingdom on the Waves but I didn’t have a problem with it. I found it a much quicker read than the first one – the journal entries of Octavian were shorter and quicker.
I liked the new characters introduced [...]
Change of Heart
Posted on November 29, 2008 - Filed Under 2008, Books in Bed, Favorites, Fiction | Leave a Comment
I was a little shocked to see a Picoult novel I hadn’t read just sitting on the library shelf. It made me nervous. I’m that disconnected from the library and reading that I haven’t read the latest Picoult? ugh. I need to get some library lists built and get serious about [...]
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