From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Thu Sep 30 2004 - 17:05:13 PDT
Message-Id: <a06110434bd824dbfe2d6@[192.168.0.2]> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:05:13 -0700 From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org> Subject: RE: SLA-SF: WC: Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools
I'm a bit embarrassed by my forthcoming enthusiasm, but i'm reading
my first "oprah" book and i LOVE it. "White Oleander" I can't put it
down. It strikes every chord in me - girly (eek!), sexy, poetic,
deep, philosophical, heartbreaking, honest. The main character is so
brutally honest and contradictory and jaded and hopeful and the
writing - i would never be able to form such beautiful, powerful
words. I could go on and on but clearly, i'm not a well versed book
reviewer...
i'd love to hear from anyone who read it, loved it, hated it,
whatever. for some reason this book completely unmoors me.
m
>Deborah Hunt wrote on Thursday, September 30, 2004 03:19 PM
>
>> the infopro /librarian mainstream. For example, I know y'all are a
>> great source of information on good books to read and I'd like to
>> hear what you are reading and why. That might be a good WC to kick
>> off.
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>
>The three books I have 'read' recently are:
>
>- Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
>-Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
>-Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson
>
>I liked them all, Bourdain's book best and Patterson's books least,
>though it wasn't terrible or horrific or anything, just not as good and
>a little overdramatic for my tastes.
>
>I say 'read' because I have been downloading the books from Audible.com
>and listening to them on my travels through life. I have also been
>listening to Ira Glass' This American Life, which is great, because I
>never get to listen to it live. I highly recommend this form of
>audiobook. I think I particularly enjoyed Bourdain's book, because he
>actually did the reading and that added another dimension to the
>experience.
>
>Jaye
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>E-mail: jhl@cpdb.com
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