Sunday, June 8, 2008

Sunday Salon #3

I finished off Admit One this morning and got my review up. It was a very fun book to read. I started The Little Book by Selden Edwards later this morning but have only read the first two chapters. From the back cover: "More than thirty years in the making, The Little Book is a time- and convention-bending first novel that announces the arrival of one of the most inventive and original novelists of our time." This is an advanced reading copy that I received from Dutton and the note from the editor at the front of the book says that this is one of the five best novels he has ever read. So I am really looking forward to getting into it!

This week I received the following books:

The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin, "The story of an orphan girl's remarkable journey from poverty to film stardom."

I, Robot by Howard S. Smith, a sci-fi story along the same lines as Isaac Asimov's robot stories of the same name from the 1940s. With vastly improved technology, of course.

Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood by Taras Grescoe, "An eye-opening look at aquaculture that does for seafood what Fast Food Nation did for beef."

All going in my To Be Read pile...look for reviews in the near future!

2 comments:

Marie Cloutier said...

I'm interested in Admit One, too- but too many books, not enough time :-) thanks for the kind words about my layout- the first time i put the banner up it had a big ole spelling error right in the middle (it said boston bibILophile!)! good luck beating the heat, it looks like we have a couple more days to go :-)

The Tome Traveller said...

It's so easy to have a typo and completely miss it when you are reading along! I am astounded by my TBR pile, at this rate I'll either have to live to be a hundred or quit my job! Oh well, it's lovely to see that stack of books there...


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