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For those of you who’ve been to our humble home (or who have seen the video<\/a>–we’ve moved since then but the layout is similar), you’ll know that we’re a very bookish family. Part of that comes from having two parents who are in graduate school, part of it is pure fanatical obsession with the written word.<\/p>\n

As a young girl, my books were like dear friends. I read them over and over again–each one had a special place on my bookshelf. Every year for my birthday and for Christmas my best-loved gifts were the small stack of new novels that I would receive from Mom–often Newbery award winners or classic children’s lit. In recent years, one of my greatest thrills has been to pass on my<\/span> copies of books like The Island of the Blue Dolphins<\/a>\"\", A Wrinkle in Time<\/a>\"\", or From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler<\/a>\"\" to my own kids (who seem to appreciate the sentiment even if the books are now all falling apart at the spines).<\/p>\n

While I’ve been ill for the last few months<\/a>, I’ve read some good reading time. Here a few recent favorites:<\/p>\n

***Book Three in the Twilight<\/a>\"\" series (and will probably borrow the 4th from a friend soon). Does anyone else out there agree with me that Edward is getting particularly creepy and over-protective and Jacob is seeming a far more attractive candidate for Bella’s attention? (please, no spoilers for #4 in the comments, people!) I’ve learned that it’s oddly apropos to be reading about blood-sucking vampires when one is ailing in the hospital. Another good vampire read (not so much romance, but more sophisticated plotline and writing) is Angel Falling Softly<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

***By far, my favorite recent read is The Book Thief<\/a>\"\", which was sent by a dear friend. At first I was a bit put off by the unusual story narration, but I persisted and once I was in a few dozen pages, I was swept away. I really thought I’d read plenty about Germany during World War II (my previous favorite being Ursula Hegi’s delicious Stones from the River<\/a>\"\") and wouldn’t want to read another book on the era. I was so wrong. <\/p>\n

***A great diversion,Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex<\/a>\"\", wasn’t as funny as I’d expected it to be, but had me enthralled anyways–I was especially fascinated by the author’s own participation in some of the sex studies that she discusses!<\/p>\n

***For those of you with China on the mind, you might like The Dragon’s Village<\/a>\"\" as much as I did. An autobiographical tale about land reform in revolutionary China, I found it hard to put down–it offered a poignant personal perspective on such an important and complicated historical moment. I wish I’d read it prior to my China<\/a> trip<\/a> a few years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’d love to know any books that you’d recommend for me to read while I convalesce. I’m open to anything except super-suspenseful mysteries and horror (because I’m still afraid<\/a> of the ghosties who live under my bed). I love artful writing, but a hard-to-put-down plot-driven novel works for me, too!<\/span><\/p>\n

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[My kids, dressed as Harry & Hermione, reading the first few pages of the last Harry Potter book at a Midnight Madness book release party]<\/span>
P.S. See how all those books in the top picture have white stickers on their spine as if they were in a library? A few years ago we cataloged all of our 2,000+ books according to their LOC numbers–because we are crazy like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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