Summer 2007 Reading List

Majority of what I read is fiction as well, I just didn't want NoHall to dismiss all non-fiction.

I also have been forced to slog through some horrible non-fiction and fiction books/texts as part of school and I didn't want it to ruin reading for NoHall.

Oh, don't worry about that! You can't ruin it for me. I read constantly.

The other thing that I love about fiction is that you can't really argue with it. A story is what it is. My undergrad degree is in philosophy. When I had to read Bertrand Russell, (for instance,) every sentence had to be run through the wringer--is this true? what is the other side of this? etc. I read all non-fiction the same way. In the end I feel like what they say in 300 pages could be said in 30.

(kind of like my posts! )

On the polar opposite end of everything I just said, I've read a couple of decent non-fiction books this summer, especially if you have any interest in education. One is Frank McCourt's Teacher Man. It's a memoir, and I loved it. The other is something I'm having to read for a class, Your Child's Growing Mind by Jane Healy. She does tend to be redundant in places, but it's pretty interesting. (My professor for that class is assigning selections from it rather than the entire text, which is nice.)

Larry McMurtry's stories about the West.

I love every one of McMurtry's books! He makes the most simple story sound interesting. Such characters too! Also love Tom Wolfe.

You know your musicians AND McMurtry...I think we are friends now!

Has anyone read the newest Einstein biography? I hear it's pretty good...

Haven't read it, Nohall. Would like to, though.

I am in the final throes of an incredible novel: Suite Francaise, written by Ir?ne N?mirovsky while WWII was going on, rediscovered years later by her daughter (after N?mirovsky's apparent death in a camp).

Maybe I shouldn't have, but I read the afterward about N?mirovsky's upbringing and her later fate *before* I began her novel. It just makes everything so much more poignant. Her writing is brilliant and the fact that she wrote this work while the events were actually going on just blows my mind.
I really enjoyed Russell's "A Thread Of Grace" (I posted about it in '06) and perhaps should not compare the two but Suite Francaise is gorgeous prose with an incomparable You Are There feel--its substance, vivid imagery, and simple humanity are simultaneously heartbreaking and inspiring.

N?mirovsky lost her life in what she foresaw as "Captivity." The improbable survival of her two novellas is a cause for celebration and also for grief at another reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust. She wrote what may be the first work of fiction about what we now call World War II. She also wrote, for all to read at last, some of the greatest, most humane and incisive fiction that conflict has produced.

Checked out a huge stack of books a few weeks ago. They are still sitting next to my desk, since one of the books was Amy Sedaris' I Like You.

OMG- a true SoWal wench book if I ever read one. I can't stop laughing.

Definitely not for those who don't appreciate sick humor or inventive ways to wear and use pantyhose.

Checked out a huge stack of books a few weeks ago. They are still sitting next to my desk, since one of the books was Amy Sedaris' I Like You.

OMG- a true SoWal wench book if I ever read one. I can't stop laughing.

Definitely not for those who don't appreciate sick humor or inventive ways to wear and use pantyhose.

Now this sounds interesting!

Now this sounds interesting!

She gives instructions on how to make tampon cat toys. Almost as good as the tampon angel Christmas ornaments from the Merry Christmas from the Family book.

I have read as far as what to feed lumberjacks for lunch, how to decide who to invite to your parties, how to be a good houseguest and how to be a good hostess for guests staying with you.

She gives instructions on how to make tampon cat toys. Almost as good as the tampon angel Christmas ornaments from the Merry Christmas from the Family book.

I have read as far as what to feed lumberjacks for lunch, how to decide who to invite to your parties, how to be a good houseguest and how to be a good hostess for guests staying with you.

I'll get it tomorrow.

I'll get it tomorrow.

It could become our bible.

Checked out a huge stack of books a few weeks ago. They are still sitting next to my desk, since one of the books was Amy Sedaris' I Like You.

OMG- a true SoWal wench book if I ever read one. I can't stop laughing.

Definitely not for those who don't appreciate sick humor or inventive ways to wear and use pantyhose.

Now this sounds interesting!

She gives instructions on how to make tampon cat toys. Almost as good as the tampon angel Christmas ornaments from the Merry Christmas from the Family book.

I have read as far as what to feed lumberjacks for lunch, how to decide who to invite to your parties, how to be a good houseguest and how to be a good hostess for guests staying with you.

I think I love you people. I'm PUI, but can I still love you people?

Checked out a huge stack of books a few weeks ago. They are still sitting next to my desk, since one of the books was Amy Sedaris' I Like You.

