February 22, 2009

  • Read Any Good Books Lately?

    It has been awhile since I have found a book that made me happy. Oh, I've been tearing through (cheesy) paranormal romances at a rate of about 4 a week (did I just admit that?), and they are enjoyable enough. But, a book that makes me want to tell everyone about it, not so much (not since Terry Pratchett's last Discworld novel).

    Till yesterday, anyway.

    Borders sent me a one day only 40% off the cover price of any one book coupon and though I have been giving my library card quite the workout lately, I decided to do my best to help stimulate the American economy, you know, for capitalism.

    I wandered around the book store for over an hour. Considered getting reference book (design or gardening or business or such) but ended up talking to one of the shop keeps. He recommended a truly delightful tome, he claimed it was the best book of 2008. While I don't have the basis of comparison he likely does, I can honestly say that The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a good book.

    Of course, this is all simply opinion. But, if you are looking for a good read (and to tell the truth, I am only about half way through, I am savoring this one), I can highly recommend it.

Comments (5)

  • Ooh! Come join GoodReads!!
    It'll be fun! :)

  • I'm on Goodreads too, Petra X.

    I've read a whole load of good books recently. Hard to pick out the best. Perhaps the best story was Nowhere in Africa by Stefanie Zweig. The best non-fiction was Atul Gawande's Better. The first chapter of that was a 24-page essay on handwashing which was brilliant, enlightening and set the tone for the rest of the book.   I have thought of getting the Guernsey book you are reading now, but I don't read much fiction and that I do read is really low down chicklit, much of it not good.

  • i'll have to look into this book..  

  • @SavonDuJour - Oh, good recommendations - the library has Atul Gawande's Better but not Nowhere in Africa, hopefully they will add it soon.

    The Guernsey book is overall delightful, as I posted, but there have been parts that make me tear up and parts that make me laugh out loud. I wanted to recommend it to my father's gf, but she grew up in post-WWII Germany, and has an aversion to all things about that time.Which, I can understand, while still abhorring the things done by the Nazis.

    @AtomBlonde - I'm totally joining! Are you AtomBlonde there too?

  • @PunkDiva - I am Samantha Kam! :)

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