Already a member?
Sign in
Welcome! Wikis are websites that everyone can build together. It's easy!
2006 Archive
'Everything Old is New Again'
September is the time of year to delve back into some of your favorite books. Here are a few of mine that I am revisiting...  |  |  |
| David Kirby: The Ha-Ha | Chang-rae Lee: A Gesture Life | Ann Patchett: Truth & Beauty |
 |  |  |
| Richard Russo: The Straight Man | Pete Dexter: The Paperboy | Sharon Creech: Love That Dog |
July/August Book Recommendations
 |  |  |
| Donald Antrim: The Afterlife | Gayle Lynds: The Last Spymaster | Elizabeth Strout: Abide with Me |
 |  |  |
| William Strunk Jr., E.B. White: Elements of Style | Bernard Cooper: The Bill from My Father | Jami Attenberg: Instant Love |
June Book Recommendations
Anne Tyler: Digging to America
Rich Cohen: Sweet and Low: A Family StoryAlso check out these great Children's Books.
Curtis Sittenfeld: Man of My Dreams
Pauls Toutonghi: Red Weather
Peter Robinson: Piece of My Heart
John Scalzi: Old Man's War (and other military science fiction)
2006 Authors
Anne Tyler | Bernard Cooper | Curtis Sittenfeld | Donald Atrim | Elizabeth Strout | Gayle Lynds | Jami Attenberg | John Scalzi | Pauls Toutonghi | Peter Robinson | Rich Cohen | William Strunk Jr., E.B. White Post a question for Nancy!
- Discuss her current reading list, ask about a book you're reading, or get a recommendation. Post it here.
Latest page update: made by wetpaint
, Jan 30 2007, 4:28 PM EST
(about this update
About This Update
Edited by wetpaint
32 words added
view changes
- complete history)
Edited by wetpaint
32 words added
view changes
- complete history)
Keyword tags:
book crush
Book Lust
Book recommendations
book wiki
Nancy Pearl
Nancy Pearl recommendations
More Info: links to this page
(Showing the last 5 of 19 - view all)
| Started By | Thread Subject | Replies | Last Post | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anonymous | Suggested read | 1 | Apr 16 2007, 7:12 AM EDT by Anonymous | |
|
|
Thread started: Jan 28 2007, 6:16 PM EST
Watch
I have just read Liz Bryski (Western Australian author) title "Gang of four" Tell me what you think of it.
|
|||
| belgro | Can you help me find a book? | 2 | Jan 26 2007, 7:27 PM EST by Anonymous | |
|
Thread started: Jan 22 2007, 3:55 PM EST
Watch
Last week I heard an author (female) on NPR interviewed who had done research and wrote a book about the relationship among Emerson, Thoreau, Talbott, Alcott, Hawthorne (and maybe some other 19th century New England writers). I can't find an archive of any program on NPR , KUOW that carried it and I didn't catch the name of author or book.
Can anyone help me? belgro |
||||
| Anonymous | Len Deighton, John leCarre... | 0 | Jan 20 2007, 9:03 PM EST by Anonymous | |
|
|
Thread started: Jan 20 2007, 9:03 PM EST
Watch
I'm looking for any ongoing series like Len Deighton's Game, Set, Match (and his next two trilogies also), and John leCarre's Smiley series. I'd like a recommendation for some reading where the characters (not merely the protagonist) recur and you get to "know them" better over time. An ongoing story such as Deighton's trilogies a plus.
Thanks! BB |
|||
| Anonymous | The Lost by Mendelsohn and The Heart Has Reasons by Klempner | 5 | Jan 18 2007, 5:26 PM EST by Anonymous | |
|
|
Thread started: Dec 22 2006, 12:02 PM EST
Watch
Hi, Nancy. Thanks for your very valuable recommendations.
I saw that you have included The Lost: The Search for 6 of 6 Million" by Daniel Mendelsohn among your favorite nonfiction of 2006. I think I am going to agree: I'm working my way through it now (it's not always easy reading!), and am finding it very thought-provoking and moving. I wonder if you have also read The Heart Has Reasons by Mark Klempner, another book that details a younger person's journey into his own unresolved feelings about the Holocaust (he is the son of suvivors). In Klempner's case, though, he went to talk with the rescuers, and I found the book very inspiring despite the backdrop of so much evil and suffering. I would also like to ask anyone who has read this book if you think it would be appropriate for middle-school age children. I have been procrastinating buying it as a gift for a precocious 8th grader because I'm not really sure. The fact that it has an endorsement from Lois Lowry makes me feel it would be OK, but a few of the stories might be too distressing for young adults. Not really sure--help, please! |
|||
| LisaGuidarini | Perishing from sheer curiosity! | 0 | Jan 9 2007, 11:30 AM EST by LisaGuidarini | |
 |
Thread started: Jan 9 2007, 11:30 AM EST
Watch
Nancy, would love to know what you're reading to kick off 2007. Please have pity on an adoring public and let us know! Don't let our collective angst be on your conscience... ;-)
Lisa/The Bluestalking Reader: http://bluestalking.typepad.com |
|||
(Showing the last 5 of 19 - view all)