tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post4021377196537553611..comments2023-04-09T03:24:26.828-07:00Comments on (In)Sanity Souffle: Audience Participation Segment(In)Sanity Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101157897014200996noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post-221813437238382232008-11-21T14:32:00.000-08:002008-11-21T14:32:00.000-08:00Yeah, Virgin made a personal plug for Lovely Bones...Yeah, Virgin made a personal plug for Lovely Bones as well - so I guess that one is definitely going on the list. Ooh, this is making me itchy for the library.(In)Sanity Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101157897014200996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post-58193656050069605742008-11-21T12:55:00.000-08:002008-11-21T12:55:00.000-08:00I read the back cover of Lucky and decided to go w...I read the back cover of Lucky and decided to go with Lovely Bones. Its still an intense subject but not quite as intensely personal as I understand Lucky to be. Lovely Bones does a great job of treating a difficult subject in a way that I found to be gentle, and actually really beautiful. <BR/><BR/>Now I'm going to have to find myself a good used bookstore in this new city.Laughinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185622358607701276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post-43616795604666630312008-11-21T08:48:00.000-08:002008-11-21T08:48:00.000-08:00I love that Laughing mentioned Jhumpa Lahiri. The...I love that Laughing mentioned Jhumpa Lahiri. The Namesake is on my list of things to read, but her collection of short stories, The Interpreter of Maladies, is fantastic! It might be a good choice while you're in school, a little less daunting than a whole book. As far as my favorite books go: War and Peace (pretentious I know, but I absolutely love it), Great Expectations, The Road, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. On a related note, you should check out www.goodreads.com, it's like Facebook for books. Great stuff!SAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173095636054804648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post-16401063989256742492008-11-21T06:00:00.000-08:002008-11-21T06:00:00.000-08:00Laughing,I've read Middlesex, which I recommend to...Laughing,<BR/><BR/>I've read Middlesex, which I recommend to people all the time - so good choice there! I'm in the middle or so of Omnivore's Dilemma. I started it over the summer, and this damn law school thing has gotten in the way. Boo. I'm really enjoying it, though. And I've read another of Alice Sebold's books - Lucky. It completely traumatized me, so I've been scared of Lovely Bones. But I don't really know what it's about, so that's not entirely fair. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for adding! Even though the list is incredibly long now, it makes me happy. :)(In)Sanity Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101157897014200996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post-81652541107294498432008-11-20T21:31:00.000-08:002008-11-20T21:31:00.000-08:00I second the Joan Didion above. Also, I'll add...I second the Joan Didion above. Also, I'll add (you know, to keep the list in realistic proportion):<BR/><BR/>-The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri<BR/>-The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan<BR/>-Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer<BR/>-Conquest - Andrea Smith<BR/>-The Fifth Book of Peace - Maxine Hong Kingston<BR/>- The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Milan Kundera<BR/>Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie<BR/>Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides<BR/>Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold<BR/><BR/>Uhhhh this has given me reading-for-fun lust. I might have to meme-ify this post. Good luck making it to your reading list & if you read any of these tell me what you think!Laughinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185622358607701276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post-50878487809498475522008-11-19T13:35:00.000-08:002008-11-19T13:35:00.000-08:00i absolutely loved life of pi and can't say enough...i absolutely loved life of pi and can't say enough about it. and also, when virgin above mentioned amy hempel, i actually did a little dance of joy. my favorite of hers is at the gates of the animal kingdom, but it's a close race, and with her collected stories out i'd say just splurge on that. if you like short stories, dogs, and laughing while your heart breaks, you'll enjoy it.saisaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428269638054425832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post-26836341251357850872008-11-19T11:58:00.000-08:002008-11-19T11:58:00.000-08:00You're right, Virgin. It was a little unfair. Bu...You're right, Virgin. It was a little unfair. But the truth is, I haven't read a single one of those books! I'll add them to the list. :)(In)Sanity Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101157897014200996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134186790049291620.post-77148981263145104272008-11-19T06:12:00.000-08:002008-11-19T06:12:00.000-08:00The thing is, this isn't really a fair question be...The thing is, this isn't really a fair question because we don't know what stuff you've already read. But if I somehow found a way to strand you on a desert island (and why are they always desert islands? shouldn't they be tropical?), I think I'd put you there with the following:<BR/><BR/>-Amy Bloom, A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You<BR/>-Elissa Schappell, Use Me<BR/>-Andre Dubus, In the Bedroom<BR/>-Aimee Bender, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt<BR/>-Joan Didion, Slouching Toward Bethlehem<BR/>-Hemingway, Garden of Eden<BR/>-Amy Hempel, Reasons to Live<BR/>-Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters<BR/>-Maile Meloy, Half in Love<BR/>-Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany'sLP Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00351833347015954803noreply@blogger.com