Polysyllabic Spree – October 2009

Books Purchased:

The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam
The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten
Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
Fire by Kristin Cashore
The Wild Things by Dave Eggers (fur covered edition)
Bright-sided by Barbara Ehrenreich

Books Read:

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
The Secret Lives of People in Love by Simon Van Booy
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (re-read)
Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
Cherries in Winter by Suzan Colon
Making Mischief by Gregory Maguire
The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

Previously reviewed: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma, Look at the Birdie.

It was a good reading month, thanks to a trip to DC with a great, long bus ride, and the Read-a-Thon.

This month I read two books for my book group. The Jungle Book served as inspiration for Neil Gaiman, so it was interesting to read it before I re-read The Graveyard book. The Jungle Book is completely different from the Disney movie, and absolutely worth reading. They transport you straight back to childhood and the magic of listening to adventure stories read aloud to you before bed.

If you have ever smelt the night air and felt a sudden urge to race out into the darkness and howl at the moon and dance wild in the shadows, then The Jungle Books is the book for you. -from the introduction by Christopher Paolini

I’m behind on book reviews, but look for posts coming soon for Her Fearful Symmetry; Juliet, Naked; The Secret Lives of People in Love; Cherries in Winter; Making Mischief; and The Wild Things.