karin61 (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} karin61) wrote,@ 2007-02-13 21:26:00 |
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Southern Comfort
This Week’s Reading List
Read the hot, new knitting novel and good news, you don’t have to be a knitter to enjoy it. (although brace yourself for some poetic waxing about yarn. I skimmed those parts.) Told from lots of point of views, this novel suffers from a sagging middle but still has its enjoyable moments. People have been calling it the Steel Magnolia knitting novel ( not because it’s the least bit Southern, mind ya—it takes place in Manhattan- but cuz someone kicks the bucket. You gotta read the novel to find out which poor gal takes a dirt nap.)
ATTENTION BOOK CLUBBERS- Have I got a novel for you! Immediately breeze on down to the your bookstore and snag a copy of The Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne. It’s the kind of book that, upon completion, makes you say, “What the hell?” or if you’re in the South, “What was that mess ?”
I’m not saying it’s a crummy book. I truly liked it. It raises all kinds of unanswered questions, making it utter catnip if you’re a member of a serious book club. On the other hand if you’re one of them “eat, drink and get pie-eyed book clubs” you may want to read Heiress For Hire by Erin McCarthy, which is very funny as well as sexy.
If you’re looking for a really clever read, check out The Worthy: A Ghost's Story by Will Clarke. It’s funny and very expertly plotted, I can’t put it down even though it has a gross goat’s head on the cover. It’s described as Ghost meets Animal House. Move over Christopher Moore!
