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95. Nights in Rodanthe - Nicholas Sparks
I just don't really dig his stuff. I've read two of his books now (this and The Notebook) and the style is just too sappy and too melodramatic for me.
96. Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
A disturbing memoir, but darkly funny. If you think your childhood was rough, read this.
97. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
A compelling true account of a serial killer and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Fascinating history of the Fair, and of a killer's machinations.
98. Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
Entertaining light reading.
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Showing posts with label memoir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memoir. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
A Long Way Gone
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73. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
What a powerful book.
You know this kind of stuff happens - young kids are forced into warfare and and experience horrors that few of us will ever see. But knowing, in some abstract way, that it happens is very different from reading a memoir of a boy who lived it.
It's heart-wrenching to imagine Beah's life: one day he's a happy-go-lucky 12 year old getting ready to perform with his friends in a talent show, and the next, he hears that rebels have attacked his home village of Mogbwemo, Sierra Leone. By the time he's 13, he's seen men, women and children murdered, cheated death himself and spent months on the run, hoding from the rebels. He is picked up by government forces and, after a brief period of safety and stability, turned into a soldier.
Beah's story is incredibly hard to read, but that difficulty makes it *necessary* to read.
http://www.alongwaygone.com/index.html
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73. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
What a powerful book.
You know this kind of stuff happens - young kids are forced into warfare and and experience horrors that few of us will ever see. But knowing, in some abstract way, that it happens is very different from reading a memoir of a boy who lived it.
It's heart-wrenching to imagine Beah's life: one day he's a happy-go-lucky 12 year old getting ready to perform with his friends in a talent show, and the next, he hears that rebels have attacked his home village of Mogbwemo, Sierra Leone. By the time he's 13, he's seen men, women and children murdered, cheated death himself and spent months on the run, hoding from the rebels. He is picked up by government forces and, after a brief period of safety and stability, turned into a soldier.
Beah's story is incredibly hard to read, but that difficulty makes it *necessary* to read.
http://www.alongwaygone.com/index.html
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Girl, Interrupted
Another memoir. This one was a bit more uncomfortable to read, because it asks the question - why is one person crazy enough for an institution while the rest of us aren't? I'm fairly certain we all have some 'crazy' thoughts or thought processes, and that we all experience some of the things the author was institutionalized for ... we just manage to keep the common threads a bit more under control :)
This was a really good book, however, and one I'd recommend. But now I'm on to Lean Mean Thirteen because I need a little fluff!
This was a really good book, however, and one I'd recommend. But now I'm on to Lean Mean Thirteen because I need a little fluff!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Books 24 and 25
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls: An amazing memoir. Just amazing.
Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich: My favorite Stephanie Plum book to date ... all that Ranger time ... mmm
On my way to 100 books ...
1. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
4. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
5. Innocent in Death - J.D. Robb
6. Seven Up - Janet Evanovich
7. Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich
8. Unconditional Parenting - Alfie Kohn
9. To the Nines - Janet Evanovich
10. Tourist Season - Carl Hiaasen
11. The Secret Life of Bees - Sun Monk Kidd
12. Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life - Abigail Trafford
13. Ten Big Ones - Janet Evanovich
14. Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
15. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman16. Double Whammy - Carl Hiaasen
17. The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler
18. Blood Brothers - Nora Roberts
19. Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich
20. The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing - Melissa Bank
21. Zlata's Diary - Zlata Filipovic
22. The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble
23. Heartburn - Nora Ephron
24. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
25. Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich
Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich: My favorite Stephanie Plum book to date ... all that Ranger time ... mmm
On my way to 100 books ...
1. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
4. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
5. Innocent in Death - J.D. Robb
6. Seven Up - Janet Evanovich
7. Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich
8. Unconditional Parenting - Alfie Kohn
9. To the Nines - Janet Evanovich
10. Tourist Season - Carl Hiaasen
11. The Secret Life of Bees - Sun Monk Kidd
12. Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life - Abigail Trafford
13. Ten Big Ones - Janet Evanovich
14. Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
15. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman16. Double Whammy - Carl Hiaasen
17. The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler
18. Blood Brothers - Nora Roberts
19. Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich
20. The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing - Melissa Bank
21. Zlata's Diary - Zlata Filipovic
22. The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble
23. Heartburn - Nora Ephron
24. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
25. Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich
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