October Book List

Sorry this is late.

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin
I love Laurie Colwin (I know some of you don't :\) and have been waiting to read this for a long time. I finally ordered it used from Amazon. It's a funny and comforting book and I enjoyed it a lot, but it's clear that she grew up in the era when people ate jellied meat dishes and other gross things. I'm not a picky eater, but I was thinking "Seriously?" at some of the recipes.

Liar by Justine Larbalestier
This was some of the most brilliant and unique writing I've read in a long time. Micah is a self-professed liar, so she's completely unreliable, and when the book ends you honestly don't know what happened or how much of the story was real...which makes the disturbing parts either easier to take or even more disturbing, depending on your perspective. The more I think about it, the more possibilities I unpack. I've been dying for someone I know to read it so I can discuss.

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
The final book of the Mistborn trilogy. Unlike Evan, I did not think it was the greatest ending to any fantasy trilogy ever, but it was pretty darn good. Some of it I saw coming, and other things took me totally by surprise. These books would make FANTASTIC movies. But I've been casting in my head and realized that I'm so out of touch with teen actresses, I can't come up with any good candidates for Vin.

Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential by Marylou Kelly Streznewski
I wrote a whole post on this when I finished it. It was great and helped me understand myself and some of my gifted loved ones better. I could have done without all the childhood chapters, since the book was supposed to be about gifted grownups, but I know the author had to set the stage somehow. I highly recommend this if you were a gifted child or even suspect you might have been.

Books for October: 4
2009 year to date: 64

October Book List

Sorry this is late.

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin
I love Laurie Colwin (I know some of you don't :\) and have been waiting to read this for a long time. I finally ordered it used from Amazon. It's a funny and comforting book and I enjoyed it a lot, but it's clear that she grew up in the era when people ate jellied meat dishes and other gross things. I'm not a picky eater, but I was thinking "Seriously?" at some of the recipes.

Liar by Justine Larbalestier
This was some of the most brilliant and unique writing I've read in a long time. Micah is a self-professed liar, so she's completely unreliable, and when the book ends you honestly don't know what happened or how much of the story was real...which makes the disturbing parts either easier to take or even more disturbing, depending on your perspective. The more I think about it, the more possibilities I unpack. I've been dying for someone I know to read it so I can discuss.

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
The final book of the Mistborn trilogy. Unlike Evan, I did not think it was the greatest ending to any fantasy trilogy ever, but it was pretty darn good. Some of it I saw coming, and other things took me totally by surprise. These books would make FANTASTIC movies. But I've been casting in my head and realized that I'm so out of touch with teen actresses, I can't come up with any good candidates for Vin.

Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential by Marylou Kelly Streznewski
I wrote a whole post on this when I finished it. It was great and helped me understand myself and some of my gifted loved ones better. I could have done without all the childhood chapters, since the book was supposed to be about gifted grownups, but I know the author had to set the stage somehow. I highly recommend this if you were a gifted child or even suspect you might have been.

Books for October: 4
2009 year to date: 64