... } 15) The Glass Seed : the fragile beauty of heart, mind and memory by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes. 179 p. {essays} 16) The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeanette Walls. 288 p. {book club} 17) A Song for Nettie Johnson by Gloria Sawai. 296 p. {short stories} April, four books, 944 pp.< ...

I would have to pick: The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult I'm going to stop at four, nothing else I have read would make a top 5 list! Cheers.

#143: SydSni: Re The Glass Castle I read the book at least a year ago, but I vote for 'sad' and 'mentally ill.'

I'm still reading two books as well.......The Glass Castle and The Senator's Wife. Now that I am just starting to feel a bit better, I am able to focus better on what I am reading. The Senator's Wife started out boring but it is getting better, in fact, it's good. The Glass Castle has me ...

>28 angelmae, there's a good quick read called the glass castle that my club enjoyed. It is very fast paced and interesting story. Good luck....

... - Frank W. Abagnale Ahh, a great book to go with a great movie. I was not let down. :) June 15. Glass - Ellen Hopkins Another interesting book by her. I find it kind of cool how I enjoy reading them when I can't really relate to it as closely as many ...

I started The Senator's Wife and found it boring, so put it down and picked up The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. For some reason I'm into memoirs right now. I'm sick as a dog with this bug that's been going around, so I need something that doesn't require much effort.....my brain feels ...

I just finished reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and I really enjoyed it. What a life she had, but I didn't feel like it was a sad story because it seemed that she happy even under the situations that they were in.

#9 The Glass Castle was a great book. I really enjoyed it, I am glad that I picked it up. #10 will be The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie, it is the book club book for this month. I have never read anything written by him before.

... Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. Others I'd recommend are The Road, The Glass Castle, Water for Elephants. Good luck and have fun.

#9The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, just started. I found this book at the used book store, I read that it was a good book to read.

... my additions for February. First off, here are the novels. 3. A Darkness at Sethanon - Raymond E. Feist 4. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls Once again, Feist's book had a great buildup, and good potential, but the ending was so anticlimactic. To me, his early work is ...

... by Dr. James Levine I'm Sorry You Feel That Way by Diana Joseph Oh! A Mystery of 'Mono no Aware' by Todd Shimoda The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Blood of Lambs by Kamal Saleem and Lynn Vincent Road to Damascus by Elaine Rippey Imady How Shall I Tell the Dog? and other F ...

#27 The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls Read: 2/22-2/23/09 Synopsis: Jeannette Walls and her three siblings Lori, Brian, and Maureen had bright, charismatic parents who taught the children about the world around them. Dad was an inventor with big ideas, but not enough money to support ...

... and I don't think I can heartily recommend it. .The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Nonfiction, Memoir 288 pages Jeannette Walls writes a remarkable memoir in which she relates in small anecdotes her very ...

I am still reading Watership Down and loving it. Also I am reading Glass.

... Borrowed - Emily Giffin Something Blue - Emily Giffin Killer Angels - Michael Shaara Books - Larry McMurtry The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen Maus I - Art Spiegelman Maus II - Art Spiegelman Stardust - Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess So ...

... free?" Michelle began her own version of the DPC in Hillsborough, N.J. Her group had a meeting last night to discuss The Glass Castle I'm reading a bunch of Math and Physics books. Two winters back I read all the Ian Fleming James Bond novels in sequence and had a blast. Last ...

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls are all recent (but not 2009) must-reads of mine.

My best reads for January were: The Glass Castle The Big Sea A Demon In My View

... very intense. Its a really quick read because of how they set up the pages. I want to read the other ones, but some reason Glass(the second book) refuses to come out in paperback. P.S I don't mind at all. :)

... The leading contenders include Chesapeake because that's where I live now and I love the book and the area. Also, The Glass Castle, another fave of mine, which I can relate to having had a rather unorthodox upbringing (though, I wouldn't want to scare anyone off). My safest choice ...

... beforehand was that it was about finding an abandoned baby--also true, but the grief thing spoiled it for me. As for The Glass Castle, I grew up plenty poor, and don't need to revisit that, either. I realize that may be selling the book short, but hey--I'm getting older, and there are ...

1. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science 2. The Glass Castle 3. The House of David, Images of America 4. The Knife Man: Blood, Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery 5. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel 6. The Remains of the Day 7. Wuthering Heights ...

... books, get out 1 Sunday a month for 11 months and have a party at my house once a year. #92 - I was profoundly moved by The Glass Castle. If you like memoirs at all, you might want to consider this one. I agree with you on The Memory Keeper's Daughter.

... making recommendations (unfortunately). Anyway, after reading the reviews, I skipped The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Glass Castle, with apologies to anyone who may have liked these books.

... I read about it in a respectable place. It ended up that I liked it. #7 Little Audrey ~ Ruth White Like Walls' The Glass Castle but written for kids and not quite as desperate.

... for classes, and still trying to find time to read something from my TBR pile for personal reading. Sigh. I want to start The Glass Castle next, I think.

... one over and over and over and I still have my well-worn copy. I may give it another go for my 75 this year. Memoir: The Glass Castle -- what an incredible story of growing up with unorthodox parents. Historical fiction: Outlander -- couldn't put this one down and have since read the ...

... nonfiction or one fiction book. So here are my favorite books of 2008, with no categories, rhyme or reason, or order. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. A wonderful memoir by a woman whose childhood and young adulthood were with eccentric, irresponsible, dangerous parents but who ...

... - Neil Gaiman 224 pages 26. Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea - Chelsea Handler 264 pages 27. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls 288 pages 28. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen 350 pages 29. Birthday Letters - Ted Hughes 198 pages March: ...

re #10: I liked The Glass Castle, and our book group read it last year and all seemed to enjoy it. Then later in the year, we read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. One of our members commented that in The Glass Castle, Walls had mentioned an incident with her younger brother in the hospital, ...

I loved The Glass Castle too. It was one of my favorite reads in 2007. When you find yourself wanting another memoir with a similar tone (yet different story) try Little Heathens if you haven't already read that one. It was one of my favorites from 2008.

Wow! You've finished two already? I think I will add The Glass Castle to my list, it sounds very good. I feel like I've been slacking!

... d!) The Second World War by John Keegan Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars by Cynthia Gorney The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

2. The Glass Castle Started this yesterday and finished this morning. What a great book! I think this is definitely going to remain one of my top 5 reads for the year.

... The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl 21. Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney 22. Through the Fire by Shawn Grady 23 Castle by J. Robert Lennon 24. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 25. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 26. Girl Talk by Carolyn Mahaney 27. Dark Blue by Melo ...

My 5 favourite reads from 2008, in the order in which I read them: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie The Complete M ...

The Glass Castle is an amazing book and very hard to leave! What a beautiful start to the new year!

Happy New Year everyone! The first two books are The Apple which is very short and The Glass Castle which I am having trouble putting down. I don't sleep much, so I have been up for quite a while starting my new year with coffee and reading.

... stery Jemima Shore's First Case by Antonia Fraser Book I was most sceptical and cynical about its veracity: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

... Lipman 7. The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard 8. Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg Memoirs: 4. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

... sales at Borders are going to be the death of me. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett Case Histories by Kate Atkinson The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett Jingo by Terry Pratchett The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins For Whom The Bell Tolls ...

... for 80 cents! C'est la vie. All told: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Pompeii by Robert Harris The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon Past Secrets by Cathy Kelly Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende The Archivist by Martha ...

... Finished Feb 23 The Forgotten Man: Amity Shlaes Boom: Tom Brokaw The Innocent Man 2.The Glass Castle Finished Jan 2 66. The Audacity of Hope Finished Aug 15 42. Dreams from my Father Fin ...

... (I really needed a challenge for 1 book in 81 categories!) I think you'll enjoy the memoirs and biographies category. The Glass Castle was fantastic. You might also want to check out Little Heathens too. Both were uplifting stories despite the author's hardships.

... The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara The Road by Cormac McCarthy Independent People by Halldor Laxness The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls The Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series by M.C. Beaton

... ) The Second World War by John Keegan Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars by Cynthia Gorney The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

... a chance to win your choice of one book from my bookshelf. I have a little of everything available. Highlights include The Glass Castle, My Cousin Rachel, The Mysteries of Glass, The Thirteenth Tale, and lots of Patricia Highsmith and Stephen King. Enter missylc in The Green Dragon : Books to get stuck in an air port with (Dec 17, 2008, 12:35pm)

#6 -- do you mean the Glass Castle? Yes, that book was astounding. I would recommend any of the books in the Outlander series for those stuck in an airport or similar. Enthralling and substantial for those long waits.

Memoir: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Blog to Book: Wife in the North by Judith O'Reilly Novels: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle Chick lit: Revenge of the Middle- ...

... v The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle Top Memoir: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Night by Elie Wiesel Top Humor/Essay Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Naked by David Sedaris but ...

OK, The Glass Castle is on the list! Thanks everyone for all the recommendations - I shall definitely have to peruse :) I _don't_ normally read biographies or memoirs, but it has to be said, that those I have (mostly those of authors or those that cross over into fiction), I have enjoyed, so I ...

I second The Glass Castle, I really enjoyed it.

... I have an 888 challenge and 999 challenge category for bios/autobios/memoirs. A particularly wonderful memoir is The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls.

... by Markus Zusak (fiction, 357 pages) 89. Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington (nonfiction, 136 pages) 90. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (nonfiction, 288 pages) 91. The Outcast by Sadie Jones (fiction, 345 pages) 92. No One Belongs Here More than You: Stories ...

#55. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - Walls is a journalist who works (worked?) for MSNBC.com - you might remember her working on the Daily Scoop. In The Glass Castle, she shares her challenging childhood: which included constant moving around, bouts of homelessness, and ...

... I have the worst memory for recommendations!): - Shutter Island/A Drink Before War: Dennis Lehane (drneutron) - The Glass Castle: Jeanette Walls (karenmarie & VictoriaPL) (got) - Galileo's Daughter: Dava Sobel (TT, Prop2gether, avaland) (got) - Inkheart: Cornel ...

Love Kafka - going to read The Castle in 2009...

... People by Halldor Laxness with honorable mention to The Quiet American byGraham Greene. Biography/Memoir: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wall. Award Winners: I'm having difficulty here but will go with The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. The Road and The Amazing ...

... 1955 The Road by Cormac McCarthy - Pulitzer Prize Winner of 2007 The Quiet American by Graham Greene The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell It's been a great year so far, and I have to thank the 75 book challenge and the 888 ...

