My pal D Money recently rattled off a list of books she's enjoyed recently.
My list goes as follows:
Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman (thanks to Micah for the birthday present). It's a great statement on pop culture and the media. Seeing as I'm a member of the latter, I enjoyed the essay.
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates. She's the author in residence at Princeton University. The novel is about a loving, idylic family that is ripped to shreds by a rape. Good read, but JCO is a bit long winded where descriptions are concerned. I'd say that it would be a three hour movie that could have an hour edited out of it.
Right now:
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I'm only about 200 pages in, but so far this is a page turner. It's about a teenage girl who's raped, killed and dismembered. She describes her personal heaven and visits people (like family and friends) while the cops try to crack the case.
4 comments:
Funny - if the bookstore didn't have Klosterman's book, I was going to get you some Sedaris. The dude's freakin' hilarioius.
Nikki, I have heard a lot about Sedaris (Micah's talked about him and I saw him on Letterman once) but I'm unfamiliar with the Boroughs. I'm always looking for a good book so I'll have to add them to my list.
Micah - You have impeccable taste so I would pretty much read anything you gave me. Well, except for maybe any girly mag.
*cancelling the gift subscription to Swank*
lovely bones.. i just love that book by alice sebold :)..
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