All during July I will be posting daily about books based on this booklist. Day 1 is the hardest: Favorite Book!! Inevitably, I’ll name something here, and then I’ll think of a different book I liked better in a few days. But I generally have 5-10 all-time favorites that take turns being my absolute favorite!! …
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy I’m sorry, literary fiction lovers. I’m sorry, Cormac McCarthy fans. I can’t help it; I HATED this book. I had to read it for a Lit class while getting my MFA. I feel like I am supposed to like the book because of that. But I cannot muster the …
Confessions of a Scary Mommy by Jill Smokler Jill Smokler has a hilarious blog called Scary Mommy where she invites frazzled moms to anonymously post their crazy parenting confessions. (e.g. “I tell my kids that if they lie to me, all their teeth will fall out.” And this gem: “I don’t like the summer school …
This is another hard one because I’m a cryer. I mean, if I re-read Charlotte’s Web tomorrow, I’ll cry at the part when Charlotte dies. So I’m going to just pick a book that made me cry, but that I also think is a really good read. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. This story …
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I love the idea of doorways into other worlds. I particularly love the idea of finding another world inside a wardrobe. We don’t have wardrobes in the States, but a lot of people in Thailand have them (though they’re usually rattan, not thick wood). I …
