Re: OT - Summer Reading?
- From: "CatNipped" <CatNipped@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:54:16 -0500
"Sherry" <sriddles@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've always got a book going since Dad got sick and I spent so much
time in
hospitals and waiting rooms. My usual criteria is something NOT too
deep.
I'd rather not have to work at keeping up, LOL.
My favorite so far has been "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris.
If you're not familiar with this author, he's got a wonderful gift for
humor. I was
laughing so hard once that DH looked over at me and said, "Nothing can
be THAT funny." But it is.
Also have read "Chosen By a Horse" by Susan Richards. Highly
recommend.
"Dinner With A Perfect Stranger" and am in the middle of "White
Oleander".
I started "I know This Much is True' but hated it and quit 1/4 of the
way through.
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Yep, I read that one and "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb on the
recommendation of a friend - he's a hard author to read, he doesn't make his
characters at all likeable.
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Stephen King (who I used to read, but not anymore)....was once
referred to as
"The McDonald's of Literature" because they were such an easy read.
That's
kind of what I like these days. An easy read, something besides "Your
Gall Bladder and You". I don't read so much at home. I'd rather cross
stitch
or quilt.
Sherry
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I hear you! ;>
Hugs,
CatNipped
On Jun 17, 10:05 am, "CatNipped" <CatNip...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Anybody here planning on spending the hot days of summer inside in the A/C
reading instead of outside sweating?
I know we've covered this subject before, but we have some new people here
and I'd like their input as well, so....
What are you planning to read? What have you already read that you'd
recommend for some *light* summer reading? What's your favorite genre? Who
are your favorite authors?
My favorite genre is science fiction. I have a few books by John Ringo (he
wrote the "Posleen" series and the "March to the Sea" series) and a new
"Flinx" book by Alan Dean Foster that I'm planning on reading (I love
ADF's
"humanx" universe).
Some of my favorite authors are Spider Robinson ("Stardance" trilogy),
Alan
Dean Foster, Robert Heinlein ("Stranger in a Strange Land"), Isaac Asimov
("I Robot"), Ben Bova, David Brin, Robert L. Forward, Greg Bear, Gregroy
Benford, Orson Scott Card, Julie E. Czerneda, Harlan Ellison, David
Gerrold,
Arthur C. Clarke ("Rendezvous With Rama"), Ursula K. LeGuin ("The Left
Hand
of Darkness"), Anne McCaffrey, Vondra N. McIntyre ("Dreamsnake", "Of Mist,
Grass, and Sand"), Larry Niven ("Ringworld"), Charles Sheffield, S.L.
Viehl,
and John Varley to name only a few.
Your turn! ;>
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