... day... 21. Vera and Linus, Thordis Bjornsdottir & Jesse Ball A beautiful, whimsical, and well-bound book. 22. The Castle, Franz Kafka (trns. Willa Muir & Edwin Muir, corrections by Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser) - Wild, Weird, and Wonderful: The American Circus 1901 - 1927, F. ...

Sorry wisewoman! I know how disappointing it is when a book you really want gets lost - that happened to me with The Glass Castle earlier this year. Anyway, the copy of Twilight has been traded. Now I have to find a way to get the others in the series.

Here are a few books that I have read this month that might grab some interest. Glass the sequel to Crank which both just gave me a stomach to read this girl and her struggle with addiction Everything Beautiful in the World I struggled with the student teacher relationship that developed ...

... (Netherlands) The Golem – Gustav Meyrink (Austria) Thomas the Imposter – Jean Cocteau (France) The Castle – Franz Kafka (Czech Republic) Embers – Sandor Marai (Hungary) Auto-Da-Fé – Elias Canetti (Bulgaria) The Book of Chameleons – Edu ...

... read, but I thought I would throw it in here anyway, Long Days Journey into Night. For a few non fiction books try The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. It is an autobiography of her childhood. Makes you realize how great yours was in comparison. Also look at Stiff by Mary Ro ...

#68 (goal plus 18) The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls 288 pages total pages to date this year=19,547 From school library. A fascinating memoir. It shows how resiliant children can be.

#13 cmt I'm glad you liked The Glass Castle! I got it because I heard so much about it on LT and I thought it was a fantastic story. Then both my sisters and my Mum read it and loved it too :). #5 RedBowlingBallRuth I hope you like The House of The Spirits. I read it last year and it was my ...

Last week I finished The Titian Committee, The Glass Castle and the Idea of Perfection - a great week! This week I'm reading Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels. It won the Orange Prize and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1997 and I can see why - beautiful writing and hard to put down. For ...

Thanks! So far, so good - but I won't maintain the pace if I start reading more nonfiction... Book #2: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls This was a recommendation from lots of people on LT and it didn't disappoint. I picked it up in the car last Wednesday when my daughter fell asleep, ...

I've just listed a couple more Agatha Christies, The Titian Committee by Iain Pears, and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. It's on quite a few wishlists and I can see why - I couldn't put it down! Here's the link... http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/cmt

I'm reading The Glass Castle, the Edwardians by Roy Hattersley, and the Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville. All 3 are great in different ways.

I started The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls yesterday and wish I'd picked it up sooner! I've read lots of comments on here but was expecting it to be less funny and grimmer. Makes me feel better about occasional parenting lapses... Am still reading the Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenvill ...

>99 Thanks, and glad you didn't break your laptop doing it! Read the first 100 pages of The Glass Castle this afternoon (it was in the car, and my daughter fell asleep). Another great recommendation from this group!

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

... by Linda Lay Shuler 38. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 39. Bride of the MacHugh by Jan Cox Speas 40. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 41. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 42. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 43. Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle by Rosalind Mi ...

115. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls

The Gathering by Anne Enright and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls arrived today (thankyou kiwiflowa, they both look great!).

The Gathering by Anne Enright and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls arrived today (thankyou kiwiflowa, they both look great!).

... and really enjoying The Whiskey Rebels, but will have to put it down while I quickly read next months book club choice, The Glass Castle.

Yesterday I sent off 3 mooches: The Hollow Men by Nicky hager The Gathering by Anne Enright The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

... Erlbaum (which apparently LT thinks is called Crash: A Halfway Homeless Memoir, but both covers say Girl Bomb) and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

... life, except for the worse. And I'm considered a fairly spiritual person! Thanks for validating me! And I hope you enjoy The Glass Castle! #63. Flossie, thanks for the comment. I like that--"interesting list." Could it be any more eclectic? I never have an answer for someone who asks "W ...

... I've never seen him touch it since I met him and he teaches now, doesn't work in an office, so he doesn't need it. Also, The Glass Castle, which isn't something I would have probably listed on my own, but another LTer was asking about it, and I like sharing good books that I probably won't ...

Looking for The Glass Castle:A Memoir for a book club meeting in November. I'm thinking I might just have to buy this one, the chances of this coming available I think is slim.

Today I went to the post office with 5 books for BookMooch: The Glass Castle - Philippines (memo to self - no more international mooches!!!!! $8.25) The Glass Castle - Rochester, NY The Typhoon Lover - Florence, AL The Lost Continent - San Francisco, CA Father and Son - Roanoke, VA ...

... Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 2. The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari 3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

opps..just read one of your previous posts regarding The Glass Castle I book club I've recently joined has this on the list to read for October. I'm glad to read your positive posts as I'll be reading this book in the next week.

Hi karenmarie. Is The Glass Castle still available, I would like to have one if possible. I am in the Philippines. Let me know if and when I should mooch. Thank you for your kindness Triccie Mooch from me http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/libreria More about me http://www.bookmooch.com/m/ ...

I went to the local library's book sale today and found two copies of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I love this book so much and have my own copy but couldn't resist buying two because I know people want to read it. So, 2 copies. If anybody's interested send me a comment and I'll ...

... t: The Sleepwalkers and The Death of Virgil by Herman Broch, Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann The Trial and The Castle by Kafka Buddenbrooks and The magic Mountain by Thomas Mann The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth The Tin Drum by Gunther Grass Turlupin ...

... my TBR pile. There are lots of choices: The Complete Persepolis, The Glass Castle, Middlesex, The Tenant Wildfell Hall, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and more. Leave a comment teresakayep in Bloggers : Promoting Book Giveaways on Your Blog (Sep 19, 2008, 10:52pm)

... my TBR pile. There are lots of choices: The Complete Persepolis, The Glass Castle, Middlesex, The Tenant Wildfell Hall, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and more. Leave a comment teresakayep in Early Reviewers : Contests (Sep 19, 2008, 10:48pm)

... my TBR pile. There are lots of choices: The Complete Persepolis, The Glass Castle, Middlesex, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and more. Leave a comment teresakayep in ARC Junkies : Blog Contests (Sep 19, 2008, 10:44pm)

... my TBR pile. There are lots of choices: The Complete Persepolis, The Glass Castle, Middlesex, The Tenant Wildfell Hall, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and more. Leave a comment teresakayep in ARC Junkies : Blog Contests (Sep 19, 2008, 10:44pm)

... my TBR pile. There are lots of choices: The Complete Persepolis, The Glass Castle, Middlesex, The Tenant Wildfell Hall, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and more. Leave a comment karenmarie in What Are You Reading Now? : Setting up a book club (Sep 17, 2008, 9:45pm)

... us (well, me in particular) usually have one book that we want to read. This year I had two that I wanted to consider, and The Glass Castle won out over The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay. A couple of years ago I only wanted to read The Time Traveler's Wife and last year I only ...

Finally got a copy of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Also, volumes 2 and 3 of Kristin Lavransdatter to complete the trilogy.

... Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Book Two, not as good as Book One (much gorier), but still a good read. 52. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. An excellent read. I couldn't put it down. I liked best that she told the story matter-of-factly, without judging her parents or ...

I just finished The Glass Castle- a memoir and I am about 1/2 way through The Shack and have begun Out Stealing Horses

Richard what a great story about how your met Mr. Man. --The Glass Castle is an amazing book--how those children turned out as well adjusted as they did is a miracle. So I bet Glass Castle is a book both near and dear to your hearts as it is the way you both met. Musicmom--yep I'm a book ...

96: richardderus, I just loved Glass Castle. It's amazing how much a human soul can not only endure but build on and step up to conquer the world. While I cheered for Jeanette, her older sister and younger brother, I grieved for her little sister who didn't appear to have the same inner strength ...

>95 momom, I hope the Liss books give you hours of readerly delight! Mr. Man was reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. He was fairly early in his recovery from a serious addiction to alcohol. He was crying because the story reminded him of his own past. I sat down to find out ...

Shattering Glass is what resulted when I, Jennifer Government, entered The Glass Castle. Afterward, Cinderella cried As I Lay Dying. In reply, I said, Weep No More My Lady for I am Storming the Gates of Paradise.

... However, the nonfiction books that read like fiction stay with me longer. Some of my favorites are In Cold Blood, The Glass Castle, Miracle in the Andes, Seven From Heaven, and Left for Dead: a Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis .

... best time to read about a post WWII Welsh/English dysfunctional family (it's a bio). Am not sure what her point was, like The Glass Castle I am a bit perplexed about the writer's goals. I guess it's the degree of dysfunctionality that drives people to tell all...that is somehow helps them ...

... English teachers here do a lot of contemporary stuff, i.e. Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, A Long Way Gone, The Glass Castle, Shabanu, Into Thin Air, etc. along with the more traditional classics and anthologies. But then I suppose it all depends on the schools and the ...

... in Sept. and Oct. is right around the corner. Books of the month, in no actual order... 68. In Deep Voodoo 69. The Glass Castle 70. The Lightning Thief 71. Sea of Monsters mostly listened to as opposed to read 72. Rock Orchard Hysterical southern tale. 73. Witch Way to M ...

Excellent thread! These are the first ones that popped up: the Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls It's Always Something by Gilda Radner Til Death Do Us Part by Vincent Bugliosi Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind by Donald C. Johanson Tutankhamun: The Untold Story by Thomas Hoving T ...

The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan The Birth House by Ami McKay Fun Home by Alison Bechdel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls White Corridor by Christopher Fowler

... great: I was one who was wowed by James Frey's A Million Little Pieces despite the controversy. I, too, recommend The Glass Castle. I commend the author for her journalistic approach to her odd childhood and her ability to go on to a successful career and stable adulthood. I also ...

I absolutely loved reading The Glass Castle. It was beautifully and lovingly written. I read another memoir within a couple of weeks of that, called The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Homes which suffered in the comparison. She sounded whiney and selfish. Another good memoir that I ...

It was awful to read, but I second The Glass Castle recommendations. Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison is another rough read but T. J. Parsell makes the harrowing ride worth taking. Lost and Found: A Daughter's Tale of Violence and Redemption by Babette Hughes was a favorite ...

#160 LisaLynne - I agree that there's a lot to be said for timing. For instance, I read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls in April and was so impressed with the book and the author. Within a week or so I read The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Homes and was inordinately disappointed - ...

... Lists, I'm lookin' for lists.... >100 porch, oh so true to me. His memoir in several volumes is scary awful, but so is The Glass Castle and I don't see much carrying on about how SHE made it all up. But then Jeannette Walls isn't out to be humorous. Wonder if that has something to do ...

