“And now we come to the interactive portion of the program … “
Now that people have started commenting on the blog, I thought I’d open things up a bit.
You’ve seen the beach reading list I put together. Or if you haven’t, go check it out.
I’m open to suggestions. I love comments. So here’s what we’re going to do.
Leave a comment on this post, recommending a book that isn’t already on the list. Tell me why you like it.
Next Saturday, 20 June, I’m going to randomly select one of the comments. That person will win their choice of one of the following :
Special Topics In Calamity Physics (book club edition softcover) by Marisha Pessl
Rant (book club edition softcover) by Chuck Palahniuk
I haven’t read the books – they were book club selections that wound up getting sent to me because I didn’t get back to the book club in time to tell them not to send them to me. I figured somebody should enjoy them.
Whichever book doesn’t get given away will probably be involved in a future contest, so keep reading 
Contest closes at 11:59:59 PM Pacific Time on Friday, June 19, 2009
Good luck!
Brendan
on Jun 9th, 2009
@ 3:55 pm:
A Sort of Homecoming by Robert Cremins because it’ll help you get to know me better. Can’t finish without recommending other great Irish novels: A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce, Hood by Emma Donoghue, The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe, Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty, Paula Spenser by Roddy Doyle. And one great West Virginian novel: Crum by Lee Maynard. And two other novels I have loved in recent years: Brendan Wolf by Brian Malloy and I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe. Okay, done.
Brendan
on Jun 9th, 2009
@ 3:59 pm:
PS: Did you know that June 20th is West Virginia Day?
Ariel
on Jun 9th, 2009
@ 4:48 pm:
i’ll bite! is it against the rules to recommend two?
here’s why:
A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson — educational, and funny. cons – long, may not be your thing if you don’t want non-fiction. therefore…
A Year in the Merde – Stephen Clarke –educational (about french stereotypes) and funny, it’s fiction and not overly long. cons – if you have no interest in france or french people’s quirks, may be not as funny?!