What do I read next?

By Toftie

11 Apr

Kables and his special lady friend gave me a book for my birthday which shows you how well they know me. The book was “Geek Love” by Katherine Dunn and it was the first book in a few months that made me look forward to climbing into bed or waiting at the doctor’s office. Thoroughly loved it. No exaggeration. I was hooked immediately.

But then I finished it and that sad lonely lost feeling came that I get when I’ve finished a great book and don’t have it to look forward to. It’s like a friend has moved away and I desperately need to find someone new to spend my Friday nights with. (Note: I’m not kidding that Friday nights are my book nights. At least I’ve always loved reserving Fridays for myself. No social activities, just curling up at home.)

So needless to say I was thrilled when a co-worker of mine sent me to this site. Not only will it provide me great ideas for what I should read next, but it also will warn me about what not to read, thus the name of the site: What not to read.

Added bonus: if you click on “buy it now” it takes you to the Queen Anne Books website which made me smile proudly that instead of the usual link to Amazon (especially knowing he could have gotten Amazon Associate credit by doing that) he sent us to a local bookstore in my very own city. Yes, MY city. In case you didn’t know. We’re married. Me and Seattle. But that’s old news.

IMPORTANT ADDITION: A friend of mine runs a non-profit school for autistic kids and this weekend if you mentioned them (APL) at the Pacific Place Barnes and Noble when you buy books this weekend (April 11-13) they will get a cut of the proceeds. So I marched down there tonight with my list of new books pulled from the site and proceeded to make a huge contribution to the school. Sigh. I love books. I don’t really need an excuse to spend too much money on books, but I do need one to spend it at B&N. Ick.

Okay. I’m done. Now go buy some books.

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7 Responses for "What do I read next?"

Woeful April 11th, 2008 at 9:19 pm 1
Or better yet… Visit your local public library!
bckhough April 11th, 2008 at 9:22 pm 2
I would have guessed you would love “Geek Love”. What new things did you buy?
Kables April 11th, 2008 at 9:37 pm 3
Glad you liked it. Next up you should read “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy. Tonja has it. (Or I have it on CD.)
Toftie April 11th, 2008 at 11:10 pm 4
I really do need to get better at using my library, but I have a thing about books I love. I want to own them and keep them so I do like to buy them. With that in mind, I normally try to frequent local bookstores. Especially Twice Sold Tales because of the numerous cats I get to pet while I peruse the collection.

Books I purchased today:
- Cool blank journal with green cover that says “Rethink.” (Not sure what I’ll use it for. Thinking I’ll just throw random thoughts, paste in things I find, make it a catch-all for anything even favorite wines of today.)
- “Then We Came to the End” by Joshua Ferris (A look at office life and the relationships/dynamics while at the same time it is set in a dotcom as it goes under. Could be similar to Microserfs which I enjoyed but I’m hoping for a little more I can relate to in terms of work settings.)
- “A memoir: The Bill from My Father” by Bernard Cooper (This one sounded awesome. A father sent his son a bill for a huge amount of money with an itemized list of all the trials and tribulations he put him through growing up. Supposed to be quite funny and enjoyable. Looking forward to this the most.)
- “Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me” – an Anthology edited by Ben Karlin (A collection of essays by comedians and writers. Pretty self-explanatory.)
- “The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox” by Maggie O’Farrell (Old woman in mental institution. No one knows who she is or why she is there. Supposed to have surprise ending.)
- “No Country for Old Men” by Cormac McCarthy (After watching the movie I decided this would have been a book I would love because of how much deeper you could get into the characters and their complexity in a book. I loved the movie.)
- “The Dissaparation of James” by Anne Ursu (Read “Spilling Clarence” by her and it had the first chapter from this at the end, but after six years, this is the first time I’ve found it. A boy in the audience at a carnival is selected for a magic act and disappears. No one can find him. Sounded interesting.)
Gotta go. Lots to read.
edgeplot April 12th, 2008 at 12:13 am 5
Read Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay or Summerland. The latter is partly about softball, which you like. I couldn’t put either book down.
Aaron April 12th, 2008 at 5:37 am 6
Well, you probably already know which book I’d recommend.
TonjaD April 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am 7
That’s funny, I just started reading, Things I Learned From Women Who Dumped Me, yesterday. Of course my copy is from the library, and I jumped ahead to stories and the forward by authors I know such as; Nick Hornby, Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, Dan Savage, Andy Richter and Stephen Colbert(The Colbert story is unique and hysterical of course.) I was also amused and interested by titles like, Don’t **** on Your Cat.