Recently completed reading
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King
- Juliet, Naked, by Nick Hornby
- The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp
- Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Reading right now (In media re[ad]s)
- War Dances, by Sherman Alexie
- The Calligrapher’s Daughter, by Eugenia Kim
- The Guardians, by Ana Castillo
Reading returned to the library, without reading in its entirety
- South of Broad, by Pat Conroy (I like his books, but tire of his one protagonist with the same mother issues.)
- Sparkle Life, by Kara Lindstrom (Beware the book that needs “sex” on its book jacket description, twice.)
Reading on the bedside table: on deck
- The Surrendered, by Chang-Rae Lee
- Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire, by David Mura
- Shadow Tag, by Louise Erdrich
Reading that may require more quiet and commitment than I’ve got right now (and that I hope to get to eventually)
- Baltasar and Blimunda, by José Saramago
- The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
Reading I haven’t bought yet
- The Stieg generic ventolin albuterol Larsson novels (anyone want to loan me these?)
- I-Hotel, by Karen Tei Yamashita
- Medium Raw, by Anthony Bourdain
On my hold list at the library
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender
A few favorite rereadings in bits and pieces:
- Three Junes, by Julia Glass
- The Sum of Our Days, by Isabel Allende
- Comfort Me With Apples, by Ruth Reichl
Books to reread soon for the book project
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Books to buy soon
- Honoring Juanita, by Hans Ostrom
- The Atlas of Love, by Laurie Frankel
A bit of recommended online reading
- “U.S. Public Libraries: We lose them at our peril” (Los Angeles Times)
- Dear Sugar, The Rumpus Advice Column #44, How You Get Unstuck (The Rumpus)
- “The Creativity Crisis” (Newsweek)
I’m happy to answer questions or comment more on any of these, by request. And you? (as Shauna likes to ask) What do your summer reading lists look like?