Bookworm Bloggin'

Just a quick update to let you know which books I have just finished reading:

'Tis by Frank McCourt

This was another memoir from Frank McCourt. I wasn't going to read this one because the first one was so depressing and oddly written, but I saw it at a Goodwill for 50 cents and I figured, why not. If I don't like it - I can put it in my SwapStack!

I did end up liking this one a bit better than the first memoir he wrote. I liked hearing more about his story once he came over to America. So, now I can say that I have read it, and it will be going into my SwapStack for someone else to enjoy (and P.S., my SwapStack is getting bigger and bigger by the minute...I ran out of room in my one (literal) stack of books under the desk. I might need to clear it out soon...maybe go visit a little free public library soon!

The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts


This is the first book I have read by Billie Letts. And oddly enough, I did not realize that she is the author who also wrote Where The Heart Is (as well as the screenplay) until I was finished with the book and looking more closely at the cover of the book! Guess I didn't really 'judge this book by the cover' as much as some of the other books I have read!

This book was a nice, quick read. It reads closely to what I now know to be her first book, Where The Heart Is. I read the discussion questions at the end of the book as well - questions to the author and her answers. Apparently she writes a lot of the same types of characters and scenarios, so, chances are, if you liked Where The Heart Is, or the Honk And Holler Opening Soon, you may want to grab her other two books she has written and read those too! I enjoyed this one for the quick read that it was - it kept me turning the pages and wanted to read to the end when I had about 40 pages left last night, but not a Keeper book for me - to the SwapStack - side pile. haha

The next book I plucked from my stack is:
Pure Fiction by Julie Highmore

I started reading this on the bus this morning and it was a little odd jumping into this book. It started out oddly to me. Maybe that is a European thing - the author is European and has sprinkled the book with things from the land abroad. We shall see.

One more book closer to me going electronic to my Kindle! I think my next electronic purchase might have to be a Kindle Fire. One of the first books that I read on my Kindle was a Cake Wrecks book - and it would have been much more entertaining to see some of those god-awful cakes in color! Oh Derick....a big Birthday present hint for you to get me this year!! Haha!

Happy Reading, friends!
What books/magazines are you reading right now?
LD