... by Chris Bohjalian 16. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 17. The Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck 18. Glass by Ellen Hopkins 19. Burned by Ellen Hopkins 20. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin 21. How to Read Literaturel Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster 22. Once Upon ...

... The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows 1776 David McCullough The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls Benjamin Franklin Walter Isaacson

I also enjoy the same type of books you listed. I would also highly recommend The Glass Castle. Like, A Child Called It almost unbelievable. It will grab you from the first sentence. I think the recent books about FLDS Morman sects ruled by Warren Jeffs would fit the bill. Escape by Ca ...

... to win! Choices include From A to X by John Berger (which just made the Booker longlist), Water for Elephants, The Glass Castle, and Middlesex. There's lots of fantasy and a fair bit of nonfiction as well. Stop by and check it out!

I also read and enjoyed The Liars Club and the loved The Glass Castle. I didn't see Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller mentioned here yet - it's a wonderful story of growing up in Africa.

... by Syrie James. Two books loaned out returned in perfect shape (hooray!): My sister mailed back my copy of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. My co-worker Kazuko came back after a week of vacation and returned Breaking Dawn to me (she borrowed it for her daughter). I' ...

#s 6,7,8 -- I also loved The Glass Castle. My favorite memoir I've read recently is Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish. Other good memoirs from the past couple of years have been Bad Blood by Lorna Sage, T ...

6, 7 The Glass Castle is phenomenal. Another that reminds me of it, although on a slightly different topic, is Sickened: the memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood by Julie Gregory although, according to my sister-in-law, there is evidently some controversy around that one.

#6: I LOVED The Glass Castle, though it is very hard to read at times. My review is here . I was waking up from a nap when I posted earlier and felt like I was ...

I've heard wonderful things about The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - high on my TBR list

... mentioned books in the genre would include Eat, Pray, Love as well as books by Anne Lamott. Jeanette Walls's The Glass Castle is another example. Here's my stab at the beginning of a critical approach to memoir/personal journey books, copied from another thread. Please feel ...

... Brodie is in that one too, although the story is very different and I liked Case Histories better. I just finished The Glass Castle which was wonderful, and I've started on Einstein's Dreams which is wonderful too. I read about both of them here and probably wouldn't have come across ...

... that is. I'm considering a re-read of The Eight although I've already read it 2 or 3 times over the years. #76 Elee The Glass Castle is probably the best book I've read this year. I agree with you. Her love for her parents absolutely shines through, even though they were less-than-ideal ...

I am reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, after seeing it mentioned many times here on LT. I'm about half-way through and am enjoying it immensely. Jeannette Walls does such a wonderful job of portraying her parents, and it's clear she loves them very much.

My favs are: The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls) South: The Endurance Expedition (Ernest Shackleton) Seabiscuit

36. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I don't even know what to say about this one. I was glad to see her overcome everything but there wasn't much emotion in the book.

24. Started The glass castle by Jeannette Walls late last week, maybe Thursday, and finished it today at work. I don't know where to start, I can't say enough good things about this book. I feel like I REALLY KNOW this family. I read as much as possible over the weekend, didn't even do any ...

... random nonfiction. I'm currently featuring reviews of The Gargoyle, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Glass Castle, and others. coming soon: The Lace Reader visit me at http://readerville.wordpress.com

I just read The Glass Castle, and it was pretty fantastic. I would highly recommend it. Here's my review, if you're interested:http://readerville.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/sunday-salon-book-review-the-glass-castle-by-jeannette-walls/

Whew! Finished The Glass Castle and managed not to have an emotional outburst in the process. My review is here: http://readerville.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/sunday-salon-book-review-the-glass-castle-by-jeannette-walls/ Now it's on to The Lace Reader, which I'm hoping will be a bit ...

#2 TheresaHPIR - HP is wonderful and I envy you reading them for the first time. #15 bnbooklady - I absolutely loved The Glass Castle and hope you enjoy it too. I am reading an ARC called The Power Makers by Maury Klein and am finding it fascinating. It's slow going, though, so I'm ...

richardderus: I can completely understand how The Glass Castle is too much even vicariously....same goes for Dry, though I thought that book was easier to relate to because we've all either been there or known someone who was. I'm doing a happy dance for you and Mr. Man that you've each found ...

... to abandon a book my S.O. was incredibly deeply moved by, one that gave him the "Kafka experience" from a post far above...The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls was too much for me, especially after living through his experience of the book. I think I will have to abandon What Entropy Mean ...

... a rare gem. Lucky for me, he's agreed to accompany me (albeit a little later) on my impending move to NY from Texas. The Glass Castle is one of the books I've had to abandon. Mr. Man relates to it all personally, and I was appalled during our early courtship at the things it brought ...

... was wonderful and touching, but something about it just didn't work for me. mckait: I completely see what you mean about The Glass Castle. I'm really enjoying it, but it feels weird to say that since everything she writes about is so awful.

I'm just about to finish The Glass Castle and can't wait to begin The Lace Reader.

... Mr. Man must be a keeper! I'm not sure my hubby has ever cried at a book, but I'd love to know. I'm enjoying The Glass Castle, but I'm generally so appalled by what's happening to her that it overrides all the other emotions.

>167 bnbooklady, The Glass Castle was what Mr. Man was reading when I met him. He was crying over a passage he'd just read...a wiry, camo-wearin' mustache-havin' good ol' boy crying ON A BUS!...so I sat down next to him to find out why. Thus began a conversation that lasts to this good moment. ...

>167 bnbooklady, I read The Glass Castle a couple of years ago and I absolutely loved it. I would say more, but I don't want to give the game away .... ;-) I hope you enjoy this book

162 Rarcar1: I'm finally reading The Glass Castle after months of being hounded by a friend who loved it. What do you think so far?

... up at Target tonight and put it back. I really want to read this but have too much on my plate right now. I did get The Glass Castle for bookclub Wednesday. Nothing like waiting to the last minute!

#181 bnbooklady - I thought The Glass Castle was amazing!

... for Sept., is One of ours by Willa Cather, I just ordered a used copy; finish Losing your pounds of pain; and hopefully The glass castle, just for myself. Not sure what my next audio will be - would have been the Cather novel if I could have found it, no such luck. Anyway, the best laid ...

Just started The Glass Castle last night and haven't been able to put it down. I was appalled by the things she had to go through in just the first 50 pages...it's unbelievably horrifying, and I'm looking forward to getting further and finding out how she moves beyond such a traumatic childhood.

I only have 2 for June - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and Stone Creek by Victoria Lustbader, an ER book.

Team of Rivals is my top read so far this year. Most entertaining (ie, good airplane books) have been Glass Castle and Three Cups of Tea. Most interesting literary work has been Disgrace. I have not had an overall fav fiction read yet, alas, so I'll be checking out other people's favs ...

... by Leif Enger - I'll be VERY surprised if I read anything that will edge this book out of my top spot for 2008 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - Unbelievable! Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris and Stone Creek by Vict ...

... 1992) 53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000) 54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000) 55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006) 56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993) 57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987) 58. Drop City, TC Boyle (200 ...

26. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls This story reminded me of Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes. Walls’s childhood was less than desirable, but it goes to show how resilient and really ingenious children are. Sometimes they have to take on so much more than they were designed for because ...

#148 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is great! Enjoy! I finished A Glass Castle a few days ago, and it was absolutely incredible. Then I got some nasty virus and caught up on three months worth of O magazines. Today I'm going to start my May ER book, Stone Creek by Victor ...

You consider The Glass Castle a YA novel? I guess if it is for 17 or older. I read it and really enjoyed it. I read an interview with the author where she talked about how many people had to convince her to write it. She thought no one would be interested in her memoir or would believe this is ...

I just picked up copies of The Glass Castle and Sacred Games. I know they are both heavily wishlisted so I thought I'd give y'all dibs before I list them on BookMooch. Write me a comment if you're interested in one of them. And on the receiving end... I've been looking for a copy of Ghost W ...

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Castlevania: The Official Hint Book by Donald McCrary Castle by David Macaulay The Palace of Laughter by Jon Berkeley The Ivory Tower by Henry James

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Warwick Castle by David Green Digital Fortress by Dan Brown The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir

I hope if they do decide to publish more Kafka, they use the new, superior Pasley edition with Harman's translation of The Castle and Mitchell's translation of The Trial. When I read The Trial in German (the Brod edition with additions of deleted passage), I was struck by how Kafka's complex ...

... I liked it a lot but didn't fall in love with it. I posted my review if anyone's interested. Tonight, I will crack open The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Everything I've heard about it has been good, so we'll see... Regarding the other posts on Life of Pi, I just gave my copy ...

... had to re-do my list so my postings are a bit messed up. 1- The Ministry of Special Cases byNathan Englander 2- the glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls 3- suite française by Irene Nemirovsky 4- a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini 5- for the relief ...

... a memoir about Munchausen by proxy, which I find absolutely fascinating but thoroughly disturbing and kind of like The Glass Castle. So far, this girl's childhood by even be worse than Jeannette Walls'.

... was about. Neither a sweet enough picture of small town life (try Home to Harmony for that) nor dysfunctional enough (Glass Castle, anyone?). Not my thing, at all.

Another book That was one of my favorites was Glass Castle

1- The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander 2- the glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls 3- suite française by Irene Nemirovsky 4- a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini 5- for the relief of unbearable urges by Nathan Englander 6- black & ...

... Grogan 20. The Secret History: Donna Tartt 21. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: Marina Lewycka 22. The Glass Castle: Jeannette Walls These have been a bit of a mixed bag: The Alchemist was a great disappointment given all the hype. While perfectly readable it was ...

... fest. Didn't care for it at all. I think it had good intentions, the cover rocked but it was down hill after that. 31 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls my librarian gave this book to me, she thought I would like it. And she was right, I thought it was excellent. Funny thing is I found ...

... Homes, her memoir, and thought it was poorly written whining drivel. Unfortunately for A.M. Homes, I read it just after The Glass Castle, which is one of my top 5 books of this year so far. A book that I absolutely despised but read for my bookclub this year was Snow Crash by Neal Step ...

... where English is not the primary language (4/8) Could have been categorised as: Authors I've not previously read 22. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Assigned Category: (5) Non-fiction (3/8) Could have been categorised as: Authors I've not previously read 23. Balzac and the Li ...

... rereads it every once in a while. It's definately one of the top 50 books, I think. (at least top 100) Today I got Glass Castle in the mail from BookMooch. It was a funny thing this morning, because when I opened the packaging, the padding filler poofed out. I hollered "Eeek! Anthrax! ...

