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1ijustgetbored
So I don't really know what I'm doing here, except looking for a way to pick up more books to be read and reading people's interesting reviews. So far I've read:
1. This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It, by David Wong, which represents an abberation from my normal reading fare, and I'm practically ashamed to admit I read and liked it. This probably says something about a repressed slacker mentality with gross delusions that needs to be discussed in multiple therapy sessions.
2. Everybody into the Pool, by Beth Lisick: I was really hoping this one would be terribly funny and was kind of let down by it. It was amusing but with few laugh out loud moments. I really enjoyed the Mission District street scenes more than anything else. If she has a better book that someone knows of, I'm still willing to give it a shot.
3. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg: One of those I should have probably read a long time ago and had somhow never gotten around to. I liked the multiple narrative threads. It seems a little dated now, but I still enjoyed it. I guess the stories basic bones were good, even if some of the themes aren't where they were in the mid/late 80s. I was disappointed that she apparently hasn't written any other LGBT fiction (has she? that was the impression I got from looking at tags on her other novels).
So hi, everybody, and I guess that's a start.
1. This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It, by David Wong, which represents an abberation from my normal reading fare, and I'm practically ashamed to admit I read and liked it. This probably says something about a repressed slacker mentality with gross delusions that needs to be discussed in multiple therapy sessions.
2. Everybody into the Pool, by Beth Lisick: I was really hoping this one would be terribly funny and was kind of let down by it. It was amusing but with few laugh out loud moments. I really enjoyed the Mission District street scenes more than anything else. If she has a better book that someone knows of, I'm still willing to give it a shot.
3. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg: One of those I should have probably read a long time ago and had somhow never gotten around to. I liked the multiple narrative threads. It seems a little dated now, but I still enjoyed it. I guess the stories basic bones were good, even if some of the themes aren't where they were in the mid/late 80s. I was disappointed that she apparently hasn't written any other LGBT fiction (has she? that was the impression I got from looking at tags on her other novels).
So hi, everybody, and I guess that's a start.
3RosyLibrarian
Welcome to the group! I too am an MLS student so I just wanted to swing by and wish you could good luck in school and reading 75 books!
4PrueGallagher
Welcome to the group and good luck! If you 'lurk' - or chat - around the threads I think you will pick up on many new books to read.
5richardderus
Hi there, welcome, and spot on about Fannie Flagg. No other LGBT stories.
7MickyFine
Welcome to the group from a recent(ish) MLIS grad. I love the film of Fried Green Tomatoes but still haven't gotten around to reading it (bad, I know).
9ijustgetbored
Hi, all, and thanks for the welcomes! Still getting oriented here (and overwhelmed by the number of posts). Good to see some other library people about as well as some other first-timers. Thanks also for the heads-up about the Flagg. Hmmph about that, though.
