Thursday, November 12, 2009

Books That Catch My Eye...

Hey, time for some friendsourcing.

I often blog about the books I've read but this post is about a few that I haven't picked up yet. Have you? What did you think of them? Leave a comment, or if you're feeling shy, zap me an email.

Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town, by Warren St. John. Jordanian immigrant woman in the American south cobbles together a soccer team from a diverse team of refugees. How cool is that?

Gilead and Home, two novels by Marilynn Robinson. I loved her book Housekeeping, originally published in 1980. I read it for school. But I haven't read these two more recent offerings to the world of literary fiction (published 2004 and 2008). Any comments?

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is the latest memoir-type book by Donald Miller. Brand new. I haven't read it yet. Have you? What did you think?

5 comments:

Megan Noel said...

i am thinking i need to reread housekeeping and check out new newer books! right now i am reading one of the homer kelly mysteries and "go to the room of the eyes" -- remember that book ? :) i got it from the library loan! :)

Megan Noel said...

oops, miss editor, book titles are in italics. i really do know this stuff, i edit at work, but i still don't do much editing of my personal writing! obviously. try not to misuse its and it's certainly!

Marti said...

What about in an electronic environment when said book titles are also hyperlinks - would the italics be overdoing it? I really ought to think this one through for our ezine. Right now I'm only italicizing them when they are NOT hyperlinked, but I totally made up that policy. I haven't researched the question...

Scot Becker said...

Marti, Gilead is well, well worth it. Carrie and I loved it. I haven't started 'Home' yet, but C really liked that as well.

Marti said...

Thanks, Scot! I'll put "Gilead" on my to-read list. Also relevant to this post: I did get a glowing endorsement from two friends for Donald Miller's new book. It may be the best thing he's written, said one.