Pushing Books Into Everyone's Arms

[rachelleneveu]

Talking about books with nombrehetomado and theladyisatiger on twitter the other day has given me the sudden urge to shove books at all of you. BECAUSE I CAN.

So here: three books I think various people on the internet would enjoy reading in their real life. Some you might have already read, some you might not have heard of, some have stuff about monsters and hookers and other things I like tossed in for good measure. Feel free to mix and match or completely ignore me. If I’ve forgotten anyone, just let me know.

 

Bitchet:
The Lover’s Dictionary, David Levithan
Room, Emma Donoghue
The Girl's Guide to Homelessness, Brianna Karp

Cy:
Boneshaker, Cherie Priest
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Michael Chabon
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt

Em:
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
A Dirty Job, Christopher Moore
Paint it Black, Janet Fitch

Emily:
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff
Remarkable Creatures, Tracey Chevalier

Emtart:
Crank, Glass, and Fallout, all three by Ellen Hopkins
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore
I Just Want My Pants Back, David J. Rosen

Fangy:
Movies in Fifteen Minutes, Cleolinda Jones
Lucy, Lawrence Gonzales
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

Freya:
The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood
Cherry, Mary Karr
Sonata Mulattica, Rita Dove

Mandi:
In My Skin, Kate Holden
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides

Nombre:
The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
I Love Everybody (And Other Atrocious Lies), Laurie Notaro
Rant: An Oral History of Buster “Rant” Casey, Chuck Palahniuk

Norashlow:
Monster, A. Lee Martinez
Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, David Nickle
Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck, both by Christopher Moore

Timid:
Feed, M.T. Anderson
St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, Karen Russell
Identical, Ellen Hopkins

Zelda:
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, Z.Z. Packer
The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood


 

Miscellaneous Recs (a blend of fiction and nonfiction):

The Good War: An Oral History of WWII, Studs Terkel
True Grit, Charles Portis
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
White Oleander, Janet Fitch
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
Maus, Art Spiegelman
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
It, Stephen King
The Stand, Stephen King
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, Rachel Simmons
Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor, Chuck Palahniuk
Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracey Chevalier
Our Town, Thornton Wilder
“If A Pirate I Must Be…”: The True Story of “Black Bart,” King of the Caribbean Pirates, Richard Sanders
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, David Grann
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen

 

Comments

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) Will definitely check out. :)

[rachelleneveu.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! :D

[cysfics.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thankee. I've been trying to get into TYPU, a few times. Ah well. I have a book rec, if you can find it anywhere!

Kingdoms of the Wall - Robert Silverberg

[rachelleneveu.livejournal.com]

Chabon's writing is very intricate and detailed, and while that's good, it sometimes takes forever to get into the actual story. Summerland was like that.

And ooh, that sounds interesting! I'm at the library tonight, so I'll look for it! :)

[nombrehetomado.livejournal.com]

*squees in excitement* My local library branch has all the books you recommended! Well, except for the Laurie Notaro one, but there is one by her ("There Is A {Slight} Chance I'm Going to Hell), which is a title I am incapable of resisting. Thank you for these!

[rachelleneveu.livejournal.com]

*squees with you* Hooray! I haven't read that one, but Laurie Notaro is absolutely hilarious, and I think you'll like her. She, too, is often overly fond of puns. ;)

The Namesake is the most serious of all of these, but the prose is gorgeous and the characters are so real that what they do and what they go through just hurts, sometimes. And let me know when you finish Rant, because gaaaah, I want to have someone to dissect and discuss it with. It has time-traveling werewolves and a tooth museum and a horribly wonderful dystopian future! :)

[theladyisatiger.livejournal.com]

Okay, let's have a look...

In My Skin, Kate Holden

Hookers and drugs. You know me far too well.

The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

Dystopian future? Let me kiss your brain.

The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides

Oh my. I loved the movie so much and have been promising myself to read this forever.

Thank you sweetheart, I shall report on my progress.

[rachelleneveu.livejournal.com]

The Handmaid's Tale is one of my favorite novels ever, and I really thought you'd enjoy it. Also, is it wrong that as soon as I picked up In My Skin, I immediately thought of you? ;)