2012

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy

2012, Books in Bed, Fiction, Queer, Young Adult /

Elly says Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy is a weird book. I think she’s a 13 year old girl who does not understand gay high school boys who like makeup.  I really enjoyed the book, even if it seemed like Carlos was really, really well-adjusted while his sister (who is straight) was not.  How many poor, Hispanic, gay, high school students in NYC are THAT well-adjusted ? He seemed almost too good to be true. His life too Cinderella perfect. (Except he doesn’t get the boy. Oops, spoiler.)

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I Hunt Killers

2012, Books in Bed, Favorites, Fiction, Young Adult /

Sassymonkey told me about I Hunt Killers and it sounded interesting so I added it to my TBR list. But just as I was about to close my list, I noticed the author’s name – Barry Lyga?  That changed things considerably. I took the book off of my TBR list and added it to my library hold list.

And then it sat on my library cart for awhile, ‘til TW read it.

She liked it. Like Dexter – but not – and also, YA.

So I expected to really like it – Dexterish YA written by Barry Lyga? What could go wrong?

It started slowly, that’s what. It started slowly and I was tired. Not a good mix. I almost put it down after 50 pages but –Barry Lyga. I couldn’t just give up on it. So I put it down for the night. And finally, last night, I barreled through it and I was very, very glad I hadn’t given up on it.

I started to really like Jazz (which was another small problem in the beginning, I just didn’t much care about him or not care about him.)  The murder of the waitress, that’s really when I started to settle into the story and the characters. By the time bad things happened at the apartment building, I was HOOKED.

And, I didn’t see that ending coming. I just didn’t. I thought about it briefly, a few chapters before the ending. But I really did not expect it.  Now all I need to know is – when is the sequel coming out?

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The Book of Lost Fragrances

2012, Books in Bed, Fiction /

I don’t read a lot of suspense novels any more, which seems weird since they’re so popular. I should read more of them. They’re fun and easy, even though The Book of Lost Fragrances kept trying to put me to sleep – and also give me a sympathetic scent headache (I am scent sensitive.)  Other than those two tiny problems, I really enjoyed it. (If you read this, flip to the back – there’s an interesting glossary hiding back there – you don’t need a glossary but it was interesting to have.)

I dunno if I believe in reincarnation or not. I don’t disbelieve, either though.  The whole Tibet/China mess makes me angry in general. So. Yep, I enjoyed this book – which covered it all, and covered it all pretty nicely too. And – I liked the ending.

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The Fall of the Kings

2012, Books in Bed, Queer, Sci Fi and Fantasy /

I finally finished The Fall of the Kings. I had about 150 pages left on the morning that the #readathon started and I didn’t want to kick off my day finishing that book – I knew it would take too long. This is not a fast read, none of Kushners books are. They are, however, well worth the time it takes to read them. The only thing that I wish is that the books in the series covered territory a little closer together than they do. The problem was probably of my own making though, since chronologically, Privilege of the Sword comes in between Swordspoint and The Fall of the Kings.

Anyway – fabulous series. Someday maybe I’ll start over and read them in the proper order…

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#Readathon Final

2012, Books in Bed, Dewey's Readathon /

I started at 7:30am and it’s 12:30am – I’m toast. My eyes are burning and my back is tired and there’s no way I can read another one.

So… here’s my final.

5 books finished (3 non-fiction, 2 fiction.)

I’ve read about thirty pages of a Frommer’s travel guide which brings my total pages to 1,168 pages.

I never did eat any tortilla chips and black bean salsa – I did, however have a Magnum ice cream bar that was pretty tasty a couple of hours ago.

Thanks to all of the readathon cheerleaders, mini-challenge hosts and everyone else who was in some way involved in or participated in the readathon – so you in the fall!

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#readation book #5 – October Obsession

2012, Books in Bed, Fiction, From the Stacks Challenge, Queer /

182 pages – another lesbian paranormal fiction from Naiad – October Obsession even weirder than the last one.  Ghost sex – I just don’t get it. I’m going to have to be more choosey about my lesbian fiction from now on. I don’t think I can deal with another one of those. However, great sex scenes… just sayin’.

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#Readathon Mini-Challenge – Re-reads

2012, Books in Bed, Dewey's Readathon, Favorites /

I normally do a re-read during the #readathon but since I’m planning on a re-read next month, I held off.

I do have some favorite re-reads…

The Woman in White – I love this book. I’ve re-read it more times than I can tell you.

Fluke – My favorite Christopher Moore book, and I’ll be re-reading it next month while I’m in Hawaii.

The Red Tent – I used to re-read this quite a lot but haven’t done it in a couple of years, I should go back to it again – maybe this summer?

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#Readathon Book 4 – Heaven is Here

1 Comment / 2012, Books in Bed, Dewey's Readathon, Favorites, Non-Fiction /

310 pages.

I’ve been looking forward to reading Nie Nie’s book, Heaven is Here – but I did not expect to be moved quite so strongly. I’ve read every blog post she’s written since 2009 and a good many before that. her story isn’t new to me. But there you have it… moving, inspirational, funny, sweet, and heartbreaking.  Great book for the readathon. Great book in general.

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#Readathon – Paris Portriats (Third book of the day)

2012, Books in Bed, Dewey's Readathon, Non-Fiction, Women /

110 pages

What a coincidence that I plucked Paris Portraits off of the shelf at the library right about the time that Christopher Moore’s Sacre Bleu arrived and that I read it today, after reading Forbidden Fruit. One of those odd reading coincidences that makes reading richer.

Harriet Levy’s journal of memories from her time in Paris with the Steins and Toklas and various painters and poets. Fabulously interesting. I’d have probably wanted to kill both Stein women – then again, having the opportunity to purchase a Matisse (though I’d have probably sided with Gertrude and gone with the Picasso) would have been amazing… and probably have made it worth it to have to deal with them.

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