The Lonely Polygamist

I love, love, loved this book. Usually when you read a book about polygamy it's from the wives point of view. This book was from everyone's viewpoint.... the husband, the wives, one of the kids, and even from the house's point of view.
It's not overly religious or preachy, but just perfect. The story is great, the characters are great, there is just enough sex to keep it interesting, and it was really a page turner even though it wasn't a crime or mystery novel.
I was on the wait list for this one for a while from the library, but again it was so good I just might have to buy this one to keep on my shelves. I could really see myself wanting to read this one again.
The best part was when Golden tells all his wives that he loves them and the newest wife realizes that when you sign up for polygamy you are signing up to believe that there is always enough love for everyone. Love is not finite. It is not measurable.
I loved it. It doesn't glorify or condemn polygamy, but just shows it as messy and confusing as any other family. It's the same...deaths, births, fighting, economic hardships, and pooping dogs.
Buy this book!

Coming Soon

I know it's been so long.

See my other blog for explanations.

School starts next week so after that I should be able to come back here and rant and rave over all my books.

Currently I'm reading Elizabeth Street, and I just finished A Brief History of Montmaray, which I really loved.

I tried to read The Education of Henry Adams, but after about 100 pages I realized that I don't know enough American history to really understand what he's talking about. I'll come back to it again someday. I hope.

Mostly I'm just trying to read through as many of the required textbooks for the U of A Library and Information Science program as I can and still squeeze in my just-for-fun reading too.

Book Collector

It's been a while. I've probably bought 20 books since I last updated my acquisitions, so it's a little too much for 1 post.

I also wanted to talk about BookCollector.

It's awesome and you should buy it to catalog all of YOUR books.

I've gotten to the point where I've started to buy duplicates, so it was time to make sure everything was completely cataloged. The amazing thing about BookCollector is that I can upload my collection to my Iphone 4 and always know whether I have a book or not before I buy another copy. Amazing. It's like an Ipod for books, but just the list. I still cant' seem to get totally on board with an e-reader, but this is the next best thing.....my list of books in my pocket at all times. I love technology.

Week of June 21-25

Acquisitions

1. I Robot - Isaac Asimov

2. Dombey and Son - Charles Dickens

3. Make Money Reading Books - Bruce Fife

4. The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises - Adam Campbell

5. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution - Simon Schama

Library Science?

Yes I'm reading this week, but not any titles of note.
I'm still working on To Kill A Mockingbird, which is fabulous, but have not quite finished it yet.

Mostly this week I've been reading books from the library on library and information science.
Now I also went a little crazy today and looked up the entire syllabus and textbook requirements for a degree from the University of Arizona Tuscon.
Of course I went ahead and bought the textbooks for the first 2 required courses. Crazy yes, but a very small investment compared to the price of tuition.
I figure if I can get thru the basic textbooks and enjoy them then I have a good chance of getting thru a master's degree in Information Science.
I ordered most of them through Abe Books so it will be a week or two before they get here and I bought all of them used and didn't spend more than $50.

Less Than Zero

This book was also a quick read this weekend.

I loved this book, not loved loved, but loved. I would read it again.

I heard Bret Easton Ellis was writing a sequel to this book and I knew that in order to read the second I had to read the original.

At first I didn't get it. The story seemed to be going nowhere, but not all stories are supposed to go anywhere. I loved the way it was written... like it really was written by an 18 year old. It was all over the place, mostly dry and just observations, but every once in while a little gem of a sentence would pop up and make all the rest worthwhile.

I was a little surprised at the end at how graphic the lives of these kids were shown. I had no idea things were going to be that bad. These rich kids were living the lives of street children only surrounded by all that money had to offer. It was a very strange juxtaposition.

I would put this on my shelf to read again someday and I'll definitely be reading the 25 years later book. I would be surprised if any of these kids were still alive besides Clay. I'm Netflixing the movie for tomorrow starring Andrew McCarthy. It should be interesting. I wonder how graphic it will be.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Now, I like the Twilight novels. I like Stephenie Meyer, but I am not a die hard Twihard. I fall somewhere in between reading all the books and seeing all the movies and being a fanatic. I love a series and I always see the movies of books that I read.

That being said I did pick up this book last week. I did not wait in line, read it online or pre-order it. I just happened to be strolling past the book aisles at Sam's Club and threw it into my cart. Somehow it moved up in line in my to-be-read pile and I picked it up Saturday afternoon.

It was good. I finished in a couple of hours, but it wasn't astounding. The only Twilight book that was astounding was Twilight of course. It was very readable and entertaining, but not one I feel I will ever need to go back and re-read for the fabulous story or great writing. It was simply a sidetrack to the original novels. That is what it was intented to be and it satisfied that need to see what was going on in the background.

If you've never read Edward's version of the first time he saw/smelled Bella that is also an excellent flip side of the original story.

Overall a good read and of course if you are a collector like me it must be on the shelves next to all the other Twilight books.