A bunch more books for 50bookchallenge

[gnomi]

So...I read more:

#21: Her Mother's Keeper by Nora Roberts: Another early Roberts book (originally published in 1983), it shows some early roughness, but it smooths out the further it goes. Fun, not all that brain-intensive. Good fluffy reading.

#22: A Rhyming History of Britian by James Muirden: As the title says, it's a history of Britian, from 55 BCE to 1966 CE. in rhyme. Much fun, but also quite informative. All the history in the book is completely true. And it rhymes, too.

#23: Lapsing Into a Comma by Bill Walsh
#24: The Elephants of Style by Bill Walsh: Two style guides/usage manuals by Bill Walsh. When he wrote Comma, he was the copy desk chief of the Washington Post. By the time he wrote Elephants, he'd been promoted to copy chief for national news. Given this background, it's not surprising that much of his style is designed for print journalism. He realizes this, however, and remarks upon it when journailstic style might differ from other writing styles. I'm a sucker for style guides, and these two I enjoyed a lot and will likely refer to frequently.

#25: Remember When by Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb: This is kind of a "gimmick" book, as Robebrts and Robb are the same person. The book is actually two complete novels in one. The first - written by "Roberts" - takes place in modern times and tells the story of Max and Laine as they get caught up in a mystery involving the theft of diamonds. The second half of the volume is by "Robb" and takes place in her established universe of New York in the year 2059. The story picks up on the same mystery of the theft, as past events have impact on Eve Dallas' present. A gimmick, yes, but a successful one.

#26: Liquor by Poppy Z. Brite: Brite is best known as a horror writer. This book is a divergence from that genre. It's the story of two men and their travails and triumphs in starting a restaurant. And there are heroes, villians, and some characters who are hard to characterize as one or the other.

Comments

[tinnean.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that Remember When works. I enjoy Roberts' work, but I *love* Robb's. (when I grow up, I want to be Dallas)

I've been a little reluctant to read Remember When, although I bought the book in hardcover. Maybe this will give me the jump-start I need.

[cheshyre]

Have you read Lynne Truss' Eats Shoots and Leaves yet?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Heh. I like Eve and Roarke a whole bunch. I've been waiting for the most recent "In Death" book (title is escaping me) to come out in paper - it came out in hardcover about a year ago, and rumor has it that it's coming out in August, when the next one comes out in hardcover.

Remember When was quite fun; I read it in the course of an afternoon.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeedy. vettecat and sdavido gave it to me as part of my birthday gift back in January, and I read it quite soon thereafter. They'd brought me a copy back from the UK, but I'm told that the US release is the same text with a new introduction.

[running-girl4.livejournal.com]

Gnomi,

Great book recommendation I know just when I can fit a few in. I have Vacation this week.

[eal.livejournal.com]

So you liked Liquor?

M

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Always glad to help. :-)

The previous entries in my list, books 1-20, are all in my memories, if you want other book reccomendations as well.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Still trying to figure out what, exactly, it was about the book that I liked, but I enjoyed it.

Thanks for the book rec!

[cellio]

Thank you for making me aware of Elephants. I really enjoyed Comma, and didn't know he had a newer book.

[pressburger.livejournal.com]

May I suggest Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I think Elephants just came out this year (publication year 2004). A coworker told me about it, and I had to have a copy. There's some repetition from Comma, but not a lot.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them is an excellent book. I read it back not long after it came out. And then I reread parts of it more recently.

I read Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot a couple of months back, but now I need to read the one that came between the two, the one about the Franken presidential bid (I think the title is Why Not Me or some such).

[pressburger.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not like you need to read them in order. they aren't that kind of books. The only book of his I've read was Lies. i read a few essays from Rush.