Books!
25. Spun by Sorcery, Barbara Bretton. The third, not the second, book in the series I had read the first one of last month. Eh, it was OK. I won't seek out more, but maybe in an emergency. (READING EMERGENCY!!)
26. Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe. This book was excellent. So much fun! It is all full of gossipy stories, some of which are literally unbelievable, except for the part where the other people are also famous, and I guess their people would have something to say about it if the stories weren't true. Seriously, when he was little, Rob Lowe talked his way into Liza Minelli's hotel room, and hung out with her for a while?? Awesome. It's not overly inward-looking, but that seems like just how he is. There's no big tragic lead-up to when he went to rehab and got sober -- he just had a lot of fun being wasted a lot of the time, until he didn't. And that, it seems, was that. Highly recommended!
26. Room, Emma Donoghue. But not as recommended as this book. OMG, I just loved it. The story is inspired by Jaycee Dugard, and is told by the five-year-old son of the kidnapped woman, who has never left the shed they are kept in. It doesn't feel OMG TRAGIC as you're reading, because the kid is so straightforward about his life, and doesn't know anything different. When the book opens, he literally thinks that he and his mother (and the man who comes in at night) are the only things that are real, and everything else is just on TV. Well, he learns different, and it's fascinating. Man.
27. Gone for Good, Harlan Coben. Reliable thriller, about some more of Coben's usual Jewish guys from suburban New Jersey. Maybe one too many twists and turns, but a solid read.
Now I can return most of these to the library, on my way to the beach. Yay summer!
This entry was originally posted at http://jesseh.dreamwidth.org/684734.html, where there are
comments. Comment either place.
26. Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe. This book was excellent. So much fun! It is all full of gossipy stories, some of which are literally unbelievable, except for the part where the other people are also famous, and I guess their people would have something to say about it if the stories weren't true. Seriously, when he was little, Rob Lowe talked his way into Liza Minelli's hotel room, and hung out with her for a while?? Awesome. It's not overly inward-looking, but that seems like just how he is. There's no big tragic lead-up to when he went to rehab and got sober -- he just had a lot of fun being wasted a lot of the time, until he didn't. And that, it seems, was that. Highly recommended!
26. Room, Emma Donoghue. But not as recommended as this book. OMG, I just loved it. The story is inspired by Jaycee Dugard, and is told by the five-year-old son of the kidnapped woman, who has never left the shed they are kept in. It doesn't feel OMG TRAGIC as you're reading, because the kid is so straightforward about his life, and doesn't know anything different. When the book opens, he literally thinks that he and his mother (and the man who comes in at night) are the only things that are real, and everything else is just on TV. Well, he learns different, and it's fascinating. Man.
27. Gone for Good, Harlan Coben. Reliable thriller, about some more of Coben's usual Jewish guys from suburban New Jersey. Maybe one too many twists and turns, but a solid read.
Now I can return most of these to the library, on my way to the beach. Yay summer!
This entry was originally posted at http://jesseh.dreamwidth.org/684734.html, where there are
comments. Comment either place.