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Time to bare my soul...
Oct. 5th, 2005 12:54 pmOne of the odd little secrets in my life is fairly simple and probably not terribly interesting to most of you - For others, you're going to want to either strangle me or start bribing me.
I get Advanced Copies of not yet published books and even, occasionally white covers, too. So I sit here, having read quite a few of October's releases, which I have to hide in the back of my closet so folks don't realize I have and I cannot share how wonderful (or mundane) the books are until they've hit the shelf. Don't ask me how I'm in this situation - because the answer changes too frequently to be of use to anyone. Sometimes the books are pagan, but mostly its just current releases of fiction and non-fiction. But its now firmly within the month of October, so here we go.
An no, before you ask, I don't have Neil Gaiman's "Anansi Boys", but the minute I do - I'm not telling anyone until I've finished reading it.
So October's batch:
Frank Turner Hollon - "The Point of Fracture"
Stephen Mitchell - "Gilgamesh"
Tracy Chevalier - "Falling Angels"
Marisol - "The Lady, the Chief, and the Courtesan"
Julie Powell - "Julie & Julia"
Maria V. Snyder - "Poison Study"
I've read the bottom three, here's my take:
"The Lady, the Chief and the Courtesan" - probably of interest to young women. The book's title is a combination of the three secret diaries kept by a grandmother and given upon her death to her Venezuelan neice. Lots of pretty chapters about cooking, young women's sexuality, the power of beauty and Old World manners, Oprah will probably like this book.
"Poison Study" - similar to the "Handmaid's Tale", but not as good, this book follows the story of a murderess and her parole by the Commander's right hand man to become the Food Taster to the Commander. Sorcery, politics and a world gone mad. Probably of most interest to young women who enjoy interesting heroines.
"Julie & Julia" - not quite finished with this one, but laughing my ass off, just the same. The cover says it all - "365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risker Her Marriage, Her Job & Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living". Essentially, Julie decides to cook EVERY recipe from Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in only one year. If you have issues with the word fuck, do not read this book and probably consider not reading my LJ, frankly. If you enjoy stories about tiny NYC apartments, bad plumbing, marriage trials, recipes for disaster, sex, hysterical friends and a Texan mother from Hell - you'll love this book.
I get Advanced Copies of not yet published books and even, occasionally white covers, too. So I sit here, having read quite a few of October's releases, which I have to hide in the back of my closet so folks don't realize I have and I cannot share how wonderful (or mundane) the books are until they've hit the shelf. Don't ask me how I'm in this situation - because the answer changes too frequently to be of use to anyone. Sometimes the books are pagan, but mostly its just current releases of fiction and non-fiction. But its now firmly within the month of October, so here we go.
An no, before you ask, I don't have Neil Gaiman's "Anansi Boys", but the minute I do - I'm not telling anyone until I've finished reading it.
So October's batch:
Frank Turner Hollon - "The Point of Fracture"
Stephen Mitchell - "Gilgamesh"
Tracy Chevalier - "Falling Angels"
Marisol - "The Lady, the Chief, and the Courtesan"
Julie Powell - "Julie & Julia"
Maria V. Snyder - "Poison Study"
I've read the bottom three, here's my take:
"The Lady, the Chief and the Courtesan" - probably of interest to young women. The book's title is a combination of the three secret diaries kept by a grandmother and given upon her death to her Venezuelan neice. Lots of pretty chapters about cooking, young women's sexuality, the power of beauty and Old World manners, Oprah will probably like this book.
"Poison Study" - similar to the "Handmaid's Tale", but not as good, this book follows the story of a murderess and her parole by the Commander's right hand man to become the Food Taster to the Commander. Sorcery, politics and a world gone mad. Probably of most interest to young women who enjoy interesting heroines.
"Julie & Julia" - not quite finished with this one, but laughing my ass off, just the same. The cover says it all - "365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risker Her Marriage, Her Job & Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living". Essentially, Julie decides to cook EVERY recipe from Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in only one year. If you have issues with the word fuck, do not read this book and probably consider not reading my LJ, frankly. If you enjoy stories about tiny NYC apartments, bad plumbing, marriage trials, recipes for disaster, sex, hysterical friends and a Texan mother from Hell - you'll love this book.
