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.

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[lindsalicious.livejournal.com]

Currently reading The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. Not something I normally would have picked up (was a Christmas present), but I'm totally digging it. It's a bunch of essays on American culture and politics from what the mainstream would probably consider an "alternative" viewpoint. She has interesting opinions, she's funny, and I'm learning stuff, too.

Before that it was The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde, who is one of my favorite writers. The book is basically the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme rewritten as a murder mystery. Clever as shit. Kind of that dry, British sense of humor -- think Douglas Adams meets Monty Python.

Before THAT I read The World According to Garp. Standard John Irving fare (all the same plotlines from his other books tossed into a blender and pulsed for, like, a quarter of a second), but I loved it just like I love all of his other stuff.