September 1, 2008 10:34 AM
On My Book List
I haven't had a good book on my nightstand in a while, so I thought I'll go through my bookmarks, my idea folder (where I keep magazine pages I have ripped out), and my Amazon recommended list to compile a list of books that I need to buy or check out of the library. Here are some that have caught my eye recently:
- From skirt! books: First I want to read The Cult of Celebrity: What Our Fascination with the Stars Reveals About Us, to find out why we're all so darned obsessed with people like Paris and Brittany. Then I'm picking up The Bitchin' Kitchen Cookbook: Rock Your Kitchen-And Let The Boys Clean Up The Mess, because you can never have enough really cool cookbooks, and this one is divided into hilarious categories, like "What do you make for breakfast after a one-night stand?"
- Reviewed on Salon.com: I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage fills us in on the very long and somewhat surprising history of marriage. The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man delves into the human male's "biological imperative for sex". And Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives offers narratives (some sound heartbreaking) from immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally.
- For the young teenage girl in your life: Girlology Hang-Ups, Hook-Ups, and Holding Out: Stuff You Need to Know About Your Body, Sex, & Dating tackles some sensitive subjects that girls today need straightforward and accurate information on.
- For obsessive list-makers: Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists is a guided journal that will help you chronicle your life through a series of creative lists. There's even a version for young list-makers: My Listography: My Amazing Life in Lists.
- Focusing on the vicious cycle of domestic abuse: If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation is the memoir of a woman who endured abuse, and whose sister was killed by her own boyfriend.
- For those who just want to have more fun: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World is written by a self-proclaimed unhappy author who sets out for one year to find the world's happiest places.
