tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post8178544940496616302..comments2024-01-29T08:16:59.673-08:00Comments on In one eye, out the other...: Mailbox Monday: The thankfully short edition!Susan Tunishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17393038397678961337noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-19111748608280220442011-11-18T17:06:07.373-08:002011-11-18T17:06:07.373-08:00Yeah, not a good week for reading. I swear to God...Yeah, not a good week for reading. I swear to God, The Prague Cemetery gave me PTSD. I couldn't pick up a book! I resorted to (gasp!) watching DVDs for entertainment.<br /><br />I AM looking to lighten things up. I picked up the novel Too Much Stuff by Don Bruns because it's billed as a comic novel, but it's painfully stupid and boring. It's sort of insane that I couldn't find anything "good" to read in my house. What I really want is The Night Circus meets The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society meets Ready Player One--in other words, a completely magical book that makes me feel really good by the end and makes me laugh and is just fun to read. Is that too much to ask for?<br /><br />Fortunately, if you're me, something new and shiny is always likely to turn up in the mailbox. The galley of a high-profile chick lit novel showed up in yesterday's mail. It's not great, but I read a hundred pages last night, and I didn't feel like crying or killing myself once. Also, Amazon will soon be sending me the galley of a new novel by one of my favorite humorists. I hadn't even heard it was being published, so that was a pleasant surprise. You'll see these books show up in the Mailbox Monday posts to come.<br /><br />I would LOVE a recommendation of a sure-fire AMAZING read that meets one or more of the desires stated above. Have you read any books that were as much fun as Ready Player One? As magical and wondrous as The Night Circus? As feel-good as Guernsey Literary? Please help!Susan Tunishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17393038397678961337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-75401414272911712052011-11-15T22:12:21.258-08:002011-11-15T22:12:21.258-08:00Oh, no...you desperately need something charming, ...Oh, no...you desperately need something charming, delightful...pity you already read The Night Circus. Perhaps a re-read of Ella Enchanted? Surely there is some trashy chick-lit somewhere on those chock-a-block shelves, or a good thriller...<br /><br />My week has been a bit on the heavy side, as well: Prague Cemetery, The Glass Castle, Never Let Me Go, The Book Thief, and Moon Shot (about the U.S. space race).Saorse Eilidh Care Lykinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09961257179484971447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-47333264678920253792011-11-14T19:21:52.255-08:002011-11-14T19:21:52.255-08:00This has been a week of abandoned reads. Reading w...This has been a week of abandoned reads. Reading while traveling is tough for me and I must have picked some stinkers because I've set aside three books. If you find a light read, let me know! It's quite possible that nothing is hitting the spot because I just want to be reading the new King that badly.Becky LeJeunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030931605009567165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-67889697240506247532011-11-14T13:17:04.990-08:002011-11-14T13:17:04.990-08:00I finished Hammered, loving every minute of it. Ve...I finished Hammered, loving every minute of it. Very funny. Now I have to wait till April for the next installment, Tricked.<br /><br />I'm still reading Elysiana, but since it's at night, it's slow going because I get sleepy after a few pages. This says nothing about the book.<br /><br />I just started A Day, A Night, and A Day by Glen Duncan, so I'm not sure what I think about it yet. He's the author of The Last Werewolf, which I read earlier this year and loved. I can tell it's the same writer by the style, but it's a very different book. Much more serious.Sara Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257302421725766079noreply@blogger.com