Books Read in August, 2009

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. Semicolon review here.

Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski. Semicolon review here.

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. Semicolon review here.

Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Semicolon review here.

Forgive Me by Amanda Eyre Ward. I didn’t manage to review this novel, set in New England and in South Africa. It was readable, but I found it hard to connect with the characters.

Heart of a Shepherd by Roseanne Parry. Semicolon review here.

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine. Semicolon review here.

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

Little Face by Sophie Hannah. A review of these two novels, Little Face and Fingersmith will be up by tomorrow. In the meantime, they were OK, but not without flaws.

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller.

Buffalo Moon by G. Clifton Wisler.

Comanche Song by Janice Shefelman.

The Wolf’s Tooth by G. Clifton Wisler.

Wild Things by Clay Carmichael.

Best Children’s Fiction of the Month: Heart of a Shepherd by Roseanne Parry.

Best Adult Fiction of the Month: Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski.

Best (Only) Nonfiction of the Month: Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. I just finished reading thisone, long after everyone has been there, done that. And I was prepared to NOT like it, to find it shallow and silly, just on the basis of an impression I had from reading someone else’s thoughts about the book (I don’t remember whose.). It’s not really shallow or silly, and it made me think, the highest compliment I can give a book. Review-ish thoughts coming soon.

3 thoughts on “Books Read in August, 2009

  1. I totally loved Blue Like Jazz (in spite of everyone else disliking it immensely :)). It was a very fresh, thoughtful take on being a Christian.

  2. Blue Like Jazz…well, I have not read the book, so I can’t speak to that, but I LOVE the cover.

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