Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Home Sweet Own Book 21

Another Book down. I just finished Sleep Talkin’ Man by Karen Slavick-Lennard. It started as a blog based around the late night ramblings of her husband. The blog has since spawned shirts, bags, and various TV appearances. It's died down a bit since they had a baby.

I want prints of some of these to put in my home. What I really enjoyed was the stories of Karen and Adam interspersed throughout the quotes. You would get 20 pages of quotes followed by part of their story or some expertise on sleep talking by a doctor. It struck the perfect balance.

I’ve read so many books I haven’t especially liked for this challenge that it was nice to finally read one I could get excited about. I showed it to Boy Toy and he loved it. I highly recommend it for everyone who doesn’t have delicate sensibilities.

1) Fiction – A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King
2) Nonfiction – The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
3) Sci-Fi – Redshirts by John Scalzi
4) Fantasy 
5) Mystery – Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
6) Horror 
7) Memoir/Biography – Data, A Love Story by Amy Webb
8) Chick Lit – Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
9) Feminist – Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
10) Teen – What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
11) Holiday 
12) Essays – What Was I Thinking? ed. by Barbara Davilman & Liz Dubelman
13) Short Stories 
14) Library 
15) Animal 
16) Book about Books – Judging a Book By Its Lover by Lauren Leto
17) New – Pitch Perfect by Mickey Rapkin
18) Old – Dark and Stormy Knights edited by P. N. Elrod
19) Pop Science – Why Men Fake It by Abraham Morgentaler, MD
20) Near 
21) Far 
22) Graphic Novel – Love and Capes: Do You Want to Know a Secret? by Thomas F. Zahler
23) Reread – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
24) Wild Card 
25) Otherworldly Creature 
26) Free – Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin
27) Noteworthy 
28) Bestseller – How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
29) Themed Anthology – Red edited by Kris Goldsmith
30) Steampunk 
31) Movie-Book 
32) Media – Doctor Who: Touched By an Angel by Jonathan Morris
33) Travel 
34) Food 
35) Classic 
36) Humor – Sleep Talkin’ Man by Karen Slavick-Lennard
37) Poetry 
38) Past – Stasiland by Anna Funder
39) Future 
40) Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic 
41) Zombie 
42) Sports

Music: Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas

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