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I'll admit that I started this book in January, but I just haven't been able to finish it yet. There are parts I love about it so far (the characters) and parts that have been a bit of a bore for me (some of the characters' long philosophical rants). But I will finish this book soon.
Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants
Both my roommate and my fiance's sister have asked me if I read this book, and since I've seen this novel repeatedly on the bestseller shelves of Barnes & Noble, I've wondered what all the fuss is about.
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrow's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
This book was a gift from a friend who works at Random House, a friend whose opinion I trust, so this is definitely on the list.
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner's Freakonomics
Ever since reading Gang Leader For a Day, I've been wanting to read more about Sudhir Venkatesh, and this book is the perfect way to do so, since a couple chapters are dedicated to his stories about the cocaine economics in the Chicago projects.
Cormac McCarthy's The Road
While I'm a bit leery that this book has been made into a movie, I've heard good things about the story, and am intrigued by it. I've heard it's kind of weird, and that makes me want to check it out.
J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
I started this book earlier last summer, but then my copy fell into the pool and I had to take a break from it while it was drying--true story, I swear. And to jump on the bandwagon after Salinger's death, I figure I should probably finish the story. So slightly wrinkled pages, here I come.
Lorrie Moore's Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
This book was a present from two of my friends because they know how much I adore Lorrie Moore's short stories. I'll admit, I'm a little nervous to see her work in novel form, simply because I think her shorts are perfect.
Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking
Every since I read Didion's "The White Album" during my creative nonfiction II class this past semester, I've been itching to read more of her work. So when I saw this book at a used bookstore, in perfect condition, I snatched it right up.
Readers, what books are sitting by your bedside, constantly reminding you that they need your attention?
L. Stacks
