begging for book recs!

[evergleam]

It has recently come to my attention that I own a working Anne Arundel County Public Library card, and, um, I work in a bookstore, wherein I get discount.

It's also come to my attention, not so recently, that the last book I started and finished was Half-Blood Prince. And that's a little depressing. However, I bought a bunch of books from the store the other day with a gift card, and Racheal gave me a couple of books for my birthday. Currently, my reading list looks something like:


The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion (I'm about 3/4 of the way done)
A Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut
Naked Pictures of Famous People - Jon Stewart
Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World - Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman


The last three are ones that I've picked up and read the first few chapters of, but never finished. Point being, I don't think it'll take me long to get through the list.

So! What are you guys reading? Any good book recs? I'm in to short stories and memoirs lately, but I'd be interested in hearing about new authors of any kind.

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[kurosawa.livejournal.com]

If you've never read any of Roald Dahl's short stories, I suggest picking up a collection. Not kid's stuff and very, very good.

Otherwise I will now list some of my favourite books in case you haven't read any of these:
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje (alternatively, my second favourite book of his is Anil's Ghost)
Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan (which reads kind of like a short story collection)
The Club Dumas, By Arturo Perez-Reverte

[madmoisellestar.livejournal.com]

And if you're up for reading exceptionally well written short stories that border on being horror fiction, (but Poe style not R.L. Stine style) you're welcome to borrow the Roald Dahl Omnibus from me.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Yes, please. :)

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

You know, I think one of these days I'm going to have to get around to reading The English Patient. Everyone recommends it.

Also, I've tried to read One Hundred Years of Solitude a whole bunch of times, and it still hasn't worked out yet. :p