July Reading
So Drury – what are you reading this month? Click on Comments and add what you’re reading!
I just started reading Thursday Next: First Among Sequels:
From Publishers Weekly
Full of bizarre subplots, many of which don’t go anywhere, bestseller Fforde’s fifth novel to feature intrepid literary detective Thursday Next (after 2004’s Something Rotten) blends elements of mystery, campy science fiction and screwball fantasy à la Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. With the Stupidity Surplus reaching dangerously high levels all over England, Acme Carpets employee and undercover SpecOps investigator Next has her hands full trying to persuade her 16-year-old slacker son, Friday, to join the ChronoGuard, which deals with temporal stability; if Friday continues to sleep away his future, the end is near—for everyone. To complicate matters, a malicious apprentice begins making classic works of literature into reality book shows (Pride and Prejudice becomes The Bennets), a ruthless corporation tries to turn the Bookworld into a tourist trap, and the Cheese Enforcement Agency tries to bust Next for smuggling killer curd. The fate of the world may lie in a Longfellow poem. Fans of satiric literary humor are in for a treat.
Fforde’s series is definitely Monty Python meets Jane Eyre.
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:52 am
Time Traveler by Michael Novacek
July 9th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I’m reading two books about U. S. Grant: “Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War”, by Charles B. Flood; and “Memoirs”, by U.S. Grant. I enjoy books about the American Civil war and I like reading biographies, so these two titles have really held my interest.
The Drury Library has a pretty good collection of books on the U.S. Civil War in the call no. ranges of E400 thru E700. They are located on the top floor of the library. Check them out!
July 15th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
you know, I would expect the library website to spell the word “you’re” right. oh, and I’m reading grisham
July 16th, 2009 at 10:56 am
You know “you’re” right! I move at such a speed and rely on my computer to fix everything. I guess I should slow down & double check my work.