... or Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, both by Helen Fielding. Tomorrow night is bookclub to discuss The Glass Castle - can't wait!

... over to celebrate Father-in-law's 79th birthday. Much cleaning and cooking around that. Sunday is bookclub. My book, The Glass Castle is on taps, so have a bit of homework to do to prepare. Other than that, glorious sleeping in, reading, having fun with family.

... Clay by Michael Chabon The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin The Dechronization of Sam Magruder by George Gaylord Simpson Swan Song by ...

... in Scarlet and a disappointing memor by A.M. Homes called The Mistress's Daughter. I read another memoir, The Glass Castle. two weeks ago and the comparision doesn't go in Homes' favor. I'm a little at loose ends. Continuing with Beowulf, think I'll start Agatha Christie ...

I've read lots of good books so far this year, but the absolute best so far is The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

Glass castle by Jeannette Walls? I don't think so...

... too awful to read. My daughter called and told me that she read a really good book and was sending it to me... it was The Glass Castle ! So I finally gave in and read it.. hated it.. til the end.. but it still haunts me..

Even though it's nonfiction and my childhood was heaven compared to hers, I felt that Jeannette Walls wrote The Glass Castle for me. I felt electrified the whole time I was reading this book. It put my childhood and parents into perspective.

The Glass Castle is one of the best memoirs I have ever read. Her childhood was appalling by any standards yet she wrote beautifully and lovingly about her family. I'm a serious HP fan, loved Water for Elephants, hated The Memory Keeper's Daughter and only read about 70 pages of it, enjoyed ...

I've posted my review of The Glass Castle. Definitely one of the best non-fiction books I've ever read.

Karen, I too thought The Glass Castle was amazing. I think what particularly impressed me was her lack of self-pity. It so easily could have been one of those whiny books with pages and pages of agonizing over her situation, but instead she simply and beautifully told her story, leaving it to ...

I have read both The Glass Castle and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. I found them both to be very good, if not excellent. Let me know what you think.

I finished The Glass Castle this morning and it was absolutely brilliant. Her perspective, acceptance, and love for her parents shines through all the horribleness, selfishness, and disfunction of the family. Starting The Moving Toyshop today.

I am reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and absolutely loving it. I'm still trying to get back to The Assault on Reason by Al Gore, but there are too many fiction books that are holding my attention right now.

... Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, with the occasional Edmund Crispin thrown in for light reading. I also started The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls on Thursday and am devouring it. It is so beautifully written. When I finish it, probably tomorrow night, I'll start The Movin ...

... Holy Disorders and the gap was The Moving Toyshop. It's now in the Crispin stack, waiting to be read. I'm reading The Glass Castle right now - it's my bookclub choice for our April meeting and it's fantastic. I'm about halfway in. Also continuing with Kavalier & Clay. When I finish ...

Got The Moving Toyshop and added it to Edmund Crispin category. Am loving The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

32 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls my librarian gave this book to me, she thought I would like it. And she was right, I thought it was excellent. Funny thing is I found myself relating to many of the things happening in the story. Not that my life was like hers so much, just that she has ...

... I am currently rereading The Metamorphosis by Kafka which is mentioned in 1001 in the entries on The Trial and The Castle, so I am sort of reading a book from the list, I suppose, stretching a bit. As a number of people have said in various posts, frequently we forget the works we ...

... of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon and The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin. Bookclub will be The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Plus more fluffy and fill-in-the-gaps books. So, it's off to work for me.

... by Jorge Luis Borges) TBR (13. Wicked by Gregory Maguire) (14. Julius Caeser by William Shakespeare) (15. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls) (16. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce) (17. A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake by Joseph Campbell) That's all for now, although ...

February books: 5. LARGER THAN LIFE by Adele Parks *did not finish 6. GIRLS NIGHT IN by Various Authors 7. THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeanette Walls LOVE this book!

... for Mar 2008 - Feb 2009: Water for Elephants Sara Gruen Snow Crash Neal Stephenson The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls The Merry Wives of Windsor & Hamlet William Shakespeare The Far Traveler Nancy Marie Brown Born on a ...

Yes, and I've gotten People of the Book, Persepolis, The Glass Castle and A Spot of Bother to name a few. Definitely worth it. It's always such a thrill to get a book on your wishlist, especially if it's highly wishlisted. I always feel like I've won the lottery!

... of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain ***½ 8. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James **** Double {complete} 1. The Castle by Franz Kafka ** 2. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner ****½ 3. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson **½ 4. To ...

... grim view of fairies. I'm not sure whether I'll seek out the sequel just yet, but I'll probably read it eventually. #72: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Why I chose it: Looking for memoirs I heard about this one when it first came out, but it didn't sound very interesting to me, so I ...

... on Beartown Road (which I liked, but the theme was depressing), etc. I refused to read The Memory Keeper's Daughter, The Glass Castle, and Water for Elephants (the suffering of people is bad enough--but animals? no, no, a thousand times no). I realize a lot of people enjoy those ...

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeanette Walls

Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

On the agenda for this week: The Adventure of English by Melvyn Bragg, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King.

I also really liked The Glass Castle. I didn't have a hard time believing her story. I agree with you that she wrote a story based on her memory of her childhood. I was almost alone in my stand on that one, though (at my book group). Anytime you write a memoir it isn't an absolute truth. It is ...

#9 - Well, I enjoyed The Glass Castle myself, and I believe it's what she remembers of her childhood. Some of it might not have been as bad as she recalls, and some of it could have been worse. She is human, after all. However, I have seen the author's mother on TV and she does corroborate Jeannet ...

... just called it fiction it would be an excellent book, IMO. It also makes people look at memoirs in a new light. We read The Glass Castle for my book group and most of the people in the group didn't believe her story. We talked about what an impact James Frey (and others like him) have had on ...

... by Joanne Harris 53. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult 54. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 55. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 56. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 57. The Book Thief by Mark Zusak

... an interesting and eclectic list for the Book Club! And just in case I left a false impression, I should mention that The Glass Castle and The Road are very different from Water for Elephants. I just finished The Book Thief, another 5* book for me (and I'm pretty stingy ...

... year. The number has varied over the years, but right now there are twelve members and we each choose a book. My book is The Glass Castle! Here's our list for 2008(2009): DATE BOOK AUTHOR March 2 Water for Elephants ...

... who hadn't read it got it from me as a Christmas present). I also would give 5 stars to two other books on your list: The Glass Castle and The Road.

... after I heard he'd been killed. My Memoir/Biography category is now: 1. The Middle Place - Kelly Corrigan 2. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls 3. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson 4. Steve and Me - Terri Irwin 5. The Little Princesses - Marion Cr ...

... Geographic Traveler France, Gardening Month by Month Washington and Oregon, and French Grammar, on my Kindle The Glass Castle. and the NY Times daily. I think I might have a little problem.

... wheel in very slow peak-hour traffic, when you're either stopped or crawling at 5km/h. And I did read quite a lot of The Glass Castle while driving from Canberra to Sydney a few months ago. It passed the time beautifully, but don't tell my parents I did it! Red traffic lights stay red ...

The Glass Castle?

JF: The Luxe, which I absolutely loved because it was so well written CR:The Glass Castle and Dead Connection because it's been nominated for a YA award in my state LF:The Tea Rose, Twisted, and Crank(which I'm a little unsure about)

... everyone for their great suggestions! I picked up three to read from the library: Hole in My Life, A Long Way Gone,and The Glass Castle, which is the one I think I'm going to go with. I really appreciate all the help!

I finished The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls last night - quite mixed feelings about it. I thought it was a rather flat presentation of horrific events. I started Larry's Party by Carol Shields - my first Shields book. I've had this book a few years and decided it was time. Hooked ...

22. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells I have mixed feelings about this book. It was a quick read, written in a simple narrative style (she tells the story of her childhood as though it is a novel) that is very detached. The story is horrific - her parents, to be blunt, were abusive, ...

jf: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Chasing Tail Lights, Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List, Ten Big Ones, The Glass Castle, Pastoralia, A Room With a View, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, Kissing the Bee, Erec Rex and others cr: Every Crooked Pot, Death in Venice ...

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a great autobiography! I first read it here at LT as a group read and then suggested it to my real life book club. One of the members of my book club who is also a high school teacher had the book approved to use with one of her classes.

... do not need to make days up . anyway no extra reading time for me..darnit anyway! On the weekend though, I read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and..... hmmmm something else.. yesterday I started Yellow Raft in Blue Waterby Michael Dorris also, and this is sort ...

... Elizabeth Chadwick Recommended by John Hopper 5. Gildenford - Valerie Anand - Recommended by John Hopper 6. The Glass Castle -Jeannette Walls - recommended by Detail_Muse 7. Atonement - Ian McEwan - Recommended by Nickelini 8. Snow Flower and Secret Fan - Lisa ...

... John Grisham, 1,111 owners, 34 reviews. 14. The Road by Cormac McCarthy, 4,244 owners, 225 reviews. 15. The Glass Castle: a memoir by Jeanette Walls, 3,329 owners, 129 reviews.

... but I have to give a nod to Crow Lake 'cause it was excellent too! It's too hard to pick just one! Best Non-fiction: Glass Castle hands down. Excellent, excellent book. Worst Fiction: without doubt, Tipperary, enough said, except I had to finish it because it was an ER book, ...

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

I read The Glass Castle before I got my Kindle. I was in a discussion group about the homeless and someone recommended it. I found it very interesting, but ended up having a lot more questions about the lives of the homeless than I had before starting it. I have started A Thousand Splendid ...

I'm reading Holes by Louis Sachar but I'm going to have to put it aside for a bit. I stole The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls from a co-worker. She came over to ask my opinion about it as a friend had given it to her to read. I grabbed it right out of her hands! Hee hee. I'm 145 out of 200 ...

... the great American Tragedy. Right now I am reading the New York Times, Time magazine, Foreigner, What is the What, The Glass Castle and various other magazines - home improvement, crafts, The Economist. OK, no way can I avoid Reading. It surrounds me.

February 5. Seduction by Amanda Quick 6/10 6. Holes by Louis Sachar 7/10 7. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells 8/10 8. Healing the Shame That Binds You by John Bradshaw 6/10 9. A Writer's Notebook by Ralph Fletcher 6/10 (8/10 if I were the target audience - ...

3. The Glass Castle A very quick and interesting read, one I read for my book club.

... around author, but author Touchstones don't always work.} Pillars of the Earth The Bondswoman Narrative The Glass Castle Doesn't Ken Follett have a new book, something like World without End. Is this on Kindle yet? Was The Glass Castle an Oprah Winfrey ...

