Call Me By Your Name--Andre Aciman (Well written book about a 17yr old boy falling for a 27yr old man. Pretty language, good verse, strong imagery [heh!] but not something I'd read again because once was enough for the good parts to sink in 3/18)
A Murder is Announced--Agatha Christie ( We're planning on staying at the Agatha Christie room in the Sylvia Beach hotel over Spring Break...and since I've never really read the Grand Dame of Mystery I'm starting to pile through the ones I could get from the library. They're good, honest! I just have to be careful about when I read them since I have a Really Hard Time putting the damn things down until I know whodunnit. 3/17)
Lust--Ellen Forney (Ellen Forney is a fabulous graphic artist. Her art is immediate and intense and I love it. The Stranger asked her to illustrate their 'lustlab' personal ads, and this book is the result of [I think] several years worth. It's a little titillating, and a lot weird, but I think it's amazing...Surprised that I found it at the library, and glad that there were no suspicious stains on it. 3/14)
The Ruby in the Smoke -- Phillip Pullman (This is the first of Pullman's Sally Lockheart trilogy, and I'm definately liking his style more in the mystery genre than I did the the Golden Compass Series. Maybe he was just trying to hard to best C.S. Lewis in those books, but I really like this series a lot better. 3/14)
The Tin Princess--Phillip Pullman (Started this one before I realized that it was the latest book he wrote using the characters from his Sally Lockheart books. Oh well. They're good quick reads, not too bloody or heartrenching, but engrossing enough to keep you turning the pages. 3/10)
The Sparrow--Mary Doria Russell (I first read this in high school, and the story definately stuck with me for all the right reasons since then. So, when I saw a copy for fifty cents on my last scrounge in the Goodwill, into the cart it went. It's a very well written book dealing with the Big Stuff: God, Faith, Aliens, etc. Now, if only I could find a cheap copy of the sequel...I know I've read it, but I can't remember the entire book... 2/26)
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