Weekend Project
January 11, 2007
I’m about to head on a long treacherous drive. Thank you, snow. No sarcasm, I swear. Derek and I are taking off tomorrow afternoon, picking up my sister in Seattle and making our way down to Eugene, Oregon to do a belated Christmas with my side of the family. (As opposed to Derek’s side.)
Since I will be away for the weekend, I have a project for you, stolen from Sassymonkey.
Let me know what you think I should read. From A-Z. In the comments, leave the letter you’re picking and what book starts with that letter.
For example, say Meghann wants to recommend Memoirs Of A Geisha, which I know she does. She would post in the comment something to the effect of:
I pick M. Memoirs of a Geisha by whoever it’s by.
Don’t repeat a letter and I’ll see how many I can knock off this year.
I love it! When yours is done I am totally stealing the idea! And I anticipate I’ll be dominating the responses here too.
A: Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke.
He’s not only hot, he can write too!
January 11th, 2007 at 10:01 pmI LOVE this idea!! I would love to steal it too.
B: The Birth House by Ami McKay.
Carly, I think Ethan Hawke is so hot too. I just watched some of Reality Bites last night. I also went for a tonsillectomy in 1994 with a picture of him tucked into my underwear.
January 12th, 2007 at 12:11 amQueenie- Added to my list and I’ll see if I can find it at a bookstore this weekend. I can probably con my parents into buying it for me.
Bex- Completely freakish, I added that book to my amazon wishlist not even an hour ago.
I’ll recommend books to both of you when you post it- it’s a fun idea, isn’t it?
January 12th, 2007 at 12:17 amI may be off base by doing this out of alphabetical order, but you MUSt read this book. It’s called “Out” by Natsuo Kirino. And no, it’s not about coming out of the closet. It’s a japanese crime novel. AMAZING.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:26 amK- The order doesn’t matter. It’s on the list! Now I need C-N and P-Z. Three recommendations and I haven’t even left yet. Fantastic.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:33 amYour underwear??? That’s awesome. I just watched Before Sunset. Ethan, Paris… how can you go wrong? (Well, you can go wrong by buying your girlfriend the sequel to a film she’s never seen instead of buying the first movie, but we’ll leave that alone.)
I can’t think of a title for C right now. I’ll be back…
January 12th, 2007 at 1:52 amHow very appropriate as I stole the idea from other people too. I was going to recommend the Birth House but someone beat me to it! (Seriously – great book – can’t recommend it enough and I’ve given as gifts to three people.)
If you haven’t read it:
T – Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
At which point you’ll likely be as obsessed with the rest of us and have to read the sequel…
N – New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
And then in October the third one is coming out…lol. (It’s E – Eclipse).
January 12th, 2007 at 3:45 pmP – The Pact by Jodi Picoult is my recommend since now I know you haven’t read it
M – My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, if you haven’t read it
R – Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, this book is hilarious, strange, intriguing…sometimes you just can’t believe that it really happened (I think I blogged about this book)
January 12th, 2007 at 4:46 pmI wish we had stuck to the order. It would have been more fun too if everyone only gave one suggestion at a time. Ah well, I’ll recommend my favourtie book ever:
January 12th, 2007 at 5:35 pmL: Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov.
Sassy- I think The Birth House just jumped up on my list of must-buys as I’d added it to my wishlist, then Bex and you recommended it!
Toni- I’ve already got The Pact, so that makes that one easy. Running With Scissors is one that I’ve wanted to read, so that’s a good one, too. Thanks!
Queenie- I never really specified how it should go so I’m not terribly worried about it. And if it went one letter at a time, it might take way too long. I’m writing everything down… and Lolita is been on my want-to-read list for years, but I’ve never gotten around to it. This’ll give me the push I need!
January 14th, 2007 at 12:50 pmYeah, I know. We’ve had this conversation (or, I guess it’s a ‘chat’). I’m just a big fan or order, you know?
Here’s one:
H: Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
January 14th, 2007 at 8:52 pmI thought we were going to go in order too, but then someone broke it and so it gave me clearance to go ahead and go out of order. And I only have a few book recommends in me, so for me to even recommend one I’d have to go out of order.
I’m just blabbering.
January 14th, 2007 at 10:00 pmD – Density of Souls by Christopher Rice an older book but worthy of anyone’s TBR list. In fact, I may have to re-read this. And, of course, totally steal this idea when QC is done!
January 15th, 2007 at 12:29 pmCourtney – if you haven’t picked up Running With Scissors yet, I’ll pass on mine. I just finished it and I’m never attached to my books so feel free to have it!
January 15th, 2007 at 1:47 pmLet me know…
My bad…I just got a friendly little reminder that Running with Scissors is to go to Carly first. Sorry – you’ll have to wait!
January 15th, 2007 at 1:51 pmQueenie – Added!
Toni- No worries.
Sherry- I added it! Didn’t he write some other book where the cover is a skeleton in a baby carriage? I should go look…
kelly- Thanks for the offer, even the rescinded one, but I just bought it this weekend so I’m good to go.
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January 15th, 2007 at 8:35 pmHere’s a great book to read. Definitely one of my top 3 books.
E. Electric Kool-aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.
The book is about Ken Kesey(author: one flew over the cuckoos nest), the merry pranksters, hells angels and the hippie revolution
speaking of which, another one of my top favourite books is One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
January 16th, 2007 at 7:29 amdan- Thanks! I’ve added it.
January 18th, 2007 at 5:44 pm