... of an Early Reviewers discussion on a book about Darfur I was stimulated to buy What is the What. I have been reading The Glass Castle: A Memoir and find it intriguing but have not decided if I would recommend it to others. I have also purchased, but not yet started reading, A Thousand Sp ...

#83 LizT - I never suggested a book for you! I recommend The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I read this several months ago for a group read here at LT. Since then, I've read it for two other real life book clubs. It's an amazing autobiography!

... library: Arms of Nemesis by Steven Saylor The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft by Claire Tomalin The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Death of a Red Heroine by Qui Xiaolong - an LT recommendation Scotland Yard Scientist: My Thirty Years in Forensic Scien ...

... (would also fit in the books-to-films) and The Inn at Lake Devine (Lipman writes fast, fun dialogue). I also liked The Glass Castle ... uplifting, but you have to get through her tough childhood first. Coming-of-age stories usually persevere through adversity to optimism. Perus ...

OK here comes my Kindle report: I bought The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls; The Jungle Book (way cheap...$1.54 +/-) and I am sampling Rhett Butler's People and Jim Cramer's Stay Mad to Life. I think I might buy the Rhett Butler one if it is cheap enough. So far reading on ...

The Glass Castle is so intense. I read it in one day, and it basically left me stunned and hopeful. It is amazing that children can survive such a childhood and have 3 of the 4 become basically functional adults. I chalk it up to love. I think their father truly loved them and they knew it.

The glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls Why girls are weird by Pamela Ribon The widow of the south by Robert Hicks Tobacco road by Erskine Caldwell The awakening by Shannon Drake Kitty and the midnight hour by Carrie Vaughn Sex and the single witch by Holly Ch ...

2007, I picked 150 books to read. However, the last Harry Potter book completely ruined things for me and I had to desire to pick up another book until recently. I got around 50, if I was lucky (see http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=6899). So, I'm not going to bite off more than I ...

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin The Glass Castle: a Memoir by Jeannette Walls Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Hatter's Castle by A.J. Cronin Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins

suite francaise, a thousand splendid suns, the glass castle

... is a phenomenal writer, and his book of short stories was a similar mix of poignancy and wit. I just finished The Glass Castle: A Memoir . I read it in one day, drawn in by the manner in which one family could live in such appalling circumstances while having had other choices. ...

The Ministry of Special Cases, The Glass Castle, Suite Francaise, A Thousand Splendid Suns

I just completed The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, which I had been meaning to read for some time. Next up: The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.

... Exposed! but -- you mentioned humor -- in a humane way. Some favorites of mine are Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Glass Castle and If the Creek Don't Rise.

... Wild – Jon Krakauer 3. Notes from a Small Island –Bill Bryson 4. Deep Waters – James Raffan 5. The Glass Castle – Jeanette Walls 6. The Cure for Anything is Salt Water -Mary South 7. A Year with the Queen - Alan Bennet 8. The Tender Bar - J.R. ...

... mentions to The Lovely Bones and DH Worst Fiction: Gotta agree on The Poe Shadow. Bleh. Best Non-Fiction: The Glass Castle hands-down Worst Non-Fiction: and I say this grudgingly because the book has its good points -- The Killing of Major Denis Mahon. I read an advanced ...

... also. Included in my line up of top 5: Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres The Girls who Went Away by Ann Fessler Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup

... with 7 mentions Honorable mentions with 5 mentions each are: Bel Canto Nineteen Minutes Out Stealing Horses The Glass Castle

... I'm off work for the week, and so have had time to read quite a bit! I expect to also read (or at least start...) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith this week. Would love to hear your experiences with any of these books! (Various ...

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls A Memoir 288 pages 5/5 Stars Well-written and paced for a quick read, Jeannette Walls presents an unforgettable life story about family and making the best out of life, even when life seems to be at its worst. 1/50 in 2008

... e 5. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (5/10) 6. Still Me by Christopher Reeve 7. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (8/10) 8. Wild Swans by Jung Chang

... Non-Fiction: Devil In the White City by Erik Larson Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chadrasekaran The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Grace Eventually by Anne Lamott Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Honorable Mention: Here If You Need ...

... of insects by Victor Pelevin 4) I know this much is true by Wally Lamb 5) A tie (yes its a cop out) between The glass castle by Jeannette Walls and Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively. Honorable mentions The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro Family matters ...

tropics: I read by The Glass Castle and Jesus Land this year and thought they were very memorable and I couldn't believe that parents actually behaved this way.

... in Alabama by Mark Childress (I think this is non-fiction) 3. Jesus Land: a memoir by Julia Scheeres 4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 5. Paper Trails by Pete Dexter Honorable mention, non-fiction: What the World Eats, Material World and Going Back to ...

... Hockenberry; Infidel (wrong link) by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer by Salewicz, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Walter Cronkite's biography that I can't remember the name of right now, The autobiography of Malcolm X. I have more favorites ...

... last year's list 2. The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise - Michael Grunwald (2006) 3. The Glass Castle: A Memoir - Jeannette Walls (2005) Poetry - I was all set to read lots of poetry this year, and then I sort of stopped. But, these were really ...

... Shifting Fog by Kate Morton 2. About a Boy by Nick Hornby 3. Back when we were grownups by Anne Tyler 4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 5. The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camillo - I mention this one for its illustrations more than the story ...

... won't include books I abandon in the challenge. Okay, so Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less counts as number 1. 2. The Glass Castle: a memoir, by Jeannette Walls I was fascinated by the narrator's eccentric parents, who really take the floor in this memoir. They refuse to submit to any ...

... Huxley 47. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 48. A Portrait of the Artistas a Young Man by James Joyce 49. The Castle by Franz Kafka 50. Amerika by Franz Kafka

... Bel Canto-Ann Patchett Mort-Terry Pratchett Your Two-Year-Old : Terrible or Tender-Louise Bates Ames The Glass Castle: A Memoir-Jeannette Walls Strangers Within the Gate : Poems-Jeffrey C. Alfier With the Light of Apricots : Poems-Larry D. Thomas Riding ...

The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls and (so far, I've been pretty busy) Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt I have no clue why I have been reading memoirs a lot.

... of the Thwacker - A real love it or hate it book from a love him or hate him comedian. World War Z Sister in law: The Glass Castle - This has been on my 'to be read' list for a while. I still don't have my own copy. Niece (this is my favorite person to buy gifts for. I love picking ...

... Natural Things TT-- Flintknapping TX-- LCW Cookbook U -- The Art of War UA - In Time of Emergency UG -- Castle VM How Wooden Ships are Built **Z -- Dreams: A book of Symbols So that's 78/220. 1/3 of the way there! Next: books I own from categories I haven't read ...

"I was on fire." Opening line from The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. How can you not keep reading?

A bounty from a friend at work: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Three Junes by Julia Glass Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi The Shadow of the Wind byCarlos Ruiz Zafon

It is very hard to just pick three out of everything I've read so far this year, but here goes... The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls - I picked this one because I really don't read very much non-fiction and have to say I was really very surprised that it not only held my attention, but ...

... the best books, but they are the ones that had the most impact on me when I read them: 1) Grapes of Wrath 2) The Glass Castle 3) The Lord of the Rings 4) It 5) Island of the Blue Dolphins 6) Angela's Ashes 7) To Kill a Mockingbird 8) Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whi ...

... Club by Mary Karr I had a hard time staying interested in this book. Perhaps it was because I'd recently read the Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls which was a similar memoir about a difficult childhood. I'd like to try to get hold of some books of Mary Karr's poetry. I saw her ...

Wow, I never heard of The Glass Castle, but I clicked on your link and it has 353 5-star ratings! I think I'm gonna check it out!

Thanks Guys I meant to start a thread here The book that really made me cry lately was The glass castle by Jeantte Walls. And, any book that has an animal dying will usually have me in tears

... His description of it's terror - I still have trouble picturing it. Bambi had me bawling. The last book I cried at was The glass castle. My dad is very similar to her father and I cried for so many reasons - too many to get into. Another time I cried was Cry, the beloved country. The ...

... of Dust 579--Microoorganisms, fungi, algae: The Overloaded Ark 623--Military and nautical engineering: Castle 624--Civil engineering: Underground 642--Meals & table service: Esquire's Handbook for Hosts 683--Hardware & household appliances: Warmans Kitchy K ...

... Economics: The Man Who Ate Everything UA--Armies: La Place de la Concorde Suisse UG--Military engineering: Castle Z--Books (general): An Alphabetical Life How is it that naval science gets its own letter? Weird.

I'm typically a fiction reader, but I loved The Devil in the White City and The Glass Castle. Both of them were amazing in very different ways.

... & prevention of disease: The Hot Zone 616--Diseases: The Myth of Sanity 623--Military & nautical engineering: Castle 634--Orchards, fruits, forestry: Epitaph for a Peach 635--Garden crops (Horticulture): The Orchid Thief 636--Animal husbandry: The Lord God Made Them All ...

Hooray for you! When I read The Glass Castle recently, I repeatedly had to put it down and just stare out the trolley window. Otherwise, it was too much. Loved it though. I still think about it weeks later.

I have just finished The Glass Castle and must give a great big thank you to all of you LTers who recommended it. It was amazing but extremely difficult to read. I had to keep pretending that it was fiction to get through it. I am currently reading These Is My Words a selection I found ...

50. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - amazing book. I found it very difficult to read though and had to keep pretending that it was a work of fiction. I never heard of this book until of LibraryThing so I give a big thank you to everyone who recommended it. WHOO HOOO!!! I MADE IT!

... new novel, then decided to read some other books by her. This is a very interesting story, but a little far-fetched. 33. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - an amazing memoir of someone who survived any incredible childhood with really crazy/irresponsible parents. She has managed to tell ...

... This is one that went to my keeper shelf! I also loved The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander, this was another keeper. The Glass Castle would be my third choice. This one I don't think I will keep, but I haven't given my copy away yet. I just can't decide. There were a few others on the ...

I am currently reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls which is absolutely fabulous but very difficult to read. I find myself having to pretend that it is a work of fiction instead of a memoir to get through some of the pages.

The group did decide to read The Glass Castle. I've read it, but no one else in the group has. Thanks for all the suggestions! AND - I'm feeling much better. I'm sure it's all the well wishes, food, and drinks offered here that did it!

GeorgiaDawn I hope you are feeling better. The Glass Castle is a great choice. My book club read it and we loved it.

October 1 - We chose The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. We will be discussing this book at the November 1st meeting.

