tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710082318921030407.post6078164106369859064..comments2023-10-17T10:29:31.249-05:00Comments on He Had No Identifying Characteristics: Any Recommendations?michaelghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13690275773546255294noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710082318921030407.post-61091641280148546112008-01-08T19:10:00.000-06:002008-01-08T19:10:00.000-06:00I read Little Heathens recently. I was hoping it ...I read Little Heathens recently. I was hoping it was about my Mom's family. But compared to the nice family in the book, my family is it's own little insane asylum. Still a fun read.<BR/>Postville sounds good - a DHS classmate of mine is a cop in Postville and had very interesting stories to tell of the mixture of white Iowans, Hasidic Jews, and recently immigrated Hispanics in one really small town.Mnmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004472091756966173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710082318921030407.post-42265311131895004132008-01-08T10:31:00.000-06:002008-01-08T10:31:00.000-06:00I read Water for Elephants while I was home and I ...I read Water for Elephants while I was home and I liked it. <BR/><BR/>There's also a good book called Little Heathens that some woman wrote about growing up in the depression on an Iowa farm and the NY Times named it a notable book of the year, so I'm not the only weirdo. <BR/><BR/>Have you read Postville yet (about the Lubovichers in our neighboring hick town.)Melinda Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05293979989939787353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710082318921030407.post-38772627119656701442008-01-07T21:16:00.000-06:002008-01-07T21:16:00.000-06:00How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Fr...How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theater by Marc Acito. Not deep, entertaining. <BR/><BR/>Did you ever read The Secret History by Donna Tartt? It would be a great beach book - suspensy. But for smart people.Coaster Punchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587366749348273040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710082318921030407.post-47114124283284641882008-01-07T18:23:00.000-06:002008-01-07T18:23:00.000-06:00Thanks, MNMom, for posting so many times. It make...Thanks, MNMom, for posting so many times. It makes my blog look like people are reading. I love that.<BR/><BR/>Loved the Fran Leibowitz essays and Devil in the White City. <BR/><BR/>I'll have to say ixnay on the arrisongay eillorkay. I'm Prairie Homed out. (I just want him to quit ruining the musical guests with his singing. Is that too much to ask?) <BR/>I'll definitely check out the other recommendations. You rock!michaelghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13690275773546255294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710082318921030407.post-42103433401162043082008-01-07T13:44:00.000-06:002008-01-07T13:44:00.000-06:00Scratch Devil in the White City and Team of Rivals...Scratch Devil in the White City and Team of Rivals. I loved them, but they don't qualify as good beach reads. Plus I bawled like a baby at the end of Team of Rivals and that won't play well on the beaches.Mnmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004472091756966173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710082318921030407.post-25436746200622351372008-01-07T13:41:00.000-06:002008-01-07T13:41:00.000-06:00Excellent book and very funny, based in Southern M...Excellent book and very funny, based in Southern MN: Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn <BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about the O books - I don't pick them just on principle. She's a great woman but I'm not of her minions.Mnmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004472091756966173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710082318921030407.post-71420131125464255542008-01-06T21:07:00.000-06:002008-01-06T21:07:00.000-06:00Water for ElephantsAnything by Bill Bryson, especi...Water for Elephants<BR/>Anything by Bill Bryson, especially A Walk in the Woods or The Lost Continent<BR/>Devil in the White City<BR/>Team of Rivals<BR/>Widow of the South<BR/>Essays by Fran Lebowitz<BR/>Leaving Home, Garrison Keillor<BR/>The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love<BR/>The Sweet Potato Queens Big Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner<BR/>The Prizewinner of Defiance, OhioMnmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004472091756966173noreply@blogger.com