Comments on: Sisterly Reads: What’s Going In Your Beach Bag This Summer?

By: Nicie

Nicie — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:48:33 +0000

I”m also gearing up for Vicki Forman’s “This Lovely Life,” which from all accounts, is a tremendous account of a mother’s suffering and survival. It’s just out.

http://www.thislovelylife.com/

By: paige

paige — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:06:21 +0000

Nicie–How cool is that? I recently took the River to NYC and we visited the store Forbidden Planet, where we picked up loads of cool manga thanks to a very helpful and enthusiastic salesperson who really knew her stuff–but we hadn’t seen this one. Can’t wait to check it out. My current manga pick is Solanin.

By: Nicie

Nicie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:37:30 +0000

I have to throw in a plug for this series which I picked up in Tokyo. Manga for foodies! Who knew? Diverting, quirky and fun!

http://www.amazon.com/Oishinbo-1-kariya-Tetsu/dp/1421521393

By: monika

monika — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:59:54 +0000

Elechi Amadi’s “The Concubine”, Chinua Achebe’s “Anthills of the Savannah”, and some paperback mysteries…

By: Dan Shaw

Dan Shaw — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:34:20 +0000

Petra,
There is nothing better than going to someone’s house for a weekend and discovering a stack of old New Yorkers–the older the better, when they had those three-part series on soybeans. They are truly the books you’d never buy or take out of the library but you eat up the stories when they are in The New Yorker.

By: Petra

Petra — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:54:16 +0000

Precisely because I can never make up my mind when faced with the choices you describe (nonfiction? fiction? poetry? biography? escape?) and always want it all and hardly ever know on what degree of immersion the season or weather will permit, my choice is always old New Yorker magazines. They travel light and age well, qualities to which I can aspire, too.