Books

[dolphingirl]

What are the last few books you read? What did you like/dislike about them?

I'm looking for things to add to my to-read list. I have quite a few already, but I'm always looking for new ideas. Don't worry about genre or whether you think I'd like it; I'm interested in seeing what everyone reads.

Last year was the first time I've been able to read an actual book in years (thanks, most likely, to the Wellbutrin, as nothing else changed and I was suddenly able to concentrate), and I feel like I have so much catching up to do, especially given how much I used to read.

Comments

[lelah.livejournal.com]

I like memoirs of crazy people, or people who have gone through rough times. I read My Lobotomy and really liked it, though it was SUPER graphic at times. Now I am Facebook friends with the author! HOLLA!

[dolphingirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds good--I love memoirs like that. Not that he had to go through it, obviously, but it's interesting to read what happened and how they came out of it.

[feverish.livejournal.com]

Have you ever read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls? It's a pretty crazy memoir. Not about the author herself being crazy, just her family. It's really good, though...

I just finished reading Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family (or the title is something that approximates that). It was really good also. I thought it would have been more about food & the restaurant life, but it was really just a lot of character portraits of the author's sort-of-strange family.