Book: 5
Title: When Dad Killed Mom
Author: Julius Lester
Genre: YA
One-sentence summary: There's a shy artsy boy and his sexually-and-intellectually-precocious sister, and their dad killed their mom.
Why did you get this book? It was in a bargain bin for $3, the topic sounded interesting, and the author had won the Newbery Award, though not for ( Read more... )

Book: 17
Title: Fermata
Author: Nicholson Baker
Genre: General fiction, erotica
One-sentence summary: A guy has the power to stop time, and uses this power to get off.
Why did you get this book? I've liked Nicholson Baker before, and this one turned up on Paperback Swap, so I figured what the hell.
Do you like the cover? I'm pretty sure this is ( Read more... )