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Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Waiting On Wednesday (If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we can't wait to be published.
If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go by Judy Chicurel
I've seen this book compared to Anne Tyler so I've got to read it.
It is the summer of
1972, and Katie has just turned eighteen. Katie and her town, Elephant
Beach, are both on the verge: Katie of adulthood, and Elephant Beach of
gentrification. But not yet: Elephant Beach is still gritty,
working-class, close-knit. And Katie spends her time smoking and
drinking with her friends, dreaming about a boy just back from Vietnam
who’s still fighting a battle Katie can’t understand. Impeccably
crafted and hugely affectionate, this novel in stories is a vivid
portrait of a place whose conflicts—between mothers and daughters, men
and women, haves and have-nots— reverberate to our own time.
Published by Amy Einhorn Books on 30th October 2014
Monday, 26 May 2014
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
Its Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme run by Book Journey and you can mention books you've just finished, are currently reading and any you plan to read this week. You can leave a link to your blog and read other bloggers posts.
I got a lot of reading done this week and managed to get through three books:
Close To The Broken Hearted by Michael Hiebert
Famous: A Novel by Blake Crouch
The Cove by Ron Rash
I loved the first two but was disappointed with The Cove. I'd heard good things about it but found it slow to begin with, it was a quick read though and the ending was good.
Next up is No Harm Can Come To A Good Man which is the latest novel by James Smythe. It's half term this week so not sure how much time I'll get to read but I love his books and have been looking forward to this one. I managed to be first in the queue for a library copy as well.
Friday, 23 May 2014
Book Beginnings On Fridays (Famous: A Novel)
Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by Rose City Reader and as she says the idea of this meme is for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.
Update: I finished the novel this morning and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's fast paced and well written in a style that makes it easy to read. Some have complained about the ending but for me it worked well and I keep thinking about it. Rating: 4 out of 5.
Famous: A Novel by Blake Crouch
Let me tell you something about being famous. First off, it doesn't make you depressed or dissociated from humankind. That's all bullshit. Being famous...is like the very best thing in the world. Everybody knows you, everybody loves you, and it's just because you're you. And that's supposed to make you want to eat sleeping pills? Only reason celebrities say fame blows is so we won't hate them. Because if we really knew how happy they are, how incredible it is just to be them, to own the world, we'd hate them, and then they'd just be notorious.
Book Description:
"My name is Lancelot Blue Dunkquist, and the best thing about me is, when you doll me up right, I look just like the movie star, James Jansen." Meet Lance. 38-years-old. Works a meaningless job. Still lives above his parents' garage. By all accounts, a world-class loser. Except for one glaring exception... He has a million-dollar face. Lance has been mistaken twenty-eight times for the Oscar-winning movie star, James Jansen, and for the last 10 years, he's saved his money, studied Jansen's films, his moves, his idiosyncrasies, even the way he speaks. Now, after an unceremonious termination from his job, Lance has decided that the time has come to go after his dream. From New York's ridiculous avant-garde, off-off Broadway scene, to the surreal glitter of Los Angeles, follow Lance on his madcap journey of self-abandonment to become his likeness. Part comedy, part human tragedy, and part suspense, the world through the eyes of Lancelot Blue Dunkquist is like none you've ever seen.
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Close To The Broken Hearted by Michael Hiebert