OMG- a true SoWal wench book if I ever read one. I can't stop laughing.

Definitely not for those who don't appreciate sick humor or inventive ways to wear and use pantyhose.

Definitely sick humor if it's about wearing pantyhose. :funn:

I think I love you people. I'm PUI, but can I still love you people?

I hope you don't mind receiving a tampon cat toy for Christmas this year. I need to go to Michaels' and buy some little glue-on eyes.

It could become our bible.

Absolutely!!!

I think I love you people. I'm PUI, but can I still love you people?

Aww, NoHall, yes you can...and we love you too! Whatcha drankin'?

Definitely sick humor if it's about wearing pantyhose. :funn:

No kiddin!

I hope you don't mind receiving a tampon cat toy for Christmas this year. I need to go to Michaels' and buy some little glue-on eyes.

Does NoHall know about our ornament exchange?

I hope you don't mind receiving a tampon cat toy for Christmas this year. I need to go to Michaels' and buy some little glue-on eyes.

The only thing that I would treasure more than a tampon cat toy (which I would keep far away from my cats--they are boys and therefore NOT wenches) would be a tampon Christmas tree angel.

I'm touched.

The only thing that I would treasure more than a tampon cat toy (which I would keep far away from my cats--they are boys and therefore NOT wenches) would be a tampon Christmas tree angel.

I'm touched.

We could use the Kotex wings on the tampon. Yes, that could work.

The only thing that I would treasure more than a tampon cat toy (which I would keep far away from my cats--they are boys and therefore NOT wenches) would be a tampon Christmas tree angel.

I'm touched.

You know, of course, that this will be remembered. ;-)

Absolutely!!!




Aww, NoHall, yes you can...and we love you too! Whatcha drankin'?

Drinkin'? Who said I was drinkin'? I don't drink anymore.

This week's equation:
Emotional (it's over now, so no worries)
+ subsequent severe sleep deprivation.

These require 1 Xanax + 1 Lorotab=Happy and relaxed. I might take a little nap in the middle of this post.

No kiddin!




Does NoHall know about our ornament exchange?

I need to know about the ornament exchange.

We could use the Kotex wings on the tampon. Yes, that could work.

Which reminds me of one of my favorite pictures, which is down below...

You know, of course, that this will be remembered. ;-)

It's Friday night. Good time for me to get in trouble without ever leaving my couch...

Oh, THAT PUI!!!

Drinkin'? Who said I was drinkin'? I don't drink anymore.

This week's equation:
Emotional (it's over now, so no worries)
+ subsequent severe sleep deprivation.

These require 1 Xanax + 1 Lorotab=Happy and relaxed. I might take a little nap in the middle of this post.



I need to know about the ornament exchange.



Which reminds me of one of my favorite pictures, which is down below...



It's Friday night. Good time for me to get in trouble without ever leaving my couch...

Lord child. You live close enough. I'll drive up and get you. I'm in NoGwinnett we can commiserate together one gull to another. Hop's lovely wife can vouch for me. We can discuss (or cuss) the ins and outs of the SoWal ornament exchange. ;-)

Lord child. You live close enough. I'll drive up and get you. I'm in NoGwinnett we can commiserate together one gull to another. Hop's lovely wife can vouch for me. We can discuss (or cuss) the ins and outs of the SoWal ornament exchange. ;-)

GTTBM to rescue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lord child. You live close enough. I'll drive up and get you. I'm in NoGwinnett we can commiserate together one gull to another. Hop's lovely wife can vouch for me. We can discuss (or cuss) the ins and outs of the SoWal ornament exchange. ;-)

Awww...I was in Grayson just the other day, buying plants! I tried to call Mrs. Hop earlier tonight--isn't she wonderful?

There are a lot of North Metro Atlanta Gulls and Buoys around here---!?

Awww...I was in Grayson just the other day, buying plants! I tried to call Mrs. Hop earlier tonight--isn't she wonderful?

There are a lot of North Metro Atlanta Gulls and Buoys around here---!?

OMG! My daughter's family live in Grayson! Mrs Hop is the best! I her!

Yep! There's a Bu++ load of North Metro folks on the board!

OMG! My daughter's family live in Grayson! Mrs Hop is the best! I her!

Yep! There's a Bu++ load of North Metro folks on the board!

Then I MUST have been near them; Grayson isn't that big. I was at Buck Jones Nursery on New Hope Road, near Chandler Road...

I still want to hear about this ornament thing!