Reading Catch Up
I haven't posted about the various things that I'm reading for a long time... When I traveled to Minneapolis and Atlanta, I carried with me a huge stack of magazines -- issues of the New Yorker going back over almost six months, Budget Travel, Weight Watchers, Cooking Light, alumni magazines, Washington Post Sunday magazines... I shed them as I traveled -- what a wonderful feeling!
In the book department, I've added a few to the list
MR TIMOTHY, by Louis Bayard, started out as a "pity buy" - I went to college with Louis, and I stage managed a production that he acted in. While I was initially turned off by the coarseness of the first couple of chapters, I ended up really enjoying this Victorian thriller. The climactic scenes are extremely film-ogenic. (The novel is the story of Tiny Tim, from a Christmas Carol, after he grows up - it involves prostitutes, murder, and a few other things that will give away too much of the plot, if I tell you.)
ENCHANTED, INC is a chick-lit paranormal that I've been hearing a lot about. I'm glad that I picked it up - I truly enjoyed the storytelling, *and* I discovered that it doesn't cover the same waterfront as an idea that's been kicking around in the back of my own head!
Here's the complete list:
In the book department, I've added a few to the list
MR TIMOTHY, by Louis Bayard, started out as a "pity buy" - I went to college with Louis, and I stage managed a production that he acted in. While I was initially turned off by the coarseness of the first couple of chapters, I ended up really enjoying this Victorian thriller. The climactic scenes are extremely film-ogenic. (The novel is the story of Tiny Tim, from a Christmas Carol, after he grows up - it involves prostitutes, murder, and a few other things that will give away too much of the plot, if I tell you.)
ENCHANTED, INC is a chick-lit paranormal that I've been hearing a lot about. I'm glad that I picked it up - I truly enjoyed the storytelling, *and* I discovered that it doesn't cover the same waterfront as an idea that's been kicking around in the back of my own head!
Here's the complete list:
PAY THE PIPER, by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
ENCHANTED, INC, by Shanna Swendson
MR TIMOTHY, by Louis Bayard
HAND-ME-DOWN, by Lee Nichols
FASHIONISTAS, by Lynn Messina
NAME & ADDRESS WITHHELD, by Jane Sigaloff
UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, by Jon Krakauer
MARCH, by Geraldine Brooks
TALL, DARK & DEAD, by Tate Hallaway
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger
ME VS. ME, by Sarah Mlynowski
THE THIEF WITH NO SHADOW, by Emily Gee (read for blurbing purposes - not yet publicly available!)
IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN, by Sarah Dunant.
MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS, by Carole Matthews
FISHBOWL, by Sarah Mlynowski
THE LADY AND THE UNICORN, by Tracy Chevalier.
THE MATZO BALL HEIRESS, by Laurie Gwen Shapiro.
THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini.
PREP, by Curtis Sittenfeld.
WHAT MEN WANT, by Deborah Blumenthal.
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC, by Jane Yolen.
WONDERBOY, by Fiona Gibson.
FREEDOMLAND, by Richard Price.
MEAN SEASON, by Heather Cochran.
THE LOST PAINTING, by Jonathan Harr.
HARDLY WORKING, Betsy Burke.
THE ART OF DECEPTION, by Ridley Pearson.
DO THEY WEAR HIGH HEELS IN HEAVEN, by Erica Orloff.
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, by Joan Didion.
LOVES ME, LOVES ME NOT, by Libby Malin.
ON THE VERGE, by Ariella Papa.
THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, by C.S. Lewis.
A LITTLE CHANGE OF FACE, by Lauren Baratz-Logsted.
THE SEA, by John Banville.
ENCHANTED, INC, by Shanna Swendson
MR TIMOTHY, by Louis Bayard
HAND-ME-DOWN, by Lee Nichols
FASHIONISTAS, by Lynn Messina
NAME & ADDRESS WITHHELD, by Jane Sigaloff
UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, by Jon Krakauer
MARCH, by Geraldine Brooks
TALL, DARK & DEAD, by Tate Hallaway
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger
ME VS. ME, by Sarah Mlynowski
THE THIEF WITH NO SHADOW, by Emily Gee (read for blurbing purposes - not yet publicly available!)
IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN, by Sarah Dunant.
MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS, by Carole Matthews
FISHBOWL, by Sarah Mlynowski
THE LADY AND THE UNICORN, by Tracy Chevalier.
THE MATZO BALL HEIRESS, by Laurie Gwen Shapiro.
THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini.
PREP, by Curtis Sittenfeld.
WHAT MEN WANT, by Deborah Blumenthal.
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC, by Jane Yolen.
WONDERBOY, by Fiona Gibson.
FREEDOMLAND, by Richard Price.
MEAN SEASON, by Heather Cochran.
THE LOST PAINTING, by Jonathan Harr.
HARDLY WORKING, Betsy Burke.
THE ART OF DECEPTION, by Ridley Pearson.
DO THEY WEAR HIGH HEELS IN HEAVEN, by Erica Orloff.
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, by Joan Didion.
LOVES ME, LOVES ME NOT, by Libby Malin.
ON THE VERGE, by Ariella Papa.
THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, by C.S. Lewis.
A LITTLE CHANGE OF FACE, by Lauren Baratz-Logsted.
THE SEA, by John Banville.
I do hope you get to write your idea, since modern day fairy tales and urban fantasy Make Me Happy.