Comments on: Next book list

By: Kelli

Kelli — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:40:53 +0000

How can a book titled Quiet as a Nun be anything other than a yawn??

Another good food book is The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten. (He is not a kind man in real life, if one is to believe reports of his behavior – but his book was clever and funny.)

By: Keeley

Keeley — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:35:35 +0000

Thanks for the reviews – lets me know what not to waste my time on. =D

By: Sharla

Sharla — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:18:58 +0000

Yeah, it’s not just you. It’s you and me. I thought The Emporer’s Children was very overwritten and offered no serious reflection on a handful of depressing lives.

By: Jennifer King

Jennifer King — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:57:04 +0000

Susan, you say you’re currently fascinated with books about restaurant kitchens. Have you read Heat? My husband loved it and still talks about it:

http://www.amazon.com/Heat-Adventures-Pasta-Maker-Apprentice-Dante-Quoting/dp/1400034477/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253879657&sr=1-1

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:19:49 +0000

No….it isn’t just you. I ploughed through the first fifty pages and tossed “The Emperor’s Children” into the Goodwill box. But, then ..I am a reader who believes that for a book to make the Oprah book club. The author must either…hate men or have deep DEEP seated pscychological problems.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:25:30 +0000

I remember picking up a book at my mother-in-law’s place in the mountains one night several years ago. Everyone else had gone to bed, and I was the only one up, but not ready to sleep. I read the intro or front-of-the-book reviews or something and thought it sounded like an interesting plot (history/time wise, relationships). I read for hours, and it had typical gross-out scenes (murders), and the writing was awful (like a third grader). I had to finish it, though, because I need closure with a book that puts scary images in my head (I didn’t know it was going to be so descriptive-stupid of me). I read until 4 am, and I was so mad when I was done because it was one of the worst books I had ever come across. The ending was so lame, and could have been much more plausible/interesting. And again, the writing was so…I can’t even think of the right word. I was disappointed that this book was on the NY Times bestseller list…but maybe that’s what people like to read. I don’t know…I’m no smartypants, that’s for sure. I want to go back and read several of the classics that we have lying around here.

By: Sandy in MI

Sandy in MI — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:29:55 +0000

How do you decide what to read? When faced with a public library, paralysis sets in, and the only name I tend to vaguely remember, so help me, is John Grisham. Oh, the humanity!