Comments on: Beach books and warm weather reads http://library.plymouth.edu/read/310161 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:02:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jonlink http://library.plymouth.edu/read/310161#comment-1845 jonlink Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:24:55 +0000 http://lamson.wpopac.com/library/read/310161#comment-1845 I'm just about finished with Eugene Ostashevsky's book of poems, "Iterature," put out by Ugly Duckling Presse. Ostashevsky is Russian but wrote this book in English. One result of that is that he plays with language a lot, possibly a little too much sometimes. He has also been called an absurdist poet, a title that fits at times. There are some ridiculous lines, but at the same time there could by a line right after or before that is completely poignant. I’m just about finished with Eugene Ostashevsky’s book of poems, “Iterature,” put out by Ugly Duckling Presse. Ostashevsky is Russian but wrote this book in English. One result of that is that he plays with language a lot, possibly a little too much sometimes. He has also been called an absurdist poet, a title that fits at times. There are some ridiculous lines, but at the same time there could by a line right after or before that is completely poignant.

]]> By: Anne Kulig http://library.plymouth.edu/read/310161#comment-1827 Anne Kulig Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:17:06 +0000 http://lamson.wpopac.com/library/read/310161#comment-1827 I love reading these comments! Those summer days of reading books for prizes are over for me (naturally!), but I've been reading a long biography of <a href="/library/read/297522" rel="nofollow">Alfred C. Kinsey by James H. Jones</a>. I HAD to read it after seeing the movie <a href="/library/read/311180" rel="nofollow">KINSEY</a> and wondering what this man was really all about. At bedtime, I treat myself to (gasp!) silly Danielle Steele paperback novels that I pick up at the dump and then return or pass along to my neighbor. I love reading these comments! Those summer days of reading books for prizes are over for me (naturally!), but I’ve been reading a long biography of Alfred C. Kinsey by James H. Jones. I HAD to read it after seeing the movie KINSEY and wondering what this man was really all about. At bedtime, I treat myself to (gasp!) silly Danielle Steele paperback novels that I pick up at the dump and then return or pass along to my neighbor.

]]> By: JoAnn Guilmett http://library.plymouth.edu/read/310161#comment-1630 JoAnn Guilmett Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:35:51 +0000 http://lamson.wpopac.com/library/read/310161#comment-1630 Summer reading. For me it is a time to catch up on all the pleasure reading that I have been putting off due to my Master's work. I have just finshed two Anita Shreve novels -- "Body Surfing" and "A Wedding in December" -- both good books just right for vacation reading on the beach! Historical Fiction is real favorite and I have recently re-read "Down the Common" by Ann Baer. -JMG Summer reading. For me it is a time to catch up on all the pleasure reading that I have been putting off due to my Master’s work. I have just finshed two Anita Shreve novels — “Body Surfing” and “A Wedding in December” — both good books just right for vacation reading on the beach! Historical Fiction is real favorite and I have recently re-read “Down the Common” by Ann Baer.

-JMG

]]> By: Elaine Allard http://library.plymouth.edu/read/310161#comment-1624 Elaine Allard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:24:09 +0000 http://lamson.wpopac.com/library/read/310161#comment-1624 The summer is always a time to catch up on fiction. My childhood memories are of walking to the local branch of the county library and realizing I could choose what I wanted to read -no assigned reading! I finished the latest Harry Potter yesterday. It was a little sad, realizing this is the last book in the series. The summer is always a time to catch up on fiction. My childhood memories are of walking to the local branch of the county library and realizing I could choose what I wanted to read -no assigned reading! I finished the latest Harry Potter yesterday. It was a little sad, realizing this is the last book in the series.

]]> By: daberona http://library.plymouth.edu/read/310161#comment-1618 daberona Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:52:32 +0000 http://lamson.wpopac.com/library/read/310161#comment-1618 Summer is the time for me to catch up on my manga. I spent a few weekends with Uraswawa's Monster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_(manga) As a book reviewer of fiction for Library Journal I came across a pretty intense book last week on a family in an Appalachian coal mining town called Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake. It is due out in October and promises from my opinion to be VERY popular. DB Summer is the time for me to catch up on my manga. I spent a few weekends with Uraswawa’s Monster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_(manga)

As a book reviewer of fiction for Library Journal I came across a pretty intense book last week on a family in an Appalachian coal mining town called Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake. It is due out in October and promises from my opinion to be VERY popular.

DB

]]> By: Casey Bisson http://library.plymouth.edu/read/310161#comment-1606 Casey Bisson Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:00:19 +0000 http://lamson.wpopac.com/library/read/310161#comment-1606 I don't know if it counts as summer reading, but I just finished <a href="/library/read/20381" rel="nofollow">Amoskeag</a>, an oral history of the mills of Manchester NH where I now live. I'd been so ignorant of that piece of local history. Many of the stories reveal great pain and hardship, but also real strength and often a touch of humor. I don’t know if it counts as summer reading, but I just finished Amoskeag, an oral history of the mills of Manchester NH where I now live. I’d been so ignorant of that piece of local history. Many of the stories reveal great pain and hardship, but also real strength and often a touch of humor.

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