I have been known to rack up some serious library fines. I think it’s because I secretly like paying the fines — I’m donating money to a good cause, you know? Isn’t it crazy that we have these big buildings full of free books (and CDs, and DVDs, and magazines, and more) and we can just walk inside and borrow whatever we want? It’s amazing. Though I currently owe $4.75 from overdue books, I chose to pay just $1 today — I figured I should make it count for my blog post.
So now that that’s out of the way, let me tell you about some of the great books I’ve read recently. For the last few years I’ve slowly been making my way through the list of Pulitzer Prize winners in the fiction category. I decided I’d read them all, and I’m about halfway through. So far this year I’ve read — and quite enjoyed — American Pastoral (finished a few days ago — did not want to put it down), Arrowsmith (almost made me want to become a medical researcher), The Fixer (complete heartbreak on every page), In This Our Life (early 1940s tale about family drama), and His Family (touching story about a New York widower in the 1910s).
In other library news, I officially have one class left before I become a master in library and information science.
Libraries ARE so awesome! 🙂 I quite agree. And I just went into the main bpl the other day for the first time. Heavens I could live there! 🙂
Congrats on only having one class left, that is amazing!!
Which book would you recommend for a book club?
Page, is your book club more into current bestsellers or classics or what? You should do Jane Eyre and then watch the movie! A few Pulitzers that could make good book club reads are The Magnificent Ambersons (1919), The Old Man and the Sea (1953), The Age of Innocence (1921). Those are all from the fiction category — I’m no help in the other categories (biography, non-fiction, etc.)