A Wrinke in Time...
is that one by Madelaine L'Engle...or something like that?
i've read that!!! i loved it...wouldn't mind reading it again!

ana | February 11, 2004 10:42 PM

That's the one. I'm sure a lot of us read it when we were kids, but I thought we all might enjoy revisiting it. Of course, being a teacher who's completely out of the loop for adult fiction had a little something to do with my choice as well. :)

marydell | February 11, 2004 11:26 PM

I've been a bad, bad bookblogger, and I apologize. I'll take May -- I'm teetering between Kavalier and Clay, Fortress of Solitude and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino. If you want to go with that one, I'd say don't read the description on Amazon -- I want it to be a surprise. (It's the first book I read that made me think "Oh my god, you can do that with a book?")

Any preferences? I haven't read the first two, and read and loved the last years ago.

As to Wrinkle in Time -- I LOVED that book. I gave it to one of my exes, and knew we probably wouldn't last when he said "I didn't really like it, but I can see where you would, as it was about a girl overshadowed by her twin siblings." It SOOOOO is not about that. Sigh.

Sarah | February 14, 2004 2:32 PM

Although I've been wanting to read both Kavalier and Clay and Fortress of Solitude, I think our discussions are much more successful when the moderator is already familiar with the book (unlike a certain book which was chosen for Nov/Dec 2002 and not finished by anyone, ahem, including the moderator).

Which ex made that ill-informed comment? The one named after a cookie?

marydell | February 14, 2004 2:47 PM

Oh, and thank you, Sarah, for jumping in and taking May. I will don my most glamorous duds on the 21st and tap dance my way through Jersild Day.

marydell | February 14, 2004 3:00 PM

Sarah, I'd vote for either Kavalier and Clay or the Italo Calvino book. I've wanted to read the former for some time, and wanted to read something by the latter for a long time as well.

Tangentially, have any of you read the His Dark Materials trilogy yet? I heard about it last year when the adaptation was announced, and then just read about the books in the Times a few weeks ago. I'm thinking about tackling the first one over spring break.

Andy | February 14, 2004 11:25 PM

It was indeed cookieboy.

And yes, I've read His Dark Materials. The first book blew me away, and the last book sort of diasappointed me. It's been a while, however, so I need to re-read them

As for the spectacular flop of my last moderating term -- none of these books are 900 pages. I think that will help.

Sarah | February 15, 2004 1:03 AM

I wouldn't call it a flop, Sarah. Rather, a learning experience. Don Q was chosen as the world's greatest novel by a panel of writers, and we learned that we don't always have to agree with the experts.

marydell | February 16, 2004 5:02 PM

barbara,
thanks for picking Life of Pi!
honestly, it was going to be my pick, but i chickened out after reading some reviews ("damn the reviewers!" lol).

ana | February 17, 2004 5:14 PM

My pleasure, Ana. I knew NOTHING about Life of Pi till a friend handed it to me and said, "Here. Read this."

I flew over to the library to grab a copy of Middlesex. (Thanks Mary for reminding me...)I'll be tearing through it this weekend... and trying to get back into the booblog (hee hee - typo) discussions.

barbara | February 20, 2004 2:18 PM

Thank you, Barbara and Sarah, for returning to the fold. I'm so glad to have the upcoming books settled for the next few months.

marydell | February 22, 2004 1:39 PM

His Dark Materials is one of my all time favorite trilogy's.

Along the same line, I also love Garth Nix's Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen. These three books are super-fantastic.

amy | February 24, 2004 8:26 AM