What I've been reading
Jun. 18th, 2009 01:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarahmichigan"Stars in my Pocket Like Grains of Sand" by Samuel R. Delany. I was riveted right away, found some of Delany's literary devices annoying, but ultimately really liked the book. I kind of wish he'd actually written the sequel to it that he'd planned.
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"The Bingo Palace" by Louise Erdrich. I love her lyrical writing and the way she interweaves a lot of characters' stories. I had a few minor nitpicks about style (for instance, she's writing from the viewpoint of a 20-something young man, and he makes some observations that sound more like a 30-year-old woman's) but I really liked it and want to read more by her.
My full comments on both books here.
Also, I am not officially doing the "50 Books by People of Color" challenge, but knowing about it and reading other people's experience with it has influenced my book selections in a really good way. So far, I've enjoyed all the books that I put on my "to be read" list specifically because of wanting to bring more diversity to my reading list.
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"The Bingo Palace" by Louise Erdrich. I love her lyrical writing and the way she interweaves a lot of characters' stories. I had a few minor nitpicks about style (for instance, she's writing from the viewpoint of a 20-something young man, and he makes some observations that sound more like a 30-year-old woman's) but I really liked it and want to read more by her.
My full comments on both books here.
Also, I am not officially doing the "50 Books by People of Color" challenge, but knowing about it and reading other people's experience with it has influenced my book selections in a really good way. So far, I've enjoyed all the books that I put on my "to be read" list specifically because of wanting to bring more diversity to my reading list.
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Date: 2009-06-18 07:46 pm (UTC)