I would heartily second The Glass Castle I thought it was an amazing book. It would be interesting to discuss with a group Hope you start feeling better soon. Why don't I come over and bring you some nice home made chicken noodle soup and hot tea hmmmm? Wish I could.

... first few books. Most of the people in the group do not care for science fiction or fantasy. I was thinking of suggesting The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Does anyone have any suggestions? By the way, I have a terrible cold and feel dreadful so I really, really need your help. :)

I will never forgive Jeanette Walls' parents - not for the things they did to their children in The Glass Castle: A Memoir, but for the things they did to the animals that adopted them. Also, any viewers of the office out there? How sad was Angela's plight with her cat on the premiere? ...

(49) The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls Continuing on my theme of weird and depressing, I guess. I need to get in gear and review some of my recent reads. Review

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls hands down this month for me.

... rival V.C. Andrews...) and some of the plot "twists" were visible miles away - I couldn't put it down! Now I am reading The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls' memoir of her completely f*cked up childhood. I am only about halfway through and I am experiencing serious doubt and fatigue. How ...

... rder: 1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 1. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 1. The sea by John Banville 2. The glass castle by Jeanette Wells 3. The time machine by H.G. Wells There was a three way tie for the top spot - what beautiful stories.

... ok with The Eyre Affair Wicked,The Dive from Clausens Pier. The month ended on a good note though. The last two were Glass Castle, which my 13 year old daughter loved also, and Blood Sucking Fiends which was funny. So that made 16 books for August, 4776 pages. My total is now 68 books ...

but you wouldn't want to live there! The Glass Castle A Doll's House Animal Farm The Deep End of the Ocean The Jungle edited to fix touchstones

... ereading: Inkheart, Cornelia Funke The Long Winter, Laura Ingalls Wilder The Red Tent, Anita Diamant The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls I am the Messenger, Markus Zusak Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly The Grav ...

Home from work and finished The Glass Castle on the trolley so that one is next. Finding other books I'm sure I read in 2007. 6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls I can't say how stunning I found this book. It was horrifying and uplifting at the same time. Really, really great. 7. ...

... needing too much rescuing for my taste. I liked it well enough that I already bought the next one. Currently reading: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, lots of people here reading it so I decided to look it up and read it too. Glad I did beacuse it was a great read. The Kite Runner was another. Heard lots of great things before hand but LT tipped the scales and I finally gave the book a chance. March ...

There are several books that fit this thread for me, but the two that stand out are The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

... me and I even did quite a bit of googling about the fundalmentalist school in the Dominican Republic. For those fans of Glass Castle, Dry, or Running with Scissors. Since it is the start of football season...started last night It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium.

Looks like it's been a while since I posted in here! In the last couple of weeks I've finished off The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Summer Reading by Hilma Wolitzer, Middlemarch by George Elliot, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis, and now I'm reading On the ...

... couple of used genealogy reference books over Amazon, but those haven't arrived yet. On the non-reference side, I picked up The Glass Castle this morning on sale.

I know I'm late, but I read three books for various clubs in August. One of them was The Glass Castle for the group that meets monthly at our town library. I really enjoyed this dark and sometimes humorous memoir. I would highly recommend it. For my other Real-Life club the pick was Summer Readin ...

... the future, promise! 44. The Amulet of Samarkand 45. The Dangerous book for Boys. 46. The Kitchen boy 47. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. 48. The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Ick, I was not a fan of this one like the rest of the reading world. It was kinda dull, and I ...

... is YA, we'll consider it. IMO this group and discussion is for discussing books appealing and appropriate to YAs. While The Glass Castle is an adultish book, it won the Alex Award given to Adult books that are appropriate and appealing to YAs. I am not familiar with Tamora Pierce or A ...

Ooh, I love Tamora Pierce! I don't think every book we read has to be strictly YA--we did The Glass Castle a while ago. I think An Abundance of Katherines is still only available in hardcover, though it really should be coming out in paperback soon. What's with YA books all being released in ...

I just hit book and I have to take a break to read The Glass Castle for one of my real-life clubs. Curses! I'm just loving Middlemarch so much, and I'm wondering why I didn't like The Mill on the Floss nearly as much!

... Messud The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult The Price of Loyalty Ron Suskind Last Orders Graham Swift The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler The Interpreter Suzanne Glass The Last Empress Anchee Min Gods in Alabama Joshily ...

17. She Got up off the Couch by Haven Kimmel. Interesting to read this right after The Glass Castle. Their childhoods both seem kind of haphazard and outrageous in some ways, but it was interesting to think about what made Jeannette Walls' childhood seem tragic and what made Haven Kimmel's ...

I'm just getting into YA lit, and have so many books on my wishlist! The Glass Castle Bridge to Terabithia The Giver Holes Looking For Alaska Speak Cut Monster Feed Lord of the Flies Twilight New Moon Peeps I Am The Messenger I'll get around to them ...

Just finished reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - I laughed myself off my Lazy-Boy with this one. And I'm still working on Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I still feel like I'm waiting for Godot with this book though. Oh to read to read to read every day!

16. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

I highly recommend The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls, about the author's extraordinarily difficult childhood (and that of her three siblings), at the mercy of eccentric and thoughtless parents. Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres was also memorable, as was Daughter Of The ...

I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned before, but The Glass Castle was absolutely heart-wrenching and poignantly wonderful.

... by Shannon Hale then some non-fiction because I have been reading a lot of new fiction lately - it's summer afterall: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Bartram: Travel and Other Writings by John Bartram Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints by Joan Acocella A biography of Beatric ...

... and was waiting for it to turn good and it never did. I have no idea why it won the booker prize. I almost finished The glass castle and am really enjoying it - I cant believe that women survived into adulthood and I hate the parents with a passion - I want to shake them each several ...

... by Kate Mosse. I also have The Life You Longed For by Maribeth Fisher started and I am enjoying that as well. Finished The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. Interesting book--my book group discussed it last week.

I read The Glass Castle and while it wasn't great, there was a good discussion of it in the Read YA Lit Group here on LT, which made it more worthwhile to read :)

... By The Time You Read This. Soooo now I need to pick another book for this month. My list to choose from is: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Foe by J.M. Coetzee, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, or The Time In Between by David Bergen. Haven't chosen ...

The Orchid Thief Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The Glass Castle It Was On Fire When I Layed Down On It and how could I have forgotten The Princess Bride?

... Mcarthy Call me a wimp but I could not finish this book. I would be lying in bed thinking about it making me upset. 29. The Glass Castle: A memoir 3.5/5 Easy and quick to read. Incredible story about a tough childhood and really bad parenting. I really wanted to whack those parents with a ...

... flipped my first two from the first quarter. All these got 4 stars. 1. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (1) - 2001 2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (1) - 2005 3. The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori (2) - 1949, warning: difficult read 4. The Swamp: The Everglades ...

... are on recommendation from several of you. I am so happy to have found fellow book nerds :). Breakfast at Tiffany's Glass Castle:A Memoir Unending Blues White Teeth What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

... bit slow to start but now I'm really loving it and figure I'll finish it this weekend. After that I'll be starting on The Glass Castle.

... rather boring 250 pages. Was quite amazing, however, in the end. Now I am starting something much lighter--a memoir called The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. This was our book group selection earlier in the month, but it didn't arrive until the day we met so I skipped out. Now I get to ...

19. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I stayed up until 2 a.m. last night finishing this book. This memoir opens with the 3-year-old Walls catching fire as she tries to cook her own dinner while her ultra-self-absorbed (and probably bi-polar) mother happily whiles away her time painting. ...

1. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2) 2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (2) 3. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (1) 4. Walking the Bible by Bruce Feiler (1) 5. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka Actually, Walking the Bible didn't make my top 5 ...

#89 Demiguise - The Glass Castle is amazing! I hope you enjoy it. I received several books in the mail today. Blaze by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee because my copy is falling apart. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ...

Picked up The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls and Thirteen Moons: a novel by Charles Frazier. Haven't decided which I'll be reading first, but I think I'm leaning toward 'Thirteen Moons' right now.

... I'm just about finished with The Omnivore's Dilemma and Assasination Vacation. When I finish these, I plan on picking up The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls or Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

We just discussed The Glass Castle--a great book for discussion. Next up is Chocolat!

The Glass Castle was a favorite of my book club, dara. We are reading Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham for our next meeting. I loved The Painted Veil by the same author when I read it last month and can't wait to read this one.

No particular order... 1. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 3. Red Azalea by Anchee Min - the touchstone won't load for this but it's a non-fiction account of growing up during China's Cultural Revolution. Reads like a novel, really ...

... Kallmaker) Assassination Vacation (Sarah Vowell) ... and it is taking all of my willpower to not dive into The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Jeannette Walls) as well! :)

... Awake by David Levithan Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale by Holly Black Elantris by Brandon Sanderson The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls I would say Lover Revealed was also the biggest surprise for me since I didn't really expect to even like the book and wound up ...

... Frey 3. You Can’t Catch Death by Ianthe Brautigan 4. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 5. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Last night I finished up The glass castle: a memoir by Jeannette Walls and I've decided to read the trilogy by Isabel Allende starting with The House of the Spirits to be followed with Daughter of Fortune.

... hope we see more from her soon. >9: I'm glad you're liking Jesus Land. It's extremely powerful, and just like with The Glass Castle, you spend most of your time wishing that it wasn't true while being unable to tear your eyes away from the page. I am from southern Indiana, so that's ...

... I'm taking due in this week so I was absorbed with that in my free time. But now that it's handed in I've started reading The glass castle : a memoir which is quite good so far. I gave up on The Road which I started a few weeks ago but couldn't read, and just today traded it in at the ...

... try for me soo... House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III The Dragon King's Palace by Laura Joh Rowland The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Church of Dead Girls by Stephen Dobyns The Acid House by Irvine Welsh

I'm going to re-read some of Bill Brysons books. I am going to finish The Road and read The Glass Palace: a memoir then I'm going to start on a trilogy by Isabelle Allende starting with Daughter of Fortune. That will probably take me right into July!

... Kid: a memoir Bill Bryson 5/5 28.Meridon : a novel Philippa Gregory 2.5/5 Attempted: The Road Cormac McCarthy 0 29. The Glass Castle: a memoir Jeannette Walls 30. The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende 4.5/5 31. The Alchemist Paolo Coelho 32. Like water for Chocolate: a novel Li ...

I finished The Liars' Club by Mary Karr today. It was interesting and I enjoyed her writing style, but I think The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a better memoir dealing with similar themes. Next up is The Places in Between, the non-fiction account of Rory Stewart's walk ...

