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What's on Your Fall Nightstand?September 9, 2008 You all were so generous with interesting summer-vacation suggestions; there was no way to read them all, but I did manage Jen Lancaster's "Such a Pretty Fat" and "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society." Thank you! I'm still looking forward to "Cost" by Roxana Robinson and "Tan Lines" (never too late for a good beach read!).Now it's time for all of us to reveal what we're reading this fall, which doesn't necessarily mean that what we're reading is being published this fall. The first two on my list, are, however: "Goldengrove" by Francine Prose and "Home" by Marilynne Robinson (thanks, Valerie, for reminding me about them). Here are a few in my stack you may not have n your radar screen yet:  The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews -- I read this on the plane home from BEA, but I'm reading it again because I am vetting it for my older daughter. Toews performs her own high-wire act in sustaining a zany cast of characters' actions while making their inner lives empathetic. In Hovering Flight by Joyce Hinnenfeld -- I haven't cracked this one yet, but when Unbridled Books sends me something, I pay attention. The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart by M. Glenn Taylor -- This book is an interesting addition to my stack for a couple of reasons: first, it's not often that a university press publishes a novel and second, this B&N Discover New Writers pick came to my attention in an unusual way: my dear longtime friends and next-door neighbors on Cape Cod asked if they could have the author, another old friend, contact me. Now it's your turn! Posted by Bethanne Patrick on September 9, 2008 | Comments (5)
September 9, 2008
In response to: What's on Your Fall Nightstand? Nettie Hartsock commented: Reading a phenomenal YA novel, "Gamadin" by Tom Kirkbride. Love his blog as well.
September 9, 2008
In response to: What's on Your Fall Nightstand? Christine commented: "Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon. I only have time to sip right now and I would love to sit down and drink it all down at once.
September 10, 2008
In response to: What's on Your Fall Nightstand? Lauren K commented: All of Annie Dillard, whom I just discovered by reading, "The Maytrees", quite possibly the most difficult book I have ever read. Here's a fun story: I checked out her "An American Childhood" from the library. In it, she talks about growing up in Pittsburgh. A borrower before me apparently had an old map of Pittsburgh, and wanted to share a moment, so they cut a piece of the map and highlighted the streets she mentions throughout the book. The previous borrower had shoved the map under the jacket cover and both the librarian and I refused to remove it, so there it stays to delight the next reader. Yum.
September 11, 2008
In response to: What's on Your Fall Nightstand? E.K. commented: The Other, by David Guterson, to be read as soon as I finish Dumbfounded, by Matt Rothschild
September 14, 2008
In response to: What's on Your Fall Nightstand? JoAnn commented: I just finished "The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein". What a wonderful book.
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