Tayari's Blog: Jonesing For A Good Book
Posted by TayariJones on March 25, 2007 08:40 PM
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Friends and neighbors, I need something to read. I've got novels on my shelf, but I can't quite remember why I bought them. Chances are, I heard some buzz out there in the industry. Right now, I need something to read that is recommended by just a regular person. I don't want to read something because it's been published as the lead title from XYZ press, or its author won a major humungous prize. I don't want to read something just because I met the author in an elevator and she was really cool. Right now, I need a strong personal endorsement of something. What have you read lately that knocked your socks off?
I don't know if it's the books I have been reading lately, or maybe it's just a problem with my socks. Whatever the case, I am not getting the zing I used to get from reading. This is so not cool.
I've been feeling a little bit on the blue side. A friend said, "Is it because you're not writing enough?" And the real answer it that is isn't because I'm not READING enough.
Help!
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Comment #1, by Michael Fischer ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/nav-commenters.gif)
I remember you saying that you didn't finish Dan Chaon's "You Remind Me of Me." One of my favorite reads this past year. You should pick it back up;-)
March 25, 2007 09:27 PM
Comment #2, by Jackie
Laura Lippman, What The Dead Know
March 25, 2007 11:37 PM
Comment #3, by Tara Betts
Hey Ms. Jones,
the book that I keep snatching poetry snippets from is Carnival Evening by Linda Pastan. So good like a basket of cool, juicy plums and peaches.
March 26, 2007 02:24 AM
Comment #4, by carleen
Caucasia by Danzy Senna was the last thing I read that knocked my socks off. Know I'm late to the party on that one; I just read it last year.
March 26, 2007 12:22 PM
Comment #5, by ahaym
Two wonderful memoirs that have blown me away: "I Am Not Myself These Days"; and also, "Cooked" by Jeff Henderson...I am on my way to pick up another memoir, "Mississippi Sissy"
March 26, 2007 02:51 PM
Comment #6, by Teri Elam-Blanchard
if you haven't had a chance to read michael datcher's "raising fences" yet, it's beautiful.
March 26, 2007 10:47 PM
Comment #7, by Ann Torrence
"Art and Fear" by David Bayles and Ted Orlando, because of gems like: "As amaker of art yoy are custodian of issues larger than self."
What about an artist date (not to a bookstore!)?
March 27, 2007 10:25 PM