50 books - Books 22, 23 and 24

[siercia]

Almost to the halfway point. Woo!

Life's Work - Coffessions of an Unbalanced Mom - Lisa Belkin
This is a collection of columns - Life's Work being a regular NY Times column, apparently. Got this one free from my mom, and while I enjoyed it, I'm glad I didn't pay money for it. It was cute, made me laugh in places, and it was pretty true to life. I doubt you'd enjoy it much if you weren't a working mom though.

Stardust - Neil Gaiman
This was cute, but fluffy. Quik read, enjoyable enough. I figured out the ending way too early, and that always makes me sad.

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
This one I very much liked; I thought the characters were stronger, the intersection between the "real" and "imaginary" was more engaging, and the plots twists actually were (perhaps because I was caught up in the story). This was definitely my favorite of the Gaiman books I've read. I'm finally getting used to his failure to actually explain the worlds he imagines, and just take what he gives us as enough.

Comments

could I trade you something for that Life's Work book?

[mamawrites.livejournal.com]

or is it your mom's copy that she lent to you?

I've actually been looking for that one, and I think it's no longer in print.

If there's something specific you're looking for, let me know.... I may have it in one of my many bookshelves!

Re: could I trade you something for that Life's Work book?

[siercia]

Amazon lists it as a bargain book http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008AJCE/qid=1054352025/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-1943763-2796709 ... Don't know if they still have any actually in stock. However, I'd be happy to send it to you, as long as my mom doesn't want it back (and I don't think she does, but I can check tomorrow). Mine is actually an "advance reader copy" - my mom works at Borders, and they get pre-publication copies of books in for the staff.

No need to trade for anything =)

[siercia]

I've confirmed with my Mom that she didn't want to book back, so if you want it, e-mail me your snail mail address and I'll pop it to you this week.

[dietbubba.livejournal.com]

Have you read Gaimans American Gods?

[siercia]

I have - that was my first taste of Gaiman (at least by himself, I read Good Omens years ago). I enjoyed it, and now that I've gotten used to his not-really-explaining-anything style, I think I may go back and read it again.

[dietbubba.livejournal.com]

American Gods is the only thing by him that I have read by him and I absolutely loved it.

[siercia]

If it's done WELL it would rock. It would be SO easy to do it so badly, I shudder to think.

Good Omens and American Gods were both great as well. Good Omens was an easier read, I think.