Freebie Friday
OK, guys, we're almost through our week without Dave, so let's end it with a bang. And then be very, very happy when Dave returns from vacation.
This week, I read a young adult chick-lit novel, The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen. The book follows Macy Queen, an overachieving teen who's known around town as "the girl who watched her father die" when her father suffered a heart attack during a morning run. Macy is completely damaged, and through the book begins to pick herself up and learn how to live again. In other words, it's a real pick-me-up, and a perfect summer book.
Speaking of pick-me-ups, isn't it about time to give away a book? Congratulations, JTK, you've won American Adulterer. But I want a better description of this one than just a "meh." At least, I hope it's not a "meh" book.
So what will we give away next? How about the authorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. The graphic novel, with an introduction written by Bradbury himself, is eerie and emotional, with gorgeous artwork by Tim Hamilton. So let us know what you're reading, and it could be yours!
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I just finished KILLER SUMMER by Ridley Pearson last night, so today I'll be starting my much awaited TRUST NO ONE by Gregg Hurwitz. I just loved his CRIME WRITER, so I'm excited about TRUST NO ONE. Then I'm going to move on to another "trust" book TRUST ME by Jeff Abbott. Hopefully after I've finished them I'll be able to answer whether "to trust or not to trust." ;) Have a great weekend everyone!
Posted by: Jen Forbus | July 31, 2009 10:43 AM
Zooming through Ann Patchett's "Run" and gearing up to start Murakami's "Wind-Up Bird Chronicles".
Posted by: Jo Gadsby | July 31, 2009 10:53 AM
I'm reading The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles, but I'm not far enough into to know whether I'll like it or not. I just finished Nothing But Ghosts by Beth Kephart and loved it.
Posted by: Kathy | July 31, 2009 10:53 AM
From LesaHolstine, via Twitter: I'd love a shot at Farenheit 451! I'm reading Julie Powell's Julie & Julia and Hank Phillippi Ryan's Air Time.
Posted by: Nancy | July 31, 2009 11:16 AM
I just finished reading The Rain Gods by James Lee Burke. Spectacular, as always. He is, in my opinion, the greatest living US novelist.
I just started Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich. Good fun, so far.
Posted by: avalon | July 31, 2009 11:19 AM
I know I can't win, but I am reading Anna Karenina; My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park; and State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America.
Maybe I'll eventually finish one of them!
Posted by: Car | July 31, 2009 2:09 PM
I'm about a 1/3 of the way into On the Road: The Original Scroll. There are about 100 pages of essays in the front and those alone were worth the time!
Posted by: Lindsey | July 31, 2009 2:11 PM
Just finished This Boy's Life after realizing I own three copies from different used book sales, now working my way through My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead.
I always preferred Fahrenheit 451 over Brave New World and 1984.
Posted by: Audrey | July 31, 2009 3:27 PM
I hear Alice Hoffman is spotlighting Fahrenheit 451 for NPR's You Must Read This.
Posted by: Lauretta (Constellation Books) | July 31, 2009 7:49 PM
i posted my post of facebook, but i guess i should do it on here as well:
I'm reading Christopher Moore's Lamb, the gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood friend. It's a hilarious take on the "missing" years of Christ where he and his blunt, sarcastic, and sometimes horny friend Biff travel to find the 3 wise men that came to Christ at his birth. While Christ and Biff travel all over the middle east and Asia learning kung fu, meditation, and the power of miracles, Christ tries to figure out whether he thinks he is the messiah or not... and Biff is there to bring him back to down to earth in the sense. The book is definitely not for someone who would take offense to religious humor, but it's a good, quick, and funny read.
And as a new and upcoming HS English teacher, that graphic novel would look GREAT in my classroom. :)
Posted by: Sam | August 1, 2009 10:59 AM