THURSDAY THOUGHTS... There used to be this great meme called Thursday 13, but the creators decided to stop it in December 2008 due to an illness in the family. We decided to continue on with our own version: |
1. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World - Vicki Myron 2. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky 3. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly New England Patriots: Heart-pounding, Jaw-dropping & Gut-wrenching Moments from New England Patriots History - Sean Glennon 4. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler 5. The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent 6. Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead - Saralee Rosenberg 7. Open Net - George Plimpton 8. Janeology - Karen Harrington 9. The Wordy Shipmates - Sarah Vowell 10. Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay 11. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind 12. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath 13. A Well Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports - Brad Snyder Keeping in the spirit of the original T13, the purpose of this post is to share some random thoughts from our lives each week with you so you continue to get to know us better. If you would like to do the same, leave a link to your blog post where you’ve shared your Thursday Thoughts or, if you don’t have a blog, share them in the comment section at the end of this post. Or just be a lurker - we don't mind. Some links of others like us still continuing the T13 tradition are here. |
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
ON BOOKS ~ On Deck...
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We're on the same wavelength this week My T13 is my TBR list
Happy Reading!
Didn't you mention that library cat one before? It sounds interesting to me. Personally I'd avoid Bell Jar. Plath can be hard to take.
I've heard good things about The Heretic's Daughter.
Hmmm. The Bell Jar is the only one that I know, so I'll have to give it a pitch. It's pretty heavy, but what do you expect from a suicidal poet? LOL
Okay, so 2 TT's for the price of one. Hehe.
I would have a verry hard choice to make, not much help here, sorry!
I don't know all the titles, but based on what you've been reading, I would recommend Dewey. Its quick, its sweet, and you'll get a good cry at the end (but in a good way). I couldn't recommend Suite Francaise enough, but it is not light.
Of this collection, I've only read the Bell Jar, but I'm always looking for something else to add to my to-read pile. Happy TT!
Oh, I vote for Perfume!! The subject matter is about murder, but the book itself, the writing, is so artistic.
My T13 today was stolen from your T13 last week! (I changed my mind again about posting last week.) =D
I second Betty. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. No question about it.
The only one of those I've read is The Bell Jar. I wouldn't read that one unless you're in the mood for something depressing.
Happy TT! I did one on both of my active blogs this week.
I'd got with The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Book!
*hugs*
Paige
My TT is at http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com/
Well, you're far more ambitious than I am. I can recommend Kiss of Demon King by Kresley Cole, but that looks a bit off your usual path, LOL.
I vote for #10 - Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
I read #11, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind. It was ok...
How did you like Edgar Sawtelle? It was one of my top 3 fav books of 2008 :-)
So far, #1 Dewey is leading the way with 2 votes.
#12 Bell Jar had 2 yes and 2 no's to offset - seems that people like it but think it would be a little too dreary for me right now.
The only other multiple vote getter is #11 Perfume - 2 yes and 1 OK which seems to offset one of the yes. So back down to one.
Anybody else want to vote?
From that list...Janeology would be my choice!
Any book about The Patriots will have to be good!
You'll love Dexter... the first book and the second were great! (Then it fell off a cliff.)
I'm not going to be much help because the only one I've read is THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath and others have shared similar thoughts to my own.
Hugs and blessings,
Oh gosh, I have not even heard of one of those books. Thanks for visiting my TT! :)
Thanks for the thoughts everyone. I've put myself on the waiting list for Dewey. Since that I could take a while I will look for Dexter or Perfume when I return my current read next week. If all else fails, we own the Patriots book which can easily be interrupted when one of the others becomes available. I hope to get to all of these and more throughout the year!
I read the Bell Jar many years ago. Other than that none on the list here.
"Dewey!"
Hey, that's not fair! An OK for Perfume isn't a No, so it shouldn't offset one of the Yeses! I demand a recount! ;D
I think Dewey the library cat sounds like a good choice. I haven't read it but have heard good things about it. The only one on your list I've read is #13, the Curt Flood book that was recommended by you :) I'm glad I read it, but it sounds like you need something light and bright after Anna Karenina, and A Well Paid Slave isn't light. I ordered Suite Francaise from the library a couple months back, but much to my chagrin, I discovered after it arrived that I'd clicked on the French version. I don't think my superb translation skills gleaned from high school French II would have been quite enough so that one, alas, is still unread.
I'm thinking of buying the book of Chelsea Handler, I think she's funny. :)
Thursday13
This is totally SPOOKY! We both have a Monday's Movie MEME and a Thursday's Thoughts MEME! I'm trippin! My Thursday's Thoughts Meme is located at http://www.thursdaysthoughts.wordpress.com. It's a MEME with a give-a-way.
We're like twin brain sisters!
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