Comments on: It’s Literally Wednesday: What I Read On My Summer Vacation

By: Keith F

Keith F — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:48:18 +0000

I did not see him at DBF…before my time here n Decatur. My experience with him was mid-90’s. I will check out his site. After my initial introduction to him, I read most of his stuff and then for a number of years when I would check to see if he had something recent, I never found anything. I guess I finally quit looking and he fell of my radar. Glad to have him back on it.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:48:38 +0000

Just came back from 5 days on Mackinac Island, Michigan….read “South of Superior” by Ellen Airgood…wonderful novel of life in an isolated town in Michigan on the shore of Lake Superior. The last few pages had me riveted to my seat, even though I had landed in ATL and it was time to get off the plane.

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:45:29 +0000

Keith, Alexie has been my favorite author for years and years. He spoke at the Decatur Book Festival a few years ago – did you catch that? He’s also been on Colbert – you’re right, he’s a very funny guy.

He has another recent(ish) book of short stories and poetry called War Dances from 2009. Brilliant! I’m so jealous Dave got to read his new one a bit early.

If you haven’t, you should check out his website. He posts on it pretty often.

By: CFS

CFS — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:51:58 +0000

I too read Gone Girl, which led me to reading all her other books. Man, can Ms. Flynn write some disturbing female characters. I did enjoy reading all of the books, though I thought Gone Girl was the best.

I can’t wait for Adam Gidwitz’s new book!

I’ve read the new Bess Crawford mystery and a couple of the Inspector Rutledge series, both by Charles Todd. I also just finished reading Karin Slaughter’s newest, Criminal, one of my guilty pleasure series. I also finally read Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand.

The happiest reading event this summer was that my rising 5th grader finally has read the Harry Potter series, my ultimate favorites. He’s loved them as much as I did, and he’s already talking about rereading them. Yeah! In addition, he’s loving Camp Half Blood at LSOS right now, which has made me want to reread The Lightning Thief series again. Unfortunately, all our copies have fallen apart due to extreme love.

By: Cubalibre

Cubalibre — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:08:53 +0000

Definitely for me, too– but now I’m impatient for the GoT/SoI&F 6th book, and Sr. Martin is notorious for taking his own sweet time to crank out a book. It could be anothe 2 years!!