tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post5794614850356268853..comments2024-03-29T09:35:43.086-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: What Shall I Read? - Recommendations Please!Triciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-50932682481428038742007-04-26T20:17:00.000-04:002007-04-26T20:17:00.000-04:00I'm not sure I should admit this after the Jane Au...I'm not sure I should admit this after the Jane Austen/E.M. Forster selections, but I love the Henry VIII books by Greggory. <EM>The Other Boleyn Girl</EM> is one of my favorites, combining history and scandal and available in paperback.<BR/><BR/>If you're looking for something light, my favorite funny books are:<BR/><BR/><EM>The Sex Lives of Cannibals</EM> - travel story about a Pacific Island<MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-76636313038895095812007-04-24T12:49:00.000-04:002007-04-24T12:49:00.000-04:00Oh, and some Elinor Lipman: "The Inn at Lake Devi...Oh, and some Elinor Lipman: "The Inn at Lake Devine," "Then She Found Me," and if you're leaving after May 8 when it comes out in paperback, "My Latest Grievance."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-54665475390446350232007-04-24T12:47:00.000-04:002007-04-24T12:47:00.000-04:00"A Big Storm Knocked It Over" or "Happy All the Ti..."A Big Storm Knocked It Over" or "Happy All the Time" or "Goodbye Without Leaving" by Laurie Colwin. There tends to be quite an overlap between Austen lovers and Colwin lovers.<BR/><BR/>"Wives and Daughters" by Elizabeth Gaskell (a Bronte contemporary, and again I've seen overlap with Austen lovers for this Gaskell book in particular). Gaskell's better known for "Cranford," but I greatly preferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-35133840186417098922007-04-21T13:39:00.000-04:002007-04-21T13:39:00.000-04:00As you know I am an Alice fan, but while Coraline ...As you know I am an Alice fan, but while Coraline definitely has Alice sort of stuff in it, it is MUCH MUCH MUCH creepier. It really is its own story (which I also happen to love). I'm not sure it is airplane reading though --- I'd go for Austen myself (or how about Dickens? I'm having a wonderful time listening to them. Just finished Nicholas Nickleby --- fantastic yet again!) I read aloudMonica Edingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924540264341924291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-66287923141913626812007-04-21T13:13:00.000-04:002007-04-21T13:13:00.000-04:00Tricia,I'm giving you some adult titles.DRIVING MR...Tricia,<BR/><BR/>I'm giving you some adult titles.<BR/><BR/>DRIVING MR. ALBERT: A TRIP ACROSS AMERICA WITH EINSTEIN'S BRAIN by Michael Paterniti. This nonfiction book is stranger than fiction...and a great read!<BR/><BR/>ROSALIND FRANKLYN: THE DARK LADY OF DNA by Brenda Maddox. This is a biography of a woman scientist who should have been acknowledged as a contributor to the discovery of DNA.<BR/Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com