I’ve been meaning to start blogging regularly about books and Thea’s post (and Wesley’s response to it) about Al Gore’s new movie/book The Inconvenient Truth reminded me that I have been delinquent in that regard. So to start things off, here’s what’s on my bedside table at the moment:
1. JPod by Douglas Coupland
2. Solitaire: The Intimate Lives of Single Women by Marian Botsford Fraser
3. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
4. What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating by Marian Nestle
5. grrl: a novel by Jennifer Whiteford
Haven’t started these ones yet:
- Adverbs: A Novel by Daniel Handler
- Exact Fare Only: Good, Bad & Ugly Rides on Public Transit Ed. by Grant Buday
- David Suzuki: The Autobiography
- The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
The best of the bunch is grrrl, Ottawa writer Jennifer Whiteford’s first novel. It landed in the Shameless mailbox last week and I took it along on an overnight trip to Kingston because it was small and fit well in my bag. It’s the story of a Grade 10 girl named Marlie told through her diary entries (dated 1991). The confessions this suburban Toronto girl scrawls in her journal remind me so much of feeling awkward in junior high (circa 1994), it’s uncanny! If you love Susan Juby’s Alice (from the book, and now TV show, Alice, I Think), you’ll find a kindred misfit in Marlie.
So, what are you reading?
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four comments
I just finished reading Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier about a girl of Indian heritage, Dimple, growing up in New Jersey. It is centered around one summer in which Dimple is trying to find who she is and re-connect with her heritage. It's a great book that never fails to make me crave samosas!
PS: My next book on my list is grrl, since I read Jen's blog. She's a great writer, and I second the recommendation.
Posted by Evey
June 17, 2006, 12:52 PM
For fans of grrrl who live in Montreal, Jen is going to be giving a reading from the book at Bibliograph/e Zine Library's first birthday party, on Wednesday June 21st at around 8 PM. Come check it out!
Posted by Anna
June 17, 2006, 1:31 PM
oh yeah, Bibliograph/e is at 6091 du Parc, corner Van Horne. And the show is pay-what-you-can.
Posted by Anna
June 17, 2006, 1:55 PM
Holland: How do you read five books at once?! I'd love some tips so I can work through my pile a lot faster. Sadly, it only contains academic books -- whatever happened to summer reading?
Posted by Nicole
June 17, 2006, 8:27 PM
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