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Aug052009

Holidaze reading

DateWednesday, August 5, 2009 at 04:35PM

Taking some time in the country this past week - and hitting the road to the Regina Folk Fest tomorrow. I thought I would share the summer reading I am currently digging:

Bad Chili - Joe R. Lansdale - One of the darker Hap and Leonard stories, maybe a bit too dark. Still, I love those characters and it has a scene with a rabid squirrel that had me on the floor.

Grace (Eventually) - I love Anne Lamott and everything she writes. While not as good as Traveling Mercies, I still soak up her true-life stories. She makes being nutty seem more than okay... it's actually kind of normal.

Rock Springs - Richard Ford. Again, and again I read this book and marvel. This time I spent a long time studying "Empire". Along with "Communist", I catch myself out of the blue thinking about this story.

Simply Christian - NT Wright - simply brilliant.

Atlantic 2009 Summer Fiction Issue - some very good stuff in here. Notably Jill McCorkle's "PS" - never has a letter to a therapist been so riveting.

The Scene Book - Sandra Scofield. My latest craft book find. This is a great book for any level of writer - it reminds me a lof of Gardner's Art of Fiction. And that is damn high praise.

 

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