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Ink Mon May 14 2007
Author Love
What writer have you been loving lately?
— Alice Maggio / Comments (5)
Alice / May 14, 2007 4:57 PM
Oh, good call. I love Jasper Fforde. I love the Thursday Next books, and I've been reading his Nursery Crimes series, too. So much fun to read.
It's a comic book series, but I've also been loving Bill Willingham's Fables series in a big way, too. I cannot wait for volume 9 to come out next month!
SR / May 16, 2007 7:44 AM
Nick Hornby! I've been reading his collections of essays on books/reading ("The Polysyllabic Spree" and "Housekeeping Vs. The Dirt"). Good stuff.
Alice / May 17, 2007 5:55 PM
I'm ashamed to admit that Nick Hornby is one of those writers that I've always meant to read, but haven't gotten around to yet. I might have to finally check him out this year...
Brian / May 18, 2007 12:28 PM
I went on a total Douglas Coupland bender this spread and read 4 or 5 of his books. I absolutely love them, and "Hey, Nostradamus" is quite appropriate given the recent Virginia Tech incident. And Generation X was as good as the hype.
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April 2010
Gang Leader for a Day
by Sudhir Venkatesh
As a graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago, author Sudhir Venkatesh gained entrance into one of Chicago's largest street gangs. Gang Leader for a Day tells the story of the inner workings of the gang and the extraordinary friendship he developed with one of the gang's leaders.
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Gang Leader for a Day
by Sudhir Venkatesh
May 10
The Order of Odd-Fish
by James Kennedy
June 14
Jimmy Corrigan
by Chris Ware
July 12
The Wild Things
by Dave Eggers
August 9
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
September 13
Young Lonigan
by James T. Farrell
October 11
Chicago: A Novel
by Alaa Al Aswany
November 8
The Cradle
by Patrick Somerville
March 8
Red Azalea
by Anchee Min
February 8
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
January 11
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
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Leah / May 14, 2007 3:38 PM
The last series that I read in one go was Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books. She's a Literary Tech agent in the UK in an alternate reality.
She pops in and out of great novels fighting crime. For anyone who is a serious reader, this is a very fun romp through your library.
The Eyre Affair
Well of Lost Plots
Lost in a Good Book
Something Rotten