... Smith - very good - not at all what I expected. For some reason, I was thinking it was going to be a memoir similar to The Glass Castle: a memoir. I don't know where I got that idea. (touchstone for I Capture the Castle isn't loading)

... (Uglies): 31 January (Boy Meets Boy): 23 February (Sorcery and Cecelia): 44 March (The Giver): 36 April (The Glass Castle): 27 May (American Born Chinese and Maus): 15 I don't know what the explanation behind the numbers is. Does anyone know?

... for a while. I'm now stuck on what to do; keep The Road as my book or pick up something that I will actually read like The Glass Palace: a memoir by Jeanette Wall

... I didn't want to miss any of Frey's story either. Did you get a chance to read through the discussion questions about The Glass Castle on The Reading Lounge? Any comments on the points we discussed?

... few people to read it. I got more bookmooch deliveries today: The Liars' Club by Mary Karr -- because I enjoyed The Glass Castle so much that I wanted to read something like it Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburo Oe - part of my project to read modern Japanese classics. ...

I think it will turn out to be The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I only completed one other book this month, and it was one I did not particularly like. :-)

... it. I chose to read the book first and only later tried to find out what was not factual. Rating -- 5 stars! 19. The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls I read this along with others on The Reading Lounge. We all were wondering if all ...

... than 30 minutes and I have to put it down. Next I will read The Road by Cormac McCarthy and if there if there's time The Glass Palace: a memoir by Jeannette Walls. Both books I heard about here at Library Thing - Thanks!

... Go. It's one of the most powerful books I read last year and I thought about it long after I finished it. I finished The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls tonight on the train. I'm actually kind of sorry I devoured it in 2 days -- it was too good to put down, but I wish I could've made ...

Alaska - you could try The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls if you haven't already read it. You may also like City of Bones which is an entertaining YA urban fantasy.

... novels and non-fiction, I would say more than half of those fall under realistic. I Am The Messenger, Boy Meets Boy, The Glass Castle, Maus and Looking for Alaska are all realistic, even if they were all in different categories themselves of realistic fiction. Hmm so maybe part of the ...

... the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch -Grave Matters: A Lively History of Death Around the World by Nigel Barley -The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls -The Guards by Ken Bruen -The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin -Girls Who Like B ...

... yet in NZ and some needed to be special ordered but I did find 4 of them and chose 2 two buy this week The Road and The Glass Castle: a memoir.

I just left Afghanistan. Now I'm in the USA with Jeannette Walls in The Glass Castle.

... was, but something about it still didn't ring true for me. Too many unbelievable coinicidences. I'm planning to start The Glass Castle today. It's time for some non-fiction.

... be put up for the vote for July. To defend the books we've chosen over the last couple of months, they were voted on and The Glass Castle is non-fiction which was a departure from anything we have done before. Past books (discussion can continue on long after the month is over--it is ok--it ...

#56 SqueakyChu: I joined The Reading Lounge to take a look at the The Glass Castle discussion. It's quite interesting. Thanks for pointing it out. Finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman last night and enjoyed it. I have this feeling I might have missed something major somewhere, because ...

--> 57 and 58 The Glass Castle was really an amazing book. I'll look with a much less critical eye at street people now that I've read this book.

I loved the The Glass Castle also. I recently finished The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde and Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark. I do not think that Mary Higgins Clark's more recent books are as good as her early ones. I am now reading The Wheat Field by ...

I loved The Glass Castle. I thought it was a great story of survival! It made me wonder how many of my students have been in similar situations.

--> 55 I'll be very interested to hear your comments on The Glass Castle when you're finished with it. I have been discussing it with other readers on The Reading Lounge over the past two weeks. Feel free to join that discussion now, or, if it's ...

SqueakyChu, I have The Glass Castle sitting in my TBR pile. I cheated and read the first couple chapters - it looks very well-written and I'm excited to read it. I finished off both my day book and my night book last night, so I've decided to start The Kite Runner for day reading and When ...

I just finished The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and found it to be a brave and sad retelling of this woman's childhood. It's a very absorbing read. I just wonder what made the parents be like that to their four children. Yesterday I started Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanett ...

... Reading Lounge and find that fun. We are currently reading and talking about The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. You're invited to join and participate in this discussion. One nice thing about The Reading Group is that you can suggest a ...

... ry) Yesterday at the Airport: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (curiosity and a love for those coming-of-age novels) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (an LT recommendation)

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls I second My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Like Water For Elephants by Sarah Gruen 20 Times a Lady by Karyn Bosnak No Second Chance by Harlan ...

... and Maus this month. In June we will be discussing Looking for Alaska by John Green. Feel free to continue The Glass Castle discussion thread. Just because it isn't April anymore does not mean the discussion has to end!

You could try The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. It is a non-fiction memoir but it was very interesting and read pretty quickly. Frankly I don't usually read non-fiction but read this for a book group. Although I was dreading having to read it, it turned out pretty well. It should also ...

... to go out and buy a hardcover by an author I'm not familiar with. In only a few more weeks I'll have time to catch up on The Glass Castle :D Edited to add touchstone. Thanks, fyrefly!

Some more questions from the reading discussion guide for The Glass Castle from Book Browse. What character traits -- both good and bad -- do you think that Jeannette inherited from her parents? And how do you think those traits shaped Jeannette's life? For many reviewers and readers, the ...

... The Navigator by Eoin McNamee Lighthouse Land by Adrian McKinty Life as we Knew It by Susan Pfeffer The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray Currently I'm reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Just finished The glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls - what a fantastic book! One of the best memoirs I've ever read ... those kids were so poor, yet in some ways quite rich. Also reading The memoirs of Cleopatra : a novel by Margaret George - going quite slowly... it's a ...

Adult Book Club: The Memory Keeper's Daughter YA Book Club: American Born Chinese Read YA Lit Online Discussion: The Glass Castle

Well...about the selection of the book... The Glass Castle was one of the Alex Award winners in 2006. The following came from the ALA website (http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.htm) "The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998, and became an ...

... thought it was odd at the time too, but then my brother brought home a high school booklist to pick a book for his ISU, and The Glass Castle was on it, so I guess it must have some sort of YA appeal, although I can't say I quite see it even after having read the book... But it's a coming-of-age ...

In case you are interested another group on LT called Read YA Lit already does this :) The current book of the month is The Glass Castle which is a memoir... Next month is graphic novels like American Born Chinese I believe. Feel free to join in these discussions if you like :D

I read The Glass Castle today. It was fascinating, shocking, intriguing, and certainly unsentimental. Well-written, the pieces fit so perfectly together, I wondered if anyone could really remember her childhood with such detail as Walls did. What do you all think — could this be entirely ...

... get there but it will be fun trying :-) BTW-Thanks for commenting, I love hearing from other people! Fiftieth book - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Review - In this Memoir Jeannette Walls talks about growing up in a most unusual drifter family. Her mother and father snubbed ...

I just finished The Glass Castle and overall I'm not quite sure what I thought about it. It definitely was intriguing and hard to put down, but when it was finished I couldn't decide how much I had enjoyed it. Some parts of it were just a bit too disturbing I think, and each time a part like that ...

... Vampires book The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine today. Very, very good :-) Now I guess I must start The Glass Castle which I'm really kind of dreading. But, since I said I'd try it, I guess now's a good a time as any.

Oh. I loved and I mean loved The Glass Castle. It's a great book! Good luck with your reading.. I used to have the same problem with the middle of books but I have been practicing my will power since last fall and I never let myself start a new book until I have finished the one I am reading. Some ...

... three months? Sure, why not. It Hasn't felt like a great quarter for me, but I have come across some good books. 1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 2. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 3. The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise by Michael Grunwald 4 ...

... going to finish The Phantom Tollbooth, since I only have about 30 pages left. And then I need to start and finish The Glass Castle for this month's discussion in the Read YA Lit group, and Maus for next month's discussion. But I just went out and bought King John of Canada ...

... book on bullying, it was so good! OA(On Audio): Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult CR(Currently Reading): The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls LF2(Looking Foward To) The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards and The Road byCormac McCarthy

... book on bullying, it was so good! OA(On Audio): Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult CR(Currently Reading): The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls LF2(Looking Foward ToThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

I just started The Glass Castle tonight. But it seems like it will be a quick and interesting read.

Once I get my hands on a copy of The Glass Castle I intend to read it, maybe I will see if a library near me has it, so that I can read it before the end of next month and stay on track with the discussions :)

Zoe - The Glass Castle is wonderful! It's an easy read that won't take you long.

Hehe it's true, I am :) But now I'm starting to feel guilty myself because I haven't even touched The Glass Castle yet....

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is our April book. I'm still working up to reading it :-)

... of these seem to be Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes , I've enjoyed reading them all including Running With Scissors, The Glass Castle and so many others...but it's time for me to move on. So on that note, I ordered Why We Eat What We Eat: How Columbus Changed the Way the World Eats ...

... the group. 4) Twins by Marcy Dermansky - saw it tossed around the internet so thought I'd pick it up. A solid book. 5) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - another book club selection. I really enjoyed it. Great memoir. Makes you appreciated the simple things in life.

Well, I used part of my Target gift card to buy The Glass Castle!!! I still have some money left on it so I can get a couple more books at some point. I wish Target had some bargain racks. LOL

... book and someone else enjoys it as much as you do? I like it! #32 Hobbitprincess, let us know what you think of The Glass Castle. I got it for Christmas and really enjoyed it, so incredible at times, I'd be aghast and read aloud to my husband "You won't believe this....listen...." I ...

... Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up on the 1970s by Margaret Sartor - the title says it all The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls - young woman coming of age in a family where the adults are way off the rails Left to Tell: Discovering God Admidst ...

... wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls This is not my favorite, but it leads into the story so well.

... to buy all the books I would like, but I can usually scrounge up some from somewhere! I currently have checked out: The Glass Castle The Diary of Anne Frank (on audio) Road to Memphis (something my students are reading) Amadeus on DVD

SheReads - The Glass Castle is definately worth reading. I was amazed!

... Halse Anderson--It just came in from the library and I really should be reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Glass Castle, but I can't resist the temptation! LF2(Looking Foward To): The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards ...

25. Anne Frank - Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (304 pages) 26. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (288 pages) 27. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (198 pages)

#9 dara - I LOVED The Glass Castle. I've already passed it on to a friend. I can only imagine the strength that Jeannette Walls must have.

Thanks demonlover! Life As We Knew It and The Glass Castle are certainly easy enough to read, but they are very emotional books. Both were great!

After finishing Life As We Knew It and The Glass Castle, I need a light read! Any suggestions?

14. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, 288 pages.

I just finished The Glass Castle and it was amazing! I now have a stack to pick from. I'm thinking of beginning The Warden by Anthony Trollope and Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer.

I loved both Looking for Alaska and The Glass Castle! I am looking forward to reading Life as we Knew it soon.

I started The Glass Castle last night.

... by John Connolly To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (40th anniv.) Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls The Prestige by Christopher Priest Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison Looking Glass ...

... about loss and sacrifice. 15. The Manifesting Mindset by Barry Gross This was a short e-book on Manifesting. 16. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls A memoir and a very good one. 17. The Liar by Stephen Fry It was just OK for me. Another of Fry’s fictional works. ...

I bought The Glass Castle for my co-worker for Christmas based in the recommendations here :-) I just borrowed it back from her to read for the book of the month LOL I had to forwarn her I'm not going to start it for a little bit though.

#33 - SheReads - I just started Life As We Knew It. How did you like it? I am picking up The Glass Castle from the library today.

... the Faith by Jodi Picoult CR(Currently Reading): Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult LF2(Looking Foward To): The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards I am gearing up for an author visit by Jodi Picoult in Madison, WI ...

... Rash by Pete Hautman CR(Currently Reading): Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer LF2(Looking Foward To): The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

April Discussion: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Continue to discuss what you would like to read in May here. Some suggestions were made to do a graphic novel next. What do you think? Make suggestion. We will ...

I really loved The Glass Castle!

Keep voting... The Glass Castle is currently in the lead with Hilter Youth right behind it. Today is your last chance!

... books I read were YA! So right now I'm reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and then it looks like it will be The Glass Castle.

The Glass Castle and Jesus Land are Alex Award Winners, and Nickel and Dimed was on a YALSA booklist. So while they're not necessarily intended for YAs, they should appeal to a YA audience.

I vote for Dear Miss Breed and Glass Castle

bfertig:I was also thinking about posting The Glass Castle here. I couldn't decided because so much of it takes place in desert western US. But the WV parts are eye-opening.

... she writes about takes place in small town West Virginia. A real page-turner of a gem book coming out of a real tough life. The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle or Jesus Land edited to add Jesus Land

My votes are for The Glass Castle or The Radioactive Boy Scout. edited to get touchstones to work

... those coming soon. Also, thank you for all of your suggestions!! Come Back to Afghanistan by Said Hyder Akbar The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon Diary of Ma Yan ...

... on those other children' Mom said. 'It's not their fault that they've been brainwashed into believing silly myths' " The Glass Castle

I finished the glass castle and REALLY loved it. though the one thing I didn't really understand is how she remembered things so clearly at age 3. Usually, when something bad happens, like her and the hot dogs, you usually dont remember what exactly happened. It appears more as a blur. So that's ...

... so I'm hoping to get around to it soon (where "soon" is "sometime in the next few months"). I'm probably also going to read The Glass Castle in the near future, so I'm glad to hear that it's so good.

... will always be special because I met GGK and listened to him read from it, and he signed my book :-) Now I'm reading The Glass Castle which I'm finding totally amazing, very hard to put down. And consequently I'll be starting Mockingbird in the next day or two. I'm listening to Harr ...

... movie wasn't at all what they'd expected - I think the previews were very deceiving. (edited to add...) I'm reading The Glass Castle which is amazing and I'm going to finish Ysabel today. My daughter's going through a bit of a crisis and I've been distracted a bit lately, not too much ...

... by Kent Haruf 10. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert FEBRUARY: 9. Life's Golden Ticket by Brendon Burchard 8. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls 7. Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult 6. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 5. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult JANUARY: 4. ...

... read The Shadow Within in a future month :D. I'm pretty sure that if we do go with non-fiction we'll end up choosing The Glass Castle. But just to see what else there was, I googled young adult non-fiction and found a SheReads in Read YA Lit : Book Club Discussion--Of Sorts? (Feb 2, 2007, 1:05am)

... ... The Giver--4 King Dork--2 Reality Chick--2 So Yesterday--1 24 Girls in 7 Days--1 I am the Cheese--1 The Glass Castle--1 (2 if I had voted, but it didn't really matter, so I didn't) Under the Baseball Moon--1 Discussion of The Giver will begin on March 1st with a new ...

From The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls On Christmas Eve, Dad took each of us kids out into the desert night one by one. I had a blanket wrapped around me, and when it was my turn, I offered to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. The cold never bothered him. I was five that year ...

... your thoughts on The Looming Tower. I've read it recently enough that it's still fresh. Just this morning I finished The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, a true story logical extreme, where parents live freely, send caution to the wind, and raise their children without structure or ...

... 4. King Dork 5. Peeps 6. The Giver 7. Saving Francesca 8. Reality Chick 9. Stepping on Cracks 10. The Glass Castle 11. Under the Baseball Moon Again, I am sorry about the delay. Happy reading! (I am not sure if all the touchstones work--Sorry)

#31 gypsiewriter I also just started The Glass Castle Saturday. It got my attention quickly even though I wasn't in a reading mood when I picked it up (middle of the night, not-quite-sleeping baby on my lap, what else could I do) I finished Mort this past week. I'm little confused by my ...

Just started The Glass Castle yesterday

GOLD: The Golden Compass BLACK: Black like me BLUE: Black and Blue CLEAR: The Glass Castle AMBER: The Amber Spyglass

I just wanted to say "thank you" to whoever brought up The Glass Castle. I bought this book for my friend for Christmas and she finsished it and told me she loved it. She also asked if I had other suggestions for books like this she might read. I pulled a couple off of Amazon that I think she ...

... ... which was fabulous! I also just finished reading Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares . I am in the middle of reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

I'm on a bit of a memoir kick at the moment. Finished The Glass Castle for my book club and thoroughly enjoyed it. Starting Dreams From My Father by my favorite potential presidential candidate, Barack Obama. I read The Audacity of Hope a week or two ago and I've been looking ...

Nicoletort, I loved Time Traveler's Wife and really enjoyed The Glass Castle too. Count me in as another fan of both the book and BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Persuasion is another favorite Austen and the Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds movie is also excellent. I just ...

... Moore and Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, over break, all of which I thought were amazing. Reading The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, which I'm finding very interesting. I'm also pleased it moves so quickly.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous Dear Miss Breed by Joanne Oppenheim Dry by Augusten Burroughs

I received The Historian which, despite the mixed reviews on LT has intrigued me, and The Glass Castle which I hadn't heard of, is very different from my usual readings and which I'm really looking forward to - sounds amazing. I also discovered Artemis Fowl now and am hooked, and got the Audi ...

... Seems like mothers get bashed a lot in contemp lit. Not that some mothers don't need bashing, see Jeannette Walls' Glass Castle. My favorite horrible mom is Violet Venable in Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer. Fun for anybody who wants to read books about cannibalism, ...

... by Augusten Burroughs Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland Non-Fiction: The Glass Castle a memoir by Jeannette Walls Don't Eat This Book! by Morgan Spurlock *I don't read much non-fiction*

... me The Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine along with Tinker by Wen Spencer. For my co-workers I bought The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and Stash Envy: And Other Quilting Confessions And Adventures by Lisa Boyer and for my mom I bought Master of Wolves by ...

I probably won't read The Glass Castle, because I'm really not a fan of non-fiction. However, I am so glad that this book was brought up. I've been trying to find a non-fiction book like this for my friend for Christmas. She loved A Child Called It and all the others and she didn't know what ...

I have to say I am leaning towards The Glass Castle, Boy Meets Boy or Looking for Alaska. The China Garden and The House of the Scorpion seem a little too much like Uglies to read next (sci-fi & fantasy...), but definately for future discussions. The House of the Scorpion is ...

... it is. It almost seems more like a children's book even though it's tagged young adult twice as much as children's. The Glass Castle is also very different from what we've read in that's it's non-fiction, so that might be an interesting change. Twilight is a completely different ...

... Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (juvenile fiction) Non-fiction The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Honorable mention: The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night Time by Mark Haddon

... -Time Clay by David Almond Looking for Alaska The House of the Scorpion Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls I'll take any that you have. I would like to have a variety of titles in a variety of genres. Otherwise anything that is ...

I'm currently in the middle of The Glass Castle which is the first non-YA book I've read in a while, and I am quite enjoying it. I find myself in a fairly perpetual state of shocked and amused disbelief reading about the exploits of Jeannette Walls and her family. Hilarious in that ...

I finished The Glass Castle and am now reading Anne Frank Remembered I liked The Glass Castle. I was really fascinated by the story of Anne Frank when I was young.

I just finished The Glass Castle. I think this would make a good discussion book. What poverty! I just started Anne Frank Remembered I loved the Diary of a Young Girl that I read when I was young. This is really interesting, going into more detail about Miep's relationship with the Frank ...

Loved The Glass Castle...what a great discussion we could have with it...also Dry by Augusten Burroughs

Two books that I am going to recommend for our discussion groups next year are Me & Emma and The Glass Castle. I just finished the Glass Castle. I think there would be so much to discuss in this book.

... Thinking. I didn't hate it, it just didn't do it for me. Maybe I had too high of expectations. I have really enjoyed The Glass Castle. It's one of my favorite memoirs. I also loved Jesus Land, Julie and Julia and Name all the Animals.

I just finished The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Walls is a CNN reporter, and the book blurbs have called her memoir about her severely dysfunctional family "unflinching, forgiving, brave," or words to that effect. Walls has the gallows humor lots of children of alcoholics and ...

... quite rare. I was so sorry to hear that her daughter passed away after the book was completed. Most recently I read The Glass Castle and I really couldn't put it down. I really admire how she was able to describe her parents so lovingly without glossing over their many, many flaws. Like ...

kathydaffy, I too enjoyed both Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle and The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer, the former slightly more than the latter. Other enjoyable memoirs I've read recently include Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres and Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. I don't usually ...

... of including your daughters in book club. The Kite Runner was also a pretty good discussion book for our group, as was The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a great book. It was the all city selection in the city where I work. Although I didn't ...

I'm reading The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, a memoir of a very unusual childhood traipsing around the US with unconventional parents who now are homeless and living in NYC where Jeanette, who lives on Park Avenue, occasionally sees them picking through trash. So far fascinating. Re-rea ...

... by Greg Iles - I've read two of his other books and will read his works although I rarely like to pick up a mystery The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls - an autobiography a friend of mine had to read for a book club. She liked it and recommended it to me. She warned me that the ...

My favorite memoirs of all time? Hm, probably Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. What do you guys think about the whole James Frey scandal?