Book meme: Day 03

It was good I did the meme early yesterday, since I ended up going out for supper with a bunch of interesting people, and then to a poetry reading, and didn't get home until almost 10 PM! The Frick was great, by the way -- I recommend taking an hour to stop there if you're ever touring NY museums. There are a few really great Whistlers, and a couple of excellent Vermeers. And, of course, the clocks!

(Be careful in the room with the fountain, though -- if they don't like the way you're sitting on the benches, they ask you to move!)

I should have done this early today, too, but I left the house before 8 am and only just got back! Now I'm doing this while the onion for tonight's mushroom pasta (mmmm) softens in butter and olive oil on the stove...

Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months

This is a tough one. I can answer this a couple of ways -- there's the best book editorially, the one with the strongest plot and best characters that I'd've bought myself, were I acquiring; there's the best book in terms of how much I enjoyed reading it, which is not necessarily the same as what I'd acquire and publish.

I did really love Tana French's The Likeness. It's such a strong book, so well put together, and quite enjoyable. It's probably the most engrossed I've been in a book since Heartsick by Chelsea Cain!

Then, of course, there's Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby -- even though it wasn't any new information for me, I still really enjoyed reading it, and now that I've finished reading it, I'm enjoying lending my copy to people who want more information about size acceptance and the Health at Every Size movement.

Oh, and you know what? Just yesterday I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. There were a lot of things I really liked about it, and a lot of things I absolutely hated -- but I definitely enjoyed myself and didn't want to put it down when it was time to get off the subway. And I'm looking forward to reading the second and third books in the trilogy! (Also, now my mom's weird gold "mockinjay" pin makes a lot more sense!) I think I'd've enjoyed this book more if I'd read it at age nine or so, instead of now, so for reading the second and third books, I'm going to try to get myself back into that place, that headspace of when things were new and cool instead of cliche. I'll let you know how that goes!


And now it's your turn! I know I am the worst at commenting on other people's blogs, but I am really enjoying reading your meme answers -- keep them coming! Feel free to either comment on this entry with your answers, or link to a post you make to your own blog/journal.

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