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#bestreads2011 Blog Hop. Kindleriffic!

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Thanks to John Wiswell for hosting this blog hop! Please go visit his blog for more #bestreads2011.

Here are mine :-)

A Classic

Portrait of a Lady. One of the great things about my Kindle is that there are so many free classics. This book, considered by some to be Henry James’ masterpiece, is definitely “slow hand lit.” James takes his time; the book’s pleasures are subtle ones meant to be lingered over, not swallowed in chunks. Definitely worth reading if you’re inclined to literary fare.

An Indie

As an indie author myself, I’m meeting other indies on a daily basis. There’s no way I could read all of the new books I’m finding out about as a result, but I am trying to at least sample and if something grabs me, read on. The Movie by Bosley Gravel is one that did. Said it before and will say it again, Bos is a writer to watch.

Where have you been all my life

This one sort of falls into the indie author category as well. Julie Harris is a midlister who has started bringing titles out as ebooks. I read An Absence of Angels and really enjoyed it. It’s historical fiction, great story telling, memorable characters.

And one print book

My dad lent me this one. Gregory Orr spent part of his childhood in Germantown, New York, where my father also grew up. The Blessing is his memoir. It opens on the day that Orr accidentally shot and killed his younger brother, but this is not a maudlin book. It’s a beautifully realized meditation on pain, grace, and art.

Teaser Tuesdays: a rare thing in Podunk

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It’s that time again — and here’s the prompt!

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

And here’s mine:

So I piled all the money back in the basket and set it aside. It was about then that we heard police sirens, which is a pretty rare thing in Podunk, so we ran to the window and saw Lawnmower’s old rusty Camaro speed by and right behind it was a police car, almost certainly McNutt, and he zoomed by too.

The book is The Movie, by Bosley Gravel, who IMHO is a writer you Should Be Watching. And I’m not just saying that to be nice, Mr. Gravel.