Books of April!

[catyah]

Lots more good books this month -- things are looking up! Also, I can't believe it's the end of April already. My days at work are slow, but whole months seem to fly by. It's clearly some kind of paradox...

Comments

[touchofgr3y]

I read Tale of Sand recently too. I guess the thing to keep in mind is that was originally intended to be a film...and he did some really weird stuff with film :p I remember being shocked the first time I saw one of his arty experimental pieces (like...wtf IS this?!?!).

[catyah]

OH! I wonder if I heard about the book from you -- did you post about reading a biography of Jim Henson and how much it moved you?

I don't remember if it was here on LJ or on Good Reads or both -- that's the problem with reading so many book posts in both places (*and* following various book blogs).

[touchofgr3y]

Haha guilty as charged - but the biography was wonderful (Tale of Sand was much less wonderful, haha). I feel bad for not liking his arty/avant garde stuff and much preferring what he came up with for children...but yeah. :p

[vamysteryfan]

I liked Oryx and Crake and the two sequels. All three of them were a little slow to start but ended up being absorbing. She is such a gifted writer - essays, poetry, speculative fiction, and more

[akikotree]

Ah, bummer about "French Milk". I had a feeling if it was as good as "Relish", people would be talking about it as much as they talk about "Relish". Probably won't read it with your reviews...

[birdgirl_1107]

So glad you had some good reading in April! I have discovered that an iPad = a license to read trash and am feeling very un-literary and somewhat ashamed of myself. I blame it all on too much work killing my brain cells. ;)

[yesididit]

brene brown sounds interesting. thank you for pointing me to her. i really enjoyed her ted talk on shame.