I recently signed up for Jill's
Jousting with Joyce read-a-long of
Ulysses
, which started yesterday. On Monday night I hauled out my library copy (New Random House Edition from 1961) and flipped through it to mark the non-existent chapter breaks. I finished up reading
Devotion: A Memoir (P.S.)
by Dani Shapiro, which I read for a book tour later this month. Then, for whatever reason, I read a few pages of
Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1)
by Karen Marie Moning. "Oh!," my brain thought, "this is way more interesting that Ulysses!" Then I started to think about all the other great books that I have check out from my library, my library where I was so worried wouldn't have any good books! I thought you might like to see a list of the terrible, uninteresting, uninspiring, not-at-ALL-tempting books that I have checked out right now. Yes?
- Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1) by Karen Marie Moning, already started, as noted.
- Bloodfever: The Fever Series (A Mackayla Lane Novel)
by Moning, always good to have the second in a series on hand
- Matched
by Ally Condie, recommended, oh, everywhere
- Endless Summer: The Boys Next Door; Endless Summer (Simon Romantic Comedies)
by Jennifer Echols
- Can't Stand The Heat (A Recipe for Love)
by Louisa Edwards, food and romance, always good.
- One Day (Vintage Contemporaries Original)
by David Nicholls
- Ship Breaker
by Paolo Bacigalupi, for the Printz
- The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers: A Novel
by Thomas Mullen
- The Magicians: A Novel
by Lev Grossman, for a buddy read
People! This is more books that I read in two months, even if I don't consider Ulysses in there! I think the new library and I will get along juuuuust fine. And Mr. Joyce, you better be worth it this time!
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Hooray! Glad you're loving your new library.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, now I remember one of the reasons I passed on reading Ulysses with any readalongs! I bought "The Magicians" for my son's g.f. for Christmas and she loved it. Not to try to tempt you away from Joyce or anything!
ReplyDeleteAll that worry for nothing!
ReplyDeleteI've been doing a lot of reading and re-reading in Ulysses so far. I'm snowed in today (actually snowed in instead of iced in), so I'm going to try to make more headway. It's not going to be an easy one! Think it will be my only reading for the month.
That's a great stack of books!! :)
ReplyDeleteMy teen was given Matched at Christmas from a friend, and I immediately thought, 'Ooo something for me to read' (LOL!) and so far, my tween was the one who read it! She thought it was just okay. I still plan on picking it up at some point, though.
I want to read Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi too. My library has two copies, so hopefully that'll happen.
Enjoy your new library, Lisa! :)