Yes, I am dorky enough that I just ordered books from
powells just so I could get the
Author Trading Cards.
posted by kristin at 9:25 AM
Normally I would have joined a bookgroup to read books I might not have read otherwise. In the case of my current bookgroup, the point seems to make me re-read books I've already read. (And no, that isn't a complaint, just an observation). So far there have been three re-reads.
Confederacy of Dunces wasn't as good as I remembered it.
Solaris was about how I remembered.
American Gods was at least as good as I remembered.
The book for this month was indeed Neil Gaiman's
American Gods which I loved both times through. The basic setup is that immigrants brought their gods with them to America and then forgot about them and created new gods. Shadow just got out of jail and is working for Wednesday, one of the old gods. Youll have to read it to find out the rest.
posted by kristin at 7:22 PM
My mom bought me Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary Types by Marjorie Eberts & Margaret Gisler awhile back and I've read a few pages here and there. While it does have a section on what librarians do, it takes the meaning of the word Bookworm a bit more generically than really applies to me. While I love reading... I love reading things I enjoy rather than reading documents just to be reading at work.
posted by kristin at 6:44 PM
Standing Alone in Mecca is the story of Asra Nomani's pilgrimmage to Mecca as an American Muslim single mother, and the aftermath of that trip. If you're interested in a different view of Islam than the one you get on the nightly news, this is a good memoir for you.
posted by kristin at 6:40 PM
I'm behind again on posting.
Chris Genoa's
Foop! is a silly little time travel novel. Parts were really funny, but overall it wasn't entirely compelling.
Josephine Carr's
The Dewey Decimal System of Love amused me greatly. I'm not normally a romance novel person, but since this one was about a librarian I enjoyed reading it.
Stansilaw Lem's
Solaris was a book club pick. I'd read it many many years ago but didn't remember much about it. It was ok, but didn't do much for me this time around. I'm wondering if it's just because I'm older.
Siva Vaidhyanathan's
The Anarchist in the Library is about the societal effects of technology. I bought it last fall from Loompanics but ended up reading it for a grad school class to write a review on it.
posted by kristin at 11:41 AM 
